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Spaceship Earth was sponsored by the Bell System originally, from 1982 until 1984. Bell was broken up into smaller companies in 1984, and its parent company, AT&T became its own independent company. AT&T would sponsor Spaceship Earth from 1984 until 2004. From 2005 onwards, German company Siemens has been the new sponsor of Spaceship Earth.
In October 1982, the attraction experience began as the ride vehicles moved up into the structure through a lighted tunnel enhanced by a fog machine, and then ascended on a spiraling track up through dark spaces featuring a series of lighted historic vignettes. The attraction featured actor Larry Dobkin as the narrator along with a very simple and quiet orchestral composition throughout the attraction.
A list of the scenes is below. The theme of communication through the ages was developed in chronological order in theatrical settings peopled with Audio-Animatronics figures. Actors were seen (and heard quietly) declaiming in a Greek theater. Charioteers carried messages from a Roman court, and Jewish and Islamic scholars discussed texts. With typical Disney whimsy, a monk was seen fallen asleep on a manuscript he was inscribing. Michelangelo, overhead, painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, and Gutenberg manned his printing press.
Spaceship Earth today.Suggesting the rush of 20th-century technology, subsequent scenes melded together, overlapping each other as the circumference of the ride track narrowed. A newsboy hawked papers, a movie marquee and film clips represented the motion pictures, radio and television were represented. As the vehicles reached the large space at the apex of the ride system, guests saw, on the planetarium ceiling of the sphere, projections of stars, planets, the Milky Way, and, closest and largest, "spaceship earth." The Omnimover vehicles then revolved 180 degrees, so that that the passengers were lying backward facing the "sky" as they began their descent, on a relatively straight track. The attraction ended with guests hearing scientific audio from around the world, and seeing on a series of screens, projected scenes of computer graphics, scientific data, a space shuttle launch, among others. The ride stops intermittently as wheelchairs are loaded or unloaded.
Spaceship Earth at night.In May 1986, the attraction was given a slight remodel. This second version of the attraction started off with the lightened tunnel enhanced by twinkling lights, meant to depict stars, with the fog machine removed. Famous news journalist Walter Cronkite was the new narrator, reading from an updated script. A theme song called Tomorrow's Child was composed for the ending of the attraction, which was redesigned with projected images of children on screens to help fit with the theme of "Tomorrow's Child".
In August 1994, the attraction was given a major remodel. This third version of the attraction kept the lightened tunnel as it was in 1986, and maintained the majority of the scenes depicted in the beginning and middle of the attraction. Three scenes toward the end of the attraction that showed a computer in a boy's bedroom of the 1980s, a woman's office of the 1980s, and a network operations center of the 1990s, were all removed and replaced with one scene depicting a boy and girl using the internet from America to Asia via instant communication. Actor Jeremy Irons was the new narrator, reading from an updated script. A new orchestral composition was composed for the beginning, middle, and end of the attraction. The ending itself was completely redone, with the removal of the Space Station scene located in the attraction's planetarium, replacement of an old projected image of Earth in the planetarium with a new image, and replacement of the 1982 and 1986 ending scenes of the ride them with miniature architectural settings connected by color-changing fiber optic cables and arrays of blinking lights representing electronic Communication pathways. The attraction re-opened in its third version on November 23, 1994.
On July 9, 2007, the attraction was again closed for another remodel that included a number of updates to the attraction. The attraction opened again with its fourth version in February 2008, with a new score composed by Bruce Broughton and new narration provided by Dame Judi Dench. The attraction's exterior was also modified for the 2007 renovations.
Spaceship Earth
Walt Disney World EPCOT Orlando Fl.
One of the most recognizable structures in all of Disney's theme parks, Spaceship earth stands 18-stories tall. It houses a time machine-themed ride ushering passengers through advancements in communication from pre-historic times through modern day and beyond. The exterior's geodesic sphere makes an incredible photo-op at nearly any time of day.
"Next we find ourselves in 1865 and the American Civil War has just ended. Steam power has brought the printing press into the modern age and periodicals are common. On a street corner, we see a young boy hawking newspapers".
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This is a virtual copy of "Spaceship Earth - Before Illuminations", but this copy has added fill light to give the effect that it is late evening.
Thanks for viewing/critiquing!!
P.S. - Upcoming photos will be from Illuminations and are a little different than other Illuminations or fireworks shots so stay tuned!
(Project 365 Day 336)
This patio heater reminded me of the Icarus II spacecraft from Sunshine. The stem totally looks like some sort of truss, and the light part might be some sort of futuristic engine.
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Krypto's Spaceship from the toyline from a few years ago. Removed from box, never played with, needs new batteries. $10 plus S/H
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Recently started building with Lego again. I've never been a very good model photographer so I should probably work on that.
Leading up to BrickSlopes 2022 my family was busy with an adoption and I didn’t have much time to make something new for the show. I thought for a couple of days how I could make something that would stand out and also be something I could make in a day. Inspiration struck to do a cross section of a SHIP. This amounted to a spaceship made up of vignettes framed in a 2 stud wide by 100+ stud long ship. This is the flight chair in the flight deck section of the Galaxy Explorer.
Completed on: 4th November, 2007
This was my first spaceship and my first MOC of the Space theme.
It's microscale and it was called Dragonfly because its shape reminded me of an insect.
It was made for a contest at Comunidade 0937:
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Esta foi a minha primeira nave espacial e o meu primeiro MOC do tema espaço.
Foi construída em micro escala e chamava-se Dragonfly porque a sua forma lembrava-me um insecto.
Foi criada para um concurso da Comunidade 0937:
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Spaceship of the Durror-Class Light Battle Cruiser
Affiliation: Jixnor Democracy
Manufacturer: unknown – but it looks to be from Tronde Shipyards
Length/beam/draft: [scale???]
Armor/shield level: 2x 5ft thick Steng steel on each hard point (horse heads), and an average of 2ft thick armor plating on rest of vessel/ unknown)
Sublight engines/lightspeed engines:
Sublight speed/lightspeed:
Range: unknown – at least 855 earth days
Crew: unknown (250)
Armament: 3x 32in Hinton laser cannons, 4x 3in flak laser cannons, 17x 1in laser cannons
Very little is known about the Durror Class Light Battle Cruiser. Most of what is known about the Durror comes from her similarities with the Memmor Class Heavy Battle Cruiser. The Durror suddenly appeared as the Memmor’s escort shortly after the Second Piracy War. Since then she’s never left the Memmor’s side. Her similar appearance compared to the Memmor suggests that she was created by the Trynin Empire through Tronde Shipyards as a gift to the Jixnor Democracy for their service in the Second Piracy War.
The Durror does boast three Hinton cannons, four flak cannons and over fifteen laser cannons - quite a powerful array of weapons for a small battle cruiser. This suggests that she could possibly have an extraordinary and top secret energy generator. However, she has seen very little combat alongside the Memmor.
During the Agronomic War a rare glimpse at the true power of the Durror was revealed during a skirmish with two Trynin Empire warships. It was discovered that the Durror is highly maneuverable and fast – giving truth to the speculation that she could possibly have a top secret energy generator. It was also found that her Hinton cannons are of a slightly higher caliber than normal ones and that her shield level is much higher than originally thought. However, these discoveries have only left more questions and seem to increase the mystery surrounding the Durror.
Completed on: 4th November, 2007
This was my first spaceship and my first MOC of the Space theme.
It's microscale and it was called Dragonfly because its shape reminded me of an insect.
It was made for a contest at Comunidade 0937:
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Esta foi a minha primeira nave espacial e o meu primeiro MOC do tema espaço.
Foi construída em micro escala e chamava-se Dragonfly porque a sua forma lembrava-me um insecto.
Foi criada para um concurso da Comunidade 0937:
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It's the Spaceship Factory texture created in the Filter Forge plugin. It can be seamless tiled and rendered in any resolution without loosing details.
You can see the presets and download this texture for free on the Filter Forge site here — www.filterforge.com/filters/11974 (created by Anaell North)
To use this texture download Filter Forge 30-day trial for free here — www.filterforge.com/download/
Alien Spacecraft! Took off before I could get any closer!
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Jatiyo Sriti Soudho (Bengali: জাতীয় স্মৃতি সৌধ Jatio Sriti Shoudho) or National Martyrs' Memorial is a monument in Bangladesh. It is the symbol of the valour and the sacrifice of those killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistani rule. The monument is located in Savar, about 35 km north-west of the capital, Dhaka.[1] It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain. [WIKIPEDIA]
I was waiting for our dinner reservations at Via Napoli (a phenomenal place to eat, by the way) when I looked across the Lagoon and realized I had no long exposure shots of Spaceship Earth. So I took some nice, closely cropped shots before I realized a lot of people had shots like that, but not so many people had shots with the Christmas tree in them. So I put my camera on bulb mode, bolted on a few ND filters, and starting taking shots. Then I realized it might be cool to break out my seldom-used but always loved starburst filter. And that's how I got the picture I did today. Extreme long exposures are really fun, except when it's so cold out! Subtle adjustments to your settings are tough when you're wearing gloves, haha!