Does any one else dislike the giant hand over SE. I think it takes away from the original theme of EPCOT.
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Spaceship Earth
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Jedi Osborn
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uh-oh. Don't get this started again:animwink:
animegirllover
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I just like the ride!!!
wahooskipper
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Nope. Change is good. Without change the Walt Disney World property would still be a bunch of swamp and marsh nothing.
Main Street USA
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I, for onr, thought it was pretty cool when they first put it up as the 2000. Not quite as cool now that it says Epcot (mostly because of the font), but I don't think it looks bad at all.
General Grizz
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Ah, but is ALL change good? :animwink:
And one quick question - how does it take away from EPCOT's theme?
I say it's O.K. now that I think about it. After all, it's MUCH better than some of the other refurbishments around the park!!
And one quick question - how does it take away from EPCOT's theme?
I say it's O.K. now that I think about it. After all, it's MUCH better than some of the other refurbishments around the park!!
RobFL
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How come CDS is going around starting topics which have proven to be extremely controversial on other forums and even here in the past...? I get the feeling he/she is looking for trouble... Everything is too well placed and too perfectly worded to incite a riot.. you know?
-Rob
-Rob
RobFL
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Not to mention, other than park employees, hardly anyone knows what "CDS" is. Well, other than people who think is the end all of Disney's guest service, everyone else forgot all about it ages ago...
So, I don't trust him farther than I can throw him at this point, no offense.. but I think we ought to watch out for this one.
-Rob
So, I don't trust him farther than I can throw him at this point, no offense.. but I think we ought to watch out for this one.
-Rob
Dizknee_Phreek
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i liked the 2000 thing, but they should've taken it down after that. i guess i thought it was cool when i thought it was temporary (as in maybe i was trying to enjoy while i could) but now i hate it. the sphere is beautiful all by itself....it doesn't need (and would look much better) without the wand. besides...if someone doesn't already know they're in epcot before they reach the ticket booths, they probably shouldn't be in Disney World....imo.
The sign is kinda cool, and isnt all that bad. i do think it could have been done better though. The mickey hand and wand is stretching it a bit. You could say it represents the "magic of the future" or something, but it could have been done better. The font is all wrong in my opinion, and the fact that it takes up most of the left side of SE really looses the symettry of the original design, both of SE and the areas around it (Leave a Legacy, innoventions). It should have been positioned more towards the center of SE, although it would be hard to support it.
But it is what it is, I guess!
But it is what it is, I guess!
DisneyFreak721
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My Thoughts Exactly! Spaceship Earth is a work of art...the 2000 was cool..for the celebration, but now it needs to go. By the way...I like your name Dizknee Phreek...it seems so oddly familiar
Fievel
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I liked the 2000 better, but I do like the Epcot also.....it just looks nice and has that "sparkle" effect at night that makes it look like it's getting hit by pixie dust.
I encourage everyone to see it in person before passing judgement..the thing is still huge and is really impressive to behold
I encourage everyone to see it in person before passing judgement..the thing is still huge and is really impressive to behold
Tramp
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Originally posted by Fievel
I liked the 2000 better, but I do like the Epcot also.....it just looks nice and has that "sparkle" effect at night that makes it look like it's getting hit by pixie dust.
I encourage everyone to see it in person before passing judgement..the thing is still huge and is really impressive to behold
I agree with ya, Brad.....it's very impressive at night....too bad they didn't figure a way to change the date on it from year to year, signifying Epcot as a present day beacon of hope of international integration.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
It's hideous, pure and simple, and this is coming from a person who appreciates a good change now and again. I really liked it when they covered Cinderella Castle with the birthday cake facade, but Spaceship Earth is an internationally-known landmark that requires a bit more dignity. Perhaps if they had done something tasteful, like covering the sphere with colored foil, or carpeted the entire thing in tensil I would feel differently.
cymbaldiva
Active Member
Couldn't have said it better myself! :animwink:
Is it just me, or is there just the strangest bit of irony/wierdness in the fact that this thread was started to crack on the hand/wand, yet the starter of the thread - CDS disney - has the same thing in his/her avatar?
And has the stirrer of this pot even responded to this thread? Hmmm....
Irrawaddy Erik
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I have a funny story about this I was standing in line for the park gates at the studios and the woman in front of me puts her ticket in the machine walks in looks around confused .....then exclames "THIS ISNT THE DISNEY WITH THE CASTLE" ..... DUH :hammer: :brick: