Spaceship Earth
Epcot
Designer	WED Enterprises
Manufacturer	WED Enterprises
Attraction type	Dark ride
Opening date	October 1, 1982
Hosted by	Jeremy Irons
Vehicle type	Omnimover
Vehicle names	Time machines
Vehicle capacity	4 (2 per row)
Ride duration	13:26 minutes
Total height	180 ft (54.9 m)
Track height	163 ft (49.7 m)
Site area	109,375 sq ft
Diameter	165 ft (50 m)
Circumference	518.1 ft (158 m)
Volume	2,200,000 ft2 (62,000 m2)
Weight	15,520,000 lbs (7,040,000 kg)
Number of tiles	11,324
Average angle of descent	20 degrees
Steepest angle of descent	39 degrees
Notes	The dome is raised 18 ft (5 m) off the ground by pylons sunk more than 120 ft (37 m) into the ground
Sponsored by	Bell System (1982-1984) AT&T (1984-2003) none (2003 - 2005) Siemens AG (2005-present)
Wheelchair accessible Assistive listening available

Spaceship Earth is the name of the iconic attraction at Epcot, a theme park that is part of the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida USA. One of the most recognizable structures at the Walt Disney World Resort, it is not only the centerpiece and main focal point of Epcot, but also the symbolic structure and attraction that houses the basic fundamentals of the park. The 18-story geodesic sphere houses a 13-minute dark ride using the Omnimover system that explores the progression of human communications from cavemen to the dawn of the internet and beyond. Spaceship Earth is a world view term usually expressing concern over the use of limited resources available on Earth. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2401 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article is about the Epcot theme park. ... WED Enterprises (WED), was formed as a separate company from Walt Disney Studios by Walt Disney in the late 1940s/early 1950s. ... WED Enterprises (WED), was formed as a separate company from Walt Disney Studios by Walt Disney in the late 1940s/early 1950s. ... A dark ride or darkride is an indoor amusement ride consisting of a vehicle traveling past animated scenes. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Academy Award, Tony Award, Screen Actors Guild, two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English film, television and stage actor. ... The Omnimover is an amusement ride system used for Disney theme park attractions. ... The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the United States telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... AT&T (formerly an abbreviation for American Telephone and Telegraph) Corporation (NYSE: T) is an American telecommunications company. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Siemens redirects here. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Handicap_reverse. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the Epcot theme park. ... Theme Park is a simulation computer game designed by Bullfrog Productions, released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. ... Cinderella Castle is the symbol of Magic Kingdom The Spaceship Earth geodesic sphere is the symbol of Epcot The Sorcerers Hat is the symbol of Disney-MGM Studios The Tree of Life is the symbol of Disneys Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World Resort is the largest and most... Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A dark ride or darkride is an indoor amusement ride consisting of a vehicle traveling past animated scenes. ... The Omnimover is an amusement ride system used for Disney theme park attractions. ... This article is about modern humans. ... Communication is a process that allows organisms to exchange information by several methods. ... For other uses, see Caveman (disambiguation). ...

History

Background

The structure was designed with the help of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who also helped write the original storyline for the attraction ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Both the structure and the attraction's name were inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller. However, he was not given credit. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, is widely considered... Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)[1] was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ...

The structure

Close-up of Spaceship Earth's Alucobond tiles

The structure is similar in texture to the United States pavilion from Expo 67 in Montreal, giving a misconception that it is a geodesic dome. By definition, a dome can only be part of a sphere. Spaceship Earth is a complete sphere, supported on legs. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 920 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 920 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The tiles of Spaceship Earth at Epcot, which are made out of Alucobond. ... The Biosphère, a large geodesic dome. ... Spaceship Earth in Epcot Center at Walt Disney World is perhaps one of the most famous examples of a large scale geodesic sphere. ... For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). ...

Geometrically, Spaceship Earth is a pentakis dodecahedron, with each of the 60 equilateral triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles (with a bit of fudging to make it rounder)^{[citation needed]}. Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 of them^[4], with 954 partial or full flat panels^{[citation needed]}. A pentakis dodecahedron is a catalan solid which looks a bit like an overinflated dodecahedron. ... For alternate meanings, such as the musical instrument, see triangle (disambiguation). ... For alternate meanings, such as the musical instrument, see triangle (disambiguation). ...

