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Spaceship Earth exterior needs a serious clean
- Thread starter ptaylor
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hpyhnt 1000
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Yeah, this has been discussed in another thread somewhere. Probably related to air conditioning residue. It'll be gone with the next pressure cleaning.
wdwmemories
New Member
There has been a tremendous amount of rain recently in central Florida so it is probably hard to keep up with the exterior cleaning - and the wet weather probably promotes mildew.
WishIwasThere
Active Member
A post like this starts every couple years. Last time was when the wand came down and showed that the sphere needed a cleaning.
Mr. Morrow
New Member
Meh Id be happy if they finished the inside. :shrug:
wolf359
Well-Known Member
All of the early books about EPCOT tout the "self cleaning" aspects of the Alucobond panels... Granted, it would be hard to confirm or verify, but it seems like Spaceship Earth requires outside assistance a lot more often to stay clean now than it did in the past.
I wonder if those panels aren't quite as durable as the chemical engineers thought they would be? Does anyone know if every panel is original or if any have been replaced over the years?
I wonder if those panels aren't quite as durable as the chemical engineers thought they would be? Does anyone know if every panel is original or if any have been replaced over the years?
aladdin2007
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The queue load/unload areas also need to be cleaned, redone. Ugly. Matches the descent. Wake up Siemens!
I was amazed this wasn't touched during the refurb. One of the parts I thought needed the most attention, and it was barely touched.
Some photos in this thread:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=596440
Letting something like that stand for two weeks is deplorable.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=596440
Letting something like that stand for two weeks is deplorable.
aladdin2007
Well-Known Member
Its probably going to remain that way much longer, or do they have some kind of routine pressure cleaning system in place? If so they need to take it inside as well, maybe up into the descent too and start over. ugggg. :lookaroun
TTATraveler
Active Member
Ugh, I saw it yesterday as I was pulling into the parking lot and was caught off guard. It can't be very easy to clean, but it really looks bad.
harveyt0206
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I'm not sure what kind of whack a doodle I am, but nothing would make me happier than to climb up there with a scrub brush and clean, clean, clean.
raven
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OK. I did some digging and here's the deal:
SSE is currently being cleaned on 3rd shift but it's taking longer than expected due to scheduling reasons. Powerwashing starts at the top and they spray everything down to just above the halfway point then it's powerwashed from a 150' High Reach on the ground. Only 1 person and one spotter are qualified to do the job and they keep getting pulled to do other highwork around the park. The 150' High Reach also doesn't belong to Epcot and it's been in high demand around the property. This would be the reason why the spot hasn't changed over a few days. But they were up top last night spraying and hopefully it will be completed soon.
SSE is currently being cleaned on 3rd shift but it's taking longer than expected due to scheduling reasons. Powerwashing starts at the top and they spray everything down to just above the halfway point then it's powerwashed from a 150' High Reach on the ground. Only 1 person and one spotter are qualified to do the job and they keep getting pulled to do other highwork around the park. The 150' High Reach also doesn't belong to Epcot and it's been in high demand around the property. This would be the reason why the spot hasn't changed over a few days. But they were up top last night spraying and hopefully it will be completed soon.
Good work Raven, thanks for the update!
BrerFrog
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aladdin2007
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raven
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Think we could get the same crew inside?
Powerwash inside? It's vacuumed and dusted nightly. No powerwash needed.
aladdin2007
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The descent needs powerwashed, among other things!