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Spaceship Earth - my opinions of the refurb - very very dissapointing
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You SHOULD have told him.
One Lil Spark
EPCOT Center Defender
Thanks! I would marry that man... :lol:
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
What happened to Peyton Manning?
JimboJones123
Well-Known Member
You can grab mine!!!Speaking on which... can someone make me a giant flaming turd in place of SSE avatar? I'd be most grateful.. you can even put the Wand on it
Well thanks for the flag.... I guess....
:lookaroun :lookaroun
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Hereby you receive the very special flag for this remarkable piece of... errr... fiction...
One Lil Spark
EPCOT Center Defender
Oh, trust me, I'd marry that man too.
I could have a Manning, Halpert, Bacon sammich. In fact, that might be my dream come true... :lol:(HI DAVE! :wave: )
DisneyAnole
New Member
They thought the awesomeness of the touch-screens would make us forget how bumpy the track is. Job well done, Disney!!
EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
I'm VERY sure there's nothing to do about the noises of the track, you see, unlike Haunted Mansion or other OmniMovers, SSE has anti-rollback chains so that it won't roll back when the chain stops. THAT's why it's a bit noisy and bumpy.
RedSoxPirate
New Member
I didnt read all 10 pages so this might have already been mentioned. The descent seemed to me to be just unfinished. The "starry section" was definitely tarped--yes, I reached out and touched them--so it seems there may be more to come up there.
Overall I was not overwhelmed by the return but I thought it was in keeping with the dumbing down of EPCOT that started with Test Track and continued to Nemo. The script seems meant for younger or slower folk and Dame Dench's delivery is too much school marm. The score is unappealing; I couldn't remember a single bit of it within 2 minutes of leaving, while the previous would remain for days.
But I think there is more coming--there has to be!-so I'm mollified a bit at least. I just wish they would have waited until it was ready before diappointing us like this.
Overall I was not overwhelmed by the return but I thought it was in keeping with the dumbing down of EPCOT that started with Test Track and continued to Nemo. The script seems meant for younger or slower folk and Dame Dench's delivery is too much school marm. The score is unappealing; I couldn't remember a single bit of it within 2 minutes of leaving, while the previous would remain for days.
But I think there is more coming--there has to be!-so I'm mollified a bit at least. I just wish they would have waited until it was ready before diappointing us like this.
flynnibus
Premium Member
that and like all the other systems, SSE has to deal with STEEP and LONG ascents and decents - that is a ton of force to deal with and has been very problem prone even from the start. It took Disney awhile to even get the system stable.
DisneyJunkie
Well-Known Member
(This is based entirely on what I saw and heard in the new SE preview video ride-through.)
* LIKE - I like the new signage for the ride just outside of the entrance.
* DISLIKE - The new music. It's completely forgettable and lacks the punch of the previous version.
* LIKE - I like some of the newer, improved animatronics.
* DISLIKE - I hate the Judi Dench narration. It's not just the sound of her voice, but the change in verbage from the previous (and far superior) Jeremy Irons' rendition.
*LIKE - I like the idea of having some of the ride incorporated with the touch screen monitors.
*DISLIKE - I don't care at all for what the final result (although maybe still in progress) was with the touchscreen questions and the cartoonish result.
*LIKE - I liked some of the newer scenes, including the one in the computer lab that was on both sides of the ride-through area.
OVERALL - Very disappointed with what I've seen and heard. The previous script and musical score had an almost grandiose quality to it, and Jeremy Irons' voice is certainly much more suitable and pleasing to listen to than Judi Dench's. This 'new' version is a pretty good size step backwards in terms of where they were before. I hope they change it further and actually improve on it.
* LIKE - I like the new signage for the ride just outside of the entrance.
* DISLIKE - The new music. It's completely forgettable and lacks the punch of the previous version.
* LIKE - I like some of the newer, improved animatronics.
* DISLIKE - I hate the Judi Dench narration. It's not just the sound of her voice, but the change in verbage from the previous (and far superior) Jeremy Irons' rendition.
*LIKE - I like the idea of having some of the ride incorporated with the touch screen monitors.
*DISLIKE - I don't care at all for what the final result (although maybe still in progress) was with the touchscreen questions and the cartoonish result.
*LIKE - I liked some of the newer scenes, including the one in the computer lab that was on both sides of the ride-through area.
