Epcot’s Spaceship Earth is changing.. Official!

[figment1986]

Oh pants.

My favorite will be closed when I go in the summer.

Pah, it'll all be worth it as long as they don't massacre the score.

And keep Jeremy Irons!

they might get a new voice artist and a redo the score a little, (Egyptians were the second to create paper... if i remember my updated history)

maybe we will get another famous news voice, or bring someone back from retirement to do it one last time.

[BigPigletFan]

how long has siemens been a partner? i would say around that long...

Since late 2005. Additional changes to Illumnications, including fixing the inferno barge probably took priority.

[Space Junk]

maybe we will get another famous news voice, or bring someone back from retirement to do it one last time.

omg!! how about johnny depp !! j/k ....i really wonder who it would be....any thoughts?? anyone??

[EvilQueenRocks]

DITTO x 10000


The new finale sounds really cool too. As long as the spirit of the original attraction remains.

My biggest fear is that we WILL lose the spirit of the original attraction...

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.

Touch screen choosing.. reminds me of horizons future choice...

Okay....correct me if I'm wrong here(but in a nice way please ) but isn't SSE about the history and future of COMMUNICATION...inventing the future and the spirit of innovation? What's that all about? But I do like the touch screen idea...I miss Horizons

[naumoney]

Darn it, I need to wake up earlier, I'm hours behind on this one!

No surprises here, it's nice to get confirmation of everything I've heard.

On the wand, don't expect a huge announcement on that. Despite how we all feel, I think it's removal will bring mixed feelings from the general public. It has been there as long as lots of kids can remember and I always see lots of people taking pictures of it and all. So I suspect it will just start coming down one day, no "You asked for it, we're doing it!" announcement.

[SplashMtn]

they might get a new voice artist and a redo the score a little,

Building on the existing score would be good.

But the communication tunnel and space sections are my favourite pieces of attraction music- here's hoping that they remain in one form or another!

[WDW Monorail]

Since late 2005. Additional changes to Illumnications, including fixing the inferno barge probably took priority.

I wonder what's up with that Earth Barge rehab? Last I heard, it has been pushed back until May.

[Space Junk]

Building on the existing score would be good.

But the communication tunnel and space sections are my favourite pieces of attraction music- here's hoping that they remain in one form or another!

my favorite part (musically)

[figment1986]

I wonder what's up with that Earth Barge rehab? Last I heard, it has been pushed back until May.

maybe the new tech still has bugs and cannot be rolled out yet...

(I heard its not LEDs they are thinking of this time.. but i could have been listening to a bus driver again.. i forget it was a tough day)

[naumoney]

But the communication tunnel and space sections are my favourite pieces of attraction music- here's hoping that they remain in one form or another!

I love the network tunnel (official name ) music and the planetarium music, unfortunately, it is the worst part of the attraction due to the fact that it's perforated by "Please remain seated, Your time machine vehicle is rotating backwards for your return to earth" over and over again. Heres to hoping that crap goes.

[yoyoflamingo]

or bring someone back from retirement to do it one last time.

Along with the classic song?

And based on the announcement, sounds like the spirit of the attraction will remain, just with newer scenes. Maybe the end will actually feature....new AA's? Just don't make it all screens. I'm getting saddened to hear about screens replacing everything.

Too bad Siemens didn't sponsor the Carrousel of Progress too...

[Monorail Man]

And a new narration? I wonder who they will choose.

Morgan Freeman? James Earl Jones?

Anyway, these changes sound great! Finally, a classic Disney 'tomorrow' attraction that isn't getting torn down, or replaced with a thrill ride.

[WDW Monorail]

How about a return of the satellite and astronauts in the 180top section?

The sat. may still be there, the astronauts were recycled to another attraction I believe.

[figment1986]

Morgan Freeman? James Earl Jones?

Anyway, these changes sound great! Finally, a classic Disney 'tomorrow' attraction that isn't getting torn down, or replaced with a thrill ride.

I did hear they were adding a new loop

Audio loop

How about a return of the satellite and astronauts in the 180top section?

The sat. may still be there, the astronauts were recycled to another attraction I believe.

nice idea.. satelights are still the future.. with fiber optics.

[yoyoflamingo]

Morgan Freeman? James Earl Jones?

Maybe this is how they will bring back Dreamfinder. Have him narrate.

Or Rod Serling.

"The time is the future, on a night very much like the one you have just witnessed. This as you may recognize is the future, still in operation waiting for you. We invite you if you dare to step aboard because it tomorrow's future, you are the star. And this future takes you directly to....Tomorrow's Child.

(Eerie version of Tomorrow's Child begins to play)"