Originally Posted By RSN1616 Now I know Spaceship Earth has been open even since EPCOT opened in 1981. I was just wondering if the two kids that are talking online and using web-cams were added to the ride later in the 90's or if they were there the whole time. If they were there from the beginning, that's AMAZING that the imagineeres actually predicted the future!!!
Originally Posted By RSN1616 An asian girl and a red-haired boy are talking online. I believe one's a baseball player on the computer while the other is showing his karate lessons. This is just before you see the big Earth in the sky.
Originally Posted By hopemax The final scenes was changed in both the 1986 and 1984 rehabs, so I am guessing the webcams appeared in the 1994 one.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> An asian girl and a red-haired boy are talking online << >> so I am guessing the webcams appeared in the 1994 one. << I gotcha now. You're referring to some of the final animatronic scenes in the attraction. I think hopemax is correct. I think these characters got this redress when all the fiber optic effects were added to SSE in a big way.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom They were not original. That brings up a good questions. What changes have been made to the interrior of SSE?
Originally Posted By wdwfan1 One of the saddest days was when they changed the voice over (narrator) for the attraction from Walter Cronkite to Jermey Irons.. You will recognise his voice as Scar from the Lion King movie..
Originally Posted By brotherdave But Walter Cronkite wasn't the original, either. Vic Perrin (best known as the "Voice of Control" on the Outer Limits opening) was the original voice for Spaceship Earth.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Although it may not have been in Spaceship Earth from the beginning, the video phone certainly could have: it was debuted to the public by Bell Labs at the 1964 World's Fair in New York (along with Walt's Audio Animatronics). There was pretty much a steady stream of "just around the corner" videophone innovations that were always just 2-3 years away from wide adoption from that point pretty much up to now. The public always seemed fascinated by them but in the end, it's use as a general-purpose communication medium outside of corporate teleconferencing never caught on. But it certainly had been invented and demonstrated by the time EPCOT opened.
Originally Posted By wdwfan1 <<But Walter Cronkite wasn't the original, either. Vic Perrin (best known as the "Voice of Control" on the Outer Limits opening) was the original voice for Spaceship Earth>> I stand corrected... BUT... no one remembers him as voice ... Cronkite rules the universe...
Originally Posted By DVC_dad <<One of the saddest days was when they changed the voice over (narrator) for the attraction from Walter Cronkite to Jermey Irons>> I could not disagree more, but then I never heard the Walter C. version.
Originally Posted By jkayjs The thing my grow kids miss most is when they changed the ending song from "Tomorrows Child". They even downloaded it a few years ago for fun.
Originally Posted By Chelledun I liked tomorrow's child the song, but I felt like the end dragged just a little. As far as I can remember there was not much to see but video monitors with psychadellic images. I did prefer Walter, however!
Originally Posted By wdwfan1 For those of you who loved Tomorrow's Child, I have the lyrics below.. sorry I couldn't find the wav to them.. Also, a link to the wav of the Cronkite version.. This will bring back fond memories... Enjoy.. <a href="http://www.intercot.com/edc/sounds/cronkite.wav" target="_blank">http://www.intercot.com/edc/so unds/cronkite.wav</a> "Tomorrow's Child" Lyrics Female: Tomorrow's child Children: Tomorrow's child Female: Gathering gifts from our past Tomorrow's child Children: Tomorrow's child Female: Shaping a world that will last Holding the spark As we embark On a great journey Together we're learning to Reach for hope and desire Building a world to inspire Tomorrow's child Tomorrow's child Charting a brand new way For the Future World is All: Born today! Children: Born today Female: Tomorrow's child Lighting the path as we're going Children: Tomorrow's child Female: Tomorrow's child Seeing that knowledge keeps growing Children: Tomorrow's child Female: Searching through time Longing to find Answers to guide us And dreams to unite us Reaching for hope and desire Building a world to inspire Tomorrow's child Tomorrow's child Charting a brand new way! For the Future World is All: Born today! Children: Born today Female: Tomorrow's child Children: Tomorrow's child Tomorrow's child Female: Helping us unlock the door Tomorrow's child Children: Tomorrow's child Tomorrow's child Female: Showing us ways to explore Helping convey Ideas of today Children: Where we will find inspiration forever to All: Reach for hope and desire Building a world to inspire Female: Tomorrow's child Tomorrow's child Charting a brand new way! For the Future World is All: Born today! Children: Born today Born today
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Doesn't sound the same when I sing it in my head. But, it would be even worse if I sang it out loud.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Sounds perfect in my head. Your head must not come equiped with the full strings section and the childrens choir. =)
Originally Posted By wdwfan1 Let me help.... Mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmm Is that better???
