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| sponsor= Bell System (1982-1984)<br/> AT&T (1984-2004)<br/> Siemens (2005-Present2017)| land=Future WorldCelebration

|host=Vic Perrinor Larry Dobkins (1982-1986)<br/>Walter Cronkite (1986-1994)<br/>Jeremy Irons (1994-2007)<br/>Judi Dench (2008–present2007–present)

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>.

===Construction===Spaceship Earth was designed as Due to the icon of all of EPCOT Center. The building was fact that plans for the first geodesic dome ever construct. Buckminster Fuller, who developed the mathematical structure of the pavilion named it Spaceship Earth. Although the pavilion looks like attraction called for a seamless sphere, Space Earth is in fact made up of two parts. The top half of the dome sits on finale that simulated a steeltrip through space, square ring which sits atop the Disney Imagineers felt that they would need to move guests "legsup" of in the pavilion. The second half of the dome is attached below the ringFurthermore, giving the allusion Disney decided that Spaceship Earth is a monolithic structure. The legs which support Spaceship Earth were driven 160 feet into simply entering the ground. Disney Imagineers also decided to make Spaceship Earth from two separate spheres, domed pavilion and outer and an inner sphereboarding the ride was not dramatic enough <ref name= "Jack"> http://land. The inside sphere is made of steel, pyramid shaped pipesallears. The outside was then covered with Alucobond pyramids, a polyester plastic, covered in two sheets of aluminumnet/blogs/jackspence/2010/01/spaceship_earth_epcots_icon_pa_2. This was donehtml </ref>. In order to solve these issues, so Imagineers eventually decided that the inner sphere (which holds the attraction) would be protect from the environmental, and also to solve the problem instead of runoff water. Disney Imagineers did not want water pouring off taking the sides shape of the 25 story building. To solve this problem gaps were left between the Alucobond trianglesa geodesic dome, so that water could run through them and into Spaceship Earth would be constructed as a gutter system. This system eventually deposited the water into the World Showcase Lagoongeodesic sphere, something never done before <ref name= "Jack"/>.

It took Construction took 26 months and almost 40,800 labor hours Although the pavilion was designed to build look like a seamless sphere, Spaceship Earth. When it was builtactually constructed in two parts<ref name= "Jack"/>. The top half of the dome sits on a steel square ring, which itself is set atop the pavilion 's "legs". The bottom half of the dome was seen as then attached to the bottom of the ring, giving the illusion that Spaceship earth is a structural marvelmonolithic structure<ref name= "Jack"/>. Disney did worry however[[Image:SpaceshipConcept.jpg|thumb|400px|Early Spaceship Earth concept art]]Besides being constructed out of two separate halves, Spaceship Earth was also made of two separate spherical layers. The inside sphere of the pavilion was made of steel pyramid-shaped pipes<ref name= "Jack"/>. This sphere was then covered by an outside sphere that was made of Alucobond pyramids (a wind tunnel polyester plastic) which was then covered in two sheets of aluminum<ref name= "Jack"/>. This design was chosen so that the inner sphere (which houses the attraction) would form beneath be protected from the pavilion, knocking over guestselements<ref name= "Jack"/>. Since their was almost no data on geodesic domesFurthermore, this design solved the issue of runoff water. As Disney brought did not want water pouring off the sides of the 18 story pavilion, gaps were left in researchers from MIT who determined -between the Alucobond pyramids, so that the pavilion would not create water could run through them and into a wind tunnelgutter system (which would eventually deposit the water into the World Showcase Lagoon) <ref name= "Jack"/>.

It took construction workers 26 months and almost 40,800 labor hours to build Spaceship Earth <ref name= "Jack"/>. When it was completed, in Spaceship Earth Disney not only an icon for EPCOT Center, but also the world’s first geodesic dome. Both the pavilion and the attraction housed within, were ready for EPCOT Center's opening day- October 1, 1982 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/epcotgrandopening.html </ref>.  The structure of the pavilion itself remained unchanged until 1999, when a large Mickey hand, holding a wand was added to the top of Spaceship Earth<ref name= "lost2"> http://www.lostepcot.com/spaceshipearth.html </ref>. The wand was dedicated "2000", and was added in celebration of the new millennium. In 2001, before the dedication was changed so that the wand simply read to "Epcot"in 2001 <ref name= "lost2"/>. Although the The Mickey hand and wand was unpopular with many fans, it remained atop Spaceship Earth until 2007, when it was removed in 2007, just in time for the parkEpcot's 25th anniversary on <ref name= "lost2"/>. On October 1, 20072021, Disney unveiled Spaceship Earth's new "Points of Light" lighting package <ref> https://www. Their has since been speculation that the wand was removed wdwmagic.com/attractions/spaceship-earth/news/30sep2021-a-look-at the instructions -spaceship-earths-new-points-of Siemens-light.htm </ref>. As a part of these changes, however this nearly 2000 LED lights were added to the pavilion's exterior, allowing Spaceship Earth's reflective panels to illuminate with light. Throughout the night, a special Beacon of Magic sequence is unconfirmedalso 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. Disney partnered with many experts when creating Spaceship Earth, those who consulted on it's creation includeis described:

