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EPCOT Spaceship Earth Redo Shelved Indefinitely
- Thread starter A Noble Fish
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No Name
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Yeah agreed. I’m not arguing that it’s dead.
JustInTime
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The ride camera worked Friday.
Tha Realest
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I get it. But they announced it at D23 2019. If, three years later, no update despite tons of other revisions and memory-holing of other EPCOT enhancements and attractions, surely that’s not a good sign?
You're giving D23 more credit that it has. Disney uses it as a marketing tool. They have no obligation to provide updates one way or the other. Remember, they announced Main Street Theater at a D23.
And as far as EPCOT updates go... they just gave us one.
yensidtlaw1969
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The ride system is near (perhaps even past) the end of its lifespan.
The ride will be refurbished at some point if only because addressing that will be necessary. Likely in the coming few years. And when they do it'll be closed for a while - Spaceship Earth is a very difficult building to get things in and out of. Which means they'll likely take advantage of the long closure to do an update, because they won't want to have to close the ride again for a long while after.
I suspect the "Story Light" iteration of the SSE Refurb is dead, but some new version is almost certainly coming.
Educated guess? I give it 3 years max.
Mickeynerd17
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Once the dirt pile soon to be called Communicore Plaza and Journey of Water is finished. That's my educated guess.
22FLknight
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I hope so. Josh D’Amaro needs to address the lack of park maintenance and decline in park quality. I heard awhile that Spaceship Earth had been evacuated after the ride stopped abruptly.
I love EPCOT and all but this ride really needs love. Replacing Judi Dench and the script is one thing in addition to replacing the track. It would need to close for at least a year sometime after the WDW 50th anniversary.
Sorry that the refurbishment got slashed by budget cuts. It makes me think it won’t get updated until 2030 for Epcot’s 50th in 2022. But should it be for it’s 45th in 2027.
Haymarket2008
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We can speculate all we want on Spaceship Earth, but D23 is a few months away....
If nothing comes from that, then I feel it is justified to be actively worried.
Also, I'm sure they want to keep an actual attraction announcement closed up until an event like D23.
Apart from the unlikely announcements of an Imagination overhaul and some minor updates to Land/Seas, SSE and Play are the two things I'd almost guarantee to come up at the event.
If nothing comes from that, then I feel it is justified to be actively worried.
Also, I'm sure they want to keep an actual attraction announcement closed up until an event like D23.
Apart from the unlikely announcements of an Imagination overhaul and some minor updates to Land/Seas, SSE and Play are the two things I'd almost guarantee to come up at the event.
Tha Realest
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Zack Riddley hosted Sirius XM’s “Be Our Guest” this weekend, and the first song he picked was Tomorrow’s Child. I’m thinking, the audacity…
Haymarket2008
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The. Audacity.
I know that there was a proposal to include the song in the 2007 refurb, but it never happened.
the.dreamfinder
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He’s on brand.
Supreme Leader
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I went to EPCOT for the first time this week and Spaceship Earth was legit one of my favorites! I don't know the whole history of the ride but I loved it.
mergatroid
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My wife actually enjoys messing around with the screen on decent trying to create different outcomes. I wouldn't mind them keeping it but would really like some new scenes on the way down to look at also.
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HMF
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All I can tell you is it actually used to have an ending. In all seriousness though I have written an extensive article on the history of the park and it's decline.
Centauri Space Station
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It was dated and last time I rode the original ending it made me feel sick watching at the steep angleAll I can tell you is it actually used to have an ending. In all seriousness though I have written an extensive article on the history of the park and it's decline.
HMF
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The ride still deserved an ending that was as good or better than the 94 descent instead of what we got.
Bocabear
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That was a concise well written article ... Sad that a company like Disney actually has articles documenting it's decline... But it feels very true to those of us that experienced the original iteration of the park and it's lofty mission to educate, entertain and inspire... Almost 40 years later, no other park can compare to what EPCOT was in it's heyday.All I can tell you is it actually used to have an ending. In all seriousness though I have written an extensive article on the history of the park and it's decline.
Surfin' Tuna
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I've been out of town and just now catching up on posts. I'm copying this for posterity, because no truer truth has been stated recently on here. It may be "just a theme park," but it truly hurts my heart when I think of what has happened to it. It changed and shaped my life and those of so many of us.