Brava Centauri: A New Horizon Among the Stars

Brava Centauri is one of the most imaginative and visually stunning scenes in Horizons, EPCOT Center's visionary attraction that invites guests to explore "the promise of things to come." Nestled within the 38-scene ride-through experience, Brava Centauri represents humanity's bold leap beyond Earth—life in a thriving, fully-realized space colony.

As the ride vehicle glides silently through the cosmos, guests are introduced to Brava Centauri—the newest and most advanced of the Centauri space station series. This orbiting habitat isn't just a dream of scientists—it's a living, breathing world in the stars. Shuttles depart Earth daily, connecting the blue planet with this floating frontier. Along the way, we pass a construction site in space, where astronauts, aided by remote-operated tools and spacecraft, assemble a vast solar-energy power station—evidence of human ingenuity continuing to push boundaries.

Upon entering an airlock chamber, guests are symbolically and visually transported from the cold expanse of space into the heart of Brava Centauri. Through an observation tunnel, a breathtaking view unfolds: a massive space city curves around the interior of a spherical, free-floating structure. Thanks to the colony's rotating design, everything here clings to the inside walls, which simulates gravity. The scale is overwhelming, yet orderly—a graceful blend of science and imagination.

Inside, cutting-edge technology melds perfectly with everyday life. A sleek body scanner tracks a woman's vitals in real time as she pedals along a simulated bike path that resembles a route from her hometown on Earth. Even among the stars, leisure and well-being are essential to the human experience, as evidenced by the group playing zero-gravity basketball just beyond her.

The action switches to a family of newcomers at the main shuttle docking bay. While their parents stand close by, getting ready to enter a zero-gravity elevator, a boy, obviously happy, floats effortlessly next to his dog, both of them acclimating to the weightless environment. This moment captures the awe and adjustment of creating a new world, one that is full of wonder, curiosity, and discovery.

Outside the colony, two astronauts are guiding a massive asteroid into position and preparing it for transport back to Earth—a nod to the potential of space mining and sustainable off-world industries.

Brava Centauri is Horizons' technological utopia and hopeful vision of a clean energy powered future, scientific advancement, and the unwavering spirit of exploration, where families live, work, and play in orbit. It acts as a poetic reminder that our humanity and the goals that propel our progress are always with us, no matter how far we travel.