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{{Template:Infobox Disney ride || image= Spaceshipearth.jpg| caption='''Spaceship Earth is considered to be the icon of Epcot.''' | duration=13:26| theme=Communication| type= Dark Ride| sponsor= Bell System (1982-1984)<br/> AT&T (1984-2004)<br/> Siemens (2005-2017)| land= World Celebration| Vehicle= Time machine|host=Vic Perrin or Larry Dobkins (1982-1986)<br/>Walter Cronkite (1986-1994)<br/>Jeremy Irons (1994-2007)<br/>Judi Dench (2007–present) | audio-animatronics=57| opened=October 1, 1982|custom_label_2= Disney Genie +|custom_value_2= Yes}}Spaceship Earth is a pavilion and an attraction located in World Celebration within [[Epcot]].==Conception and Pavilion History==Spaceship Earth was a part of Disney’s plans for EPCOT Center since the theme park's inception. Unlike other pavilions which went through a series of redesigns and changes, Spaceship Earth remained essentially the same throughout its development. One of the few changes that did occur between the time that the pavilion was conceived and constructed involved the shape that Spaceship Earth would take. As seen in the 1978 EPCOT Center model, originally, Imagineers had planned on Spaceship Earth being a dome, with the attraction's show building located south of the pavilion. <ref> http://progresscityusa.com/2011/06/19/epcot-origins-a-model-future-1978/ </ref>.

Due to the fact that plans for the Spaceship Earth attraction called for a finale that simulated a trip through space, Disney Imagineers felt that they would need to move guests "up" in the pavilion. Furthermore, Disney decided that simply entering the domed pavilion and boarding the ride was not dramatic enough <ref name="Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2010/01/spaceship_earth_epcots_icon_pa_2.html </ref>. In order to solve these issues, Imagineers eventually decided that instead of taking the shape of a geodesic dome, Spaceship Earth would be constructed as a geodesic sphere, something never done before <ref name=Pavilion History=="Jack"/>.

===Construction===Spaceship Earth was designed as the icon of all of EPCOT Center. The building was the first geodesic dome ever construct. Buckminster Fuller, who developed the mathematical structure of the pavilion named it Spaceship Earth. Although the pavilion looks was designed to look like a seamless sphere, Space Spaceship Earth is was actually constructed in fact made up of two parts<ref name= "Jack"/>. The top half of the dome sits on a steel, square ring , which sits itself is set atop the pavilion's "legs" of the pavilion. The second bottom half of the dome is was then attached below to the bottom of the ring, giving the allusion illusion that Spaceship Earth earth is a monolithic structure<ref name= "Jack"/>. The legs which support Spaceship Earth were driven 160 feet into the ground[[Image:SpaceshipConcept. Disney Imagineers also decided to make jpg|thumb|400px|Early Spaceship Earth from concept art]]Besides being constructed out of two separate sphereshalves, and outer and an inner sphereSpaceship Earth was also made of two separate spherical layers. The inside sphere is of the pavilion was made of steel, pyramid -shaped pipes<ref name= "Jack"/>. The outside This sphere was then covered with by an outside sphere that was made of Alucobond pyramids, (a polyester plastic, ) which was then covered in two sheets of aluminum<ref name= "Jack"/>. This design was done, chosen so that the inner sphere (which holds houses the attraction) would be protect protected from the environmentalelements<ref name= "Jack"/>. Furthermore, and also to solve this design solved the problem issue of runoff water. As Disney Imagineers did not want water pouring off the sides of the 25 18 story building. To solve this problem pavilion, gaps were left in-between the Alucobond trianglespyramids, so that the water could run through them and into a gutter system. This system (which would eventually deposited deposit the water into the World Showcase Lagoon) <ref name= "Jack"/>.

It took Construction took construction workers 26 months and almost 40,800 labor hours to build Spaceship Earth<ref name= "Jack"/>. When it was builtcompleted, in Spaceship Earth Disney not only an icon for EPCOT Center, but also the world’s first geodesic dome. Both the pavilion was seen as a structural marveland the attraction housed within, were ready for EPCOT Center's opening day- October 1, 1982 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory. Disney did worry howeverhomestead.com/epcotgrandopening.html </ref>.  The structure of the pavilion itself remained unchanged until 1999, that when a wind tunnel would form beneath large Mickey hand holding a wand was added to the paviliontop of Spaceship Earth <ref name= "lost2"> http://www.lostepcot.com/spaceshipearth.html </ref>. The wand was dedicated "2000" in celebration of the new millennium, knocking over guestsbefore the dedication was changed to "Epcot" in 2001 <ref name= "lost2"/>. Since their The Mickey hand and wand remained atop Spaceship Earth until it was almost no data on geodesic domesremoved in 2007, Disney brought just in researchers from MIT who determined that time for Epcot's 25th anniversary<ref name= "lost2"/>. On October 1, 2021, Disney unveiled Spaceship Earth's new "Points of Light" lighting package <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/spaceship-earth/news/30sep2021-a-look-at-spaceship-earths-new-points-of-light.htm </ref>. As a part of these changes, nearly 2000 LED lights were added to the pavilion would not create 's exterior, allowing Spaceship Earth's reflective panels to illuminate with light. Throughout the night, a wind tunnelspecial Beacon of Magic sequence is also performed on Spaceship Earth, featuring a unique narration and different light displays.

