EPCOT Spaceship Earth refurbishment coming soon?

[HMF]

Yeah the article that Disney published said pretty much exactly that

Trevor Bryant actually left me a comment on my article on the history and decline of EPCOT.

Decline of a Dream

The Long, Slow Decline of Walt Disney World's Epcot

vocal.media

As he is THE person responsible for the attraction. I am more likely to believe him over a Disney press release.

 

[co10064]

Spaceship Earth has reopened today. Not sure if it will remain open permanently. The calendar still shows it being closed for another week.

 

[dmc493]

Spaceship Earth has reopened today. Not sure if it will remain open permanently. The calendar still shows it being closed for another week.

NO WAY - this was going to be my biggest regret of this trip, that I was gonna miss it at Epcot tomorrow. Will report back

 

[co10064]

I didn’t notice anything different to the ride experience, so I’m assuming it was all behind the scenes/mechanical work.

 

[wdwmagic]

I didn’t notice anything different to the ride experience, so I’m assuming it was all behind the scenes/mechanical work.

No changes to video screens?

 

[griffin ferrari]

No changes to video screens?

Not that i can tell??

 

[griffin ferrari]

Was the boat in the phoenician scene moving pre referb?

 

[griffin ferrari]

Not that i can tell??

 

[wdwmagic]

Not that i can tell??

Thanks, looks unchanged.

 

[ChrisFL]

are they on Windows 11 now?


(no idea if they were ever on Windows but felt like interesting timing)

 

[monothingie]

I understand the ride has upgraded an 3D experience.

 

[tparris]

Was the boat in the phoenician scene moving pre referb?

The large boat has been static for at least several months pre refurb

 

[griffin ferrari]

The large boat has been static for at least several months pre refurb

It was really moving tonight. With fog really coming out of the light on it

 

[Kamikaze]

Thanks, looks unchanged.

Steve - article you put up says ‘November’ instead of ‘October’

 

[gerarar]

 

[Tom Morrow]

Incredible that they still think the absolutely abysmal flash cartoon from 2007 is an acceptable use of the final 1/3rd of the ride's time.

 

[Alice a]

Incredible that they still think the absolutely abysmal flash cartoon from 2007 is an acceptable use of the final 1/3rd of the ride's time.

Especially compared to what came before it. The ‘ride’ portion of SSE now ends at the top. There’s nothing ride-ish about the descent. It’s just transportation- boring, in the dark- not really a form of entertainment, and that’s a shame.

 

[bmr1591]

Trevor Bryant actually left me a comment on my article on the history and decline of EPCOT.

Decline of a Dream

The Long, Slow Decline of Walt Disney World's Epcot

vocal.media

As he is THE person responsible for the attraction. I am more likely to believe him over a Disney press release.

In all fairness, all he did was say he enjoyed the article. He didn’t confirm or deny anything you said.

Incredible that they still think the absolutely abysmal flash cartoon from 2007 is an acceptable use of the final 1/3rd of the ride's time.

This refurb was never going to completely remove that portion of the ride. Hopefully it’ll get a bigger refurb soon to make those types of changes.

 

[jah4955]

It was really moving tonight. With fog really coming out of the light on it

One effect I've greatly missed and seems so easy to bring back is that projection of the chariot going away from us down the Roman street...it's always the "little things" for me

 

[KDM31091]

Incredible that they still think the absolutely abysmal flash cartoon from 2007 is an acceptable use of the final 1/3rd of the ride's time.

I dunno, I like the "retro" and simple vibes of it.