Yesterworld: The Evolution of Epcot's Spaceship Earth
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- Exploring the evolution and changes made to Epcot’s Spaceship Earth, starting from it’s original 1982 version up until the present.
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Sincerest apologies for the re-upload, a few lovely people pointed out a couple errors I made in my narration, and I felt they were enough to warrant an update to avoid confusion. Thanks for understanding and hope you enjoy the video!
Mark
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I'm glad you had enough integrity to correct your video, and not just leave it. Thank you.
Oh okay
Thought I was having some deja vu there!
You now have to do Yesterworld on the changes to Yesterworld: The Evolution of Epcot's Spaceship Earth.
Still incredible how they fit the whole ride inside the sphere. Its a standing testament of Disney innovation at its finest.
It is isn't it? I remember one time I was like, "where's the showbuilding?"
I was thinking the same thing! And also in the 70’s before they even had the amazing technology we have now it’s just amazing.
My mother worked for AT&T from the time it split with the bells until she retired in 1997 so I got to go inside the sponsored AT&T office that was hidden inside as well. I was 13. It was pretty neat
LoL... it’s HUGE ! They could probably fit 2 rides !
And yet they somehow managed to screw up Meet the World's showbuilding...
The paperboy thing is entirely true. He doesn't have a face and is super creepy, it was also partly moved because he was so close to the ride track that dumb guests would often reach out and try to grab him. Can confirm the guy in the garage is meant to be Woz. Also, the scene with the family watching the TV had to be altered a fair amount. A student who was riding at the time commented that the shape of the moon painted in the mural would have been wrong for the sky the night of the moon landing and so they went in and changed it, as well there was a Beatles album in the room that wouldn't have been released yet and had to be taken out as well.
Katherine Shilletto Hinton I’m guessing you worked on the attraction? I hope to never have to see the paperboy without his face. I’m certain that would exist in my nightmares.
The paperboy ruined face rumor is not true. There's at least one recent photo online of the paperboy's face seen from the other direction and it's there intact looking normal. If there ever were any issues with his face they've since been fixed. I'm pretty sure he's just turned around for artistic reasons, as in he's supposed to be selling to the street corner on the other side of the track.
YES! I love this ride & dame Judi Dench.
I had NO idea how many parts of the ride’s end descent were just painted over black and left hidden. Fascinating.
I didn’t realize it was Judi Dench until I watched the video, despite riding Spaceship Earth on every visit and being a fan of her work.
I went back and forth whether to include "Dame" or not...it's almost creepy that so much of it is still there, hiding in the darkness....
Love the cameo, Disney Dan. 😂
Disney Dan Hey Dan why isn’t Mickey Views part of theme park tube? I as well as many others won’t visit until We get a reason
Robbie C What? I’ve never once spoke to or interacted with him. I don’t know every content creator. TPT was my group of friends and collaborators. I have a spot on the site for creators to contact me. Im sad you won’t visit the site.
I really miss the AT&T 1990s ending. So much more inspired than the cartoon show we have now. It was still clearly an ad for AT&T, but it was beautiful, tangible, and had an amazing score. Some of the people looked a little tiny using forced perspective though, but it was all worth it for the futuristic city scene.
Sadly, I've only experienced it from it's 2007- version. After working on this video, I can't believe they gutted all those displays.
Hearing all those voice clips again it feels like it was just yesterday
Agreed. I really dislike how the latest version ends. Spaceship Earth always had a somewhat underwhelming final descent from the top, but the "new" one is definitely the worst and the Irons version was the best. (Although I do kinda miss the 'Tomorrow's Child' song...)
I remember the ATnT ending from when I was a kid. Haven’t been back to Epcot in years but seeing this video I was so sad it was removed...
it truly was a work of art.
I REALLY miss the Jeremy Irons version. Not that Judi Dench isn't wonderful (she is incredible here) but I hate so much that they replaced all those heartwarming scenes on the descent...and that music...OMG that music makes me get teary-eyed just thinking about it. It was true magic. Now...that gorgeous music is gone and we get to look at Jib-Jab on the TV in our car...soooo disappointing (and kinda nauseating for lots of folks with motion-sickness issues). I do like the new, upgraded animatronics though. They are amazing. I just don't understand who thought it was a good idea to replace a third of a ride with Jib-Jab.
I like the Walter Cronkite and Jeremy Irons versions. I've never seen the Judi Dench version.
I started on the Irons version too as a kid. It was kind of scary to me at first, but over time I’ve developed so much nostalgia for it.
