Sorry if this was mentioned at all. I was surprised to see that the AT&T area at the exit of Spaceship Earth was closed. Does anyone know what they're doing?
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SSE AT&T Closed
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TTATraveler
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AT&T is no longer the sponsor of SSE, therefore Global Neighborhood was removed. The area is dark and looks horrible in my opinion. If you look carefully on the ride, you will still see tiny AT&T logos on the screens before rotating backwards and while you are going down backwards. All other major AT&T references have been removed.
Oh ok...I heard about that but I guess I forgot. Any ideas of what they may put in it's place?
Pioneer Hall
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The area has been closed for a good six months now (probably more). We are waiting to see what comes in the post AT&T era of Spceship Earth.
Captain Hank
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There is vague talk of new sponsors, and if they materialize, a sponor-appropriate post-show will too. Until then, BAD SHOW!!!!
Captain Hank
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Bad show is better than no show (but not by much). They could have done something to make it look to the first-timer that nothing was there in the first place, like higher, moderately themed construction walls.
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I didn't even notice at first. We were taken in the back, because of my sister-in-law having to be in a wheelchair for the week, so I was thrown off. When we got off the ride my mother commented and it dawned on me that it was closed. It was really dark too.
I didn't even notice at first. We were taken in the back, because of my sister-in-law having to be in a wheelchair for the week, so I was thrown off. When we got off the ride my mother commented and it dawned on me that it was closed. It was really dark too.
General Grizz
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Bingo.speck76 said:they could always close SSE until it gets a sponsor......you know....to correct the bad show thing.....
Hopefully, SE can get a sponsor (I know there have been many corporations interested). Until then, there is no use in bringing in a new attraction, assuming a company will come in the VERY near future. . .
TimeRacers would be expected (a Mission-Space style postshow), but until then, nothing that I've heard. . .
djronnieb
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this reminds of a question i've had for a while..
as you are riding down backwords at the end, you see on the right side the girl and boy in the "Home" using their computers, the is using a laptop but they have the projector, projecting the image from behind the monitor, so first of all she is looking at a backwords picture and also instead of the back of a monitor being solid plastic, there's the image shinning on it. Now why would they do this? Why not use a real LCD monitor and forget the projector....
as you are riding down backwords at the end, you see on the right side the girl and boy in the "Home" using their computers, the is using a laptop but they have the projector, projecting the image from behind the monitor, so first of all she is looking at a backwords picture and also instead of the back of a monitor being solid plastic, there's the image shinning on it. Now why would they do this? Why not use a real LCD monitor and forget the projector....
GymLeaderPhil
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At the time of the rehab of the final scene LCD screens were fairly new. This is the early/mid-1990s view of the future of telecommunications (or AT&T's view). I believe that the reason the image appears backwards on the Japanese's child's monitor is for theatrical reasons (so you could see it from the back) or maybe in AT&T's vision of the future, monitors will have an image projected on both sides.djronnieb said:
I wouldn't read to deep into it honestly... take a look at Space Mountain's exit queue. Okay, yes, the future of shipping and then a look at the future of video camera displays at your local appliance store? It's for reasons like this I could never use FedEX and avoid at all costs Best Buy.
General Grizz
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(Oh, when I agreed with speck, I meant leave the postshow closed. NOT the ride!)