OVERALL - Very disappointed with what I've seen and heard. The previous script and musical score had an almost grandiose quality to it, and Jeremy Irons' voice is certainly much more suitable and pleasing to listen to than Judi Dench's. This 'new' version is a pretty good size step backwards in terms of where they were before. I hope they change it further and actually improve on it.
Well, Im not sure if my input counts since I always viewed SSE as a okay ride to go on and I havent been on it in probably 7 years. Anyway, here it goes.
I was pretty excited about getting to see this revamped version. After waiting in line outside the walls for about 10 mins we were ushered into the normal waiting area. I found the whole ride to be great. For the first time I actually enjoyed riding and found it to be memorable. All of the scenes looked very good, from the first screen of the caveman battling the mammoth in the snow to the final space scene at the top, I thought they were all done very well. I actually cant comment on the audio because I didnt really hear it to well. As far as the final decent goes I might be the only one to think it was better then the others. The first lighting that you go through was great and they should have kept that theme going through the whole way down. It is true that the touchscreens werent anything to special but they kept my attention on the screen rather then looking around a dark tunnel. I enjoyed answering the questions and I found the video that followed to be semi-entertaining for what it was.
I would like to think that Disney will continue to make some changes to the ride and still has a lot to finish before it opens. I mean some of the ceilings were not even finished especially in the descent tunnel. For what its worth I enjoyed the ride and would definitely ride it again.
I was pretty excited about getting to see this revamped version. After waiting in line outside the walls for about 10 mins we were ushered into the normal waiting area. I found the whole ride to be great. For the first time I actually enjoyed riding and found it to be memorable. All of the scenes looked very good, from the first screen of the caveman battling the mammoth in the snow to the final space scene at the top, I thought they were all done very well. I actually cant comment on the audio because I didnt really hear it to well. As far as the final decent goes I might be the only one to think it was better then the others. The first lighting that you go through was great and they should have kept that theme going through the whole way down. It is true that the touchscreens werent anything to special but they kept my attention on the screen rather then looking around a dark tunnel. I enjoyed answering the questions and I found the video that followed to be semi-entertaining for what it was.
I would like to think that Disney will continue to make some changes to the ride and still has a lot to finish before it opens. I mean some of the ceilings were not even finished especially in the descent tunnel. For what its worth I enjoyed the ride and would definitely ride it again.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
Well, I've gone the last two days to try and ride, but it was closed both times. I must be just missing it.
For what its worth, I think the exterior music sounds good - very Future World, although the loop seems a bit too short.
For what its worth, I think the exterior music sounds good - very Future World, although the loop seems a bit too short.
RobotWolf
Well-Known Member
Mikieboy84
New Member
I don't know if this has been discussed at lengthe yet, there are SO many threads on SSE right now.
I think it is RIDICULOUS that they have done absolutely nothing to the load or unlad areas. That is just plain bad show in my opinion. How can you have this grand unveiling of something new when the first thing you see is old and tattered?
I think it is RIDICULOUS that they have done absolutely nothing to the load or unlad areas. That is just plain bad show in my opinion. How can you have this grand unveiling of something new when the first thing you see is old and tattered?
Katya
New Member
There's no grand unveiling. It's a preview stage. A we're not done working yet stage. Of all things to wait until last to be worked on, load and unload would be last, if you asked me. For all intents and purposes it seems so much more like testing than anything else (although that's not it's official name because certainly aren't testing how the ride mechanically handles guests).
Also, might I add, they didn't go totally untouched. We have brand new consoles with new systems. My guess is that is what they took their time on, since they are much much nicer than the older ones. And the place has been subtly cleaned up, I believe. Not enough for the average guest to notice, but for someone who's spent a fair number of hours just sitting around and looking at the place, it seems like they've touched it. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets spruced up more before opening.
darthjohnny
Active Member
Some people want and expect a "Horizons." But that means different things to different people. Some use this to compare pretty much everything done in Epcot, which I think is inaccurate to have one attraction embody everything the park has to offer.
I for one am excited to ride it once I get up there and will make my judgment then.
kcnole
Well-Known Member
How would I change it? I wouldn't have our focus be on the screens. I'd have the narrator point us to ways that technology will continue to change the future and challenge us to help that change along. And then instead of staring at the screen look around us and see scenes similar to the end of Horizons of using technology in great ways. Those could be on screens floating in space around us if they want to use screens and I'd be ok. I just don't want to look at a small computer monitor, especially not after seeing some of the most immersive sets ever for the first part of the ride.