Religious Skywriting over Epcot

[XSTech]

I took this photo this morning:

http://flickr.com/photos/insidethemagic/457850762/

The whole bit of skywriting wouldn't fit in my camera's frame. To the left of Jesus was a giant smiley face (probably as large as Spaceship Earth, if not larger). It then read "Jesus Loves You" next to the face.

The skywriting stopped everyone in their tracks throughout Epcot, as everyone pulled out their cameras to snap a photo of a rare religious sight in a Disney park.

 

[fjm777]

When we went last Sept we saw it then too.

 

[pheneix]

They've been doing this ever since I was a kid. Anyone remember the Church Street Station skywriters that flew over Epcot before that place went bust?

 

[kennygman]

We saw something like this over the castle last Dec.

 

[Erika]

For whatever reason, I love the fact that they included a smiley face. :lol: Puts kind of a Disney spin on things, doesn't it?

A word to everyone in general-- please don't turn this into a religious debate or I'll have to close it.

 

[xensweetie]

I took this photo this morning:

http://flickr.com/photos/insidethemagic/457850762/

The whole bit of skywriting wouldn't fit in my camera's frame. To the left of Jesus was a giant smiley face (probably as large as Spaceship Earth, if not larger). It then read "Jesus Loves You" next to the face.

The skywriting stopped everyone in their tracks throughout Epcot, as everyone pulled out their cameras to snap a photo of a rare religious sight in a Disney park.

omg!! i saw that EXACT same thing when I was in MGM last February!! My hubby & I were there on I think it was the backlot tour and noticed it! The plane was still writing it as we watched and we took a photo as well. That's too funny! :lol:

 

[EpcotGrl]

Wow. The only time I remember a religious group skywriting over MK, they were arrested when they landed as MK was a "no fly zone" post-9/11. Unless that was a rumor, which is entirely possible

 

[k.hunter30]

Cool!

 

[GrowingUpDisney]

WOW - How Awesome!!!

Niki

 

[PigletIsMyCat]

We have seen this over Epcot as well, and without trying to turn this into a religious arguement, I think it's horrible and annoying to try and subject a park full of tourists to your religious ideas. I also hate those signs on the side of the road that talk about Jesus loving you, and I also hate people who try to hand me tracts and pamphlets while I'm in a public place. I hope whoever does this on a regular basis will get in trouble.

On a little less angry note, does anyone else realize that it's just one guy, in one plane, writing a message? Usually there are between four and six planes that fly in a straight line, letting out that smoke at certain points. Which is why by the time this guy gets to the second 's' in Jesus, the 'j' is completely unreadable.

 

[montyz81]

I am more interested in the clear blue sky and less in the message. We are suppose to get a Nor'easter here on Monday. UGG

 

[PigletIsMyCat]

Ahh... the Nor'easter.... the number 3 reason I moved from New York to Florida.... sorry Monty, good luck with all that water? Will it be in the form of rain, snow, or the ever popular ice?

 

[WDWCMAmanda]

Practically every day...

Truth be told...you can see this in the sky above WDW almost every day.
There are variations of what they write but it's basically the same idea...

 

[XSTech]

On a little less angry note, does anyone else realize that it's just one guy, in one plane, writing a message? Usually there are between four and six planes that fly in a straight line, letting out that smoke at certain points. Which is why by the time this guy gets to the second 's' in Jesus, the 'j' is completely unreadable.

You should have seen what the smiley face looked like by the time he got to "You". It was a big smoky mess!

 

[DisneyMusician2]

We have seen this over Epcot as well, and without trying to turn this into a religious arguement, I think it's horrible and annoying to try and subject a park full of tourists to your religious ideas. I also hate those signs on the side of the road that talk about Jesus loving you, and I also hate people who try to hand me tracts and pamphlets while I'm in a public place. I hope whoever does this on a regular basis will get in trouble.

On a little less angry note, does anyone else realize that it's just one guy, in one plane, writing a message? Usually there are between four and six planes that fly in a straight line, letting out that smoke at certain points. Which is why by the time this guy gets to the second 's' in Jesus, the 'j' is completely unreadable.

I don't care if they are advertising Jesus, Don Imus, Free Pizza, or a Club, it shouldn't be allowed over WDW. Takes away from the feel for me, and I think they should find a way to stop it if they can.

 

[Piebald]

I've seen this at least 10 times in the past few months (I only work a couple of days a week). Usually it's something like :

"JESUS LOVES YOU =)"

"TRUST IN JESUS"

I don't think it's quite "rare" either.

A lot of guests seem to chuckle or just make a face.... sometimes they actually get really worked up by it too and ask if it's Disney doing it :lol:

 

[PigletIsMyCat]

Strangely enough, I don't think I'd mind the free pizza... :lookaroun

But I agree. I just have a personal pet peeve about religious zealots. I thought it would be considered unsafe to fly over Disney parks at any time, especially after 9/11. Plus, wouldn't Wishes distract the pilots? :lol:

 

[Piebald]

We have seen this over Epcot as well, and without trying to turn this into a religious arguement, I think it's horrible and annoying to try and subject a park full of tourists to your religious ideas. I also hate those signs on the side of the road that talk about Jesus loving you, and I also hate people who try to hand me tracts and pamphlets while I'm in a public place. I hope whoever does this on a regular basis will get in trouble.

On a little less angry note, does anyone else realize that it's just one guy, in one plane, writing a message? Usually there are between four and six planes that fly in a straight line, letting out that smoke at certain points. Which is why by the time this guy gets to the second 's' in Jesus, the 'j' is completely unreadable.

Back home there was a guy who used to do this as well until one day his plane crashed while doing so and he died. Irony.

 

[PigletIsMyCat]

Back home there was a guy who used to do this as well until one day his plane crashed while doing so and he died. Irony.

By 'this', do you actually mean writing Jesus-affiliated messages in the sky? And, once I read 'irony', all I can think about is the babershop quartet in Family Guy singing that song..... the vasectomy song.

On a totally unrelated note, there's a billboard on 528 when you're driving from the attractions area to Orlando International Airport right after the second toll plaza. This billboard is for 'vasectomy.com'..... not sure why I laugh every time I pass it, but I do...

 

[Kadee]

I don't care if they are advertising Jesus, Don Imus, Free Pizza, or a Club, it shouldn't be allowed over WDW. Takes away from the feel for me, and I think they should find a way to stop it if they can.

I agree! And, it messes up otherwise very good pictures! I think it is just tacky, no matter what it says.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I saw this over MK last July. Like others have said, this is not a new or rare occurance