@@ajs41 I’m pretty young so I grew up with the Judi Dench version and honestly I can’t imagine anyone else narrating. It’s pretty iconic if it’s the only version you know.
This experience has gotten dodgy in the last few years. It's VERY obvious, given all the light from the ride vehicle LCD screens, that you're passing through a bunch of poorly-hung black draping. It's literally falling down in many places and you can see bits of abandoned show scenes, backstage areas, etc. They've stopped caring.
I'm hoping for a loving and thoughtful refurb of Spaceship Earth in the spirit of the attraction's legacy. Not making it some stupid Disney IP. A loving and respectful update to the experience.
I just hope they never remove it as a history nerd this is simply one of my favorites next to The Great Movie Ride and Carousel of Progress.
I rode this ride in 1996 when I was 5 and I still very distinctly remember the ATT version, with the two kids video chatting. For years after that I’d always point out ATT commercials on TV and say they were the ones from the “golf ball” ride. Lol. I didn’t know it had changed so much since then. I love these videos.
For me, the 94 Irons version was the best! The narration, added scenes and soundtrack were amazing!
I do hope they put in more ending scenes like they had in the prior version, with the shimmering lights and trails of stars. It was soooo beautiful and majestic. maybe some interaction with the screen
11:41 You could say removal, but they were actually just simply covered up by curtains. So technically they’re still sitting there. Would be cool to see the neighborhood vegnettes return.
THANK THE PHOENICIANS FOR THE REUPLOAD!
Thank the Phoenicians indeed!
Every single opening of the different variations of the script gives me goosebumps and chills. Truly a legendary experience. Which means it's only a matter of time before Walt Disney Imagineering tears it down to maKE WAY FOR THE NEW AND IMPROVED *MARVEL'S SPACESHIP EARTH FEATURING CHRIS PRATT*
GEE I WONDER WHY THEY CHANGED THE GREEK PLAY OF OEDIPUS FRICKIN REX
Also yes I know it's immature but Siemens will never not be funny
Bih I think you mean *SEMENS*
@@stereomonovici5796 honey I think you mean *FUCKULES*
@@aortaplatinum PHO KING GREAT NOODLES
My hubs is kind of the stuffy intellectual type so for our first Disney day (First trip for us since we were kids) I picked Epcot and fastpassed Spaceship Earth. He turned to me after, giddy and said that would be the high point of the whole trip for him! Now it's our fave spot in all of the parks!
I grew up with the AT&T one and I really miss the ending
I remember as a kid seeing people talk to eachother face-to-face on screens and thought "that's so cool! I wish we could do that!" 😁
I they do revitalize it, I hope they add something better that the digital movie that doesn't know how to take a picture
Same, I remember a lot of the ATT one vividly and when those things became a reality (in no small part cuz of the iPhone, which was exclusive to ATT for its first few years) I was like "yup, just like Spaceship Earth said"
I can smell Rome burning
I've been on every version of this ride since 1985. The Jeremy Irons version was by far my favorite. The ending on that one with all the displays on the way down and that amazing haunting score was quite touching experience. It pains me that all of that has been replaced by such a bland experience that we have now. Very disappointing. If they overhaul this again, I hope they bring back something new on the final decent that more closely resembles the Jeremy Irons version.
I always liked the Spaceship Earth Exhibit ride. It was always very cool. If only they would move the classic Dinosaurs to the beginning, as prehistory. And maybe get Jeremy Irons again? His voiceover was To Die For.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they brought him in again.
I think something crazy and somewhat reasonable would be to get Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Hamil, or Lin Manuel Miranda to narrate. Each of them have good voices, and would be a welcome addition to the park.
Haha, Mark Hamill but as the Joker.
Good comment!
Yooo, that would be awesome! Take some of the old dinos from Universe of Energy (godresthersoul), clean em up and give em a spitshine, and move them into an extended prehistory section, possibly in a smaller spiral upwards where the first ramp is after getting on now.
I liked the Jeremy Irons version the best, especially that ending. The current ending with the "Choose your own future" video was a cool novelty when I 1st rode it, but it became very dull and repetitive on repeat rides. And how could they have removed that beautiful cityscape?!
It's also broken now and the screen barely registers decisions
@@TheLazySleeperLives To think we were supposed to get a new Spaceship Earth refurb, but of course Chapek put it on the chopping block along with the Mary Poppins attraction with "COVID" as an excuse.
I think Spaceship Earth will be the last ride in Epcot's future world to depict the past and future. Unless if the mindset changes in a few years, it'll probably become themed after some Disney IP and lose the mission statement of future world.
Boy that's a sad thought...
That would suck worse than a Saibaman bear hugging you and exploding
Well, the only other attraction that remains so close to it's original form and intention is Living with the Land, which has only had positive improvements over the years (barring the removal of that cool experimental antigravity barren). This bad future is closer than any of us realize or want, but hey, think of all the good this place did back when it still had a soul. Think of all the people it inspired. I recently read a comment on martinsvids' Wonders of Life tribute by a user who stated he became a physician because he was so heavily inspired and impacted by the Wonders of Life Pavilion. THAT'S EPCOT Center, and that's how it should be remembered, even if it never truly makes a resurgence as anything more than a proto Magic Kingdom clone.
Worse (or best?) case scenario:
Its a VR dark ride.
AortaPlatinum Unfortunately, Living With the Land is practically empty all day. I personally love it and actually learned a few things about agriculture from it, but I can definitely see it being replaced by some Black Panther ride or some shit. At the very least Spadeship Earth is usually pretty packed. Kinda awkward how it ends in the 90’s though. You’d think maybe they’d update again but whatever.
I was just there this past weekend and already some new changes. The light tunnel before earth at the top is completely gone. You can actually see the stars from the dome screen above as they've gutted most of it. Siemens is no longer sponsoring. So who's to say what new changes will happy. After watching this video, I realize how much I miss some of the old AT&T version. And damn them for moving the paper boy to the back corner! He was always my sister's and I's favorite part of the ride. Thank you for this video, it reminds me of what has changed and brings back so many feels for this beloved ride.
Wonderful video on the history of my favorite ride. I thought I was a Spaceship Earth expert, but I learned some things from this, the hugest being the original moon-scape climax at the top of the sphere. What a wonderfully ambitious idea! As someone who only got to visit once every 6-8 years, there were many changes that I did not notice, but are clear now. It's great to remember some of those old scenes. I hope this ride will always stand as a monument to human communication and how it brings us together.
god I love 1980's retrofuture
Unfortunately I was only around for the 1994 version and after
The '80s retrofuture of the first incarnations of EPCOT was easily the best out there. I miss the original EPCOT dearly.
50's, 80's, and 00's retrofuture/futurism are neat
Morgan freeman should narrate if they refurb it
or Patrick Stewart
Or James Earl Jones
Or Chris Pratt
GooTrooper Or Samuel L. Jackson.
Or Ryan Reynolds
I've been enjoying all of these episodes, you beautiful, glorious nerd.
I still keep hoping I'll see the chariot ride away every time I pass that part on the ride it was a cool effect I miss.
Yup, always look for it. I keep thinking they'll fix it someday.
I just wanted to let you know that the news boy used too be my families favorite part and we would always keep note of it and after the renevation there was a brief period of time that he was still facing towards the vehicle but was moved back a little bit a few months after that he was turned around to face the street. Thanks so much for the great video. Keep up the good work!
I didn’t know this was even a ride until my 4th trip here
I live in California so I’ve only ever been to Disneyland, and everytime I’ve seen pictures of that sphere at Epcot I never though that there was a whole ass ride inside of it. So incredible. I can’t wait to ride it one day
AT&T's Kronkite version is the ABSOLUTE BEST. LOVE the "top of ball" theme in the late 80s, early 90s. So beautiful!
As a kid the reason I mostly wanted to ride it again was the ending. It was marvelous and so cool!
omg I thought I dreamt about that white horse running down the street in the screen, they just have taken it out when I was little and ever time I went back, I looked for it. Love this ride!
"THE FUTURE IS HERE!" silence "What's going on with my face...?" What a great clip to include
That audio of that kid asking if his brother is gonna be okay has haunted me for years. I only remembered that audio and knew it was a ride but I am like what kind of stinkin ride would have that!!! Finally I can confirm that it wasn’t some fever dream. My mom worked for Siemens too. Wow. I am enlightened.
still cannot believe there was a pre-Cronkite version! that was news to me!
Same here when I started doing the research!
Mark seems more cheerful and joyous nowadays compared to the monotone and bored tone he had before. Still love all the episodes though.
Recently, I came to realize I was taking the wrong approach with my voiceover, and it wasn't matching the content and came across, as you say, like I was "bored". Took me a long time to realize this, but am taking steps to improve with each video, so I appreciate you noticing the effort!
Yesterworld Entertainment Thanks Mark, I’m happy you didn’t take it as an insult.
I loved this attraction, as a kid. Thanks for the video, and great content as always!