The attraction built inside Spaceship Earth was designed Earth’s storyline and original script were written by author Ray Bradbury <ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/06/honoring-ray-bradburys-contribution-to be guests "welcome to Future World". On -epcot/ </ref>, who came up with an elaborate version of “Man and his Spaceship Earth” (as the dark ride attraction, guests travel back was then called) in time 1977 <ref> http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/03/07/553.aspx </ref> <ref>http://epcotexplorer.tumblr.com/post/99489612171/introspection-and witness human advancements in communication-symbolism-an-appreciation-of </ref>. The attraction was themed as a time machine, taking guests back to Other consultants and advisers included academics from: the dawn of civilization all the way to the near future. In itLos Angeles's historyHuntington Library, the attraction has been changed three times. First in 1986University of Southern California, then in 1994University of Chicago, and finally in 2007the Smithsonian Institute <ref> http://www.intercot.com/edc/SpaceshipEarth/index. Although html </ref> also contributed to the scenes stayed the same after each refurbishment, a new narrator was added each timecreation of Spaceship Earth.

Spaceship Earth was initially sponsored by Bell System. In 1984, however Bell was broken up into several companies. AT&T, now it's own company assumed sponsorship of Much like the pavilion. They continued their sponsorship until 2004. In 2005, Siemens, a German company became the new sponsor of storyline for the Spaceship Earthattraction remained fairly consistent throughout its development. When Siemens took over, they decided to give In the attraction a major refurbishment1980 booklet titled ''Walt Disney World EPCOT Center'', which took place in 2007.Spaceship Earth is described:

{{Quotation| "Spaceship Earth," planned for presentation by AT&T, will be Future World's introductory theme show. Here guests will board "time machine" vehicles and journey into the past to trace the evolution of human communication. <br>Visitors will travel into dimensional scenes depicting milestones in communication, "brought to life" through the Audio-Animatronics process and Disney special effects. <ref name===Original Incarnation"lostepcot"> http: Vic Perrin (1982-1986)===//www.intercot.com/edc/SpaceshipEarth/spconcepts.html </ref>}}

After entering The above description correlates very closely to the pavilion, guests attraction that would walk up a short ramp. On the walls aside the ramp, eventually open to guests could see two posters and a large mural. The posters both showed Spaceship Earth at nightIn fact, with stars shining behind it. They the 1982 book also readtitled ''Walt Disney World EPCOT Center'' describes basically the same attraction, "Ride the Time Machine from the Dawn of Civilization to the Beginning of Our Tomorrow. SPACESHIP EARTH.". This gave guests an idea of what the ride albeit now inside, would be like. The mural located in the queue, showed astronaut working on a satellite, with Earth in the background. The mural was framed with small pictures depicting cavemen, Romans, Egyptians, the printing press and finally modern humans. After passing through the queue, guests would board small blue ride vehicles. The vehicles operated on an Omnimover ride system, which never stopped. geodesic sphere:

After guests boarded the vehicles, they would enter {{Quotation| The architecturally unique Spaceship Earth globe forms a dark tunnel. Inside the vehichles would begin breathtaking entrance to ascend as guests could see a purple cloud with stars all around itEpcot Center. A flash Entering Future World, visitors pass directly beneath this glistening geosphere which reaches a height surpassing that of lightning would periodically strike from the cloudWalt Disney World Contemporary Resort Hotel. Within this theme structure, a swirling time journey retraces the increasingly important role of communications in mankind's survival<ref name= "lostepcot"/>. Vic Perrin then began his narration saying:}}

When One change that did occur to the vehicles reached the top storyline of the tunnelSpaceship Earth, guests could see images of cavemen fighting Wolly Mammothsinvolved the attraction's finale. The narrator informed guests that they were entering original plans for the ancient cavesfinale called for guests to visit a moon base, where humans first interactedthey would visit a futuristic space station under construction <ref> http://epcotexplorer. A scene showing an ancient medicine man talking to other humans could be seentumblr.com/post/22592963788/spaceship-in-spaceship-earth-original-plans-for. Cave paintings could AUTHORS NOTE: This intended finale can be seen on in concept art and the wall behind the medicine manattraction's mural </ref>. Although unconfirmed, showing humans first writing down their thoughtsit has been speculated that issues with the forced perspective caused the planned finale to be scrapped. The narrator then acknowledge Despite the fact that the Wolly Mammoth scenewas never installed, informing guests that humans used communication in order to survivelunar rock cutouts created for the scene were left behind <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWPZhjyd4QM&t=6s></ref>.

