EPCOT Spaceship Earth Refurb - 2 Year Closure

[ppete1975]

Unless something changes, this will really be the first time in SSE's history that they'll do a refurb without a sponsor...who knows what that will look like!

maybe that's why siemens dropped sponsorship they thought it would be earlier and didn't want to sponsor a closed attraction

 

[BrerJon]

I wonder if there are any plans to add more to the descent than that stupid choose your future cartoon?

A full refresh, including good descent, would be welcome, but they have a history of running out of money for this ride so I have no faith in Imagineering to deliver something of quality based on past performance.

 

[Bender123]

I wonder if there are any plans to add more to the descent than that stupid choose your future cartoon?

A full refresh, including good descent, would be welcome, but they have a history of running out of money for this ride so I have no faith in Imagineering to deliver something of quality based on past performance.

I get the feeling that TDO is opening up the wallet for a lot of items in EPCOT to freshen it up. It doesn't seem to be unlimited, but it definitely feels like the have a plan and the finances to rebuild almost everything in FW. I think current management knows that this park is a bit embarrassing and they have a fight on their hands with Universal.

 

[brb1006]

I wonder if there are any plans to add more to the descent than that stupid choose your future cartoon?

A full refresh, including good descent, would be welcome, but they have a history of running out of money for this ride so I have no faith in Imagineering to deliver something of quality based on past performance.

They really need to remove the interactive screens and choose your future cartoons on the ride vehicles. Horizons did it much better!


At least the exit still has the screens.

 

[Raineman]

"Be sure to sit back and let those doors close automatically. Good job, pal!"

"Thank the Phoenicians. Yeah, that's right."

 

[Kman101]

Good news on this refurb, so far. I'm here for it. But I've learned again not to get too excited, lol. But so far it sounds promising I suppose.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

I'd be fine with a new Cumberbatch narration but I also think some other British voices would suit it well.
Namely:
-Stephen Fry
-Matt Berry
-Jeremy Clarkson

 

[jt04]

They could easily add a "choose your narrator" button.

That's why I'm here.

 

[Dragonman]

How bout Morgan Freeman

 

[Timothy_Q]

They could easily add a "choose your narrator" button.

I'd choose the FoP guy

"Like a grand and miraculous, uh... Spaceship"

 

[Maeryk]

Who are we kidding. You know its gonna be Rocket Racoon. Rumor has it he visited Epcot when he was a kid. Bam! Synergy! Chapek Style!

I'd laugh my BUTT off if it's Bradley Cooper as Bradley Cooper.

Or Vin Diesel.

 

[derek4ever]

Please tell me a roller coaster or Time Racers isn't going into the SSE!

 

[jt04]

Please tell me a roller coaster or Time Racers isn't going into the SSE!

Seems like it will be mostly the same. If plans don't change. Perhaps a new ending. Time will tell.

 

[MaximumEd]

We need something that takes us beyond the Gates/Jobs/Woz scene, a mind blowing 180 top and a grand descent giving us a wrap up of the past leading into future possibilities. That, a grand score, and a new narration. Anything else would be a missed opportunity, IMO.

 

[Mike S]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson would be a good narrator.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I like to think I would be a good narrator.

 

[EJ96]

If the site which should not be named is correct in the company calling the overhaul “Project Gamma” it should be noted that there was a short lived Marvel project to connect comics with interactive music with that exact name. Maybe it’s just my paranoia seeping through.........

 

[EricsBiscuit]

But then we hit a road block: The grease trap fails, and the great loin of beef is burned. Much of our quest to seal in flavor is destroyed... lost forever... or so we think.

I can't stop laughing!!!!! Haha

 

[TwilightZone]

I say bring back Bill Nye as a narrator! Kids will explode! (assuming most schools still play him of course)

 

[matt9112]

There's a specialized crane in the room with the wooly mammoth projection. That's the only point where they can install and remove vehicles because an elevator access point is right there. It actually takes a few hours at a time. It's a very intensive process.

i hope that scene becomes visible (shruggs)