Mission Space has maintained long lines over the past decade due to the fact of an easy to update ride system and video system. Because of this, the ride can cater to changes of the minds of the guests over time, something earlier Epcot pavilians could not do.
The old problem was that the ride was all Mission Space had going for it and a new video seems like it wont be enough. Well, plans have come through for a major rehab which will help keep guests returning for more.
Guests will still enter the orange globe but instead of getting in line there, they enter the Internation Space Center. (no more training). Here, guests learn about the history of previous space travel in a large museum area taking up the entire indoor portion of the old line. The wheel will still be there but many more exhibits will be placed.
The story of this Space Center is that a collection of different agencies have joined together to help provide new ventures. This however, is different than the ones of old. Instead of NASA mainly running the show, it is not mainly companies not funded by the government like Virgin Galactic. The center's goal is to bring and train more pilots.
Once guests are done with this exhibit, they have two choices, board the rocket to an orbital space station above Mars, or travel directly to the postshow via a small tunnel. If guests enter the line, they will travel through to the original Entrance behind the globe, guests will go outside and enter the courtyard. The courtyard will now be covered with a glass awning. The abandoned building next to the courtyard will be demolished and replaced with a new que area. Here, guests pass through switchbacks with interesting displays so interest is kept. After so, guests will re-enter the main building behind the wheel and continue to where the old control room was. The new Control room is where the old waiting to get into the preshow area was.
Guests then enter the preshow area to board their rocket. The new preshow explains about how the guests have recently completed flight training and are now ready for the real thing. The mission is explained that guests will be traveling to the space station. Their craft being used is made for early pilots who can't fly alone yet and so guests are paired in groups of four. Similar stuff is said in the next room and guests then enter the boarding chamber. This chamber looks pretty much the same except it is made sure guests can't see the other guests exiting.
Once the ride starts, an animation is gone through showing the pods being lifter and placed into the corresponding ship. When launch occurs, guests will actually see the other rockets blasting off as well as they slowly separate from each other. The rest of the ride is similar to the old one except for the mars landing part. Instead of landing, the craft reaches intense orbit speeds as it slows down and appreaches the space station.
The biggest change will be the postshow. When guests exit the ride, instead traveling down a long tunnel, they will find themselves in the postshow. What was done was a new large building was built from the back of the pavilian to the road. It was easily done because of the large truck doors placed in the back of the pavilian. (new set was built in the part facing Test Track).
Here, a large LED screen will make it appear is if guests are really in orbit above mars. Due to the massive resultion, the best of computer technology was used to display video. If anything goes wrong, the display goes to a still picture. The exhibits here are about the future of Space Flight and feature many interactive games. The best thing will be two space shot towers built inside that run about twice as fast as the old versions. Though nothing much, these towers will add another ride.
When guests exit this part of the post-show, they enter the old one, here, it is pretty similar with Mission Spacerace but a large scenery change was made. The rest of the pavilian will remain the same.
The old problem was that the ride was all Mission Space had going for it and a new video seems like it wont be enough. Well, plans have come through for a major rehab which will help keep guests returning for more.
Guests will still enter the orange globe but instead of getting in line there, they enter the Internation Space Center. (no more training). Here, guests learn about the history of previous space travel in a large museum area taking up the entire indoor portion of the old line. The wheel will still be there but many more exhibits will be placed.
The story of this Space Center is that a collection of different agencies have joined together to help provide new ventures. This however, is different than the ones of old. Instead of NASA mainly running the show, it is not mainly companies not funded by the government like Virgin Galactic. The center's goal is to bring and train more pilots.
Once guests are done with this exhibit, they have two choices, board the rocket to an orbital space station above Mars, or travel directly to the postshow via a small tunnel. If guests enter the line, they will travel through to the original Entrance behind the globe, guests will go outside and enter the courtyard. The courtyard will now be covered with a glass awning. The abandoned building next to the courtyard will be demolished and replaced with a new que area. Here, guests pass through switchbacks with interesting displays so interest is kept. After so, guests will re-enter the main building behind the wheel and continue to where the old control room was. The new Control room is where the old waiting to get into the preshow area was.
Guests then enter the preshow area to board their rocket. The new preshow explains about how the guests have recently completed flight training and are now ready for the real thing. The mission is explained that guests will be traveling to the space station. Their craft being used is made for early pilots who can't fly alone yet and so guests are paired in groups of four. Similar stuff is said in the next room and guests then enter the boarding chamber. This chamber looks pretty much the same except it is made sure guests can't see the other guests exiting.
Once the ride starts, an animation is gone through showing the pods being lifter and placed into the corresponding ship. When launch occurs, guests will actually see the other rockets blasting off as well as they slowly separate from each other. The rest of the ride is similar to the old one except for the mars landing part. Instead of landing, the craft reaches intense orbit speeds as it slows down and appreaches the space station.
The biggest change will be the postshow. When guests exit the ride, instead traveling down a long tunnel, they will find themselves in the postshow. What was done was a new large building was built from the back of the pavilian to the road. It was easily done because of the large truck doors placed in the back of the pavilian. (new set was built in the part facing Test Track).
Here, a large LED screen will make it appear is if guests are really in orbit above mars. Due to the massive resultion, the best of computer technology was used to display video. If anything goes wrong, the display goes to a still picture. The exhibits here are about the future of Space Flight and feature many interactive games. The best thing will be two space shot towers built inside that run about twice as fast as the old versions. Though nothing much, these towers will add another ride.
When guests exit this part of the post-show, they enter the old one, here, it is pretty similar with Mission Spacerace but a large scenery change was made. The rest of the pavilian will remain the same.