[[Image:SpaceshipEarthMural.jpg|thumb|400px|The mural at the entrance to Spaceship Earth depicts the evolution of communication. Photo by Sam Howitz]]Throughout its history, Spaceship Earth has always featured a dark ride attraction that takes guests through the history of communication. The pavilion was first refurbished in 1986, with subsequent refurbishments taking place in 1994 and 2007. Following each refurbishment, the attraction has been given a new script, a new narrator, and a new finale. When Spaceship Earth opened in 1982 it was sponsored by Bell Systems. By 1984 however, the company was broken up and AT&T (Bell's parent company) assumed sponsorship of the pavilion. AT&T continued to sponsor the pavilion until 2004, when the company decided not to renew their contract. Subsequently, in 2005, Siemens assumed sponsorship of the pavilion. The company's sponsorship of the attraction ended in October of 2017 <ref> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-bz-disney-epcot-siemens-20170703-story.html </ref>.  Listed below is a more detailed description of the differences between the four versions of Spaceship Earth.  ===Original Incarnation: Vic Perrin or Larry Dobkins (1982-1986)===*NOTE: In 2008 Imagineer Mary Sklar disagreed with the long held notion that Vic Perrin was the narrator of the 1982 version of Spaceship Earth. Marty instead claimed that Larry Dobkins was the narrator. With no official credit given, it is currently impossible to know for sure who narrated the attraction.  The queue for the original Spaceship Earth attraction began with guests entering the pavilion, and walking up a short ramp. On the walls around them, two large posters showed Spaceship Earth at night and read "Ride the Time Machine from the Dawn of Civilization to the Beginning of Our Tomorrow. SPACESHIP EARTH." Nearby, a large mural showed astronauts working on a satellite, with Earth in the background. The mural was framed with small pictures depicting cavemen, Romans, Egyptians, the printing press, and finally modern humans. After passing through the queue, guests would board small blue ride vehicles, beginning the attraction itself.  After guests boarded, the vehicles guests entered a dark tunnel and began to ascend. Here, all guests could see was a purple cloud with stars all around it. A flash of lightning would periodically strike from the cloud, and the narrator would begin: {{Quotation| Where have we come from, where are we going? In the dust from which we were formed, answers recorded on the walls of time. So let us journey into that past, to seek those walls, to know ourselves and to probe the destiny of our Spaceship Earth.}} When the vehicles reached the top of the tunnel, guests could see images of cavemen fighting Woolly Mammoths. The narrator informed guests that they were entering the ancient caves, where humans first interacted. A scene showing an ancient medicine man talking to other cavemen could be seen here, with cave paintings showing the first humans “writing” their thoughts down. The narrator then acknowledged the Woolly Mammoth scene, informing guests that humans used communication in order to survive. The narration in this scene stated:[[Image:SpaceshipEgyptians.jpg|thumb|400px|The Egyptian pharaoh dictating his decree]]{{Quotation| Where are we now? It is the waiting dawn, where vast things stir and breathe. And with our first words and first steps, we draw together to conquer the mammoth beast. It is the dawn of a new beginning, the dawn of recorded time<p> On cave walls we inscribe our greatest triumphs, a growing record of our deeds, to share with others so they too may greet tomorrow’s sun.</p>}} As the ride vehicles moved forward, guests could see an Egyptian making papyrus (sometime between 1567 - 1085 B.C.). Across the way, an elaborate Egyptian building could be seen. , with Hieroglyphs decorate decorating the archways of the building. Further down the way, a Pharaoh could be seen was shown dictating to a scribe. His wife sat next to him , as servants fanned the royal couple. The narrator then spoke, saying:

The At this point, the scene then shifted, to a sea port seaport in the ninth century B.C.. Here, two Phoenician sailors could be seen trading goods. Behind them, another sailor and information from their two connected the two boats together. On guests the right, guests could seen see the ocean, with stars shining on the horizon. The narrator then told guests that the :{{Quotation|On fine Phoenician ships , we take our scrolls to sea. Real scrolls simplified the by an alphabet and traded the scrolls , eagerly shared at various distant ports. The ride vehicles then moved forward in time, to Greece in 428 B.C. A scene depicting a Greek theater could be seen, with two men acting out Oedipus. The narrator then spoke once again, telling guests that this was the dawn of the theatercall. }}

As guests The ride vehicles then moved forward in time, to Greece in 428 B.C.. Here, a scene depicting a Greek theater could be seen, with two men acting out Oedipus Rex. The narrator then spoke once again advanced :  {{Quotation| Deep in the shadows of Mount Olympus, our alphabet takes route ... flowering with new expression. Hail the proud Greeks: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. The theater is born.}} As guests continued their journey through time, they came upon a Roman solider riding in a chariot. He is dressed as if he is in the Roman army. The man is was exchanging information with another man (who is was wearing a toga). In the background, a painted wall depicts depicted Rome, as another chariot passes passed by. The narrator then said:

As the ride vehicles carried on{{Quotation|In Western abbeys, guests could see ruins Monks toil endlessly transcribing ancient wisdom into hand-penned books of a building smolderingrevelation. <p> At last! A new dawn emerges. The narrator informs guests that the excess dawn of Rome has led to it's destruction. Fortunately, he also tells guests that Islamic preserved the ancient knowledge and they were eventually able to link East and WestRenaissance. A scene, showing the Islamic wise men, sitting in And a circle discussing books was then shown. To their left, is wondrous machine performs as a library with unfilled shelves was shownthousand scribes. Two men inside, one reading and one seated, could be seen reading. On guests right, an astronomer could be seen standing on a balcony and investigating Now for all: the starsprinted word. Further down the path, two Benedictine Monks were shown copying text by hand. The monk on the right had apparently fallen asleep on the job. The narrator once again spoke saying:</p>}}

{{Quotation|In Western abbeysAs guests entered the Renaissance scene, Monks toil endlessly transcribing ancient wisdom into hand-penned books of revelationJohann Gutenberg and his associate could be seen working on the printing press.(After a pause) At last! A new dawn emergesGuests then moved forward to Italy in the 16th century. The dawn of To the Renaissance .right, a man was shown reading a book to two others, while just beyond them, two musicians played music in front of a small Italian town.On guest's left various artists were work. One was mixing paint, one painting fruit, and a wondrous machine performs one sculpting. Further ahead on the left, guests could see Michelangelo lying on scaffolding, painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A conveyance system brought buckets of paint up to the artist as a thousand scribeshe painted. Now The narration for all: the printed word. }}Renaissance continued:

As guests enter {{Quotation| Our books fuel the fires of the Renaissance scene, Johann Gutenberg and his associate could be seen working on the printing press. Guests then moved forward It is a time to Italy in discover anew the 16th century. To the rightworlds of poetry and philosophy, a man was shown reading a book to two othersscience and music. Just beyond themAs our minds soar, two musicians played music. In our hands find new expression in the background a small Italian town could be seenflourishing world of art. On their leftBehold, guests could see various artists at work. One was mixing paint, one painting fruit, and one sculpting. Further ahead on the left, guests could see Michelangelo laying on a scaffolding, painting majesty of the Sistine Chapelceiling. Below him, stain glass windows were illuminated by black light. A conveyance system brought buckets of paint up to Michelangelo as he painted. The narration for the Renaissance continued:}}

{{Quotation|: Our books fuel the fires of Following the Renaissance. It is a , guests moved forward in time to discover anew the worlds of poetry and philosophy, science 18th and music19th century. As our minds soar, our hands find new expression in the flourishing world The narrator spoke of art. Behold, the majesty of the Sistine ceiling.}}this transition saying:

{{Quotation| The time then shifted to the 18th and 19th century. The first thing that guests would see was Renaissance: a steam powered printing press which was invented by William Bullock in 1863. A man inspected beacon through the newspaper that came out mists of the press. Futher ontime, a young boy stood on a street corner with a stack of New York Dailys, trying guiding us to sell them. As the vehicles continued on, guests could see a man dictating a telegram to another man who sends itnew era. Behind them, a train passed by on a railroad. On their left, guests could then see telephone wires stretching all across the scene. Various conversations could be heard coming from the telephones A time of invention and exploding communication.}}

On The first thing that guests leftwould see in the modern era was the steam powered printing press, which was invented by William Bullock in 1863. While a man inspected the newspaper that came out of the press, further on, a young newsboy stood on a street corner selling a stack of New York Daily newspapers. As the vehicles continued on, guests could see a man dictating a telegram to another man who sent it out, while a train passed by on a railroad. On their left, guests could then see telephone wires stretching all across the scene depicting , and various phone conversations could be heard.[[Image:SpaceshipTelegraph.jpg|thumb|400px|Spaceship Earth's telegraph scene. Photo by Elizabeth]]Moving forward, guests passed by a women woman sitting in a cinema ticket booth was shown. Three screens on her left showed old black and white movies. The first screen showed a movie about a runaway trolley, the second showed two people dancing, and the final screen showed the Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Across the way, guests could see a scene depicting the WDP (Walt Disney Productions) radio station. Inside a sound booth, where a man and a women woman could be seen found acting out a radio showinside of a sound booth. Outside the booth, an engineer monitored the sound level. To the right of the scene, a radio tower was shown, with waves emanating from it. Another radio tower could be seen in the background.

As guests continued forwardtime progressed, they the vehicles passed a scene depicting a mother, father and daughter watching TV in their living room. Four other televisions hung on the wall behind the family. They , which would change channels, showing various different television shows. Shows that could be seen here included:

At this point, on guests left, a 70s bedroom could be seen. Inside, a boy is working on a desktop computer. Behind him a few books and a model airplane rested on a metal shelf. The following seen, showed a mid 1980s room, with a women working on a laptop. Guests then could see The Network Operations Center, where network lines and satellites were monitored.Here, guests could see The center housed a map of Florida, The United States, and even a view of the entire globe (from the North Pole). A man sat in front of these mapswatching them, monitoring the maps, with while a women who woman was sitting seated to his right. As guests witnessed The narration in this seen, the narrator would sayscene noted:

The ride vehicles then entered a tunnel{{Quotation|Verged on the threshold of infinity, we see our world as it truly is: small, silent, fragile, alive, a drifting island in which lights flew by. Here the narrator said:midnight sky. It is our spaceship, our Spaceship Earth.}}

{{Quotation|"Verged on This narration marked the threshold point where guests were at the top of infinitythe sphere. Now in outer space, we guests could see our world as it truly is: smallEarth in the distance, silent, fragile, alivesurrounded by stars. Also at the top of the sphere was a large space station and two satellites. From the space station, a drifting island young woman was controlling mechanical arm to assist the astronauts in repairing the midnight skylarger of the two satellites. It is our spaceshipPassing by this scene, our Spaceship Earthguests would then enter the space station's hangar (going beneath the girl in the window who would wave) and begin their descent."}}

