Pigsty333
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The 257-foot-tall Mickey Mouse arm, glove and wand logo attached to Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World's Epcot is coming down.
Epcot Vice President Jim MacPhee announced this morning that the time had come to remove the structure, which has served both as a colorful, lighted Epcot sign since 2000, and as a lightning rod for criticism from Epcot purists who contended the image was out of character for Epcot's architecture.
The structure leans on Epcot's previous and future iconic figure, the Spaceship Earth Pavilion, a180-foot-diameter geodesic sphere that can be seen for miles.
Now, however, with Epcot's 25th anniversary this fall, and the temporary closing of Spaceship Earth ride, MacPhee said, "We think the timing of the removal is right."
Deconstruction of the 50-ton structure begins Monday and will be completed shortly before the park's 25th anniversary on Oct. 1. Also coming down are the 36-foot-high "Epcot" letters and colored stars splashing across the sphere.
Also Monday, the Spaceship Earth ride will close to complete a refurbishing sponsored by Siemans AG. The work should be done by November, MacPhee said.
This is sad - I sort of liked seeing the arm with the wand over Spaceship Earth.
Epcot Vice President Jim MacPhee announced this morning that the time had come to remove the structure, which has served both as a colorful, lighted Epcot sign since 2000, and as a lightning rod for criticism from Epcot purists who contended the image was out of character for Epcot's architecture.
The structure leans on Epcot's previous and future iconic figure, the Spaceship Earth Pavilion, a180-foot-diameter geodesic sphere that can be seen for miles.
Now, however, with Epcot's 25th anniversary this fall, and the temporary closing of Spaceship Earth ride, MacPhee said, "We think the timing of the removal is right."
Deconstruction of the 50-ton structure begins Monday and will be completed shortly before the park's 25th anniversary on Oct. 1. Also coming down are the 36-foot-high "Epcot" letters and colored stars splashing across the sphere.
Also Monday, the Spaceship Earth ride will close to complete a refurbishing sponsored by Siemans AG. The work should be done by November, MacPhee said.
This is sad - I sort of liked seeing the arm with the wand over Spaceship Earth.
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Call me crazy, but I thought just Spaceship Earth alone looked a little outdated alone and the wand was a nice addition. Maybe the refurb will include the outside too and it will look better when they are done.
