EPCOT Spaceship Earth refurbishment coming soon?

[HMF]

My favorite ride needs some love.... hoping a lot of things go right in the next few years to give it the attention it needs

Whether it will actually be love or will it just make things worse is yet to be determined.

 

[HMF]

No. The renaissance scene is the best sequence in the whole ride.

It was prior to 2007 when they decided to censor things because overprotective parents are afraid of the human body which is extremely common in renaissance era art.

 

[Brian]

Did they remove the old lighting at some point?

No, it is still actively in use to complement the points of light at times, though not as bright as before.

 

[twilight mitsuk]

New / upgraded / added more - not sure which but someone else mentioned these changes were part of the refurb. As for other attractions idk but they're definitely the same model. A flashing green dot every 10-11 seconds

the flashing light is what makes it an addressable sensor

 

[Moth]

Whether it will actually be love or will it just make things worse is yet to be determined.

Have you ever looked forward positively to anything?

 

[larryz]

By that logic, the scene of Renaissance artists is redundant given that the ride shows cave painters at the very start.

Yeah, those are roughly equivalent...

 

[larryz]

The yeti is the pinhole that keeps all of animal kingdom standing. If they attempt to fix the Yeti a sinkhole would develop that would envelope all of Asia, Africa, and a good chunk of Pandora.

I think they'd fix it if Imagineering didn't project a $550 million budget to do so...

where's that sarcasm font?

 

[larryz]

It is down this morning and I've seen a deleted reddit post and a post on another forum saying that a pipe burst, and it may have flooded some scenes.

What, are they saying it never rained in Greece/Rome/Medieval Europe?

 

[trainplane3]

Did they remove the old lighting at some point?

No. It was upgraded and replaced with LED so they can change colors as needed for the various shows. Some of the old spotlights are in their spots but newer LED fixtures replaced them, some of them directly next to the old (unused) lighting.

 

[esskay]

This is karma for killing the way overdue full refurb that was supposed to happen back in 2019/2020.

 

[Tha Realest]

This is karma for killing the way overdue full refurb that was supposed to happen back in 2019/2020.

Yeah, but those plans looked and sounded not good, so I think we were saved by that not happening

 

[monothingie]

New / upgraded / added more - not sure which but someone else mentioned these changes were part of the refurb. As for other attractions idk but they're definitely the same model. A flashing green dot every 10-11 seconds

Siemens OH 921 Addressable Smoke/Heat Detectors. Polls green every 10 seconds.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Yeah, but those plans looked and sounded not good, so I think we were saved by that not happening

Depends on what the new plans end up being. I'd say we've BEEN dodging bullets ever since Time Racers was canned. But given the (Disney) world we live in, the danger of getting a truly horrible renovation is never going to subside.

 

[Tha Realest]

Depends on what the new plans end up being. I'd say we've BEEN dodging bullets ever since Time Racers was canned. But given the (Disney) world we live in, the danger of getting a truly horrible renovation is never going to subside.

Looking bad at the other slate of Epcot plans from that D23, I’m glad. Guardians and Ratatouile were good (the latter a clone which was already a good ride). Harmonious, Canada Far and Wide, World Celebration all terrible changes. The Mary Poppins thing seems like it would have been a big disappointment, as would the weird SSE changes.

I for one LOVED the TT changes. But there is a lot of variable quality from that particular era.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Not sure where y'all are even seeing coverage of the water damage, but I am hearing from my friends of SSE that the damage was relatively minimal. Just a big clean up job.

The universe said we're not getting a refurb catalyst any time soon, for better or for worse.

 

[JoeCamel]

Siemens OH 921 Addressable Smoke/Heat Detectors. Polls green every 10 seconds.

Surprising there is no CO detection, with those guys sitting around a fire it sounds dangerous.

 

[hosekiller]

Surprising there is no CO detection, with those guys sitting around a fire it sounds dangerous.

There must be a great ventilation system

 

[JoeCamel]

There must be a great ventilation system

Maybe there is a hole in the top or something

 

[wbostic12]

Not sure where y'all are even seeing coverage of the water damage, but I am hearing from my friends of SSE that the damage was relatively minimal. Just a big clean up job.

The universe said we're not getting a refurb catalyst any time soon, for better or for worse.

I was honestly kind of hoping for a Disneyland Space Mountain 2003 sort of issue. Out of curiosity, I get why the points of light would be down if power was turned off, but why would the flood lights on SSE go out?

 

[Nordic4tKnight]

Wonder if it will stay closed tomorrow or not