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Rumor Siemens is going to end their sponsorship with the parks - Spaceship Earth and IllumiNations
- Thread starter SpoiledBlueMilk
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Lad
Active Member
What does this mean in the short-term? In other words, if the sponsorship were to end in November, would the attraction still remain open for the foreseeable future (within reason) ? I would assume they wouldn't want to have this ride down for the Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Years crowds at the very least.
Kamikaze
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You're right. But I'd imagine if such an offer was made, it would have happened long before they decided to end sponsorship.
KBLovedDisney
Well-Known Member
Ok...not cool. I really hope they upkeep this ride like no tomorrow..otherwise bye bye SSE...
Gawd, I hope not.
Gawd, I hope not.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Wonder if they will have to close it down to update the audio and visuals for the screens on the ride itself...Since Seimens is mentioned at the beginning and Ending....
Kamikaze
Well-Known Member
So then the only possible 'good' reason is that Disney wanted more money from Siemens to pay for updates to the attraction/area. Because if its 'Disney decided not to do much' then its a good reason for Siemens not to renew, but bad for us.
Kman101
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True. Agreed on trying to find a silver lining. I want to believe they'll leave it untouched and keep up the maintenance.
First thing I thought of for a replacement sponsor was Apple. It would be a great opportunity for them to showcase how they view the future to look and Jonny Ive could contribute some design. Hell, Jobs and Woz are already in the ride so there's that!
Kamikaze
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Didn't they just have a black scrim over an AT&T sign for years after they left? Cutting out a line of audio and scene of video wouldn't be a big deal.
Kman101
Well-Known Member
Hmm. This worries me. Is SSE in danger of being gutted?
I imagine it could be done third shift.
Narration is held locally and can be almost hot swapped. Video is from off ride servers.
Lad
Active Member
This is what I would assume but with all the rumored changes to Epcot and the general resort-wide change in direction I just have no idea what I should be expecting anymore. If the sponsorship does end in November should we expect it to be down for any length of time that month to remove the references to Siemens (again, I would think they wouldn't want it to be down for the Thanksgiving crowds although I can't imagine it would take them THAT long to remove the references).
Cmdr_Crimson
Well-Known Member
Go back to page 3 as I found a photo that shows Post AT&T from 2004....
Kamikaze
Well-Known Member
Thats the external signage. There was a sign I believe near the end of the attraction that was simply covered over.
huwar18
Well-Known Member
This makes me very nervous. I could see then gutting SSE. I would hope Disney would see how many people in enjoy the ride and just update it. However, I don't trust this admin. I wonder if they pulled out because they didn't agree with changes that might have been proposed.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Kamikaze
Well-Known Member
Could it have been this one??
Possibly. I'm picturing something that was just the AT&T logo, but heck that was 13+ years ago so who knows.
Cmdr_Crimson
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KBLovedDisney
Well-Known Member
Was it possibly the Welcome to the Global Neighborhood sign presented by AT&T? I remember it being on the wall at the very end when you were about to exit the vehicle