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Spaceship in Spaceship Earth
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Castle Cake Apologist
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marni1971 said:
Does anyone have a picture of the printing press scene now without the animatronic, for sake of comparison?
Now... is the window girl an animatronic or a still figure? Because she looks way too much like the girl in the karate/baseball scene for me to write it off as pure coincidence...
Also... I'm assuming we've all agreed that there used to be an astronaut floating around up in there as well? Because I always used to get yelled at by people saying I was crazy, but I have camcorder footage from I believe 88 or 89 (or possibly 92) which clearly shows an astronaut up in there.
This thread is so facinating.
I can`t tell from my video (the pic above is from it) if it`s an AA or not - although blakesse06 does say actuators are still in position. BTW; DisneyExpert - you have a PM!
Yep, there was an astronaut up there - some people remember 2 (including myself) but there is no visual record of this. Here`s the pic that rekindled this topic (as you say very interesting!) http://community.webshots.com/photo/536503818/1536521137066580089UBedpq
And here is the printing scene, minus the AA at the table:
Yep, there was an astronaut up there - some people remember 2 (including myself) but there is no visual record of this. Here`s the pic that rekindled this topic (as you say very interesting!) http://community.webshots.com/photo/536503818/1536521137066580089UBedpq
And here is the printing scene, minus the AA at the table:
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THECARISMINE
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it was replaced with the computer kids i have a book with pics and stuff from 87 i think with like3 pic of the redone area i'm sure thier is a video online somewhere
Welcome! :wave:THECARISMINE said:
What was replaced? If you mean this scene, it is still there - the still above is from the current Irons version. Are you thinking of the home or office computer scenes? These were in the Perrin and Cronkite versions, where the boy and girl videophone scene is today.
blakesse06
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i dont know if the acuaturs for theAA in gutenburg press are still there im talking about the girl in the shuttle that was behind the satlite in that pic See above link the shuttle is part of the bulding and is behind you on decent from the virtual classroom scene look behind you at this point and you can still see it but it is painted black but the AA is still inside
the whole scene as i rememburing it was the satlite and the asturnaut were out side of the shuttle and in the window of the shuttle you could see the AA pushing buttons while the outher astranut in the space suit was working outside on the sattlite he was not an AA but I think he was rigged so his hand moved via a motor above him
i rode this ride quite a bit as a kid 4-5 yrs old my family had annuall passes for years and mom liked epcot alot more than magic kindom. ive ridden the old edition of this ride quite a bit over the years and rember the old verson quite vividly. and remberr being sad when they changed it its alawase been a favorite
the whole scene as i rememburing it was the satlite and the asturnaut were out side of the shuttle and in the window of the shuttle you could see the AA pushing buttons while the outher astranut in the space suit was working outside on the sattlite he was not an AA but I think he was rigged so his hand moved via a motor above him
i rode this ride quite a bit as a kid 4-5 yrs old my family had annuall passes for years and mom liked epcot alot more than magic kindom. ive ridden the old edition of this ride quite a bit over the years and rember the old verson quite vividly. and remberr being sad when they changed it its alawase been a favorite
blakesse06 said:
Shuttle? You mean there was a shuttle?
You arn`t confusing this with the Horizons space scene? This had an AA pushing buttons behind a window while another AA in a space suit worked outside? There were also several shuttles in the background.
Best guess is either a different plot; the original concept was of being beamed to a distant star - though how we`d still see the Earth is anyones guess. Maybe that`s why. Also, as mentioned earlier, the station set was really wasted since you couldn`t actually see it due to miscommunication during design (ironic for a communications led attraction!) and so perhaps a wholesale removal was done.
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
marni1971 said:
In reference to the shuttle comments...I pulled out an old book I have "Walt Disney's Epcot-Creating the New World of Tomorrow" (pub in '82 by Abrams-hardcover, 240 pages) and it gives pretty good play by play descriptions (pre-opening I assume) of all the attractions in Epcot. In the SSE chapter it mentions the shuttle in question. Here's the text...."From the vantage point of space we look back on the world-tiny, fragile, but very much alive, our own Spaceship Earth. Beginning our descent-and passing on the way a crew of astronauts making repairs on a shuttle vehicle in outer space we come down to earth, in more ways that one."