This narrator marked the point where guests were at the top of the sphere. From here, they could see Earth in the distance, surrounded by stars. As the ride vehicles began to descend, guests could see more clouds of dust (similar to the one at the beginning of the attraction) in on their right. Further down, flat screens showed guests saw various sceneson connected monitors. Scenes shown on this the monitors included:

All of the monitors were connected by fiber optic strands, showing how everything was connected nowthrough communication. Guests could also hear people around the world, talking to each other and exchanging information. Before Lastly, before unloading, guests could also would see a series of dots which resembled circuit. Vic Perrin then gave circuits, and hear one final narration:

In 1986* During guest's initial ascent, Spaceship Earth went under a minor refurbishmentthe smoke effect was removed. The attraction recieved It was replaced with a new narration, a new opening and a new theme songstar-field effect. Walter Cronkite was added as the * The Hebrew people's contributions to communication were now recognized. * Two new narrator, and a new theme song titled "Tomorrows Child" was scenes were added to the finale of attraction in between the attractionfamily living room scene and the Network Operations Center scene. Now, when guests entered the ** The first tunnel of these depicted the ride, creation of the smoke machine effect was removed. InsteadPC, with a young man sitting at his desk. The Audio Animatronic used in this scene was actually moved from the tunnel printing press scene. ** Also added was lit up by The “paperless office"stars" flying by, on either side of scene which featured an Audio Animatronic woman that was previously found in the ride vehicleNetwork Operations Center scene. * The 1970s scene attraction's finale was updated, changed so that the boy now had a laptopinstead of showing projections of new technology, and images were instead introduced to the women spoke on more provocative "Tomorrow's Child". These projections visualized the phone while on her computeridea that the children of today would be the leaders of tomorrow. The only other major change to new finale gave the attraction was that a more climatic ending and also conveyed the screens in message of hope for the descension future. ** In this scene were changed, so that they showed children from around the world. This was done to tie the scene in with the attractions attraction's new theme song. AT&T signage "Tomorrow's Child" was also added to the conclusion. One sign readThe song was written by Ron Ovadia and Peter Stougaard, "AT&T connection you to and performed by Sally Stevens during the information age". Another sign said, "Explore the information age. Visit FutureCom. CommuniCore Westdecent ramp.  Although * In the rest of the attraction remained the samedecent ramp, Walter Cronkite recorded a new narration for Spaceship Earthstar effects were also added to give the scene more depth. His narration can be read below: 

| Wolly Woolly Mammoth and Cave Men scene

| Medicine Man in Cave scene

| Phoenician Ship scene

| "In western abbeys, Monks monks toil endlessly transcribing ancient writings into hand penned books of revelation."

| Top of the sphereSphere

| Final Decent Descent

| Final DecentDescent

|ConculsionConclusion

===Third Incarnation: Jeremy Irons(1994-2007)===

====Changes <ref name= "Martin"/> <ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H3SdI4wG7s&t=2s </ref>====In 1994, following AT&T decision to renew their sponsorship, Spaceship Earth was once again refurbishedclosed for refurbishment. The only major change to the attractionAt this time, a new narration was that installed in the final three scenes were removedattraction. The 1970s scene, in which a boy worked on his laptop, Imagineer Larry Gertz wrote the scene with a women on her computer attraction's new script and the scene with the network operators were all removed. A scene, depicting a young boy from America, communicating instantly with a young girl from Asia was added. After that, Music played Jeremy Irons replaced Walter Cronkite as fiber optic lights traveled to a sphere, representing Spaceship Earth. Guests would then go through a sphere as instrumental music played (replacing the song Tomorrows Child). Guests then entered the descension tunnel. Here a video showing a classroom could be seen. As a teacher taught her three students, children from other countries were listening on a video chat. Further down the tunnel, guests could see four dioramas depicting how telecommunications could help humans in the future. Two scenes where then shown, one showing a man in a cave and the other showing a women in a jungle. Both people were sending information to a futuristic city through fiber optics's narrator. Other minor changes during to the refurbishment includeattraction at this time included:

