EPCOT Spaceship Earth Refurb - 2 Year Closure

[UNCgolf]

Do we actually believe the SSE redo will move forward beyond this? I personally don’t see it happening t which saddens me. It looked great and was one of the few things I was excited about for EPCOT.

It will eventually, even if it's in lesser form. There's maintenance work that absolutely has to be done and will require shutting down the ride.

 

[Dragonman]

It will eventually, even if it's in lesser form. There's maintenance work that absolutely has to be done and will require shutting down the ride.

Those darn Phoenicians are behind on schedule again.

 

[JustInTime]

It will eventually, even if it's in lesser form. There's maintenance work that absolutely has to be done and will require shutting down the ride.

Thank you!

 

[Rob562]

Slightly random but there's a documentary on Hulu called Spaceship Earth about the group of scientists who lived in the Biosphere 2 in 1991.

They talk a bit about geodesic spheres, but only included one photo of a small group of them standing in front of the namesake attraction. Still, a truly fascinating story!

FYI, the origin and meaning of the term "Spaceship Earth" predates EPCOT by quite a bit...

Spaceship Earth - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

-Rob

 

[brb1006]

Retro WDW just uploaded footage of the EPCOT Center Earth Station (located as guests are exiting SSE)

 

[RSoxNo1]

Rumor has it that the Rome is burning smell isn't there. I'm guessing the effect just isn't working and that's the issue because there are scents on Pirates.

 

[Nunu]

Rumor has it that the Rome is burning smell isn't there. I'm guessing the effect just isn't working and that's the issue because there are scents on Pirates.

Oh no, I hope it's just a temporary malfunction.

 

[Movielover]

Rumor has it that the Rome is burning smell isn't there. I'm guessing the effect just isn't working and that's the issue because there are scents on Pirates.

Rumor has it that the smell was reminding Chapek of the scent of burning money and it triggered him so much that he had the scent machines taken to the empty plot of land formally known as The Carcass Of Inoventions and ordered the Imagineers to perform a Office-Space-like rapid disassembly until there was nothing left...

My source:

 

[muddyrivers]

I had to cut the budget. Sorry guys!

Would you accept a GoFundMe donation?
If so,

 

[LieutLaww]

I had to cut the budget. Sorry guys!

Wouldn't it be better to take a cut from your bloated pay package and bonus instead

 

[Notes from Neverland]

Rumor has it that the Rome is burning smell isn't there. I'm guessing the effect just isn't working and that's the issue because there are scents on Pirates.

Total guess here, but it's possible Disney turned it off to avoid having smells and blowing air in close proximity to guests.

 

[Dragonman]

My source says the Rome burning smell was always just @realBobChapek’s barbecue running constantly behind the show scene.

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

Cancelled. Not in the Epcot experience today.

 

[CastAStone]

Cancelled. Not in the Epcot experience today.

Can you expand on this? I'm a very simple person, and I am not following.

 

[DCBaker]

Can you expand on this? I'm a very simple person, and I am not following.

"As it turns out, our hunch was correct and Disney has CUT two significant projects from the EPCOT Experience video that previews upcoming projects for the park. As you can see in the video below from The Schmoofs YouTube channel, the Spaceship Earth AND Mary Poppins segments were cut from the video. The. video only shows the transitions, but you can compare the segments to see the cuts. The removal of the segments likely hints at significant changes or a complete abandoning of the previously announced projects."

BREAKING: Spaceship Earth Overhaul and Mary Poppins Attraction CUT From EPCOT Experience

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[Captain Barbossa]

Money for the Splash re-theme has to come from somewhere......

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

Money for the Splash re-theme has to come from somewhere......

From the bar on stilts, not the SSE refurb!!

 

[Surferboy567]

As has been said, Spaceship is probably going to happen. They cannot leave it in it’s current state as @marni1971 has said.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Paging @marni1971 @Magic Feather @MansionButler84 @WDW Pro

 

[Mickeynerd17]

Well then! Mabye it'll still be open for my spring break trip next year! Fingers crossed