Recent content by void**petey

Am I going nuts, or is that a brand new photo? Maybe I've been up too long, but I think it looks cleaner than any of the ones I've seen previously.

I'm not sure I'm getting the scale of the people in the classroom diorama properly, and the last time I rode that version of the ride was 2004. Are those life-size? If so, the station set is WAY bigger than I thought...

Per WAYYYY back in 2006, it's F-61: https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/spaceship-in-spaceship-earth.76004/post-1689065

Funny, that's how I feel when I don't sleep enough.

Awesome article, thanks for sharing!

It's apparently Tim Heidecker, as confirmed by his Twitter.

Am I going nuts, or is there an opening visible in the top of the space station in that image, as if the corner of the scaffolding supporting the LED strips enters the top of the cylinder/cone?

While we're all reminiscing/being concerned about our favorite ride, it might be worth talking a little bit more about the soundtrack, specifically, the incredible descent music from the Irons version. I've never seen any hard proof for this, but there's no doubt in my mind that the piece was...

Please, everyone knows Transmeta are hot right now!

Given all the exciting developments in space we're going through right now (reusable rockets and all), perhaps another focus on space like the '82/'86 versions. It's not like that really ever gets dated, even the '82 version would probably be fine now with a few touch-ups.

Figures. I was hoping they had something like that tour in the 1996 video, shame that's no longer a thing. Thanks anyway!

So here's a question: is there any way of seeing inside the remains of the station, or is it completely sealed off from all sides? I'd love to know what state the AA is in after all these years. Based on a thread on this very site from 2002, it looks like there was some sort of backstage tour...

So watching the stuff you just saw, but on screens? Odd. No dioramas, then?

For all the people concerned about lightning: you're actually very safe inside the gondola during a storm thanks to the skin effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect In the event of a lightning strike, the current travels along the outside of the metal structure. Even if your skin is...

Very interesting, I'd love to know what the full plan called for. Given the fact that the beginning of the ride looks pretty good, I'd like to think it was going to be nice. Maybe some day we'll get some sort of info, like we did for the moon scene they planned before launch in 1982. Here's to...