* Snow White The Audio Animatronics within the attraction were updated, making the figures much more fluid. * The whole ride was given a musical score based on Bach's Sinfonia No. 2 in C Minor* The paperboy was given a deeper voice.[[Image:Videophonescene.jpg|thumb|450px|The video phone scene in the 1994 version of Spaceship Earth]]* The Network Operations Center scene was removed.* The personal computer and paperless office scenes were removed. **The scenes were replaced with a "global communications" scene. Here, an American named Jason and a Japanese girl named Kaiko communicated over videophone (the Seven Dwarfs videophone translated their native languages).* New laser effects were added to the ascent tunnel. * In the outer space scene, the space station was painted black (in order to hide it) and the woman looking out of the station was removed.* The two astronauts were removed from the space scene and relocated to [[Space Mountain]].* The outer space scene received a new Earth projection.* Where the space station scene had once been, new floating screens showed guests news reports from all over the world.* Following the news, guests passed by a family playing a high-tech simulator game. * New laser effects that covered and followed the ride vehicles were added .* A new virtual classroom scene was added. The scene showed students and a teacher working with other classrooms from around the world.* The Tomorrow's Child screens were removed and replaced with a new star field effect.* A series of scenes which showcased the videophone were added. **In the first scene a mother sang a lullaby to her daughter.**In the second, a screen in cinema family was able to "attend" their daughter's graduation even though they could not physically be there. **A third sceneshowed a family contacting a doctor using the videophone. **Finally, a scientist in a cave was able to show his new discovery to a colleague in a futuristic city, which then beamed the information to another city. * Guests then passed the futuristic city itself, which sat on the edge of an ocean and glowed with LED lights. As they passed, an information grid beamed out of the city, creating a vortex that followed guests down the decent ramp. The vortex then changed its shape when it passed a model of Spaceship Earth.

* The sounds of drums could be heard in the Rome scene.====Narration==== * Cave painters were added '''Click play below to the cave men scene. hear Jeremy Irons' narration!''' The attraction was also given another new narrator, this time Jeffery Ions<flashmp3>SpaceshipIrons. His narration can be read below:mp3</flashmp3>

| Wolly Woolly Mammoth and Cave Men scene

| Medicine Man in Cave scene

| Phoenician Ship scene

| Top of the sphereSphere

| Final Decent Descent

| Final Decent Descent- Classroom scene Scene

| Final Decent Descent- Telecommunications dioramasDioramas

|ConculsionConclusion

| (Female announcer) "AT&T thanks you for traveling with us on the superhighway of communications. We are dedicated to bringing people together providing you with easy access to each other and the information you want and need anytime, anywhere. We invite you now to preview the future of communications at the AT&T Global Neighborhood. And then at [[Innoventions]], discover how AT&T is turning tomorrow's visions into reality today. Your vehicle doors will open automatically. Please gather your belongings and watch your step on the moving platform."

===Current Incarnation: Judi Dench(2007-Present)=======Changes <ref> http://www.lostepcot.com/spaceshipearth.html </ref> <ref> https://vimeo.com/5830513 </ref>====In 2004, AT&T chose to end its sponsorship of Spaceship Earth, leaving the pavilion sponsorless for the first time in its history <ref> http://www.wdwradio.com/2005/02/now-presenting-spaceship-earth-no-one/ </ref>. Spaceship Earth was not without a sponsor long however. In 2005 Siemens announced that it would assume sponsorship of the pavilion as part of a 12 year, 100 million dollar “strategic alliance” with the Walt Disney Company <ref> http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2008-02-27/business/disneysiemens27_1_walt-disney-spaceship-earth-disney-world </ref>. In November 2005, the outside walls of the pavilion were painted light blue, and the Siemens logo was added to the pavilion <ref name= "book"> Pedersen, R.A. The EPCOT Explorer's Encyclopedia:. United States: Epcyclopedia, 2011. Print. </ref>. Although the company planned to update the attraction, the refurbishment did not come until 2007 when Spaceship Earth closed for the most extensive renovation in the attraction's history.

In 2004, AT&T dropped When the attraction reopened it's sponsorship of featured a new script, with Dame Judi Dench now narrating the attraction. Other changes to Spaceship earthEarth during the 2007 refurbishment included:[[Image:homecomputer.jpg|thumb|400px|The home computer scene was added to Spaceship Earth in 2007]]* The addition of touch screens to the ride vehicles. Early in the attraction, leaving the pavilion sponsorless screens take guest's picture for almost later use. * The entire attraction was given a yearnew score written by Bruce Broughton <ref name= "book"/>. In 2005* The Woolly Mammoth and cavemen scene was updated using CGI mammoths and cavemen.* CGI was also used in the following cave painting scene; so that the cave paintings now seem to come to life. * The Greek play scene was removed and replaced with a new scene which focuses on the mathematical advancements, and philosophies, however Siemens assumed sponsorship of the pavilionGreek thinkers. **The scene now shows an elderly Greek man teaching his students about math. One of the students appears uninterested however, as he has fallen asleep. * In late 2005the Renaissance scene, the outside walls of Spaceship Earth two musical players were painted light blueremoved, and the statue that the Italian is sculpting has been slightly altered.* In the printing press scene, the man reading the printed newspaper was changed. He now wears glasses and has sideburns. He also has a Siemens logo new facial structure.* The paperboy, who was addedshown selling newspapers on the street corner, is now turned away from guests. In 2007* The various screens in the cinema (which once showed 20, 000 Leagues Under the attraction Sea, a runaway trolley, and two dancers) were removed. * The radio scene was closed for extensive refurbishmentaltered, so that a single man is now shown recording by himself. * The refurbishment scene that showed an American boy and Japanese girl communicating by video was removed. *A new early computer scene was added on both sides of the most extensive track.*Next, a new scene that focuses on the early pioneers of the home computer (such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs) was added. The scene now shows a young man with long hair and glasses working in his garage. * Every subsequent scene in the attractions historyattraction including: the researchers in the jungle and cave, the cities by the ocean, the four dioramas, and the video screens showing children, were all removed and not replaced. **At this point in the attraction guests now use their touchscreens to answer preference questions. After answering the questions, guests see a cartoon that shows different depictions of the future. The image of guests' heads that was taken earlier in the attraction is superimposed on the cartoon bodies. After completing the interactive experience, the attraction reaches the unloading area and guests disembark.

