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Spaceship Earth - EpcotUnderneath the sphere there is quite a long queuing area for this gentle, slow moving attraction, but don’t be put off by it as the line moves along quickly. This is because the cars that take you through the experience move continuously. When you arrive at the start of the ride you step onto a circular moving platform and then walk over to take your seat in one of the cars which are constantly moving along. The ride starts off by climbing fairly steeply so your seat will slightly recline as this happens. The commentary (by Jeremy Irons) which accompanies the entire ride is played through speakers which are in your headrest, and there is accompanying music which adds to the atmosphere. The first animatronic scenes that you pass through are the cave paintings of Cro-Magnon man, and then you move on to the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Ancient Greeks and then the Romans and so on through all the major influences and developments in communications until we get to the present day and a vision of the communications of the near future. When this ride was first built, the designers’ vision of the future of communication was probably beyond their wildest dreams but now, years later, we are beginning to catch up, and the future it depicts is not as unimaginable as it used to be! When you have travelled through the past and reached the present day you will have reached the highest point of the ride, and as the individual cars on the ‘train’ slowly revolve 90 degrees, you are turned to face a wonderful ‘sky’ full of stars and planets. Then the cars continue to revolve until you are travelling backwards as you begin your descent through the scenes of the future and tunnels of light and stars. If you notice smells in the air as you travel through history, this is not accidental. Disney has used ‘Smellitizers’ to add to the experience in some of the scenes! The ride lasts for about 12 minutes, and is either an excellent way to break yourself in gently to a day at Epcot, or to enjoy a welcome rest from some of the more frantic offerings in the park. We aim to provide acccurate and useful information, but if you feel anything provided here is not accurate or out of date, please email us with the address of the page concerned and any commments so we can amend as necessary. Page added on: 16 October 2006 There are no photos available for this article at the moment. Villa Owners: Upload A Photo To This ArticleTo upload a photo for consideration, click here. Please only submit photos relevant to this article. Other Articles ViewedThe following articles were also viewed by people who looked at this one:
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