Name: Spaceship Earth
Type: Slow-moving, Educational
Location: Epcot, in Futureworld. Inside the big ball. Kinda hard to miss.
The Gist: Relax as Judi Dench's voice narrates a trip back through time. You slowly move through different scenes in history and see how advances in communication brought about our modern technology-centered lifestyle. At the end, see what your future might look like (and what your face looks like on an animated body) with a silly interactive thing they do on a computer screen in front of you.
A Must-Do For: Pretty much everyone. Its kind of an Epcot classic, whether or not you think a slow, educational ride would be your thing. Besides, it is the only chance you have to get inside that giant golfball-like structure that defines the park's skyline.
Avoid If: If you or your child might be frightened by dark spaces.
Fear Factor: 1.5/10. The only way this might possibly scare you is, like I mentioned above, if you really don't like dimmly-lit spaces. This ride moves about 2 miles an hour (exaggeration, but you get my point), and takes you by animatronics of ancient Romans and and the guy who invented the printing press. Not exactly heart-pounding stuff.
Lines and Other Tips: Because the ride consists of one long train that boards continuously, the line usually isn't that bad. However, the wait times are usually longest in the morning, because this is the first thing a lot of people do when they get inside the park. This might be a good one to save for later in the day. Also, this ride does not offer fastpass, but that is ok, because unless you are unfortunate enough to be there on one of the peak, full-to-capacity days, you'd never need it, anyway.
A visit to Epcot is not complete for me without at least one ride on Spaceship Earth. I've been on it so many times, I have the dialogue memorized (I know, I need a life... but when you know the answer to a question on your humanities test not because you read the chapter, but because there is a scene on Spaceship Earth about it, you feel pretty fucking spectacular). I find it is a very relaxing thing to do after a long day traveling the world.
xoxo, Lily
Type: Slow-moving, Educational
Location: Epcot, in Futureworld. Inside the big ball. Kinda hard to miss.
The Gist: Relax as Judi Dench's voice narrates a trip back through time. You slowly move through different scenes in history and see how advances in communication brought about our modern technology-centered lifestyle. At the end, see what your future might look like (and what your face looks like on an animated body) with a silly interactive thing they do on a computer screen in front of you.
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| Cue the dramatic space-traveling music they always blast at the entrance to Epcot. |
Avoid If: If you or your child might be frightened by dark spaces.
Fear Factor: 1.5/10. The only way this might possibly scare you is, like I mentioned above, if you really don't like dimmly-lit spaces. This ride moves about 2 miles an hour (exaggeration, but you get my point), and takes you by animatronics of ancient Romans and and the guy who invented the printing press. Not exactly heart-pounding stuff.
Lines and Other Tips: Because the ride consists of one long train that boards continuously, the line usually isn't that bad. However, the wait times are usually longest in the morning, because this is the first thing a lot of people do when they get inside the park. This might be a good one to save for later in the day. Also, this ride does not offer fastpass, but that is ok, because unless you are unfortunate enough to be there on one of the peak, full-to-capacity days, you'd never need it, anyway.
A visit to Epcot is not complete for me without at least one ride on Spaceship Earth. I've been on it so many times, I have the dialogue memorized (I know, I need a life... but when you know the answer to a question on your humanities test not because you read the chapter, but because there is a scene on Spaceship Earth about it, you feel pretty fucking spectacular). I find it is a very relaxing thing to do after a long day traveling the world.
xoxo, Lily
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