Now, when guests board their ride vehicles, they will notice that touch screens ====Narration===='''Click play below to hear Judi Dench's narration!'''<flashmp3>SpaceshipDench.mp3</flashmp3>{| class="infoList"|-| '''Scene'''| '''Narration'''|-| Loading Room (similar to HorizonsWhere Guests Get Their Picture Taken) have been added| " This is Spaceship Earth control. The screens take guests picture at On behalf of Siemens, welcome aboard. On the beginning map in front of you, please show us where you’re from while we input your time travel coordinates. Now locate the ridemonitor overhead to the right. Make sure your head is clearly visible and wait for the flash. Good. Sending photo to the future. All systems are go. Linking you now to your guide.|-| Ascension Tunnel | “Like a grand and miraculous spaceship, our planet has sailed through the universe of time. And for later usea brief moment, we have been among its passengers. The first change that guests But where are we going? And what kind of future will noticewe discover there? Surprisingly, is that the Wholly answers lie in our past. Since the dawn of recorded history, we’ve been inventing the future one step at a time. So let’s travel back in time together. I’ll show you how our ancestors created the world we know today. And then it will be your turn to create the world of tomorrow.”|- | Woolly Mammoth and Cavemen scene has been completely redoneCave Men| “Here in this hostile world is where our story begins. We are alone, struggling to survive, until we learn to communicate with CGI Mammoths one another. Now we can hunt as a team and Cavemensurvive together. Continuing ”|- | Medicine Man in Cave| “It takes fifteen thousand years to come up with the next bright idea: recording our knowledge oncave walls. There was only one small problem: when we moved, they the recorded knowledge stayed behind.”|-| Egypt| " Now let’s move ahead to ancient Egypt, because something is about to happen here that will change the future forever. This unknown Egyptian pounding reeds flat is inventing papyrus, a soft paper. Papyrus in turn creates better record keeping of plans, designs, and unfortunately taxes. But it also notice that brings with it the cave paintings now seem dawn of great civilizations.”|-| Phoenician Ship| "At this point, each civilization has its own form of writing which none of the others can understand. But the Phoenicians, who trade with all of them, have a solution. They create a simple, common alphabet adaptable to come most languages. Remember how easy it was to learn your ABC’s? Thank the Phoenicians.|- | Greece | “The ancient Greeks were great inventors of the future. First they established public schools, and then begin teaching an intriguing new subject called mathematics; and with math comes mechanical technology and the birth of the high tech lifewe enjoy today. This was done through video projection”|-| Rome| " With lessons learned from the Greeks, the Romans create a powerful empire. Although To move their armies around, they built a system of roads all over the known world. Rome built the first World Wide Web, and it’s leading us into the future.”|-| Rome Burning| "But then we hit a road block. Rome falls and the great library of Alexandria in Egypt is burned. Much of our learning is destroyed, lost forever- or so we think.|-| Islamic and Phoenician scenes remained Jewish Scholars| " It turns out there were copies of these books in the samelibraries of the Middle East being watched over by Arabic and Jewish scholars. Call it the first back up system. The books are saved, and with them our dreams of the Greek play scene was completely removedfuture. It was replaced "|-| Benedictine Monks | "In the meantime, here in Europe monks toil endlessly recording books by a hand."|-| Renaissance | " But that is about to change. In 1450, Guttenberg invents the movable type printing press. Now knowledge can travel as fast as these new Greek scene which focuses books, and travel they do. Books make it easier to invent the future in every field, and the result is an incredible explosion of innovation we call the renaissance."|-| 19th Century|" Now communication technology races headlong into the future, and soon people all over the world are sharing life’s most important moments faster than ever before. By now we’re all communicating from anywhere on Earth, and in 1969 from somewhere else.."|-| Modern Times| "Today, we possess the mathematical advancementsability to connect with one another instantly anywhere on the planet."|-| 1950s-1960s Computer Scene| "To send a man to the moon, we had to invent a new language spoken not by man, but by computers. At first very large and teachings very expensive computers, but we see the potential. What if everyone could have one of these amazing machines in their own house? There’s just one problem- they’re as big as house."|-| Home Computer Scene| "After 30,000 years of time travel here we are. A truly global community networked online poised to shape the Greek thinkersfuture of this, our Spaceship Earth."|-| Interactive Screen Narration- Instructions| “For the first time in history, all of us can have a say in the kind of world we want to live in. The choices we have made for the past 30,000 years have been inventing the future one day at a time.And now it’s your turn. On your computer screen, answer a few questions. Then we’ll add a little future technology and show you a new scene depicts world custom made just for you. Are you ready to create the future? Let’s get started.”|-| Interactive Screen Narration- After Choosing Preferences| "Well done. And now I believe your future is just about ready. Let’s take a look shall we?."|-| Interactive Screen Narration- After Seeing Vision of the Future| " Well, I think the future we've created looks very promising, don’t you? So here’s to the next the years on Spaceship Earth. While no one knows for sure what we’ll see or do, I do know it will be quite an old manadventure. An adventure we’ll take and make- together. See you in the future."|-|Unloading Area| “Welcome back, teaching his students about mathTime Travelers. One Now Siemens invites you to visit Project Tomorrow; an exciting world of new ideas and innovations made possible by Siemens ingenuity. Your vehicle doors will open automatically. Please keep your hands away from the students doors and step carefully onto the moving platform.”|}===Future Incarnation===On August 25, 2019, Disney announced that Spaceship Earth would be receiving a renovation which would tie the attraction into the park's new Wold Celebration land <ref name="magic"> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/spaceship-earth/news/25aug2019-updates-to-spaceship-earth-confirmed-as-part-of-epcots-redevelopment.htm </ref>. As part of the overhaul, Spaceship Earth's focus will shift to "the storytelling that brings people together". This new version of Spaceship earth is apparently uninterestedexpected to include new scenes, and has fallen asleepa new narration, a new score, as well as "Story Light", which will bring the attraction's scenes to life <ref name="magic"/>.

