Epcot Mickey

[asianway]

Never trust bus drivers at Disney lol! The only time there was a Mickey on Spaceship Earth was when they shot a promo for WDW and had a high shot of Spaceship Earth. There's a platform where a person could stand on top, but it's only been used for that promo.

As @raven said it's a maintenance hatch and there was hell to pay after that video was shot

 

[marni1971]

Am I right the original scissor lift in 180top was beyond repair but was never removed?

 

[ppete1975]

something tells me theres some great stories here. why was there hell to pay? a broken scissor lift? :0)

 

[Oddysey]

Fun tidbit. I took the Undiscovered Future World Tour in 2005 and 2008. Both tour guides indicated that Mickey wet himself during the shooting of the 1993 commercial.

Can't say I wouldn't do the same.

 

[raven]

Am I right the original scissor lift in 180top was beyond repair but was never removed?

True. This is the reason for the masking cloth at the top. The inside hatch is offset about 30' from the top as to not disturb the projection area. From there you crawl between the inner shell and putter shell to the top hatch.

 

[ppete1975]

Anyone have pics of any of this. Its fascinating to me. And google images isn't helping.
THANK YOU

 

[barkerbird]

I would pay to see Mickey climbing up there. Even if he wet himself, it was probably worth it. Classic commercial, and it never fails to surprise me when it shows him on top of it.

 

[goofyyukyuk]

The access hatch is actually used at least twice every year on night shift when they pressure wash the outside of the structure. It takes about a week to complete. This is also when people start to claim to see "scorch marks" on SSE but it's just the dirt that they are slowly washing away.

Ah, didn't think about that... that promo was the only publicized use of the hatch I could think of, but I guess Disney doesn't really publicize the maintenance of the parks lol

 

[raven]

Ah, didn't think about that... that promo was the only publicized use of the hatch I could think of, but I guess Disney doesn't really publicize the maintenance of the parks lol

That's the "pixie dust" that guests don't think about.

 

[Beacon Joe]

The bus drivers are the best source of information about the 5th gate. And it's always good to ask them for information about Room Zero.