You’ll then rotate backwards to return to Earth with Dame Judi Dench ending your journey with this: “The choices we’ve made over the last 40,000 years have been inventing the future one day at a time. Evolution into a truly global community “poised to shape the future of this… our Spaceship Earth”.Creation of cinema and television (family gathered around television watching news report of the moon landing in 1969).The American Industrial Revolution and the invention of the steam press, telegraph, telephone and phonograph.
The Italian Renaissance with scenes of Renaissance artists and players and the Sistine Chapel.John Gutenberg’s invention of the movable-type printing press and the rapid spread of knowledge.Copies of some of the books found in the libraries of the Middle East and watched over by Jewish and Arab scholars – known as the "first backup system".The burning of The Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt and the loss of historical books and literature.Invention of public schools and mathematics by the Greeks.The voyage through time continues and you’ll witness many more significant occurrences and discoveries, such as: Next, you’ll observe as the ancient Egyptians create hieroglyphics, and the Phoenicians develop an alphabet. The story begins at the dawn of time in the prehistoric era, where you’ll witness man’s first spoken word. Soon enough, you’ll hear Dame Judi Dench’s voice as she narrates the progression of communications and human innoventions. Your picture will come into play later in the ride!
You’ll make your way inside the futuristic geosphere and board the slow moving “time machine.” As you navigate through a dark sea of stars, make your face visible for the camera above. Spaceship Earth shows exactly where we, as a human race, started and where we are heading through audioanimatronic scenes. This mild ride takes you on a journey through time inside the iconic, 18-story sphere of Epcot for the story of human communications. While very little of this has been confirmed at this time, there may be spoilers here in case they’re accurate, and if this project does go back into development.Spaceship Earth is the first attraction you encounter when you enter the park. Let’s go through all of the rumored changes we thought we were going to see for this next iteration of Spaceship Earth. Rumors had the first half of the attraction staying mostly intact with only minor changes, as has been the case in previous updates, but major changes were planned for the rest of the ride, beginning with the Industrial Revolution scene. The few pieces of officially released concept art appeared as though this would be achieved using different techniques, including projection mapping. We were also introduced to a magical “story light” that was going to guide us on our journey through the attraction. Disney was calling this new version of the ride “Spaceship Earth: Our Shared Story.” The ride was to remain a “story through time,” however the theme was shifting to focus on “the human experience and the art of storytelling”. They confirmed the attraction would be receiving new narration and a new musical score. Official concept art for Spaceship Earth from D23 Expo in 2019 OFFICIAL DETAILSĭisney didn’t give many official details when they announced the Spaceship Earth re-do.