dr_teeth90210 said:I hear the CEO of this new sponsor is big jerk though.
Eh, it's not really stalling--just letting handicapped guests on or off.shmmrname said:Shouldn't take a new sponsor to make sure the ride doesn't stall every 5-10 minutes...
Anyways, I was hoping to read a rumor here.
dr_teeth90210 said:I heard about this too.... The new sponsor is planning to give Spaceship Earth a complete overhaul and rehab.... Here's concept art of how SSE will look after the rehab.
http://www.koit.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tn_deathcot.gif
(Thanks to Connor002 for bringing the new concept art to my attention.)
I hear the CEO of this new sponsor is big jerk though.
rolm said:I'm still hearing at Siemens that we'll be the sponsor. My understanding, it's a done deal. But like a lot of things, decisions change.
Thrawn said:Who did Disney offer their branded cellphones through? Was it Verizon? And who was producing the phones?
If SSE was to get a new sponsor, I would venture to guess that those two would be the most logical.
Lauriebar said:I thought I had read somewhere that Disney was considering their own "brand" of cellular service. Would this still have to be through another service?
Thrawn said:Yes, "brand" in this case means that they will take existing service and put their name on it. Its through Sprint. Heres the story:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2005/07/06/ap2125031.html
Doesn't say what phones they will use, but of course thats hard to say since it isn't starting til 06.
So I'd guess the frontrunner for the communications ride sponsor would have to be Sprint.
Yoop33 said:I could see Sprint doing this because Disney will indeed be using their network (which I think is a bad idea). As for phone, they are planing to use both their ouwn models and existing models but offer software, firmware and applications all their own.
If you have not seen Disney's own DMOBO M900 you should check it out. It is nicely done and quite impressive!!
www.dmobo.com
I am sure they will be making a complete english version of this eventually. Although they have only made under 4000 of them in Japan. You can currently find them on Ebay for around $400-$500
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