It's funny that they describe the space station as a shuttle, because I don't recall it looking like a shuttle, but I thought you might be interested in what this book had to say. The book is a great read and includes mention of the "future" Rhine River Cruise in Germany, "Meet the World" opening in Japan in 1984, and Roman ruins and southern Italy (to open in '83). It also has a chapter dedicated to the Africa pavillion. Great construction photos, conceptual artwork and models make this book a great addition to the hard core Disney fans collection. I'd search ebay if I were any of you.
It`s a great book - as Steve says, hunt it down if you can! There were two versions though; the earliest has a model of SSE on the cover and gold lettering - this is the more thorough one.
What throws me about the shuttle comments in this book is the reference to more than one astronaut. As I said, I did recall more than one myself, but concept art, others recollections and chatting to George make me think otherwise. Plus, the astronaut is clearly fixing a satellite.
What throws me about the shuttle comments in this book is the reference to more than one astronaut. As I said, I did recall more than one myself, but concept art, others recollections and chatting to George make me think otherwise. Plus, the astronaut is clearly fixing a satellite.
Mimi
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Punkss said:
I know what you mean. Every time I ride it now it looks very bleak to me. It makes me feel a bit sad because I can remember how cool it was. When I ride it I "see" the space of the future in all its glory while other people just see the earth.
Slightly off-topic: this is a fascinating thread. It reminds me of the saying "the more you learn, the more you learn you don't know." I've always thought I was the world's biggest disney geek and have been called that by many. Now I know I don't deserve the title and am only a sub-geek.
I take off my hat to those certifiable geeks (Martin deserves special mention here) whose obsession and very hard work has provided so many people with a little piece of heaven.
Thank you! :sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:
planet7
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marni1971 said:
Actually, just to make matters confusing, there are three versions (that I know of) of this book. There's the original, pre-opening, unabridged version; there's another of the same size, post-opening, with more photos of the completed pavilions; and an abridged version. The ideal would be to have both the pre- and post-opening, full versions. I have only the pre-opening (which actually is good, as it's more rare).
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jeffb
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Steve's post made me curious to see which book I own (post - 240 pages) and to see the SSE description in it. Next to my EPCOT Center book is the EPCOT center coloring book that was issued by Golden back in 1983 - they actually have 3 pages / pictures devoted to this topic. Pic 1) Outside in Space, Astronuts repair a Shuttle, Pic 2) Inside the Shuttle, astronauts talk to earth and Pic 3) A Satellie in Space sends information back to earth.steve2wdw said:
My copy of "Epcot Center" is dated 1982 and has the model on the front and has this description on page 51:
"From the vantage point of space we look back on the world-tiny, fragile, but very much alive, our own Spaceship Earth.
Beginning our descent-and passing on the way a crew of astronauts making repairs on a shuttle vehicle in outer space-we come down to earth, in more ways than one."
So perhaps there were 2 astronauts initially as some have suggested.
By the way, that picture of the girl in the window of the space station is a little creepy, but it's great that we have a pic. The picture is very dark, but I assume that the station was white at that point.
"From the vantage point of space we look back on the world-tiny, fragile, but very much alive, our own Spaceship Earth.
Beginning our descent-and passing on the way a crew of astronauts making repairs on a shuttle vehicle in outer space-we come down to earth, in more ways than one."
So perhaps there were 2 astronauts initially as some have suggested.
By the way, that picture of the girl in the window of the space station is a little creepy, but it's great that we have a pic. The picture is very dark, but I assume that the station was white at that point.
Expo_Seeker40
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I wonder what else is up there in the space station besides that cylinder that hold the girl looking out the window and also the space station outline that's just past the "tv's in space".
I can't wait to see flash pictures of these from peoples trips coming up! :zipit:
I can't wait to see flash pictures of these from peoples trips coming up! :zipit:
