Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!

EPCOT · Imagination Pavilion

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Overview

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! was a 3D film built on the premise that Professor Wayne Szalinski's shrinking machine malfunctions live on stage, appearing to shrink the entire theater audience and unleash oversized mice, a sneezing dog, and other in-theater effects like seat rumbles and air blasts. It played in the same Imagination Pavilion theater that had hosted Captain EO, continuing Disney's run of star-driven 3D spectaculars there.

ParksLog verdict

Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! is remembered as one of the better executed of Epcot's in-theater 3D shows, leaning hard on practical effects rather than just the film itself. Its closure to make room for Captain EO's tribute run is a rare case of nostalgia directly displacing a well-liked attraction rather than a new build. Worth knowing if you're tracing the Imagination Pavilion's long, tangled theater history.

About this experience

A 3D film experience with in-theater effects where Professor Wayne Szalinski's experiment goes hilariously wrong, shrinking and enlarging objects in the theater.

Best for

Guests who rode it and want to relive the memory
Fans of Rick Moranis and the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise
Disney 3D-attraction historians

Tips

The theater is the same one that has cycled through Captain EO, Captain EO's revival, and other Imagination Pavilion 3D shows
Look for the pavilion's Figment theming just outside the theater as a throughline across all its eras
Its in-theater effects (air blasts, seat rumbles) were considered cutting-edge for a mid-90s Disney attraction

Details

Type Show

Status Retired / not operating

Thrill Medium

Good for kids Often works well for younger guests

Opened 1994

Attraction characteristics

ShowIndoor3DEffects

History

It opened in 1994 as the replacement for Captain EO's first run and closed in 2010, when Captain EO returned to the same theater as a tribute following Michael Jackson's death. The theater has since moved on to other Imagination-themed 3D content.

Fun facts

It starred Rick Moranis reprising his role from the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film franchise
The show used in-seat effects like leg ticklers and air blasts to simulate mice and a giant dog moving through the audience
It ran for 16 years, one of the longer tenures among Epcot's rotating Imagination Pavilion 3D shows