Spaceship in Spaceship Earth

[DreamfinderGuy]

This part was removed in 2007.

Really? Then what was I thinking of? It was a wavy thing that extended to the ceiling, and it was by that big congregation of triangles where the city used to be. It was there ever since I started making regular visits to EPCOT and it was not right before the park closed. I can't be losing my mind here, can I?

Wait, yeah, it couldn't have been that. This piece did not extend all the way back there or down to the floor. What am I thinking of then?

 

[JoeCamel]

Really? Then what was I thinking of? It was a wavy thing that extended to the ceiling, and it was by that big congregation of triangles where the city used to be. It was there ever since I started making regular visits to EPCOT and it was not right before the park closed. I can't be losing my mind here, can I?

Wait, yeah, it couldn't have been that. This piece did not extend all the way back there or down to the floor. What am I thinking of then?

Maybe it was Covid hallucinations. They have been reported. Or one too many dole whips....

 

[KikoKea]

Positive it would not have been 1975. Only as EPCOT was not there in 1975.

Well, that answers my question!

Originally the wavy thing continued all the way to unload - a second batch of fibre optics and laser projection continued down the descent tunnel and turned into electro luminescent “ropes” that were all suspended by the wire.

Fun fact - the “wavy thing” (I love that) was a beam of communication reaching across the planet, and ultimately Spaceship Earth.

Wasn't there a scene just before the top with a little girl talking to another kid in Japan via a video link?

 

[Dragonman]

Well, that answers my question!


Wasn't there a scene just before the top with a little girl talking to another kid in Japan via a video link?

Yes that was added in the 1994 version and removed in 2007.

 

[marni1971]

I should have something more to offer to the discussion video wise next weekend

 

[_caleb]

I should have something more to offer to the discussion video wise next weekend

How? Did you sneak into the U.S.?

EDIT: Oh! You mean your new video is nearly finished! Great!

 

[marni1971]

How? Did you sneak into the U.S.?

EDIT: Oh! You mean your new video is nearly finished! Great!

Yep. Next week we go back to 1982 again.

 

[_caleb]

Yep. Next week we go back to 1982 again.

I’m looking forward to this one!

 

[JoeCamel]

Yep. Next week we go back to 1982 again.

Had a little spare time on our hands did we?

 

[marni1971]

Had a little spare time on our hands did we?

Plus four Thunder Mountains and five Pirates of the Caribbean’s. And a Rise of the Resistance.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

Plus four Thunder Mountains and five Pirates of the Caribbean’s. And a Rise of the Resistance.

Sir, I'm gonna need you to calm down!

 

[muddyrivers]

Yep. Next week we go back to 1982 again.

Gee great, there goes my Saturday! </sarcasm>

Thanks marni!

 

[Prince Thomas]

Yep. Next week we go back to 1982 again.

Niiiiiice. Please post on Saturday since I leave for WDW in Sunday lol

 

[Master Yoda]

Plus four Thunder Mountains and five Pirates of the Caribbean’s. And a Rise of the Resistance.

You know I have a job, right? How am I supposed to watch all of your new stuff and still make my deadlines?

 

[HauntedPirate]

You know I have a job, right? How am I supposed to watch all of your new stuff and still make my deadlines?

I'll second that statement. But there's always the lunch hour... or maybe an extended one.

 

[Dragonman]

@marni1971 I’m guessing you’ll be utilizing the Disney+ SSE footage in your video? (Satellite assembly, Network Coms/Operator Switchboard stock footage, etc)

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

I look forwarding to seeing the new video this weekend! To think it all started with a person's memory and this photo.

 

[Expo_Seeker40]

By the way, how was the astronaut on the smaller satellite illuminated? Just from the bright light of the Earth projection, or something else? The WorldKey Information photo of it shows it bathed in blue light, but I have a feeling that was for advertisement purposes.

Everything I've seen of the large satellite and astronaut within the space station was illuminated from the bright light coming from the window and the orange/pink lights from the space station ceiling.

 

[marni1971]

By the way, how was the astronaut on the smaller satellite illuminated? Just from the bright light of the Earth projection, or something else? The WorldKey Information photo of it shows it bathed in blue light, but I have a feeling that was for advertisement purposes.

Everything I've seen of the large satellite and astronaut within the space station was illuminated from the bright light coming from the window and the orange/pink lights from the space station ceiling.

As far as I can tell no illumination except ambient.

I imagine trying to illuminate them at all would have cast shadows onto the interior roof.

 

[Dragonman]

Speaking of that, do we have a good copy of the Worldkey Satellite photo? I don’t recall seeing it anywhere, just regular flash photos of the satellite.