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The 90s ending was the best of the bunch. All those scenes and that city were great. I couldn't really care less about the interactive feature now, although when you exit, there's a globe showing where everyone that has ridden Spaceship Earth is from, so that's neat.
Thank you for another awesome video Mark! Oh, and thank you to the Phoenicians.
Jeremy Irons dialogue and Guidotti’s score gives me chills. Judy Dench’s version just makes my eyes roll.
went on spaceship earth last year, i did watch your video before we went so i could tell my kids of the changes as we road it. i loved it and so did my little daughter who does not like dark rides/ques
This is my favorite video of yours, keep up the work Mark
Hey thank you so much for this video! I’ve been wanting to see this forever!
Glad Rob Plays sent me this way, great video! 👍
Excellent job, thanks. Brought back memories
I’ll never forget in spring 2014 when I got stuck in the Epcot ball 3/4ths of the way through the ride on a school trip. We were in there for over an hour. Just at that part where you turn the corner and go backwards.
Thank you for sharing this! I absolutely love Spaceship Earth! I can't wait for the new updste!
i remember coming here as a little little kid like...4 or six, and i remember this was probably the first THING that ever made me emotional. it was the children and, i believe, mother talking to their father who was absent over a screen. i don't know why it made me emotional, but the ride scared me up until then. that ride amazed me, and i NEVER KNEW what that memory came from until now!! thank you so much!
Thanx for this. The last time I was at WDW the SPACESHIP EARTH was closed for that 2007 refurbishing, so I never got to see the new presentation. It amazes me that the prior updates always were so seamless, integrating the old with the new, so that you never really saw the changes. Whoever first thought up this building, and the ride within it, had to be on drugs! Who would have thought that in the 1970's they would be able to design such an iconic presentation, even down to planning for the lasers mounted on the various buildings within EPCOT to project the spinning planet on the outside of it--and the fiber optics used on the displays and ceilings. And now, with the new LEDS on the dome, it is even more breathtaking.
Space ship earth is a guilty pleasure of mine! I ride that thing everytime i visit Epcot! I love when you go thru the garage in California and you see the guy working on the computer. Gives me chills..and i love going thru rome! And the burning of Alexandria
I'm glad I found this channel and recently subbed too, gonna binge all these vids. Very cool to see the behind the scenes stuff that I never saw as a visiter to this ride!
Fantastic video brother!!!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Oh wow, seeing and hearing the clips of how the ride used to be, I totally remember hearing Jeremy Irons voice the first time I rode this as a kid! Funny how things have changed
The Jeremy Irons version was the best.
Cronkite, for me. But either is better than the state of the ride now.
I remember the Roman chariot still lol. I like the 2007 update the best though! Do more of these please! Maybe space mountain?
Everytime I pass that scene I still pretend that chariot passes through, I miss it
I thought I knew almost everything about disney and what used to be....I did not know that there was all of that hidden at the top of Spaceship Earth!!! THANK YOU!!!
thank you for this video.
I went to Epcot a few days ago... perfect timing.
Dr. Billyboomba I was there Sunday for my birthday
This was always my favorite Epcot ride, both for the building and the theme.
I saw the second ATT version in 1995 and I absolutely loved the dioramas on the way down - really sparked my imagination as a kid!
I rode this yesterday, I loved it!
Great video as always. Would kill to experience 80s Epcot
When your going backwards dont forget to turn around. That was cool. Great video. 🌝👍❤
I went on this ride in 1986 and remember everything you showed.
Man, I keep coming back to these and martinsvids videos on the park, I really love the idea of this place. I've only been once, very recently, but I'm still absolutely infatuated with EPCOT Center in all incarnations. I'll never forget seeing that beautiful big golf ball for the first time on AFV as one of the places they were sending the winner of that episode to, during those special vacation episodes where Tom Bergeron would actually film short segments in the park and show them between chunks of videos during the early and mid 2000s. My little 5 year old brain would always lose interest when he made it to World Showcase, but boy, those episodes always had such a huge impact on me, seeing all these incredible places I'd finally be able to visit years later. Same with that promotional video they would play after ABC aired Disney films showing off Expedition Everest, and then to actually ride it. I know it's all just advertising to draw in a bigger crowd, but that doesn't mean it hasn't etched itself into my very soul. I just hope the Imagineers wake up soon and realize what they're doing to this place, the one Disney park that was truly magical because it showed the potential of all these different Great Big Beautiful Tomorrows.
I finally know what that big mysterious black building is in the space scene. I never knew that and always wondered what it was! Thank you for the great vid and info!!!
