Rumor Siemens is going to end their sponsorship with the parks - Spaceship Earth and IllumiNations

[Monorail_Orange]

Forgive me if you can't share, but I feel like I read somewhere the new show is going to require extensive work to the lagoon (including draining it). Is this still true?

Based on the things I've read in publications by some of the imagineers that helped build Epcot Center, I would say draining that lagoon will never happen short of absolute necessity. IIRC, that lagoon is not entirely man made either, which makes it about as easy to drain as say, Bay Lake.

 

[jpeden]

Based on the things I've read in publications by some of the imagineers that helped build Epcot Center, I would say draining that lagoon will never happen short of absolute necessity. IIRC, that lagoon is not entirely man made either, which makes it about as easy to drain as say, Bay Lake.

Not that I know of and I'd doubt it.

Makes sense - thanks to both of you for that clarification!

 

[marni1971]

Based on the things I've read in publications by some of the imagineers that helped build Epcot Center, I would say draining that lagoon will never happen short of absolute necessity. IIRC, that lagoon is not entirely man made either, which makes it about as easy to drain as say, Bay Lake.

The lagoon was man made as in dug out. Same as Seven Seas. Rainwater, water table and a sinkhole filled it up.

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

Illuminations: Reflections of Perth and Australia pavilion confirmed.

I think the triangles confirm that it will be a Bermuda pavilion.

 

[Movielover]

and a sinkhole filled it up.

Ahhhh so that's where Horizons went...

 

[britain]

Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

 

[HMF]

Illuminations: Reflections of Perth and Australia pavilion confirmed.

IllumiNations-Salute to all Nations but mostly America.

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

Just read that Siemens is ending its park sponsorship. If there was ever a time for Disney to think about reimagining the marquee Epcot icon, I guess this would be the time.

One can only imagine the headline in Variety:

Disney Neutered: Big Ball in Epcot Losing its Siemens

 

[stuart]

Illuminations: Reflections of Perth and Australia pavilion confirmed.

Coming from the original Perth, in Scotland, that would suit me. Actually, we are getting our own 'illuminations' as part of a multi-million pound investment in the place.

Hopeful that new Illuminations here will be IP free and, just as RoE was/is, a superior show technically.

 

[tissandtully]

Wasn't the Siemens sponsorship weird to begin with? Like I can't go out and like buy a bunch of Siemens products like I could Pandora jewelry. I couldn't see this sponsorship helping their bottom line at all. It's like if it SSE was sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Wasn't the Siemens sponsorship weird to begin with? Like I can't go out and like buy a bunch of Siemens products like I could Pandora jewelry. I couldn't see this sponsorship helping their bottom line at all. It's like if it SSE was sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories.

Man, if Pandora jewelry did sponsor SSE, it would be very sparkly.

 

[marni1971]

Wasn't the Siemens sponsorship weird to begin with?.

You couldn't just go and buy an Otis elevator either though.

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

You couldn't just go and buy an Otis elevator either though.

But maybe you could buy a used Otis Hydrolator.

 

[marni1971]

But maybe you could buy a used Otis Hydrolator.

Touché

 

[DisneyGentlemanV2.0]

Touché

Personally, I loved the entry hydrolator. It was essential Disney, and fooled enough people to be truly worth the ride.

 

[Mat Cauthon]

Wasn't the Siemens sponsorship weird to begin with? Like I can't go out and like buy a bunch of Siemens products like I could Pandora jewelry. I couldn't see this sponsorship helping their bottom line at all. It's like if it SSE was sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories.

I could never see how any of the sponsorship would generate additional business or revenue. It's not like I ever used the sponsors name when talking about an attraction. "Hey who wants to go ride Space Ship Earth sponsored by Siemens" said no one ever.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Man, if Pandora jewelry did sponsor SSE, it would be very sparkly.

Pandora should sponsor Pandora.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

Pandora should sponsor Pandora.

Pandora would be making bank if they had done that.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Pandora would be making bank if they had done that.

As would Pandora.

 

[KBLovedDisney]

As would Pandora.

Seriously! Stash a Pandora store in Pandora, make only Pandora specific jewelry that can only be bought at Pandora, in Pandora.