It is really sad and shocking to think that it has come down to this. I don't think anyone could imagine the insane driving force that the Disney Corporation does now. It's all about, entertain the thrillers, Audio Animatronics? "Like that is soooo 1963". :zipit:
I am soooooooooooooo glad I got a video of SSE, it's not the absolute greatest, but atleast I got to see that, and the infamous global neighborhood just about a month before AT&T swept outta there. It's pretty much one of last things we have left to remind us of the great EPCOT Center, how can they be so crazy to gut out a great and inspiring ride???!!!
Are the imagineers drunk, or are they mere puppets of Eisner and his crew? :fork:
The ride is dated in it's Omnimover Track, vehicles, sounds, and lighting system. We go by the AA's fast enough to not even notice their limited movements, which do need mechanical fixings, like they should. With the excpeption of the musical score, narration, and TV screens int he beginning, the ride is pretty much the same until we go past the family of three in the 60s watching all their tv sets. Imagine that, the finale 1/3 of the show bores people the most.
Without a sponsor and proper presentation, the ride countinues to lack its charm and suffiency it was had. Disney I bet loves this, and they are blood suckers waiting to knock that sphere off it's foundation. If they take the ride out and /or remove the sphere how could anyone really go to that park anymore, I sure won't.
The park has now gone from EPCOT Center, to EPCOT, back to Epcot Center, then Epcot. Maybe they couldn't copywrite the acronym, but 1994 was the last year of pretty much the original EPCOT Center. 1999 was the year the park in MHO finally crumbled, Epcot Center, the park we were greeted with in 1996 with new inspirations such as an already going SSE[ though Walter Cronkite's was better], we saw Horizons still, Innoventions took many by surprise for the good [in 96] and Ellen welcomed us to the universe of energy.
But so much is lost now, and so little remains. Yes Test Track and Mission: Space are great rides, I enjoy them both, espically Mission: Space because it is 21st centiury futuristic, but were they turly worthy of the rides the destroyed?
While that flashy second rate vegas sign sparkles over SSE, and the stars all around it clutter the sphere, let alone the barren entrance.
For those who never saw EPCOT Center or Epcot Center, I hope you can get something out of it from the numerous photos and videos of the rides and exhbiits that exist on the internet. It was great to see it, I'm so glad I got to see it. I was in shock when I went back in 2004, let alone I hadn't been to the park since 1995. The park is slowly dieing. The Land I hope does not become a nightmare to walk around when Soarin flys in, yet we now have an empty global neighborhood, which would be great for an ultra new "Earth Station", and wonders of life, and innoventions just keep on crumbling.
We can't let this happen. I enjoy thrill rides and excitment, BUT I also have great respect for rides that present inspiration and understanding. For those of you that dis Epcot so much, than why even go? Don't bother, go to six flags or Universal, I don't care, but don't complain about Epcot being so boring, you already got two wishes, Test Track and Mission: Space, but curse Disney even you ever get our beloved Spaceship Earth!
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