![]() It makes sense then to at least wait until some of the crowds have passed before closing the ride.Īlso, the fact that Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure should be opening shortly after May 26 (probably June or July) offsets the loss that Spaceship Earth has on Epcot. From the start of the Flower and Garden Festival in March and through Spring Break, this is one of the busiest seasons of the year in Disney World. Why did Disney choose that date? Disney always makes strategic moves when it comes to opening and closing park attractions. The Spaceship Earth ride will be officially closing on May 26, 2020. If you want to do that then you need to go on or before May 25, 2020. ![]() Seeing that the Spaceship Earth refurbishment will be a long one, many guests want to know just exactly when it’s closing to perhaps get in one last ride on the original attraction. These changes might have an influence on whether you visit Disney World in 2020 or 2021, or skip them altogether until a later date.ĭespite all the surrounding change, new Disney CEO Bob Chapek has assured worried fans that Spaceship Earth will continue to be the Disney World and EPOCT icon it has always been, just with “new magic” breathed into the original attraction. It will look completely different in 3-4 years from now. This is all part of the bigger EPCOT transformation project, which will be the biggest changes that have ever come to the park. We found out that Future World is being transformed into 3 distinct areas, and World Celebration will be the center, where Spaceship Earth will be the main attraction in that area of the park. Just looking around EPCOT, you can see the whole park is in a transition period. It’s also one of the remaining Epcot Day-1 attractions, which opened October 1, 1982.įor those reasons, you can imagine there are a lot of nervous people knowing that Spaceship Earth is closing for a big refurbishment. Just looking at the 165-foot geosphere will leave you in awe. Spaceship Earth remains one of my favorite attractions in Walt Disney World and is a world-famous theme park icon. In the meantime, you can read the details of the proposed version of Spaceship Earth that is supposed to get built eventually. We’ll update you with more as soon as we have it. If we were to guess, we’d say Disney will wait a year until Spring 2021 before moving forward. Our gut says that it will eventually go forward, but it was one of the easiest attractions to postpone and a way Disney could save a lot of money in 2020. If you were looking forward to the update, it looks like Disney is still planning on doing it eventually as they did use the word “pause” and not “canceled.”Īt this point, it’s unclear when the refurbishment will take place, but the entire project has not been scrapped altogether. Recently on the Walt Disney World website, we saw that the ride was “Closed for Refurbishment” but that was just a notification still in the system from before the park closure and the ride will be ready to go on July 15. Even though the ride does need help, Spaceship Earth wasn’t a NECESSARY refurbishment that had to be done at all costs in 2020. ![]() This is to be expected after the announcement Disney CEO Bob Chapek made a while back that Disney is cutting $900 million from the construction budget in 2020. The official announcement from Disney reads: “the iconic Spaceship Earth attraction at EPCOT will also continue to be available in its current state while we pause on its planned refurbishment.” If you are going to EPCOT in the next few months, you now have at least one more chance to enjoy the park’s iconic attraction Spaceship Earth!ĭisney has now confirmed that the Spaceship Earth refurbishment has been postponed and will reopen with EPCOT on July 15, 2020. The Spaceship Earth refurbishment was supposed to get underway on May 26, 2020, but since the Disney World closure, we haven’t heard anything new from Disney. ![]() UPDATED: Spaceship Earth Refurbishment Postponed, Reopening with EPCOT July 15
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