Spaceship in Spaceship Earth

[durhay]

In the old days they would remove effects or parts that didn't work rather than merely hiding it by turning it away from guests.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

 

[freediverdude]

I still contend that covering things with tarps and putting up a few video screens is not a refurbishment.

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

Hey @marni1971 you got confirmation that the girl in the window is still there, but stripped down? (That sounded weird)

ANY PHOTOS? (That sounded weirder)

Why would they keep her up there and not remove her when they removed the satellite and astronauts in 1994?

Also any more photos of the space station scene from 82-94?

 

[HMF]

Hey @marni1971 you got confirmation that the girl in the window is still there, but stripped down? (That sounded weird)

ANY PHOTOS? (That sounded weirder)

Why would they keep her up there and not remove her when they removed the satellite and astronauts in 1994?

Also any more photos of the space station scene from 82-94?

I thought it was established that she became Keiko in the 94 Videophone scene.

 

[marni1971]

Confirmed the AA itself is still up there minus all dressings.

 

[ShoalFox]

I remember this summer I specifically tried looking for the window and was very excited when I finally did see it. Now I look at it every time I ride.

 

[HMF]

I remember this summer I specifically tried looking for the window and was very excited when I finally did see it. Now I look at it every time I ride.

It's not like that there is much else to look at during the descent.

 

[dstrawn9889]

except the star curtains and the screens in front of you

 

[prberk]

except the star curtains and the screens in front of you

Like @HMF said, not much else to look at...

 

[jklakeview]

I remember this summer I specifically tried looking for the window and was very excited when I finally did see it. Now I look at it every time I ride.

What window are you talking about? I would love to try to find it. Thanks

 

[ShoalFox]

What window are you talking about? I would love to try to find it. Thanks

For the first two versions of the ride, there was this this Spaceship (the point of this thread) with a window that a girl would be looking out of. During the 1994 renovation, the entire set piece was painted over in black. Nowadays, it can be seen in the field of infinite blue lights by looking very carefully behind you when you enter the area.

 

[dstrawn9889]

all from jeff lange dvd... pulled from google picture search

 

[MaxW]

that's crazy! i love this ride and never knew of this scene! and to be just painted over is disappointing. Then again the descent as a whole is disappointing

 

[dstrawn9889]

the satellites IMHO are just tarped... if you perform the vile Taboo of flash photography in the planetarium dome, you can see them still... beware the wrath of Guests!

 

[MaxW]

wow. That is really interesting. God i wish theyd take out those stupid screens from your ride vehicle.

 

[marni1971]

the satellites IMHO are just tarped... if you perform the vile Taboo of flash photography in the planetarium dome, you can see them still... beware the wrath of Guests!

They're not. Sadly they're gone.

 

[theRIOT]

So, due to me being a complete freak and obsessed with SSE and it's changes, I have spent the last 2 days rereading this entire thread.
I forgot how much info was discussed so many years ago.

So a question for @marni1971

Way back in the middle of the thread there were several links to photo albums you created with pictures taken by Jeff Lange during the now infamous Misson:Earth.

Do these photos still exsist somewhere? The links are now dead,I assume this is from years of changes to the site by Steve.

Keep up the good work.

 

[marni1971]

Do these photos still exsist somewhere? The links are now dead,I assume this is from years of changes to the site by Steve..

Wow. That's a blast from the past! I love this thread.

Can give me a post or page number in the thread? It's been going so long now. And I'll see what I can find.

 

[ABQ]

Wow. That's a blast from the past! I love this thread.

Can give me a post or page number in the thread? It's been going so long now. And I'll see what I can find.

Possibly around page 19 Martin. Seems a few pictures on this thread point to a former WDWmagic photoalbum which no longer resolves: http://photoalbums.wdwmagic.com/data/3534/medium/IMG_3742laser.jpg
However Google has a number of them cached if you search images on Google for "spaceship earth 180 top"
things like this show up

 

[marni1971]

A nice update.

It's been brought to my attention that Girl in the Window was a full AA figure with legs and feet. She was sat in an operators chair behind the full height window.

Take that hanging blue dots.