- “Dreamland welcomes our guests to the future! To a place of happiness, surprise and promise presented through the... Wonders of Science”
- ―Welcome message at the Wonders of Science pavilion
Wonders of Science was an attraction in the 2019 live-action remake of Dumbo. It was a science pavilion depicting science-themed exhibits from the past to the future.
Background[]
Displays[]
- Marie Curie: This exhibit displayed Marie Curie doing a science experiment in front of a crowd of men. To the left of the Marie Curie display is a quote reading "Science is the revelation of truth", which is said by Jules Verne and on the right of the display is a quote reading "Nothing in life is to be feared; only understood", which is said by Marie Curie herself.
- Big Bright Future: This exhibit displayed a scene depicting of what the future would be like depicting the relationship between humans and machines. In this scene is a man with a robotic arm pouring a cup of coffee, a woman talking on the phone getting her hair combed and nails polished by robotic claws, a boy and his pet robotic dog, a robot opening a refrigerator to get food to cook on an oven, and some robotic claws cleaning a dish. Behind the kitchen is a futuristic city with daylight in the background, hence its name.
Role in the film[]
Holt Farrier finds Milly at the Wonders of Science pavilion looking at an exhibit depicting Marie Curie showing an experiment in front of a crowd of men to which Holt comforts his daughter to which she tells her father about the incident with Dumbo as she grieves over her late mother's passing which reminds her when Dumbo got separated from his mother to which Holt shares Milly's condolences. The two later arrive at the Big Bright Future display where an announcer tells guests about the future describing the relationship between humans and machinery to which upon observing, Holt comforts his daughter.
Later when Vandevere's abusive actions with the power configuration at the control center leads to Dreamland being destroyed, it causes the displays at the Wonders of Science to malfunction as visitors notice the animatronics on the Big Bright Future display beginning to malfunction, much to their shock, as visitors escape from the attraction with the park caught on fire.