The Rome scene that follows has remained essentially unchangedOn February 25, however the video projected chariot in the background has been removed. The scenes depicting Rome burning2020, the Arab and Jewish scholarsDisney announced that Spaceship Earth would be closing for refurbishment on May 26, the Benedictine Monks, and the invention of the printing press all remained the same2020 <ref name="update"> https://www. In the following Renaissance scene however, the two musical players have been removedwdwmagic. The attraction instead moves directly com/attractions/spaceship-earth/news/25feb2020-spaceship-earth-to -close-in-may-to-begin-transformation.htm </ref>. At this time more information was given about the painting scene, where the statue that the Italian is sculpting has been slightly altered. The end future of the scene still depicts Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. attraction:

In {{Quotation| The next iteration of Spaceship Earth will focus on the beginning story of the 19th century scene humanity, following our long journey from prehistoric humans to today brought to life with magic and depth that follows, only Disney can deliver. Many of the man who is reading the printed newspaper has been dramatically altered. The man now wears reading glasses, moments you know and has sideburns. He may even love will be updated in amazing ways, blended with brand-new scenes to tell a completely different Audio Anamatronic, as his facial structure has also changedstory about our human experience. The paper boy<ref name="update"/>}} On June 20, who is shown selling newspapers on the street corner2020, is now facing Disney announced that Spaceship Earth's renovation would be delayed, and the background instead of guests. Continuing attraction would reopen on, guests may also notice that the various screens have been removed from the cinemaJuly 15 in its current iteration <ref> https://www. The screens once showed Disney movies such wdwmagic.com/attractions/spaceship-earth/news/20jun2020-spaceship-earth-changes-officially-paused-as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-disney-confirms-it-will-reopen-along-with-epcot-on-july-15. The radio station scene that followed, has also been altered. Instead of two actors talking inside of the sound booth, a man in a hat now broadcasts by himselfhtm </ref>.

The original Spaceship earth postshow was known as Earth Station. Here guests could visit guest relations* In the now removed Greek theater scene, dining reservations or even preview some of Epcot's other attractions. The WorldKey Information kiosks allowed guests to video chat with the actors performed a cast member who would assist them. Seven large projectors, projected previews of Epcot's other pavilion's onto the ceiling. The Earth Station postshow furthered the idea that Spaceship Earth was guests scene from Oedipus Rex<ref name= "welcome to Future Worldtrivia"/>.

In 1994, after renewing their sponsorship AT&T decided to redo * The graffiti found in the postshow. The new postshow featured five interactive exhibits"Rome burning" scene, and was known as the Global Neighborhood. The exhibits is an exact replica of graffiti found on ruins in the postshow were:Roman city of Pompeii <ref name= "trivia"/>

* Interactive Wonderland- The exhibit focused on In the future of television. The Chesire Cat from DisneyRenaissance scene, the man is reading Virgil's Alice in Wonderland would react to various voice commands by guests. The idea of the exhibit was that one day, Aeneid<ref name= "you can watch movies, play interactive games and shop - all on your TV screentrivia"/>."

* You Don't Say- This exhibit showed guests that word for word translations did not always work. Guests would interpret various foreign phrases, and along The Morse code message being decoded in the way learn a lot about language20th century scene is announcing the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Peak in 1869<ref name= "trivia"/>.

* Communication Breakthrough- This interactive game allowed guests to "break down The steam press found in the walls 20th century scene is an exact replica of communicationa press that was developed by William Bullock in 1863<ref name= ". Using an interactive paddle, guests could break a brick wall, to reveal a video of another guests playing the same timetrivia"/>.

* Story-Teller PhonePeggie Faris was charged with compiling the research for Spaceship Earth <ref name= "Sklar"> Sklar, Marty. Dream It! Do It!: My Half- This interactive exhibit allowed guests to make a phone callcentury Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms. Disney Editions, while choosing background noises from various exotic places2013. Print. </ref>.