Alien Encounter: Stepping into the cool, air-conditioned room, you breath a sigh of relief, for having made it through the enormous crowd outside. Where did all those people come from! Did any of them even speak English! Oh well. As you stand around, noting the board which promises a 5 min. wait, your eyes are drawn uncontrollably to the Wall Mounted Television sets, which display often humorous announcements about "Upcoming events". Just as you start getting into them, some announcer woman comes on, and welcomes you to the world of XS. She tells the brief history of the company, and you learn that she is an alien, come to help the poor backwards Earth People adapt to modern Technology. Then on comes the President of XS, and he invites you to see a new Product Demonstration, then the doors open, and you walk in...
Down a short corridor, you come to an area where everyone is stopped, looking at a stationary Robot, and a cute fuzzy critter stuck in a tube on the left. The tube, like most things in Tomorrowland these days, looks like something from an old Buck Rogers era Sci-Fi movie. The Alien is pretty darn cute though. You wonder if you can buy one as a plush toy. Boy would he look cool on your bed. The President's voice returns, and he introduces the Robot, who tells you his name is SIR, and that you can call him Sir. The Cute alien is Skippy, and he is a "Volunteer" (But he doesn't seem very happy about it) for their little Transporter demonstration.
Sir proceeds to Disintegrate Skippy, and with lots of lights, and noise, re-materialize him in the tube on the left, more or less. ("Oh come on Skippy, you're not Burned. Just a little Singed [Skippy emits sparks, from deep inside], kind of a Healthy Glow")
Next Sir says that the process can also be reversed, and despite Skippy's noisy complaints, again disintegrates him, only this time as the tube clears, Sir demonstrates his "Favorite" part of the system, that the Transport may be suspended, indefinitely. Finally he urges you on into the next room, where a Demonstration of a Full Sized Transporter shall take place, and one of You (he says pointing right at YOU) lucky guests will get to travel across the galaxy, in the blink of an eye. (Speaking of eyes, while he sure seems cruel, Sir has the coolest eyes!)
As you enter the Auditorium, you are told to take a seat, and sitting down, notice that the chair is not, exactly, comfortable. Oh well. The Demonstration starts, and these restraint things lower down, until they are just touching your shoulders, and then, the lights dim, as these Alien Scientists, who you can see on TV scan the people in the room, looking for the right "Volunteer". Finally the lights stop, On your Friend! Just as it looks like you will be enjoying the rest of your stay at WDW all alone, The President of XS shows up, and demands to be sent to Earth instead.
As your friend starts breathing again, the President climbs into a tube on the TV, and gets sent on his way, but due to a little mishap, instead of the president, what ends up in the tube is the biggest, meanest looking cross between a Lizard and a Bug you have ever imagined.
No sooner does it show up, than it decides to leave. But not the way it came in. It begins slamming against the tube, tying to break it, and then, CACK! The tube explodes and the lights go out, you feel the wind as the pieces of the tube fly over your head.
"No Problem" say the Scientists, safe on the other side of the Galaxy, The creature can not escape as long as the force field is in place, unfortunately no sooner is that said, than there is a total Power Failure, and the room is plunged into total darkness. You hear the Alien flu over your head, and feel the air from it's wings, then it lands behind you with a Thud.
Next thing you hear, is a Crunch Crunch Crunch, as Someone is apparently eaten. At least it wasn't you.
Next, the Alien flies away, leaving you safe, for the moment. About this time, some XS engineer shows up, and tries to fix the power. He does, but not before he also becomes a "Light snack" for the critter on the catwalk. it happened right above you, and you could almost see it, and could easily hear it, and since you know you were dripped on, you could even feel it.
The lights are still out, and the Alien is flying around again in the dark. He must of liked you, because with another Flap and a Thump, he is behind you again. And still hungry. As he leans over your seat, pushing down on your harness, he licks the top of your head, and breaths down your neck. Yech! Monster Breath.
Fortunately, about this time, the Scientists lure it back into the Matter Transporter, and try to "Beam it Up" unfortunately, about this time, it is so stuffed, it doesn't quite fit back in the tube, so all they manage to do is to make it explode, splattering you with Monster Blood. You are lucky. You hear someone complain they had their mouth open. Yech!
The lights come back on, the harness goes up, and you head towards the exit, and the rest of your stay at Disney World.