PHOTOS - Mission SPACE exterior goes under wraps for refurbishment

[TestTrack Dummy]

I never get sick on M:S, I ride it every trip!

 

[Cody5242]

It seems like ever since George came there's been a lot of cleaning up going on at the parks. I have a good feeling about the upkeep going forward but I know this won't mean a working yeti

 

[Lord Pheonix]

Wish they'd refurb the inside to something new...

Everyone I know personally who's been on M:S did it once and never again because they all came off the ride completely nauseated.

just dont look sideways when spinning

 

[bethymouse]

It's a decent ride. My husband can't take the spinning though. Sometimes I ride the orange by myself. My one little fellow like to ride the orange w/ me sometimes. Well, it all needs a bit of a refurb if you ask me. How long will this take? Just curious...

 

[matt9112]

Wish they'd refurb the inside to something new...

Everyone I know personally who's been on M:S did it once and never again because they all came off the ride completely nauseated.

the ride without G forces is useless...you can watch NASA footage at home and save your money...the ride is epic because of the G forces.....period. end of argument nuff said. i would use choice words for the people who even ride it without the G forces but im not that rude. =)

 

[Tegan pilots a chicken]

I love M:S!

I would like to see an updated version of the ride video though. It's about time.

 

[wdw71fan]

it looked like crap.. the entrance 'planet' had clear-coat peeling off the top, the pavments need chemical treatments, etc..

It's geting the TLC it needed now that Test Track has reopened.

 

[Tegan pilots a chicken]

Hopefully this will only be the beginning!

 

[flynnibus]

I'm confused as to why the outside is being refurbed; it looked fine, but okay.

Haven't you seen how filthy and exposed portions of the globe have been?

 

[novawildcat18]

I really like Mission Space. It's not necessarily a must-do if I'm pressed for time, but I really enjoy it. I agree with everyone else and I think that the ride video needs a bit of an update. Something along the lines of what Uni did with Spider-Man.

 

[janoimagine]

This is long overdue. I could not believe how bad it looked last trip.

 

[openendedsky]

Haven't you seen how filthy and exposed portions of the globe have been?

I've already addressed this if you read back.

 

[flynnibus]

I've already addressed this if you read back.

I guess I didn't really take notice since I hadn't been to Epcot since 1999-2000.

You haven't been in over 12 years - but you wanted to throw out there you questioned why this was needed?

 

[djlaosc]

Would it be possible for Mission: SPACE to use similar technology to the Hogwarts Express windows?

Or would that, combined with the G-Forces, just make everyone sick? (I'm sure that I read here that Universal were having to play around with the Hogwarts Express windows so that they wouldn't make people sick - were they too realistic? - so add that to G-Forces and even more people would be sick?)

 

[George]

I don't get nauseated but I get anxious being shut up in a tiny box with the potential that my crewmates will blow chunks while the ride is operating. First time I rode it I had a panic attack as soon as I saw the "air" sickness bags.

The ride itself is neat, although the graphics haven't aged well.

Good point. The graphics should be updated.

 

[openendedsky]

You haven't been in over 12 years - but you wanted to throw out there you questioned why this was needed?

I was saying that was probably a large reason of why I didn't notice that there needed to be a refurb.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

You haven't been in over 12 years - but you wanted to throw out there you questioned why this was needed?

I think there is confusion here. Openededsky means 'hadn't been since 1999-2000...until I returned recently'.

If twelve years ago was the time of last visit, he wouldn't have seen M:S looking fine, he wouldn't have seen it altogether - the area then was still a sinkhole that had just gobbled up Horizons.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

just dont look sideways when spinning

That's the key, isn't it?

Sometimes, for fun, I'll pull my head sideways on the Teacups, or even Big Thunder. You get higher than Felix Baumgartner, or a Carioca sniffing his daily glue.

 

[Figments Friend]

Yup, in 2003. DW and I felt like we were about throw up as we got off. Haven't been on it since. Not something I wanted to chance and experience again, even on the tamer side they have now. I'm a chicken like that

I consider myself a big chicken too when it comes to stuff like this, but trust me, the tamer Green Team experience is well worth doing. I ride every visit.

Nothing to be nervous about...it is actually very similar to a motion-simulator attraction. NO spinning sensations...no G-force sensations. Think Star Tours, but with some additonal fun interactive elements ( the blast off is fun !) Green Team is a great way to get yourself warmed up to Orange...when you are ready to move in that direction again.

Give it a try next time...i think you will come off feeling better about M:S....literally and figuratively !

 

[Axle1986]

This is why:

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Source: http://www.************.com/2012/04...a-growing-hole-at-seas-while-odyssey-is-blue/


GAH, apparently another foe of wdwmagic. Replace the stars with e p c y c l o p e d i a (obviously without spaces)