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Spaceship in Spaceship Earth
- Thread starter mayoki
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Yes. It’s based on an FX test photo in the Abrams book and a recollection from a tech who worked it back then. Some sort of infinity cove star scape apparently.
This also helped with the general layout
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Dragonman
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Very interesting, I’m guessing the space station scene layout doesn’t show anything necessarily interesting due to the scene being suspended from the ceiling and wall.
It shows nothing at all!
Bill in Atlanta
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Just got off SSE and saw the graduation caps to my left about a minute after the spaceship. They were closer to me than I expected (maybe 15’ or so). Is that the back of the old scene, or did they shine light across the way putting their shadows to my right?
Expo_Seeker40
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*raises hand*How many posters from the first part of this thread are still around? I recognize Marni for sure. blakesse06 hasn’t posted since 2010.. he claimed to have inside info that the girl in the space shuttle is still there, but missing her skin/clothes
evenstephan
New Member
Martin, is this track layout imagery available online anywhere? I've been tinkering with a project where I'd be able stand outside of SSE and be able to pinpoint where specific show scenes are within the attraction. The plans drawn by Ed of the The Disney Blueprint page are pretty good (and are claimed to be based on the originals), but this has a lot more detail. Your work in this regard the 1982 & 86 tribute video has already been a godsend for this, and will get me close.
I’m not sure to be honest. Ed probably has the clearest readily available on the web.
I often marvel when stood outside looking up that the main ride space only uses around 1/3 of the sphere.
evenstephan
New Member
Thanks for that; his work is so good that it'll get me really close. I marvel at the use of space, too. I'd dearly love to do an augmented reality version where I could hold a phone up and see a rough interior rendering in real time, though I would seriously need to better my skills. In the short term, I'll just be happy mapping it out and having overlays that I can hold up in front of me from various locations around the park.
Dragonman
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Apologies if this has been brought up before, from a 1993 video.
Mystery lights upon entering 180top (@marni1971 any ideas?):
Large satellite lights (space station in left corner:
Space station:
Flash frame of the small satellite/astronaut:
Video here:
Mystery lights upon entering 180top (@marni1971 any ideas?):
Large satellite lights (space station in left corner:
Space station:
Flash frame of the small satellite/astronaut:
Video here:
Movielover
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DisneyGentlemanV2.0
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The thing about this post is that it reminded me of how majestic the musuic at the top was "way back when".
The original music in Future World fit together so well - it was a feeling that meant so much for me no matter where in that space I was. Such fond memories...
The purple blob looks like an infra red CCTV light. The 2 red lights below it could possibly be the lights on the side of the space station (it’s hard to get context in the dark):
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Dragonman
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Nothing amazing (sorry about the blurry quality) but I managed to find some more bits and pieces of the right side of the Computer Station scene. @marni1971 you might appreciate these.
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Wdwsince86
Active Member
What is it? i can’t tell what I’m looking at
Dragonman
Well-Known Member
This, the computer station that was on the right side of the track. It’s one of the most mysterious and least photographed scenes in the original two versions of the ride.
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Wdwsince86
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In the video where they do a lights on walk through in the mid 90s and the guide says something about a spot where “black gentleman” (sorry their words not mine, I’d have said african American) used to sit. Is that the first pic in that series?
Dragonman
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Yes. @marni1971 recalls there being two figures in the scene and you can partially see the outline of the male figure in the background. The standing figure is a female from what I’ve been told.
Wdwsince86
Active Member
What Twitter page?