The cladding was designed so that when it rains, no water pours off the sides onto the ground. (All water is "absorbed" through one inch gaps in the facets and is collected in a gutter system - and finally channeled into the World Showcase Lagoon.)

Construction

Construction took 26 months and 40,800 labor hours to build. The interior steel structure consists of a massive "table" formed by deep trusses and 6 legs, none of which are directly under the sphere. This was done to give the illusion of the ball floating in air. Extending upwards from the table are "quadropod" structures which support the smaller beams which form the actual shell of the steel skeleton. Pipes stand the aluminum skin panels away from the skeleton and provide space for utilities. A small service car is parked at the top of the steel structure and can carry a prone technician down the sides to access repair locations. The sphere is wider at the bottom than at the top. The shop fabrication of the steel (done in nearby Tampa, Florida) was an early instance of computer aided drafting and materials processing. Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ...

The attraction throughout the years

Spaceship Earth was originally sponsored by the Bell System from 1982 until 1984. The Bell System was broken up into smaller companies in 1984, causing its parent company, AT&T to become its own independent company. AT&T would sponsor Spaceship Earth from 1984 until 2004. The Bell System was a trademark and service mark used by the United States telecommunications company American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and its affiliated companies to co-brand their extensive circuit-switched telephone network and their affiliations with each other. ... This article is about the current AT&T. For the 1885-2005 company, see American Telephone & Telegraph. ...

In October of 1982, the attraction originally started with an upward ascent into the structure with a lighted tunnel enhanced by a fog machine, which later led into a dark space. The attraction featured actor Vic Perrin as the narrator along with a very simple and quiet orchestral composition throughout the attraction. The attraction ended with guests hearing scientific audio from around the world, including images projected onto screens such as computer graphics, scientific data, a space shuttle launch, among others. Vic Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989) was an American actor and voice artist. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ...

In May of 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, causing the fog machine to be removed. Famous news journalist Walter Cronkite was the new narrator, reading from an updated script. A new orchestral composition was composed for the beginning and middle of the attraction. A theme song called Tomorrow's Child was composed for the ending of the attraction. The ending to the attraction itself was redesigned with projected images of children on screens to help fit with the theme of "Tomorrow's Child". STARS can mean: Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society Special Tactics And Rescue Service, a fictional task force that appears in Capcoms Resident Evil video game franchise. ... Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. ...

In August of 1994, the attraction was given a major remodel. This third version of the attraction kept the lightened tunnel the same as it was in 1986, including the majority of the scenes depicted in the beginning and middle of the attraction. Three scenes toward the end of the attraction that depicted the computer in a boy's bedroom of the 1980s, a woman's office of the 1980s, and as 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, taking out the Space Station scene located in the attraction's planetarium, replacing an old projected image of Earth in the planetarium, with a new image, and taking apart the 1982 and 1986 ending scenes of the ride and replacing them with fiber optic cables, miniature sets, among others. The attraction re-opened in its third version on November 23, 1994. This article is about the machine. ... Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Academy Award, Tony Award, Screen Actors Guild, two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English film, television and stage actor. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

Post show

Earth Station

The original post show for Spaceship Earth was called Earth Station. It lasted from 1982 until 1994. It was a wide open exhibit space that included:

• EPCOT Center Guest Relations
• Seven large rear projector screens mounted on the walls of the exhibit space toward the ceiling that displayed visual previews of various EPCOT Center attractions.
• WorldKey Information: Interactive kiosks that offered previews of various EPCOT Center attractions. Guests could also talk to a live cast member via two way closed circuit video, or make a restaurant reservation while in the park.

Global Neighborhood

When AT&T renewed their sponsorship in 1994, they redesigned the exhibit space for Earth Station into the Global Neighborhood. The original Global Neighborhood lasted from 1994 until 1999. In 1999, the exhibit space was updated to become the New Global Neighborhood for the Millennium Celebration. The exhibit space closed in 2004 after AT&T left as sponsor.

Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future

AT&T's departure as sponsor in 2004 caused the exhibit to close. Siemens AG, the new sponsor of Spaceship Earth, having signed on in 2005, created a new exhibit space called Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future. The new exhibit space once again uses the entire exhibit space that only Earth Station had once used. The new exhibit space houses interactive exhibits featuring various Siemens AG technology. These interactive displays and games allow guests to see the future of medicine, transportation and energy management. Siemens redirects here. ...

