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HMF · 12-08-2007, 06:49 PM

Some clarifications from the ride description I posted Yesterday.
The historical part of the ride has been expanded and the Futuristic part is now exclusively on the touchscreens. The so-called Civil War scene has the African-American man reading the Newspaper with the headline Civil War Over and the Paper-Boy now shouts EXTRA! EXTRA! CIVIL WAR OVER.
As previously mentioned 60s Living room scene now is all about the moon landing with Walter Cronkite announcing. As you may know Walter Cronkite was the narrator of Spaceship Earth from 1986-1994. The Computer room shows a massive room wide computer before there wer home computers. The scientist in the scene looks remarkably similar to Science-Fiction writer Ray Bradbury who wrote the original narration for Spaceship Earth. The narration goes on to explain how programers worked to be able to bring the computer into our houses and shows Steve Jobs working on the home computer. the Communication Tunnel is replaced with a tunnel of Computer Language 0s and 1s and stuff.After you see the Earth projected on the dome the touchscreens turn onand ask you questions about yourself like How important is your health to you. This is the most dissapointing part. It then quizzes you on what you have learned from the ride than it shows you your future with a Jetsons meet the Robinsons-like animated cartoon which contrasts greatly with the seriousness of the main Atraction and does not give you the same feeling going off the ride than the Jeremy Irons version did. The last 5 minutes of the attraction is basicly looking at a computer screen watching a cartoon.

Kinda looks like an E-Surance commercial. Than Judi Dench says the Future looks really exiting dosent it.Sigh then a Male voice says welcome back time travelers. Siemens hopes you have enjoyed Spaceship Earth. Now visit Project Tommorow etc. While it has its flaws I am very happy that Disney has refurbished and made major changes to Spaceship Earth without removing its spirit and its educational value like what happened with the Seas and El Rio. Last year i said Epcot was dying. This year I can say that Epcot is being reborn. A big thanks to Siemens, Jim Macphee and Bob Zalk and all the Imagineers for making this possible.

12-08-2007, 06:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
HMF Haunted Mansion Fan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 900 My Mood:	Some clarifications from the ride description I posted Yesterday. The historical part of the ride has been expanded and the Futuristic part is now exclusively on the touchscreens. The so-called Civil War scene has the African-American man reading the Newspaper with the headline Civil War Over and the Paper-Boy now shouts EXTRA! EXTRA! CIVIL WAR OVER. As previously mentioned 60s Living room scene now is all about the moon landing with Walter Cronkite announcing. As you may know Walter Cronkite was the narrator of Spaceship Earth from 1986-1994. The Computer room shows a massive room wide computer before there wer home computers. The scientist in the scene looks remarkably similar to Science-Fiction writer Ray Bradbury who wrote the original narration for Spaceship Earth. The narration goes on to explain how programers worked to be able to bring the computer into our houses and shows Steve Jobs working on the home computer. the Communication Tunnel is replaced with a tunnel of Computer Language 0s and 1s and stuff.After you see the Earth projected on the dome the touchscreens turn onand ask you questions about yourself like How important is your health to you. This is the most dissapointing part. It then quizzes you on what you have learned from the ride than it shows you your future with a Jetsons meet the Robinsons-like animated cartoon which contrasts greatly with the seriousness of the main Atraction and does not give you the same feeling going off the ride than the Jeremy Irons version did. The last 5 minutes of the attraction is basicly looking at a computer screen watching a cartoon. Kinda looks like an E-Surance commercial. Than Judi Dench says the Future looks really exiting dosent it.Sigh then a Male voice says welcome back time travelers. Siemens hopes you have enjoyed Spaceship Earth. Now visit Project Tommorow etc. While it has its flaws I am very happy that Disney has refurbished and made major changes to Spaceship Earth without removing its spirit and its educational value like what happened with the Seas and El Rio. Last year i said Epcot was dying. This year I can say that Epcot is being reborn. A big thanks to Siemens, Jim Macphee and Bob Zalk and all the Imagineers for making this possible. Last edited by HMF; 12-10-2007 at 05:38 PM..