My first ever trip to WDW was only a couple years ago (So Cal resident so Disneyland was always my jam) and riding in Spaceship Earth... it managed to have that classic Disney "it factor". It's impressive that I can ride something for the first time and it felt nostalgic, like an old friend.
We went on it this past weekend and noticed some of the screens on the vehicles are totally messed up. A couple monitors ahead of us were just black, and the one in our car was permanently stuck in Deutsch. As much as I liked this ride growing up, it needs a total overhaul. I find it amusing that the final show scene is still entirely dark, and you can make out what is sitting there in the middle.
This really brought back memories...I’ve only ridden this once, in 1988, but I remember the Tomorrow’s Child song very well.
Wow! Great ep. :)
I rode it when Walter Cronkite was the voice. I was so excited for that part. The whole ride was wonderful and I never knew the glimpses of the astronauts and all wasn't part of the ride. I thought it was something they were still working on. The idea of man in space looking down on history was on thrilling ider to me.
Your channel is so cool
7:35 wow scar. You are a scientist
I subscribed after watching 2 of your videos. Thumbs up.
I have fond memories of this ride but I never realised that I was hearing scars voice, I never looked into the background of the parks/rides until I got older now it fascinates me how things have evolved over the years
94-2007 was the best version, i remember it in the early 2000's being like 3, or 4 maybe. The city with the fiber optics was absolutely amazing. I really hope project tomorrow, and the whole interactive cameras get scrapped, it is awful.
Spaceship Earth narrated by Scar? Wicked!!!
My thoughts on Epcot - A big round circle in the middle of a theme park and has rides based on Disney
No hate on Epcot lovers though!
I loved this experience in 1989. I was 6 years old. It was a great vacation
(8:19 - 8:41) I absolutely loved those,those miniature bas-relief scenes.....and I KNEW there used to be an astronaut floating above your vehicle when you reached the top of the sphere! Nobody else I know remembers those.
Good thing I kept pictures of my trip to spaceship earth. Epcot was an eginima to me when I visited it back in the 90s as a child and later a few years ago.
Having just been I think this is my favourite ride still, even if the screens at the end are a bit gimmicky and it’s showing it’s age again it’s still such a wonderful experience!
I vaguely remember the dioramas in 2000- I was just a little kid when my family went to Epcot. I actually would love to see those return.
My fav ride at Epcot
This was an amazing video by an amazing ride made by a amazing youtuber.
I'm flattered :)
When are you gonna do vids on horizons and world of motion? Love your vids btw
Has anyone ever explained why there never have been animatronics in the backwards segment of the ride. Is it because it’s too hard on the hydraulics to have the figures positioned at that angle?
No.. it’s because it’s a narrow area.. that’s why the 1994 version used miniaturized dioramas on the way down. If you haven’t seen the 94 version... watch it! IT IS BY FAR THE BEST FINALE
Simple $$$$$
My favorite ride in any of the parks.
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I just finished the old video. No I have to watch it again.
Sorry about that :/
I can't believe there were that many changes to Spaceship Earth!
Ah yes, my favorite ride that I would be happy to do loops of all day
I love details like naming the station WDI
Maybe it wouldn’t be so spectacular now with how common things like Zoom are, but I’ll always remember the awe I felt as a kid seeing the little boy in America talking to his friend in Japan via video communication technology
I never got to fully appreciate this ride. when I was a rlly young kid I went on and it scared the shit outta me. it was my first and last time on it LOL. Ill definitely have to give it another shot now that I'm older lol
9:04 I remember that tilting machine. It was a simulator to show how data could go through fiber lines.
11:31 when I went in 07 both Jobs and the Woz were in the garage scene although neither were named or credited they looked EXACTLY like the two Steves
My parents used to take us to Disney World every year throughout the 80's and 90's (I was born in 1980). I remember sometime in the 90's this seemed a lot creepier than normal, but I didn't know why. I guess I just found out, they changed the narrator from cutesy Walter Cronkite to evil Scar.
And I'll always remember one time when the ride broke and we were stuck for 15 minutes listening to "Extra, extra. New York Daily".
learning about the park history is interesting. but I started geeking out getting my nostalgia fix hearing the menu music for DCS Black Shark
Walter Cronkite.... I wish his narration was still used on the ride today. That man's voice is perfect for this kind of historical journey.
I wasn't alive for the first two versions. But my favorite will always be the Jeremy Irons version. His voice goes so perfect for this ride and the scenes that version had were the best.
This is brilliant! Can you please do another Epcot ride like test track or soar