Some of the new attractions are:

• An illuminated globe featuring an ever-changing collage of inspirational images of tomorrow.
• Body Builder, a 3-D game allowing guests to build a digital human body.
• Super Driver, a driving simulation video game featuring vehicle accident and avoidance systems. It simulates what is supposed to be the future of driving. You drive a "smart-car" (that has a British accent,) and try to stop the city from being destoyed.

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VIP Lounge

A VIP Lounge exists on the second floor and to the back of the building that houses the post show for Spaceship Earth. It is a Corporate Lounge, exclusively used for employees and customers of the current sponsoring company to relax and enjoy while visiting the park. When Spaceship Earth was without sponsorship from 2004-2005, the room was utilized for private events such as weddings and conventions. The layout is small and curved in shape, with one wall consisting of large windows where visitors can look out onto the park.

When Siemens AG took over as sponsors, the VIP Lounge was given a name, Base21. ^[6] Siemens redirects here. ...

Recent changes

Spaceship Earth as it appeared from 2000 to mid-2007

The remaining part of the magic wand as of August 5, 2007

In celebration of the year 2000, a large 25-story "magic wand" held by a representation of Mickey Mouse's hand was built next to the sphere. Inspiration for it came from the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence of Fantasia (although, oddly enough, Mickey did not use a magic wand in that sequence). At the top of the structure was a large cut out of the number 2000. The structure was originally not meant to be permanent; it was intended to have only lasted for one year. After the Millennium Celebration ended, the structure was left standing due to financial issues. The number 2000 was replaced with the word "Epcot" in a script font which differs from the park's logotype. On the morning of July 5, 2007, after years of speculation, it was officially announced by Epcot Vice President Jim MacPhee that Spaceship Earth would be restored to its original appearance and that the "magic wand" structure would be removed in time for the park's 25th anniversary on October 1st. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2714 KB) Summary Spaceship Earth at Epcot in Walt Disney World. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2714 KB) Summary Spaceship Earth at Epcot in Walt Disney World. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, produced by Walt Disney and first released on November 13, 1940 in the United States. ... Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, produced by Walt Disney and first released on November 13, 1940 in the United States. ...

On Monday July 9th, the attraction itself was closed for refurbishment, and the surrounding area was walled off. As of October 1st, the entire wand structure, the stars, and the star supports have been removed. In addition, palm trees and other plants that originally stood where the wand was prior to 2000 have been added back to the landscape of Spaceship Earth.

2007 Renovations

With the new Siemens AG sponsorship, many changes are being made to the ride and post show area. The ride's updates will include: new or changed scenes, new costumes, new lighting, new props, new musical score, new narration and a new interactive ending. The "time machine" vehicles will get an interactive screen where riders can choose their vision of the future. Many fans of the now demolished Horizons attraction are looking forward to the change as Horizons featured the ability to pick from three possible endings/futures. ^[7]. Horizons was an attraction at Walt Disney Worlds EPCOT theme park in Orlando Florida. ...

The renovations are scheduled to be fully completed for a February 19th, 2008 reopening.

Ride scenes

Audio-animatronic cavemen in the first scene of the ride.

The ride starts with cavemen, who developed the first spoken languages. Then viewers see the Egyptians, who invented a system of hieroglyphs and made papyrus on which to record them; Phoenician merchants, who developed a written alphabet (the Phoenician alphabet); Ancient Greece, where the theater was a popular form of entertainment; and Ancient Rome, whose leaders built a vast system of roads all over Europe. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2129 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2129 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Audio-Animatronics is the registered trademark for a form of robotics created by Walt Disney Imagineering for shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. ... For other uses, see Papyrus (disambiguation). ... Phoenicia (or Phenicia ,[1] from Biblical Phenice [1]) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coast of modern day Lebanon and Syria. ... ABCs redirects here, for the Alien Big Cats, see British big cats. ... The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history in Classical Antiquity, lasting ca. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

After the sacking of Rome by invaders, viewers see scenes of the Middle Ages, when Jewish and Islamic scholars (Jewish scholars added during the November 23, 1994 update) continued to progress in science, and when monks copied Bibles by hand. The ride then moves on to the European Renaissance, the development of the movable-type printing press, and the 20th century communications revolution—newspapers, telegraphs, radio, telephones, movies, television, and videoconferencing. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Groupware | Telecommunications stubs ...

