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Have you watched a reality television show called The Amazing Race? Teams of contestants travel all over the world, solving puzzles and performing tasks, which lead to more puzzles and tasks. During a single season, the teams could go to more than a half dozen countries, such as to Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Japan, France, and the UK. Most weeks, one team is eliminated. At the end of the season, the winning team gets a million dollars. |
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You can do something similar, and you don’t even need a passport. You can solve puzzles and perform tasks in Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Japan, France, and the UK. All at World Showcase! Only your adventure won’t be based on The Amazing Race. It will be based on a different TV show, Kim Possible. And—sorry—you can’t win a million dollars. Then again, nobody will make you do a bungie jump from a high bridge. And you won’t be eliminated. But you can save the world from a dastardly super-villain—and the satisfaction from that is worth more than a million dollars. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2011 Now recruiting |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2009 “Top Secret” |
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First you need to find a recruiting station. That’s easy. At Future World, head to Innoventions East, Innoventions West, or the main path to World Showcase. In World Showcase, you can find recruiting stations in Norway and near the International Gateway. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2011 Recruiting station on the path between Future World and World Showcase |
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The biggest recruiting station is where the bridge to the Odyssey Center meets the main walkway. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2010 It’s easy |
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Signs at the recruiting center explain what you’ll do:
So swipe your ticket for your mission pass. It’s like getting a FASTPASS. Your mission pass will be for one of seven countries. But if you have a preference, ask a cast member for help. They’re some of the friendliest cast members in the whole park, and they have a magic way to pick a specific country. If it looks as if it might rain, consider asking for Mexico because the adventure is indoors. |
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Photo by Karen Weiss, 2012 Go to Norway |
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You received a mission pass for Norway. Perhaps you’re wondering why there are no Team Possible assignments at Italy, the American Adventure, Morocco, or Canada. Apparently these countries don’t have the kinds of super-villains that Kim Possible needs to defeat. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2009 Top secret Team Possible station at the UK |
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Go to the correct field station at your designated time. Trade in your mission pass for an electronic device—and begin fighting crime. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2009 Camille Leon, the villain at Norway |
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Different villains have been seen in each country:
At Norway, you’ll need to defeat cat food heiress Camille Leon, who uses her shapeshifting ability for her evil plans. |
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Photo by Karen Weiss, 2012 A phone that’s not a phone |
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Your device looks like a Verizon Wireless flip-phone. But it’s actually a Kimmunicator. You can’t make phone calls with it. You can only save the world. |
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Photo by Karen Weiss, 2012 Kim’s communication guru Wade |
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Wade, the ten-year-old college graduate who invented the Kimmunicator, first provides gadget training. You’ll learn that you can press the help button if you need help, hints, or more detailed instructions. As the animated Wade guides you through your adventure, he’s joined by Ron Stoppable and even Kim Possible herself. |
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Photo by Karen Weiss, 2012 Reading a “Norse Code” smoke message for “Smoke Signals” |
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Camille Leon is the mastermind behind fur thefts from the Viking Museum. To solve the crime, you’ll complete five assignments in Norway: “Model Behavior,” “Smoke Signals,” “Dress Code,” “Framed,” and “Clothes Call.” Do exactly what Wade tells you to do. Use various features of your Kimmunicator, including its keypad and camera. Observe carefully and have fun! |
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Photo by Laura Weiss, 2012 Talking to the Maelstrom greeter for “Dress Code” |
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After you successfully complete all the assignments, Wade reports, “Good job, Team Possible! The furs were returned to the museum, and from now on, the only thing Camille’s gonna be modeling is prison stripes.” Now it’s time for your final assignment: depositing your Kimmunicator into a designated receptacle. |
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Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure had its grand opening at Epcot on January 28, 2009. Its final day was May 18, 2012.
From June 7, 2002 to September 7, 2007, the Disney Channel carried the television series on which the attraction was based. In other words, the attraction opened more than a year after the animated series ended its run. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2013 “Unpaid Internships Available NOW!” |
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Just four weeks after Kim Possible departed from Epcot, Disney Phineas and Ferb: Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure had its soft opening. The official opening was June 23, 2012. It was again based on a successful Disney Channel series. Phineas and Ferb began its long television run on August 17, 2007. |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2013 Francis Monogram on the F.O.N.E. |
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Photo by Allen Huffman, 2019 Doofenshmirtz being chased in Germany |
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Agent P is the secret-agent alter ego of Perry the Platypus, the pet of title characters Phineas and Ferb. The evil villain is scientist Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Epcot guests can defeat Doofenshmirtz in seven different adventures. The new interactive adventure largely reuses the same props and effects at the same World Showcase countries. The new game no longer used a Kimmunicator. It used a F.O.N.E. (for Field Operative Notification Equipment). |
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Photo by Werner Weiss, 2019 Using an iPhone instead of a F.O.N.E.—but it only works at Epcot |
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In 2016, guests gained the option of using their own smartphones instead of borrowing devices at Epcot. The game is part of the Play Disney mobile app. Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure hasn’t really gone to Yesterland. It’s had a character transplant and a technology update. |
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