Space Mountain Heading to the Scrap Heap :)

[The Conundrum]

crappy attempt at recreating the appearance of the front of the thing:


note: the square was a hole in the middle. anyone recognize this?

That actually looks more like the spaceship that sits in Disneyland's SM queue.

Although the only person that would know for sure what that is is Martin. :lol:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

That actually looks more like the spaceship that sits in Disneyland's SM queue.

Although the only person that would know for sure what that is is Martin. :lol:

Care to link a picture to it? I want to compare...

 

[DisneyDellsDude]

Unless someone can sneak inside the mountain, with a camera...I'm gonna say no.

Sorry, I meant of the box/object that was spotted.

 

[magicmaya]

Passed by SM last night.. there is a large white object (large=the size of 3 or 4 pick up trucks) on the side of the building, and down a little bit..... COULD be the space station that was on the lift hill.. it was hard to tell, but was definately in that 'style'...


this may be getting interesting now

Yay! They're getting rid of it!:sohappy:

now for some all new special effects:lookaroun

 

[jt04]

Unless someone can sneak inside the mountain, with a camera...I'm gonna say no.

Most stuff will be "staged" outside the building no matter if it's the new stuff going in or the old stuff being removed.

 

[magicmaya]

Unless someone can sneak inside the mountain, with a camera...I'm gonna say no.

I can!:sohappy:

I'm skinny enough.I'm 5'6" and 100 pounds annd nobody will notice me!

But I'm in new york right now But I'm going to california next week!

 

[magicmaya]

Care to link a picture to it? I want to compare...

I can! I can!

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they're not the same.i've seen them both in person

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I can! I can!

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they're not the same.i've seen them both in person

Ahhhh..

I know it's a bit premature, but I have hope, if that's the case...

 

[hardcard]

after looking at pictures from the SM disneyland queue (loading area).. I can say that it is VERY possible that is what I saw outside of the building at WDW yesterday.... I will probably be by there again within a couple of days... but I can't imagine they would leave a new prop outside that long..

 

[marni1971]

I was told the Explorer on the lift hill was staying in situ albeit updated. This could be part of the covered load area dressing, but it does look very similar to the Explorer. Unless it is removed for a rebuild, or they have to remove it for other work.

Nose of Explorer:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I was told the Explorer on the lift hill was staying in situ albeit updated. This could be part of the covered load area dressing, but it does look very similar to the Explorer. Unless it is removed for a rebuild, or they have to remove it for other work.

Nose of Explorer:

My nose looks nothing like that.:lookaroun


:lol:

Either way, interesting....It's a pretty cool show piece.

 

[magicmaya]

My nose looks nothing like that.:lookaroun


:lol:

Either way, interesting....It's a pretty cool show piece.

are you Michael Jackson?

 

[hardcard]

I was told the Explorer on the lift hill was staying in situ albeit updated. This could be part of the covered load area dressing, but it does look very similar to the Explorer. Unless it is removed for a rebuild, or they have to remove it for other work.

Nose of Explorer:

I tell you Martin, thats really striking me as what I saw, however.... I believe it may have been in a 'protective' plastic wrapping... this would be similar to the heat-shrink wrapping I saw the RNR limo (the one from the sign) in on it's way back to the studios from central shops.... It's like a plastic heat-shrink wrapping around the entire structure.. It doesn't stick to the show pieces, it is 'shrunk (heat?) around them, and then cut away once delivered...


Starting to wish I had taken a picture yesterday... My gut tells me that it won't be out there next time...

Also... is it possible that I saw the ORIGINAL show piece from the lift AFTER it had taken a trip to central shops to be refurbed? I guess so... either way, I think the SM refurb just got interesting

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

I tell you Martin, thats really striking me as what I saw, however.... I believe it may have been in a 'protective' plastic wrapping... this would be similar to the heat-shrink wrapping I saw the RNR limo (the one from the sign) in on it's way back to the studios from central shops.... It's like a plastic heat-shrink wrapping around the entire structure.. It doesn't stick to the show pieces, it is 'shrunk (heat?) around them, and then cut away once delivered...


Starting to wish I had taken a picture yesterday... My gut tells me that it won't be out there next time...

:lol:

Go back! Go!:fork::lol:

 

[marni1971]

And, I found my full rear end (!) for reference too:

 

[joel_maxwell]

Good stuff. I wish we had pics. Errr.

Nice rear end Martin....

 

[magicmaya]

:lol:

Go back! Go!:fork::lol:

Go now! We mean it! Drive for your life.Chop Chop.Get in that car.move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it move it mooooooooooovvvvveeee ittt! If you don't go I will diiiieeeee!:lol::wave::fork:

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

And, I found my full rear end (!) for reference too:

Good stuff. I wish we had pics. Errr.

Nice rear end Martin....

:lookaroun Lovely, Martin.


:lol:

 

[EpcotServo]

If this were a REAL refurb, they'd throw LED lights and fog machines in the "Toothpaste Caps" of the Explorer to make it really look like Ion engines.

They won't though, I know it...

 

[Slipknot]

My gut tells me that it won't be out there next time...

It isn't. Just drove by and whatever you saw is not there anymore.