{{Quotation| class="infoListSpaceship Earth,"|-| planned for presentation by AT&T, will be Future World'''Consultant'''| '''Credentials'''|-| Ray Bradbury| A science fiction writer, best known for his book Fahrenheit 451s introductory theme show. |-| Fred Williams| A professor of communications at USC|- | Carey Bliss| Curator of Rare Books Huntington Library in Los Angeles|- | Howard M. Brown|Professor at Here guests will board "time machine" vehicles and journey into the University of Chicago|-| Leonard DeGrassi| Professor of Art History at Glendale Community College|-| John Hoffman| Curator of past to trace the Warshau Collection evolution of Business Americana at the Smithsonianhuman communication. <br>|- | Robert Jensen |Retired Engineer formally of NBC|-| Charles Kramalkov| Professor of Ancient & Biblical languages at Visitors will travel into dimensional scenes depicting milestones in communication, "brought to life" through the University of Michigan|Audio-| Mary Robertson| Curator of the Rare Manuscripts Huntington Library, Pasadena CA|-| Gilbert Wyland| Special assistant at ABCAnimatronics process and Disney special effects. |-|<ref name= "lostepcot"> http://www.intercot.com/edc/SpaceshipEarth/spconcepts.html </ref>}}

* Information retrieved from wwwThe above description correlates very closely to the attraction that would eventually open to guests.intercot.comIn fact, the 1982 book also titled ''Walt Disney World EPCOT Center'' describes basically the same attraction, albeit now inside the geodesic sphere:

* Ray Bradbury also contributed to the storyline for {{Quotation| The architecturally unique Spaceship Earthglobe forms a breathtaking entrance to Epcot Center. Entering Future World, visitors pass directly beneath this glistening geosphere which reaches a height surpassing that of the Walt 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"/>.}}

The queue for One change that did occur to the original storyline of Spaceship Earth , involved the attraction began with guests entering the pavilion, and walking up a short ramp's finale. On The original plans for the walls on either side of finale called for gueststo visit a moon base, large two posters showed Spaceship Earth at night, read "Ride the Time Machine from the Dawn of Civilization to the Beginning of Our Tomorrowwhere they would visit a futuristic space station under construction <ref> http://epcotexplorer. SPACESHIP EARTHtumblr."com/post/22592963788/spaceship-in-spaceship-earth-original-plans-for. Nearby, a large AUTHORS NOTE: This intended finale can be seen in concept art and the attraction's mural showed astronauts working on a satellite</ref>. Although unconfirmed, it has been speculated that issues with Earth in the backgroundforced perspective caused the planned finale to be scrapped. The mural Despite the fact that the scene was framed with small pictures depicting cavemen, Romans, Egyptiansnever installed, lunar rock cutouts created for the printing press and finally modern humansscene were left behind <ref> https://www. After passing through the queue guests would board small blue ride vehicles, beginning the attraction itselfyoutube.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. Inside, the vehicles would begin and began to ascend. Here, allowing all guests to could see was a purple cloud with stars all around it. A flash of lightning would periodically strike from the cloud, and Vic Perrin the narrator would begin his narration:

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 humans cavemen could be seen here, with cave paintings showing the first humans “writing” their thoughts down. Cave paintings could be seen on the wall behind the medicine man, showing humans first writing down their thoughts. The narrator then acknowledge acknowledged the Woolly Mammoth scene, informing guests that humans used communication in order to survive. The narration in this scene saidstated:[[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>

