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![]() | If anyone here will be at Epcot in the upcoming days, could you please take & upload pictures here of the new painting on SSE. I saw a picture on a different forum but it wasn't the best quality. Right as you enter the building, the leg has a new greenish blue (matching the colors of Siemens' logo) design on it. Also, as I understand, the newspaper steam is working in addition to some lighting changes & a few other enhancements. -Michael
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes It's really nice...should look like new by summer...they are adding little plusses throughout the attraction, one show scene at a time, so that they don't have to ever close the attraction for a refurbishment. This is the kind of quality Disney used to be famous for, with all the magic taking place at night.
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes This is great news. Will the sound system be affected at all?
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes of course...that might require SSE to actually close, though. I would guess they will get it all looking nice in the spring, have it run through the summer, and then work on the actual ride mechanisms with a bona fide closure in the fall. I would imagine they will close the ride at the same time they remove the Wand, if that indeed happens (and it looks like it will--we can already see that Disney is letting Siemens push through changes for SSE)
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes I'll be there around the same time frame, but have no laptop. Plus, I've never seen the ride before so I wouldn't know what to take pictures of. Glad to hear they're prepping it up for my arrival, though.
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes I saw no changes Friday night, but I rode close to midnight and was tired. Did see some effects not working ... seems like it's been a long time since the sleeping monk actually snored. The fog in the scene with the Phoenician merchants, likewise, hasn't been seen in forever. The one interesting thing I saw was the postshow area has new walls around it that look better than the plain old blue plywood ... also the old screens from Earth Station (before your time, Mikey) are uncovered above. I hope this means they'll be used some how. And SSE certainly needs to close for at least a few months for a thorough cleaning/refreshening ... and that's if Siemens doesn't want major changes. If so, you're looking at longer downtime. |
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| Live from Progress City Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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![]() Man, I loved Earth Station back in the day... | |
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes That wasn't the earth station screens - those were farther out from the center and individual screens. What you saw were the remnants of the Network Tree which was surrounded at the top by a continuous screen on which there were projections. Sorta like the circular holding area that was at living seas. |
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes Figures. I went Sat night and decided to really not ride anything...hmm...too bad I didn't go to SE I guess. |
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How funny!! Even though I don't always agree with you WDW1974, it is nice to have someone on the boards that remember, "old-school," Disney like we do! ![]() (Earth Station, Universe of Energy, Discovery Island, River Country, just 2 resort hotels etc.) | |
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes Quote:
Are you sure? The screens I saw were pretty far back ... but you could be right. Earth Station's been history since what ... '94? | |
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes Quote:
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/Albu...3&a=32067155&f= While there is a new color scheme at the entrace into SE, not much else is new on the outside as of yet. Inside.. yes, there is steam blowing from the back of the Printing Press in that particular scene...even though it's hard to see in the photo I posted. If there were any other technical differences (such as lighting or other enhancements...) I frankly didn't notice anything different as opposed to the last time I rode SE before Xmas time.
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![]() | Re: Spaceship Earth Changes Was there Saturday night. I didn't notice any changes to be honest with you. But then again, I might have just been blinded by the power of being in the park. I did notice they mentioned Siemens at the end of Illuminations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.newlineagefilms.com
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