The Big Stupid Arm by Spaceship Earth Comes Down

[Matterhorn Fan]

(I hope!)


The area to the left of Spaceship Earth has a construction wall around it, completely enclosing the area where the arm is anchored to the ground. There is a crane behind that wall.

Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please take that stupid thing down. I doubt any imagineer's vision of the future includes dismembered arms reminding us of where we are.

[Not Afraid]

oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please


Everyone chant.

[mousepod]

I heard that this was the plan. As far as I know, it's one of the many things that the creative folk at EPCOT are planning for the 25th (which is next year, if anyone is counting).

[innerSpaceman]

oh please oh please oh please. I do I do I do believe in fairies. The arm must go! (But Epcot will still be a mere shell of its former greatness, alas.)

[Drince88]

please oh please oh please oh please!

I don't care if it's for the WDW 35th or the Epcot 25th (1.5 years away, by my calcs) -- just say it's true

please ho please oh please oh please!

[Alex]

Now, I've never seen it without the arm, but I like it. I'm an iconoclast.

[mousepod]

The arm in Epcot and the Hat in MGM always struck me as something out of a Dick Sprang Batman comic. Breathtaking for about 15 minutes - then just silly. Time to go.

[Stan4dSteph]

No. fvcking. way! GET OUT!

[flippyshark]

Alex - I'll forgive you for your iconoclastic arm-liking, but I think you may find that when you see it without (oh please oh please oh please) the geosphere will seem more impressive and magnificent. (My chief problem with the arm is that it dwarfs the once-massive structure, and ruins it's elegant simplicity.)

oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please ...

[CoasterMatt]

Without the arm, it kinda reminds me of Eurosat, at Europa Park (Rust, Germany)
http://pictures.rcdb.com/picmax/europa-park/eurosat3.jpg

[innerSpaceman]

^ OMG, when was that built? It's like a Nara Dreamland version of Epcot!

[mousepod]

This review of Eurosat (http://www.s104638357.websitehome.co.uk/html/eurosat_main.htm) makes me wanna check it out.

But last time I visited Germany, my trip lasted all of 3 hours...

[Moonliner]

So far it's still there (http://www.aws.com/wxcomm/commercial/ccam.asp?sid=LKBNV&siz=l)but you can bet I'll be keeping a close eye on it!

[TrappedOnVacation]

My fingers are crossed. That stupid hand turned a beautiful, classy icon into something that you'd see at a state fair. That's what you get when Marketing makes creative decisions. Gah!

[Not Afraid]

Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please Oh please .................

[CoasterMatt]

Eurosat opened in 1989. Somewhere around here I've got the soundtrack...

[Matterhorn Fan]

I have some work and some plans, but maybe I'll have time to go peek through those construction walls this weekend.

Hurry up and take that down!

We're waiiiiiiiiiiiiting.

[€uroMeinke]

Do you think they will sell the arm on Ebay?

[Moonliner]

What if they are just making it taller?

[CoasterMatt]

What if they're just changing it into a giant Buzz Lightyear arm? ;)

[Gemini Cricket]

Do you think they will sell the arm on Ebay?
If they do, I'd never have trouble finding your house again...
:D

[Matterhorn Fan]

"Buy it Now" price: $1
Shipping: $5 billion
Not needing directions to Sea Monkey's house: Priceless.