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 decorating the archways. 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 seaport in the ninth century B.C.. Here, two Phoenician sailors could be seen trading goods, with and information from their two connected boats behind them. On the right, guests could see the ocean with stars shining on the horizon. The narrator then told guests that the Phoenician ships simplified the alphabet and traded the scrolls at various ports.:

 The ride vehicles then moved forward in time, to Greece in 428 B.C. A . Here, a scene depicting a Greek theater could be seen, with two men acting out OedipusRex. The narrator then spoke once again, telling guests that this was the dawn of the theater. :

As guests once again advanced continued their journey through time, they came upon a Roman solider riding in a chariot. The man He was exchanging information with another man (who was wearing a toga). In the background, a painted wall depicted Rome, as another chariot passed by. The narrator then said:

As the ride vehicles carried on, guests could see ruins of a smoldering building. The narrator informed guests that the excess of Rome had led to its destruction. Fortunately, Islamic wise men preserved the ancient knowledge and they were eventually able to link the East and the West. A scene showing the Islamic wise men sitting in a circle discussing books was then shown. To their left, was a library with unfilled shelves, inside of which two men could be seen reading. {{Quotation| Glorious Rome, until consumed by the flames of excess. Imperial Rome, lost in the ashes of darkness. </p>

Continuing forwardinto the Dark Ages, on guest’s guest's right , an astronomer could be seen standing on a balcony and , investigating the stars. Further down the path, two Benedictine Monks were shown copying text by hand, with the monk on the right having fallen asleep on the job. The narrator once again spoke , saying:

{{Quotation|In Western abbeys, Monks toil endlessly transcribing ancient wisdom into hand-penned books of revelation. </p><p>

As guests entered the Renaissance scene, Johann Gutenberg and his associate could be seen working on the printing press. Guests then moved forward to Italy in the 16th century. To the right, a man was shown reading a book to two others, while just beyond them, two musicians played music. In the background in front of a small Italian town could be seen. On guests’ guest's left various artists were work. One was mixing paint, one painting fruit, and 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 Michelangelo the artist as he painted. The narration for the Renaissance continued:

{{Quotation|: Our books fuel the fires of the Renaissance. It is a time to discover anew the worlds of poetry and philosophy, science and music. As our minds soar, our hands find new expression in the flourishing world of art. Behold, the majesty of the Sistine ceiling.}}

Following the Renaissance, the guests moved forward in time then shifted to the 18th and 19th century. The narrator spoke of this transition saying:

The first thing that guests would see in the modern era was a the steam powered printing press, which was invented by William Bullock in 1863. A While a man inspected the newspaper that came out of the press. Further , further on, a young newsboy stood on a street corner with 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 itout, while a train passed by on a railroad. On their left, guests could then see telephone wires stretching all across the scene, as and various telephone phone conversations could be heard.[[Image:SpaceshipTelegraph.jpg|thumb|400px|Spaceship Earth's telegraph scene. Photo by Elizabeth]]Moving forward, guests passed by a woman sitting in a cinema ticket booth. 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, where a man and a woman could be seen found acting out a radio show inside 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.

At this point, on guests left a 70s bedroom could be seen. Inside, a boy was working on a desktop computer. Behind him a few books and a model airplane rested on a metal shelf. Moving forward in time, the following scene 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 maps monitoring watching them, while a woman was seated to his right. The narration in this scene saidnoted:

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 narration 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) on their right. Further down, guests saw various scenes on connected monitors. Scenes shown on the monitors included:

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

====Changes<ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=877 </ref>====In order to expand the appeal of Spaceship Earth, the attraction was closed from May 25 to May 29, 1986. During this time, and a new narration was installed for the attraction. The new script was written by Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald, and narrated by Walter Cronkite, giving the attraction a warmer tone. Other changes to the attraction in 1986 included:

 * A Two new scenes were added to the attraction in between the family living room scene near and the end Network Operations Center scene.** The first of the attraction these depicted the creation of the PC, with a young man sitting at his desk. The Audio Animatronic used in this scene was actually moved from the Printing Press printing press scene.  * * Also added was The “Paperless Office“paperless office" scene was added and it which featured an Audio Animatronic woman that was previously found in the Network Communication Map Operations Center scene.  * The attraction's finale was changed so that instead of showing projections of new technology, images were instead projected of introduced to the more provocative "Tomorrows Tomorrow's Child". Visualizing These projections visualized the idea that the children of today would be the leaders of tomorrow, the . The new finale gave the attraction a more climatic ending and also conveyed the message of hope for the future.  ** In this scene, the attraction's new theme song "Tomorrow's Child " was added". The song was written by Ron Ovadia and Peter Stougaard, and performed by Sally Stevens during the decent ramp.  