This is the end of the historical segment of the ride; the remainder is split between abstract depictions of Earth and the communications that take place upon it, and the possible communications technologies that will be developed in the future. This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

Show scenes

• Cave Interior
  • Cro-Magnon Man
  • Shaman (Medicine Man)
• Egyptian Temple (1567-1085 B.C.)
  • Hieroglyphs (first used in 3000 B.C.)
  • Hieratic Writing (cursive form)
  • Papyrus
  • Scribe
• Phoenician Scene (9th-century B.C.)
  • Phoenicians
  • Alphabet (22 letters)
• Greek Theater
  • “Oedipus Rex” (written by Sophocles, circa 428 B.C.)
• The Roman Road Network
• Islamic Empire
• Cathedral Abbey (11th- and 12th-century Benedictine Monks)
• Gutenberg Press (Johann Gutenberg, 42-line Bible, 1456)
• Renaissance Italy (1500s)
• The Age of Invention (19th and 20th centuries)
  • Steam-powered press (William Bullock, 1863)
  • Telegraph
  • Telephone
  • Radio
  • Motion Pictures:
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    • Girl Shy - Harold Lloyd
  • Television:
    • Walt Disney introducing Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
    • Ozzie and Harriet
    • NFL Championship Game, 1964, Baltimore Colts vs. Cleveland Browns
• Connections
• Global Network
• Network Tunnel
• Spaceship Earth Planetarium
• Current Events
• Virtual Classroom
• Infinite Gas Clouds
• Neighborhood Vignettes
• Global Neighborhood
• Communications Net
• Finale Corridor

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Attraction timeline

Spaceship Earth on opening day.

Spaceship Earth's original logo is no longer used in park material but is currently visible at the entrance to the ride.

October 1, 1982

• Spaceship Earth opens with the opening of EPCOT Center.
• Sponsored by the Bell System ^{[8] [9] [10]}.
• The narrator is uncredited but is believed to be Vic Perrin.

May 26, 1986

• AT&T is now the sponsor, having signed on in 1984.
• Narrator changes to Walter Cronkite.
• Finale music changed to Tomorrow's Child.

August 15, 1994

• Closes for renovation.
• "Home computer", "Office Computer", "Network Operations Center", and "Space Station" scenes removed.
• New final scenes installed and replace old final scenes.
• Earth Station closes.
• Tomorrow's Child ending removed.

November 23, 1994

• Attraction reopens.
• New ride narration by Jeremy Irons. ^{[11] [12]}
• New ride score by Edo Guidotti ^[13].
• The Global Neighborhood replaces Earth Station.

September 29, 1999

• The Mickey Mouse arm holding a wand is dedicated with "2000" over Spaceship Earth.

November 24, 1999

• The Global Neighborhood is replaced with The New Global Neighborhood, a new exhibit space serving as a hands-on playground for Spaceship Earth's post show.

May 2001

• The Mickey Mouse arm holding a wand is changed to say "Epcot" over Spaceship Earth.

January 1, 2003

• AT&T sponsorship ends.

April 2004

• The New Global Neighborhood is removed and the area is boarded up. AT&T references removed.

November 2005

• It is announced that Siemens AG ^{[14] [15]} will sponsor Spaceship Earth for twelve years.

April 11, 2007

• Major changes coming to Spaceship Earth are announced.^[16]

April 25, 2007

• The new exhibit space in Spaceship Earth's post show called Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future opens.

July 5, 2007

• Epcot Vice President Jim Macphee announces the removal of the wand structure in time for the park's 25th anniversary on October 1st 2007.

July 9, 2007- August 24, 2007

• Removal of the wand structure.

July 9 - February 19, 2008

• Spaceship Earth is closed for a third major renovation.

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See also

• Epcot attraction and entertainment history

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References

Mongello, Louis A. (July 2004). The Walt Disney World Trivia Book. The Intrepid Traveler, 125. ISBN 978-1887140492. “The concept of the geodesic sphere came from Buckminster Fuller, who also coined the term "spaceship earth" in his 1964 book, An Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth.” 

Notes

External links

• Spaceship Earth Trivia
• Walt Disney World Resort - Spaceship Earth
• Intercot's Spaceship Earth page
• Maps and aerial photos for 28°22′31″N 81°32′58″W / 28.375321, -81.549408Coordinates: 28°22′31″N 81°32′58″W / 28.375321, -81.549408
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