At a Glance
Duration: 15 minutes
Look Out For: a longer than average ride duration
Opening on October 1st, 1982, Living with the Land is a slow, educational boat ride all about ecology and farming. But how scary is Living with the Land? Let’s take a look at the stats:
1. Ride Length
Living with the Land has a whopping 15 minute ride duration. However, you may spend a few extra seconds on the ride vehicle during loading and unloading, and possibly for slight delays.
2. Height Requirement and Warnings
Living with the Land has no height requirement, making it a great choice for the whole family. In addition, Disney has no official warnings for this ride.
3. Ride Vehicles and Restraints
The Living with the Land ride vehicles consist of individual boats seating approximately 20 passengers in 5 rows of 4 – with no ride restraints. Much like Pirates of the Caribbean, this attraction has a high ride capacity, making it fast loading and unloading and giving it a generally short wait time.
4. How Does Living with the Land Work?
Living with the Land works like a standard water-based dark ride, moving its boats along a predetermined track. What does make this attraction unique is the combination of both indoor and outdoor segments, giving you a cool behind-the-scenes look at ecology and food production in the parks.
5. Is Living with the Land Scary?
Living with the Land is not intentionally scary whatsoever. With most of the ride being a slow, educational look at farming and ecology, it is a gentle attraction that anyone can enjoy.
While there are a few show scenes at the very beginning depicting a storm (complete with flashing lights and loud thunder), a rainforest, a desert, and a prairie (with some animal animatronics) – they are all presented in a very informational and relaxing way. In my opinion, they are no scarier than the historical scenes featured in Spaceship Earth or the thunder storm in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but it’s still worth noting for those especially prone to sensory sensitivity.
6. How High is Living with the Land?
Living with the Land does not involve heights. As an indoor track ride, you and your ride vehicle will remain on the ground at all times.
7. How Fast is Living with the Land?
Living with the Land does not go fast. Like the many other water-based dark rides in Disney World like Splash Mountain, Frozen Ever After, or Pirates of the Caribbean, this attraction moves at a very slow, meandering pace through the show scenes.
8. Does Living with the Land Have Drops?
Living with the Land does not have drops. In fact, there are no thrill elements whatsoever on this attraction.
9. Does Living with the Land Cause Motion Sickness?
Living with the Land should not cause motion sickness for most riders. With it’s slow pace and lack of spinning or 4D effects, there really isn’t anything on this ride that might cause nausea.
10. Is Living with the Land Claustrophobic?
Living with the Land could feel claustrophobic to some riders. Because of its very long ride duration, some riders could feel trapped with no way off the ride once it begins. However, this is personally one of my favorite attractions even as a very claustrophobic rider. Because of its open show scenes, good air flow, large ride vehicles, and combination of indoor and outdoor sections, I find this ride to be more like a relaxing guided tour than an actual ride.
However, just because I find it relaxing, doesn’t mean that everyone will have the same experience. If you had any trouble on similar rides like Spaceship Earth (long but informational), you may just want to listen to your gut on this one.
11. Are There Animatronics on Living with the Land?
There are a few animal animatronics on Living with the Land. However, they are all located in the brief “prairie” scene and simply depict a few animals with limited movement. They are not spooky or uncanny whatsoever and some riders might even miss them altogether.
Living with the Land Queue Walkthrough
The queue entrance is located inside the Land Pavilion in Epcot. As an entirely indoor queue, the line simply winds back and forth in front of the loading station – also making it easy to exit since you can see the ride vehicles from the entrance. In addition, the wait time is usually very short due to this attraction’s high ride capacity and quick loading and unloading time.
Living with the Land Ride Walkthrough
Once boarding the ride vehicle, you will set off into a series of show scenes depicting a thunder storm, rainforest, desert, and prairie. The ride’s voiceover narration will educate you all about ecology as you move into a room with large screens depicting farming practices from around the world.
From there, you will head into the “production and research center” where you will get a nice tour of Disney’s greenhouses and the produce grown there. This outdoor section lasts 7 minutes (about half of the entire ride duration) and you may even see some cast members at work. You will get to see the fisheries as well as entire greenhouses full of flowers before heading slowly back inside.
The last indoor scene will simply thank you for coming along and leave you informed and inspired about ecology and, well, living with the land. With that, you’ll be back at the loading station and prepare to exit the ride.
That’s it! Remember, everyone’s riding experience is a little bit different and only you can decide whether to hop on that ride vehicle or not. I just hope this guide helps you be prepared and enjoy every second of your Disney experience!
So what do you think? How scary is Living with the Land? Leave a comment to help keep this guide up to date!
For a full visual of the ride and queue, be sure to check out this video from 4K WDW:
