Spaceship Earth Refurb Details

wharf1940 · Post by **wharf1940** » Mar Thu 06, 2008 5:58 am

just got back from getting married at the wedding pavillion and spending 2 weeks on property and one of the highlights for me, park-wise, was being able to go on the new spaceship earth the day it re-opened. As was previously stated, the animatronics were OUTSTANDING. The descent was VERY disappointing though, and gave e the feeling that it was done so to be a cheap way to maintain the ride, the end can always be changed with a computer program, not a complete revamping of the ride.

Spielberg1 · Post by **Spielberg1** » Mar Thu 06, 2008 9:13 pm

rdeacon wrote:In case anyone missed it as acp reported:

Academy Award-winning, English actress Dame Judi Dench is now confirmed as the new narrator for Spaceship Earth.

Rich

his voice was like space and time itself. dreamy and ethereal.

dame judi dench is a terrific actress but her voice has no 'magic'

luv2cthemouse · Post by **luv2cthemouse** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 9:23 am

I personally do not care for some of the refurb. I was able to see it during a soft opening in December.

The voice-over does nothing for me. Bring Jeremy Irons back.
The new costumes and additions to the ascent are good and I really like how the animatronics move more fluidly now. What was most disappointing was the descent. I was gutted to see SE so gutted and insead have some cheesy touch-screen display about my eating/excersize habits.

meticulus9 · Post by **meticulus9** » Mar Fri 21, 2008 6:38 pm

i loved the jeremy iron naration

rmorton50 · Post by **rmorton50** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 12:44 am

I'm thankful in some ways, that WDW will never be finished.
Perhaps as time goes on, the imagineers can "plus" this experience on the descent.

tmptnr · Post by **tmptnr** » Mar Sat 22, 2008 2:20 am

I went on the new version and i'm not impressed. still like the old version.. and why does the future always have to have computer modules with random multi color blinking lights.... lol

luv2cthemouse · Post by **luv2cthemouse** » Mar Mon 24, 2008 11:13 am

rmorton50 wrote:I'm thankful in some ways, that WDW will never be finished.
Perhaps as time goes on, the imagineers can "plus" this experience on the descent.

I completely agree.

abenjen · Post by **abenjen** » Mar Tue 25, 2008 9:21 am

So, there is no longer anything during the descent, just the touchscreens?

(like that boy talking to the girl from japan, that is gone now? And the city that was shown spreading "communication" that went into that last tunnel with the dramatic music?)

Can't go until late 2009 (hehe we have a baby on the way in 90 days!) so I am just trying to visualize it.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Apr Thu 17, 2008 10:16 pm

Rant on SSE foliage and lighting...

I have to bring up something that has been botehring me for some time since the wand has been down. There is a big clump of palm trees sticking out above everything else to the right of SSE, yet there is nothing on the left (where the wand was). To me it makes the entire entrance looked unbalanced. Does anyone know if Disney is trying to fix this, by planting palm trees on the other side? (Or have they already done so? Last time I was there was December)

Also, do they even trim the foliage near the front legs anymore? The trees seem to be slowly blocking the front legs.

Does this even bother anyone else or am I being overly critical?

picture where you can see the problems I'm talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Spac ... arth_2.jpg

Also, I found this neat picture apparently taken on New Year's Eve. I wish they would light it like this every night at least for a few minutes...
http://flickr.com/photos/kimonomania/2176124558/

video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCs37me0upc

Isn't it about time for them to change the lighting again? It's been the same for the past 10 years. I'm pretty sure when I was young I remember the sphere either changing colors during the night or simply being different colors than what it is now.

Doesn't Siemens work with lighting? They did an awesome job on the trees (of all things

)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTvE__X ... re=related

P.S. I just realized that a casual WDW visitor (i.e. a normal person) would probably read this post and think I'm insane for even talking about the trees around SSE.

I guess I just really miss the old look.

luv2cthemouse · Post by **luv2cthemouse** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 8:02 am

Also, I found this neat picture apparently taken on New Year's Eve. I wish they would light it like this every night at least for a few minutes...
http://flickr.com/photos/kimonomania/2176124558/

That looks very cool!!

GhostHost · Post by **GhostHost** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 8:51 am

That's a cool lighting scheme on SSE. They should do that all the time like on the castle during the fireworks.

Calypso · Post by **Calypso** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 8:57 am

Also, do they even trim the foliage near the front legs anymore? The trees seem to be slowly blocking the front legs.

Does this even bother anyone else or am I being overly critical?

Now that you mention it, yes it does bother me. I didn't notice it when I was there in September '07.

Esmeralda · Post by **Esmeralda** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 1:29 pm

This is totally off topic, but Cheshie do you have any other pics of SSE with that amazing lighting? I'm looking for a horizontal picture to make into a skin for my laptop here at work and that looks so futuristic and amazing!

I agree that the globe looks unbalanced now, but I'm just so happy the wand is gone that I didn't really notice. My bigger complaint is still the gravestones, but I've gone on enough about those.

On topic, I wasn't sold with the new "Jetson's" part of the ride. Hope it gets better or changes with time.

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 2:13 pm

The descent was VERY disappointing though, and gave e the feeling that it was done so to be a cheap way to maintain the ride

TWO WORDS: MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE!! If you didn't like it the first time you rode it, ride it again, it changes all the time. It's still a work in progress. I can't say anymore, but I think there are going to be a few surprises with this ride.

Cheshire Cat · Post by **Cheshire Cat** » Apr Fri 18, 2008 9:54 pm

This is totally off topic, but Cheshie do you have any other pics of SSE with that amazing lighting?

Sorry, it's not my picture, I just happened to come across it on Flickr.
At first I thought the lighting was just steady like that, then I found the video and it's really crazy, kinetic lighting. It would be cool if they incorporated it into IllumiNations.

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Spaceship Earth Refurb Details

i will miss jeremy irons voice!!!