Originally Posted By magnet I seem to remember a while back there was going to be a hot air balloon that looked like spaceship earth and which people could take tethered rides in. What happened to that idea?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture of it flying over the real SSE, but I don't know what ever happened to it after that. The golden Mickey balloon from the 50th seemed to make its way around for a couple weeks then fall off the face of the earth too...
Originally Posted By brotherdave Wasn't the SE balloon created for the Millennium Celebration? I remember seeing a picture of it, but just can't remember when.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Well this was going to be a BIG prize for the year of a million dreams. So was the Main Street Character Breakfast where they would have a table as long as Main Street down it with four guests and every character which I thought would be loads fun just I don't think you could say Hi to all the characters!
Originally Posted By BlueOhanaTerror >>>Wasn't the SE balloon created for the Millennium Celebration? I remember seeing a picture of it, but just can't remember when.<<< Ummm... I couldn't resist. It was all big and cool and floaty and I had this freshly broken, sharp-and-pointy turkey leg bone and... I popped it. I'm sorry.
Originally Posted By Meekster Zee balloon in question: <a href="http://wdwscrapbook.tripod.com/EpcotMillenniumBalloon.html" target="_blank">http://wdwscrapbook.tripod.com...oon.html</a>
Originally Posted By brotherdave Thanks, Meekster! The aerial photo over Epcot was the one I remembered!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think I may have seen one that didn't have the wand on it. It could have just been taken from the right angle to block it out, but it seems like I would remember the wand...