'''Click play below to hear Walter Cronkite's narration!''' <flashmp3>Cronkite.mp3</flashmp3>

===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 the beginning {{Quotation| The next iteration of the 19th century scene that follows, the man who is reading the printed newspaper has been dramatically altered. The man now wears reading glasses, and has sideburns. He may even be a completely different Audio Animatronic, as his facial structure has also changed. The paper boy, who is shown selling newspapers Spaceship Earth will focus on the street corner, is now facing the background instead story of guests. Continuing onhumanity, guests may also notice that the various screens have been removed following our long journey from the cinema. The screens once showed Disney movies such as Snow White prehistoric humans to today brought to life with magic and the Seven Dwarfs and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The radio station scene depth that followed, has also been alteredonly Disney can deliver. Instead of two actors talking inside Many of the sound boothmoments you know and love will be updated in amazing ways, blended with brand-new scenes to tell a man in a hat now broadcasts by himselfstory about our human experience. <ref name="update"/>}}

The scene that showed an American boy and a Japanese girl communicatingOn June 20, has also been removed. The scene was replaced with a tribute to the early pioneers of the home computer (such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs). The scene shows a young man with long hair and glasses2020, working away in a garage. All of the scenes Disney announced that followed, including the view of Spaceship Earth's renovation would be delayed, and the fiber optic lights, the women attraction would reopen on July 15 in the jungle, the man in the cave, the four dioramas, and the video screens showing children have all been removedits current iteration <ref> https://www.wdwmagic. The scenes were not replaced with anything, however at this point in the com/attractions, guests can use their touchscreens to get different depictions of the future. After answering a few questions, the screens /spaceship-earth/news/20jun2020-spaceship-earth-changes-officially-paused-as-disney-confirms-it-will show cartoons of the future, based -reopen-along-with-epcot-on guests answers-july-15. The head of each guests is taken from the earlier ride photo and added to the cartoons body. After doing this interactive experience, the attraction reaches the unloading area, where guests disembarkhtm </ref>.

===Global Neighborhood & The original Spaceship earth postshow was known as New Global Neighborhood (1994-2007)===After renewing their sponsorship in 1994, AT&T decided to replace Earth Stationwith a new postshow called the Global Neighborhood. Here guests could visit guest relationsLocated within the Global Neighborhood were five interactive exhibits:[[Image:ProjectTomorrow.jpg|thumb|400px|Project Tomorrow, dining reservations or even preview some of EpcotSpaceship Earth's other attractionspostshow. The WorldKey Information kiosks allowed guests to video chat with a cast member who would assist them. Seven large projectors, projected previews Photo by Lauren Javier]]* Interactive Wonderland- This exhibit focused on the future of Epcottelevision. The Cheshire Cat from Disney's other pavilion's onto the ceilingAlice in Wonderland would react to various voice commands by guests. The Earth Station postshow furthered the idea that Spaceship Earth of the exhibit was guests that one day, "welcome to Future Worldyou can watch movies, play interactive games and shop - all on your TV screen."<ref name= "post"> http://www.intercot.com/edc/SpaceshipEarth/spglobal. html </ref>

In 1994, after renewing their sponsorship AT&T decided to redo the postshow* You Don't Say- This exhibit showed guests that word for word translations did not always work. The new postshow featured five interactive exhibitsGuests would interpret various foreign phrases, and was known as along the Global Neighborhoodway learn a lot about language<ref name= "post"/>. The exhibits in the postshow were:

* Interactive WonderlandCommunication Breakthrough- The exhibit focused on This interactive game allowed guests to "break down the future walls of televisioncommunication". The Chesire Cat from Disney's Alice in Wonderland would react to various voice commands by Using an interactive paddle, guests. The idea could break a brick wall to reveal a video of another guests playing the exhibit was that one day, game at the same time<ref name= "you can watch movies, play interactive games and shop - all on your TV screen.post"/>.

* You Don't SayStory-Teller Phone- This interactive exhibit showed allowed guests that word for word translations did not always work. Guests would interpret various foreign phrases, and along the way learn to make a lot about languagephone call while choosing background noises from various exotic places<ref name= "post"/>.

