Spaceship in Spaceship Earth

[Dragonman]

That’s what I meant. I rode the 92 version, wouldn't that have had the space station? If it did,I just don’t remember it. The version I rode the most was the irons version and I remember that model at the end quite fondly. The ending of the Irons version was quite majestic.

Yes the space station was still there in 1992.

 

[Figments Friend]

Recent photo of SSE with the work lights on during a ride through…..

 

[WaluigiTime]

Recent photo of SSE with the work lights on during a ride through…..

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That block in the lower right sure is angry.

I wish they took pictures or a video of the decent, I wonder how much from the
Jeremy Irons ending is still there. I'm not sure how legitimate the claims are but I read that the reason the static figures were out in the open last we saw them because they were getting ready to remove them for the overhaul that was originally planned.

 

[Touchdown]

Is that stairwell in the picture how you access the top of the structure (ie how Mickey got out onto the top to wave in that famous PR shot.)

 

[Dragonman]

Is that stairwell in the picture how you access the top of the structure (ie how Mickey got out onto the top to wave in that famous PR shot.)

There’s a scissor lift up there from what I’ve heard. All those oddly shaped plywood cutouts you see are remnants of the forced perspective moon surface that was scraped early on, not sure why they built it up so high on the right though.

 

[Figments Friend]

That block in the lower right sure is angry.

Ah, you noticed that!
I was wondering if anyone would…


Looks like someone had some fun with some red tape.
Pretty much sums up the feeling we all have regarding the current neglected (and very dusty…cough) decent.

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[Figments Friend]

All those oddly shaped plywood cutouts you see are remnants of the forced perspective moon surface that was scraped early on, not sure why they built it up so high on the right though.

Perhaps to hide the unit that projects the star field, or screen off any excessive light from it.

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[Figments Friend]

IIRC the change also had to do with it making more sense for him to be yelling out into the street rather than to us the audience who are supposed to be invisible.

The original intent regarding the paperboy -
He was originally placed near and facing the vehicles because it was supposed to feel as though he was trying to sell YOU, the riders, a paper.
This then transitioned into the next scene.

I was told back when he was moved to his current position that it was done primarily for safety of the figure.
Apparently there were increasing incidents of Guests reaching out and trying to grab at him.
It was becoming a real problem, so it was decided to move him much further away.

Personally, I wish they kept him facing the vehicles.
If they needed to move him that is fine for the preservation of the figure, but having him face what very much appears to be a wall is just….well, unfortunate.
He should still be facing the vehicles, hawking his papers.

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[VicariousCorpse]

Is that stairwell in the picture how you access the top of the structure (ie how Mickey got out onto the top to wave in that famous PR shot.)

Yes, there is an elevator on the right side. On top of the elevator is the scissor lift covered in the black drapes on the top right of the picture.

 

[WaluigiTime]

I am not sure if this video has been posted here but it is really cool

 

[JoeCamel]

That block in the lower right sure is angry.

Swing and a miss with the hatbox ghost placement......
They were that close......

 

[muddyrivers]

I am not sure if this video has been posted here but it is really cool

I've seen this video before and always wondered where this was filmed particularly around the 4 minute mark. The beginning of the video seems to be CGI of the ride, then the rest seems to be what it looked like installed in the ride, until the camera pans down and it doesn't look like the track so I'm quite confused.

 

[MishaKa]

They filmed this in some warehouse before moving the scenes to the ride

 

[Wdwsince86]

Recent photo of SSE with the work lights on during a ride through…..

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I’m guessing none of the descent? I saw a video that may be from the same time. Not just some of the lights were on ALL of them.

 

[WaluigiTime]

I’m guessing none of the descent? I saw a video that may be from the same time. Not just some of the lights were on ALL of them.

I saw this video but he stops it RIGHT before the decent

 

[Wdwsince86]

Buuuuut whhhhhhhhy? Oh well, at least we caught a quick glimpse at the bottom of the former space station I guess? Not many VIDEOS of that. Still. Rats.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

This great video with the lights on was just posted. Sadly, the lights go off just as they reach the descent and then they focus on the screen.

 

[WaluigiTime]

This great video with the lights on was just posted. Sadly, the lights go off just as they reach the descent and then they focus on the screen.

It actually doesn't look too bad with the lights on for the most part.

 

[Wdwsince86]

9:41 space station. This is the first time I’ve seen it in video.

 

[evenstephan]

Am I correct in thinking that to ascend to the top of SSE (like Mickey in the famous commercial), one would have to take the scissor lift that sits over the elevator shaft through the black level, then shimmy up a catwalk/ladder between that and Alucobond outer shell to the top? I ask because the lift is a little ways front of center, and the hatch (or at least the one closest to the center) is just shy of the apex of the structure. For inside/outside comparison, see the screenshot from one of recent "lights on" and the construction photo with workers sitting on top. I've marked the corresponding vent in blue and the centerline from the top forward in green. The photo with the workers shows an access hatch circled in red, but that's not visible from within the structure. I'm thinking that the the hatch is only through the Alucobond, and that there must be some sort of support structure between that and the scissor lift to allow access, but that's only speculation. I've seen video of the catwalk between the outer and inner shells further down, but nothing from this high up.