Spaceship Earth closed August 18th-24th for refurbishment.

[disney4life2008]

They're taking the week off to "thank the Phoenicians."

It's part of limited time magic.

LOL!!!!! OMG That is my favorite part of the updated ride. "Thank the Phoenicians - they created them" HAHA

 

[montyz81]

It sure needs it, but doesnt sound long enough for the atrocity of the descent.

They are putting a sign up that says " Nothing to see here move along"

 

[ToTBellHop]

They are putting a sign up that says " Nothing to see here move along"

I believe the plan is actually to have the ride end at the top and then install a giant carnival slide for the "descent back to Earth." Suddenly all of those stars will add to the excitement.

 

[wdwmagic]

The dates for this have changed. Latest at http://www.wdwmagic.com/refurbishments.htm

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Just as my vacation is ending. (Sigh of relief)

 

[spacemountain89]

No one knows for certain what they're going to do while the ride is down. But it's a short refurbishment, so I wouldn't expect anything too major, Jeany.

Replacing track at load and unload and putting new carpet in the post show. that's all

 

[Prototype82]

Hopefully they can bring back the smell of Rome burning, when we were there in January it wasnt working at all. Also replace the projector for the mammoth scene in the beginning as it is so dark you can't see it.

I rode it yesterday: Saturday, August 10th. Burning Rome scent is working and strong.

 

[tare]

Just a little in house dusting.

 

[TheDisneyMagic]

I rode it yesterday: Saturday, August 10th. Burning Rome scent is working and strong.

Great to hear this, thanks for keeping us posted.

 

[spacemountain89]

burning rome has been working for a long time. They are fixing the Steam Press. They have one of those fancy scrims in front of it while they work on it.

 

[articos]

burning rome has been working for a long time. They are fixing the Steam Press. They have one of those fancy scrims in front of it while they work on it.

Finally.

 

[Tom Morrow]

I will be disappointed if they don't work on the audio levels. You know, something that should be comparatively easy to fix. But they have left Tower of Terror with bad audio for years now, so...

 

[aladdin2007]

A fancy scrim would even make the descent look better...

 

[Clamman73]

A working steam press on SSE makes me want to do a Kirk Gibson world series game winning arm pump.

 

[gooferz]

One thing I'd like to add is that while I was in EPCOT around 3 weeks ago, SSE was down 3 separate times on three separate days, sometimes for like an hour and once for even around 4-5. Idk if this has much to do with it, but with closings like that, you'd have to assume the big part of this small refurb would be something relating to the workings of the ride, ie: load and unload track pieces.

 

[bhg469]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/quick-update-on-sse-and-mk.871101/
This person said there are changes on the descent.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

I rode it yesterday: Saturday, August 10th. Burning Rome scent is working and strong.

They really should sell BBQ when you get off the ride. Every time I'm in the Rome scene I want BBQ afterwards.

 

[cspencer96]

I will be disappointed if they don't work on the audio levels. You know, something that should be comparatively easy to fix. But they have left Tower of Terror with bad audio for years now, so...

Don't want to go off topic on this thread about SSE, but just FYI - I noticed a few days ago that Tower of Terror seems to have gotten a small amount of audio TLC. The boiler room sound effects are extremely clear and much louder, so much that its noticeable. But more importantly, the audio and narration in the ride portion seems to have been greatly improved. We went on all four lift shafts, and this was consistent all four times. I was pretty pumped after that lol

 

[cspencer96]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/quick-update-on-sse-and-mk.871101/
This person said there are changes on the descent.

I too noticed this section of rock work. Very interesting, maybe it will amount to something interesting. The star sheets were still lining every bit of the descent after that, so maybe we'll at least get something to look at.

 

[DznyGrlSD]

They really should sell BBQ when you get off the ride. Every time I'm in the Rome scene I want BBQ afterwards.

In the same thought - they should sell apple pie when you get out of Philharmagic - they'd make a killing!