* Communication BreakthroughRide the AT&T Network- This interactive game motion simulator allowed guests to "break down the walls of communicationcruise on AT&T's fiber optic information superhighway". Using an interactive paddle, The ride showed guests could break a brick wall, to reveal a video of another guests playing just how much information was flowing through the same time.AT&T network! <ref name= "post"/>

* Story-Teller Phone- This interactive exhibit allowed In 1999 the postshow was renamed the "New Global Neighborhood". The only major change was that the AT&T Network simulator was replaced by a neon tree. The floor beneath the tree was transparent allowing guests to make a phone call, while choosing background noises from various exotic placessee its roots <ref name= "post"/> <ref name= "book"/>.

* Ride the AT&T Network===Project Tomorrow (2007- This motion simulator allowed guests Present)===In 2007, following Siemens assuming sponsorship of the pavilion and the subsequent refurbishment of the attraction, Spaceship Earth’s postshow was renamed Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Future. The postshow opened with two interactive exhibits, but that number has since increased to "cruise on AT&T's fiber optic information superhighway"five. Since 2018, signage in Project Tomorrow has identified each of the post-show games by their theme, and not by their name as had previously been the case <ref> https://twitter.com/WDWNT/status/975034738636480513 </ref>. The ride showed guests just how much information is flowing through exhibits in the AT&T network!current postshow are:

In 1999, the postshow was renamed the "New Global Neighborhood". The only major change was * Body Builder (Health)- A video game that the Ride the AT&T Network simulator was replaced by a neon tree. The floor beneath the tree was transparent allowing allows guests to see it's rootsconstruct their own "digital human body".

In 2007, following Siemens sponsorship and * Super Driver (Transportation)- A video game which shows guests what the refurbishment future of transportation could be. In the attractiongame, guests drive a smart car and try to save the post show was renamed Project Tomorrow: Inventing the Wonders of the Futurecity from being destroyed. The post show opened with two interactive exhibits, but it is now up to five. The exhibits in the current postshow are:

* An illuminated globe, which shows images Power City (Energy)- A large "shuffleboard" video game that gives guests the task of what powering their city. The exhibit focuses on the future could beof energy conservation.

* Body BuilderInnerVision (Medicine)- A video game that allows guests similar to construct their own "digital human body"Simon Says or Dance Dance Revolution. Guests must follow a series of coordinated tasks.

* Super Driver- A video game which shows guests what the future The center of transportation could be. In the gameProject Tomorrow features an illuminated globe, guests drive a smart car and try to save the city from being destroyed.  * Power City- A large "shuffleboard" video game that gives guests the task of powering their city. The exhibit focuses which showcases guest's on the future of energy conservation. * InnerVision- A video game similar to Simon Says or Dance Dance Revolution. Guests must follow a series of coordinated tasks.  The large globe in the post show also shows guests ride pictures, on photo and the location that they said they were fromat the beginning of the attraction.

* In the Renaissance scene, the bible Bible that Johannes Gutenberg inspects is an exact replica of a real Gutenberg bibleBible <Ref name= "trivia"> https://web.archive.org/web/20130820062705/http://www.unc.edu/~crawford/epcot/se_trivia.htm </ref>.

* If Spaceship Earth were a golf ball, the golfer hitting the ball would be 6336 ft tall<ref> http://www.intercot.com/edc/SpaceshipEarth/spfacts.html</ref>.

* In the now removed Greek theater scene, the actors performed a scene from Oedipus Rex<ref name= "trivia"/>.

* The graffiti found in the "Rome Burningburning" scene, is an exact replica of ruins graffiti found on ruins in the Roman city of Pompeii.<ref name= "trivia"/>

* In the Renaissance scene, the book the man is reading is Virgil's Aeneid<ref name= "trivia"/>.

* The Morse code message being decoded in the 20th century scene is announcing the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Peak in 1869<ref name= "trivia"/>.

* The steam press found in the 20th century scene is an exact replica of a press that was developed by WIlliam William Bullock in 1863<ref name= "trivia"/>.

* Peggie Faris was charged with compiling the research for Spaceship Earth <ref name==References==http"Sklar"> Sklar, Marty. Dream It! Do It!://allearsMy Half-century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms.net/tp/ep/e_speDisney Editions, 2013.htm http://wwwPrint.theneverlandfiles.com/misc</spaceshipearthscriptref>.htm

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