Spaceship Earth Changes

[SkyMedik]

Hey guys - not sure if this is on other threads but figured I might not be the only one who mostly sticks to the GLBT section.... I'll let you all post your thoughts and then give mine?


Epcot's 'Spaceship Earth' to Feature Re-Imagined Time-Travel Adventure
and New Finale Presented by Siemens



LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (April 11, 2007) -- Inside the Epcot icon, remarkable changes will be taking place over the next several months. A re-imagined Spaceship Earth presented by Siemens will combine the magic of the iconic attraction's time-travel adventure into the past with a new finale which provides guests the opportunity to imagine their futures.

On a trip through time inside the Spaceship Earth attraction, guests discover how each generation of mankind has invented the future for the next generation, and how the spirit of innovation has moved people from the caves to the cosmos.

Enhancements to the time-travel attraction will encompass changes to each of the ride scenes. New show scenes will be added to the attraction's story along with new lighting effects, costumes, set decoration, narration and musical score.

This adventure through time leads ultimately to the very top of Spaceship Earth's geodesic dome, where guests arrive at the present. The time travel adventure will be enhanced through new, interactive touch screens installed aboard each "time machine" that will enable guests to create their own visions of the future and see themselves in that future.

As guests disembark the time travel experience, they are invited to visit "Project Tomorrow: Inventing the World of Tomorrow," where interactive exhibits bring to life the ideas and technologies Siemens is developing to help make the world a better place for the future.

The space is filled with fun, interactive games and displays that showcase innovative technologies. Here guests step into the world of tomorrow and glimpse the future of medicine, transportation and responsible energy management across the globe.

Opening to Epcot guests later this month, the first completed phases of Project Tomorrow will include:

--An illuminated globe measuring 20 feet in diameter that will offer an ever-changing collage of inspirational images that invite guests to imagine the wonders of tomorrow.
--Body Builder, a 3-D game that enables users to assemble a digital human body, simulating the Siemens technology developed to perform remote surgeries.
--Super Driver, a driving simulation video game that showcases motor vehicle accident and avoidance systems developed by Siemens.

With phased renovations occurring through the year, Spaceship Earth's makeover is scheduled to be fully completed in early 2008.

 

[Viki]

I hope it's good!

 

[PeterPan]

Spaceship earth has been in need of a real renovation for awhile... hopefully they will also fix the track issues while working on the scenes The end sounds a little like the old horizons ending... so it would be kewl if they were in a way bringing back part of a lost attraction.

Now if they would only renovate and re-open the 2nd floor of imagination.... but... if they ever do that... the rainbow tunnel better stay!~

 

[CanadianGuy]

Now if they would only renovate and re-open the 2nd floor of imagination.... but... if they ever do that... the rainbow tunnel better stay!~

Amen! Here here.. .What HE said..

Knox

 

[SkyMedik]

I have mixed feelings. Half of me doesn't want the ride to ever change - to remain classic and nostalgic and be that way when I'm 70 and going to WDW. But the other side of me realizes it needs to change with the times, so the younger generation will still be awed and have something to look back on and be nostalgic about. *sigh* I just hope they have it open by my next visit....

 

[ConcKahuna]

Project Tomorrow is open already, they have some cool stuff in there

 

[RemixBoyNJ]

There were a few issuses with it last time I visited but nothing to major.

As for the real problem my Stepfather is gonna be a bit upset if its not open in time for him to go down... early 2008 is not gonna make him a happy camper..LOL

Adam

 

[minnie411]

We are heading down on July 8th and I just saw today that Spaceship Earth will be closed. We are so sad; we love that ride. I can't imagine a trip to Disney without a ride on it