Spaceship in Spaceship Earth

[KBLovedDisney]

Enjoy this one too...enjoy your trip.

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/unmagical-day-at-the-magic-kingdom.881147/#post-5974955

I came extremely close to referencing the one and only KatieBug, but you beat me to it!

 

[THE Monorail Lime]

The dead have been resurrected!

JOHN TRON

 

[Disney Analyst]

Enjoy this one too...enjoy your trip.

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/unmagical-day-at-the-magic-kingdom.881147/#post-5974955

Oh my gosh... How have I never seen this until now?! Bye guys.

 

[marni1971]

Were the cars reprogrammed to face away from the structure to focus on the updated scene? If not then it might just have been to draw guest eyeline at that particular moment. Oh boy, guess I have to go re-watch Marni's SSE videos to find out!

Ahhhh this thread

No car reprogramming. As you begin the descent under the blue lights look back over your right shoulder. You should see it inside of the track curve, at about head height. As you descend and curve it becomes clearer. Just before the blue lights end you’re right below it.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

to anyone who may care

Funny that this comes up, because I was actually wondering about that myself a few days ago. I saw it and thought it looked like a remnant, but the pics wouldn't show up. Very nice to have clarification!

 

[trainplane3]

Nice little mention of this thread out there from that tweet:

 

[smile]

@marni1971

while we're here, i have to ask you...
has there ever been a moment, with cam in hand, when someone asked if you were shooting something and you responded with, "affirmative. delta camera is on and tracking."?

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

God, I love this thread! From Retro WDW: the person who took this photo is directly under the girl in the window. You can see the satelite, space station roof, and vehicles winding their way into the space station from the top of the planetarium.

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

From Kingdom Insider:

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

Trying to remember: was the AA removed from the window during the 1994 refurb or is it true that her skin was removed and she is robotix looking and used for parts???

 

[void**petey]

(locked myself out of my old account, oops)
Wow, great picture!
I can't seem to figure out the scale on the station. In the new picture, it looks 6-8 feet tall, but in the old picture with the AA, it looks to be 15-20 feet tall. How large is this thing?

I'd love to see a pic of what the inside looks like today. Based on the 1996 tour video, it looks like you can get back there via a service hatch of some sort, which makes sense given that AAs need maintenance and getting up there from the front would be a pain.

@Expo_Seeker40 Marni mentioned in a previous post that the AA is still there without the coverings.

 

[BalooChicago]

It’s tangential to the thread, but I thought you all might find this post from LinkedIn:

 

[muddyrivers]

If I ever need alucobond tiles, I'm using THOSE guys!

 

[castlecake2.0]

Is anyone else totally creeped out by abandoned things, especially things like this? It just gives the shivers thinking of that still being there just covered over!

 

[Pixieish]

I can't even begin to express my appreciation for this entire thread and for all the hard work @marni1971 does with the pics and videos! My first WDW trip was in 1987 (I was 15), and I swore up and down on my honeymoon in 2000 that there were "space things" missing at the end. I just spent the morning reading through this entire thread. It's nice to know I'm not suffering from creative memory! I really wish they'd re-do the end to give us even half the amount of inspiration the original gave.

 

[Surfin' Tuna]

I can't even begin to express my appreciation for this entire thread and for all the hard work @marni1971 does with the pics and videos! My first WDW trip was in 1987 (I was 15), and I swore up and down on my honeymoon in 2000 that there were "space things" missing at the end. I just spent the morning reading through this entire thread. It's nice to know I'm not suffering from creative memory! I really wish they'd re-do the end to give us even half the amount of inspiration the original gave.

Inspiration is an upcharge.

 

[1990sWDW]

Well, this thread really led me down a rabbit hole

 

[Surfin' Tuna]

First of all, there are much better videos by a fella named Martin. Second of all, I love that so many people are finally realizing what SSE was and what Epcot Center was all about. I doubt this knowledge and desire will ever lead Disney to do the right thing, but it gives me hope.

 

[trainplane3]

Well, this thread really led me down a rabbit hole

I'm not sure how up to date those are footage-wise but Martin updated all of his SSE videos last year. And yes, it includes pointing out the "spaceship in spaceship earth" as well as the satellites and astronauts.




Edit: Actually...
- Go here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MartinsVidsDotNet/
- Hit subscribe
- Expect a new video the first weekend of every month (unless he says otherwise: https://twitter.com/MartinsVids)

 

[wedway6482]

Having watched Martin's videos from the beginning, I thought at one point there was a video that showed the scene and AA changes between each makeover; not just for 180 top?

Also, the new round of SSE tributes seem to indirectly cause a question. If two AAs were moved in 86 to the paperless office and bedroom, what scene was present in 82 in the same place?

Thanks again for the great thread.