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

[marni1971]

I believe a good chunk of the Irons Version is no longer there. The city is gone but I believe the peppers Ghost vignettes are still there. Martin would know better than me.

A lot of the diorama scenes are still in place. They tin foil city is long gone.

 

[notourdino]

Maybe they’ve tried for Apple in the past.

Maybe they should try again.

 

[aladdin2007]

IMO I think it's time for them to shut off the screens remove the black tarps in the finale and return the Irons version once again...*Jumps off Soapbox*

high five!!!

 

[montyz81]

Maybe they’ve tried for Apple in the past.

They should go with the very first sponsor courted for the ride, but maybe that is because I am bias and they pay my salary. I wonder if anyone knows who that is. Hint: HAL

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Maybe they’re trying for another sponsor.

AT&T or Apple?

 

[ChrisFL]

ooh, can we make our narrator suggestions again?

Patrick Stewart
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
James Earl Jones
Benedict Cumberbatch(?)

 

[smile]

When you rewatch the E.P.C.O.T. presentation and you then go to Epcot......You really have to wonder...How this would have worked in this day in age....

same was said for feature animation and theme parks but those two industries don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.
lord knows where ol' pappy walt would (or could) have taken it, especially if he had been wee bit younger - his stated motivations for even bothering were nothing short of inspirational; even today, especially so.

btw, always adored that video for many reasons...
unfortunately, as many may know, it was one of his last filmed appearances as he met his relatively sudden death mere weeks later.

 

[smile]

They should go with the very first sponsor courted for the ride, but maybe that is because I am bias and they pay my salary. I wonder if anyone knows who that is. Hint: HAL

elementary, my dear

 

[ChrisFL]

When you rewatch the E.P.C.O.T. presentation and you then go to Epcot......You really have to wonder...How this would have worked in this day in age....

Actually I wonder why it hasn't been done YET, as it makes so much MORE sense than the way our modern cities have been built up since then

 

[Goofyernmost]

IMO I think it's time for them to shut off the screens remove the black tarps in the finale and return the Irons version once again...*Jumps off Soapbox*

Or better yet... the Walter Cronkite one. No one could tell a story as well as the other Uncle Walter.

Shut off what screens!

 

[smile]

Shut off what screens!

oh, ya know...
just the obnoxious ones right in front of your face.

 

[MisterPenguin]

ooh, can we make our narrator suggestions again?

Patrick Stewart
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
James Earl Jones
Benedict Cumberbatch(?)

Stitch
Iago
Chip & Dale
Donald Duck

 

[smile]

ooh, can we make our narrator suggestions again?

Patrick Stewart - not bad at all
Neil DeGrasse Tyson - eh, maybe
James Earl Jones - man i don't eveeeeee SYSTEM ERRORRRRRR.........

 

[trainplane3]

ooh, can we make our narrator suggestions again?

Patrick Stewart
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
James Earl Jones
Benedict Cumberbatch(?)

I got a couple we can all choose from:
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart

 

[RSoxNo1]

I got a couple we can all choose from:
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart was the rumor last time around.

 

[Goofyernmost]

oh, ya know...
just the obnoxious ones right in front of your face.

No, really, I'm not kidding... what screens? I don't remember any in SSE. I remember some from the Irons era. Patrick Stewart is good, but, isn't there someone that doesn't have a British accent. It really doesn't make them any smarter.

 

[smile]

No, really, I'm not kidding... what screens? I don't remember any in SSE. I remember some from the Irons era. Patrick Stewart is good, but, isn't there someone that doesn't have a British accent. It really doesn't make them any smarter.

when's the last time you've ridden, my man?
the on-board screens.

 

[Goofyernmost]

when's the last time you've ridden, my man?
the on-board screens.

Oh, yea I kinda like them, I was thinking more about the ride portion scene screens that people are always complaining about. I like being part of the show even if in cartoon form. I enjoy getting off the ride and finding my picture on the big screen in the post-show area. But, I can take them or leave them, but, they have to do something really good for the descent area. All the elements of that from the earth scene on top, to the bottom has always been a crashing bore to me. I kind of enjoyed answering the question and seeing the results. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[trainplane3]

when's the last time you've ridden, my man?
the on-board screens.

I've made it a personal goal of mine to take the most awkward pictures for the screens now. Might as well get some entertainment out of them, right? Sometimes it picks up my face, maybe it's only my hair, other times its an eye. Literally just a eye.
Or this

Or you get a perfectly lined up picture for a change.

 

[5thGenTexan]

ooh, can we make our narrator suggestions again?

Patrick Stewart
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
James Earl Jones
Benedict Cumberbatch(?)

Christopher Walken or Hugo Weaving.