I’m literally crying. I was feeling nostalgic and wound up watching the newer version, then was able to find this. What happened to us? Jokes about taxes and talking to you like you’re a five year old? But you listen to this version and it makes you so proud to be a human. You feel a brotherhood with everyone who has ever existed and will ever exist. One with the whole world, and hopeful and striving for the future. You used to enter Epcot like a god.

"We now have the ability, and the responsibility, to build new bridges of acceptance and cooperation between us. To create a better world for ourselves and our children, as we continue our amazing journey aboard Spaceship Earth." I just wish that line had been kept. That's a message we so desperately need to be reminded of today.

Love this older version of SE! There's SO much truth to that old saying....."if it aint broke, don't fix it"!! They dramatically "cheapened" the ride adding the little dumb Jetsons style cartoon at the end! The older version and its ending were much more awe inspiring!

This is and will always be the best version of Spaceship Earth! I miss it dearly!

I always loved the last part showing the future. Somehow inspiring and terrifying at the same time.

Fantastic job. Best version of Spaceship Earth in my opinion -- and the best capture of it.

The end of this rude always made me tear up that song is so beautiful.

Far superior to the current version as regards to narration and soundtrack. The finale is rousing. Mr. Irons gives a perfect narration (great voice).

This is the version I was lucky enough to always go on, it was my favorite ride of all of disney parks in that era, 4 to 5 times a visit I would get to ride it. It was always be in my heart

11:19 WE GOT STUCK ON THE RIDE AT THIS POINT WHEN I WAS LIKE 11. We heard the "Is my baby brother okay, doc?" line So. Many. Times.

I listen to this audio every time I'm feeling blue. It takes me back to trips with my family. My dad still says every time a neighbor burns leaves in the spring and fall that it smells like Burning Rome (not the other way around). This clear, perfect soundtrack takes me back to amazing trips with my family. I appreciate it so much!

This was the best version. Mystical and deeply spiritual. Perfect for the dawn of the new Millennium.

Has anyone ever really said why they ripped out the whole last third of the ride...which was the most heartwarming, hope-filled part of the whole ride? (that music still gets me all teary-eyed!)

I knew I wasn’t crazy that the finale looked like that! I miss this version of the ride. I’m glad I was able to experience it in person though

It's an absolute travesty that they replaced this version of the ride.

My two favorite Spaceship Earth experiences - The Tomorrow’s Child theme and the Jeremy Irons’ narration and score. So thrilled that the entrance plaza is being restored and the tombstones will be gone! Lots happening leading up to Magic Kingdom’s 50th and EPCOT Center’s 40th.

I wished Disney never changed this version to today's version and I even miss the original The Living Seas

God that finale. I have chills. Really miss it

THIS IS THE BEST video record of this attraction on KZfaq! Well done and thanks!

Should have never changed the ending of this ride. So lame to just make the ending a cheap iPhone app. Bring back the fiber optics and epic music!

Just was here last week and it's totally different. I truly miss this version! The new one is okay but this will forever remind me of my childhood.

I cannot even describe how happy this made my heart! Thank you for sharing.

I miss this version, I'm glad I was able to experience it with my family before they changed it. Me and my little brother liked this one better

I forgot just how damn good the ending was before they "updated" it. The screens and mirror part pale in comparison. It will be interesting to see what they do with the next renovation coming up.

I went to Disney when I was 4 years old in 2004, and I still remember this ride so well!!! This is the first time I've gotten to see this version again

The finale is so damn epic. I remember I used to always just got lost in the lights and drift away

Oh this was a wonderful blast from the past. Miss it so much.

Love this music my kids grow up to this every year we went there 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧

Man, this really brought back memories...

BEST audio capture of any I have seen and heard here on KZfaq. Congrats.

Thank you for keeping this alive. This was one of my favorite rides in Epcot and it was at a time I almost wanted to be an imagineer bc of how inspiring some of their old rides used to be. Just watching this makes me tear up. I feel out of sponsorships they should of fought to keep this the same, its the closest thing to Disney and their way of thinking in progress. The end part always gets me. Just like Meet the Robinsons, the message is so strong. Just keep moving forward. And thats what humanity does.

I miss this version so much!!!!

This is the version i remember.....Just loved the Ending with the music etc......Sadly missed

I miss this version of the ride so much

“East, west, north and south all roads lead to Rome” I always remember that from riding this as a kid. I swear this ride is what inspired me to major in History.

Now that they're doing renovations on the current version, I was curious what the old version was like since I was too young to remember it and I'm so used to the current one. But dang, as much as I love the refurbished one because I'm so used to it and kinda grew up with it, I'm kinda sad I missed out on this one, it's seemed so cool, especially the ending. Now I'm curious to see what the new one will bring.

Brings a tear to my eye. I just wish they didn’t overshadow how significant the internet is.

Fantastic presentation of legendary history. Standing applause!

Also, you mixing in the original audio along side it really made me happy. All the other versions are so hard to hear. But, this feels like Im reliving the ride. Ty again. I know theres a hd versioin with the old audio, but the fact I can see the old scenes at the end really make this my favorite one of them all. No joke reliving the city scape scene and the future scenes brought me to fucking tears. Theres no comparison. They should of NEVER got rid of it.

I miss this version.

This ending is so much better than tapping a computer screen!

Best version.

I had been going to Disneyland since 1990, but my first time going to Disney World was 2019… never heard this version… I wish Jeremy would have thanked the Phoenicians

I was blessed as a child to visit this park in 1992 and in 1994 and it was my father‘s favorite ride and my least favorite ride. Just last year I was able to return with my own six year old daughter and I have to say it was my absolute favorite ride 😂

Thank you for posting this! I wanted to see/remember what it was like before they added those stupid glaring touch screens in

Spaceship Earth is one of my favorite rides, even though there's nothing thrilling about it. I just visited Epcot a couple weeks ago, and as with every visit, I rode this multiple times (it helped that the crowd levels were super low; I got to walk on every time). My last major Disney vacation was in 2006, so that was the version I always remembered...but I have to say, the stuff hanging off the ceiling at the end (like that classroom) always made my anxiety go nuts. XD My brain kept saying "Oh god what if the display falls off and crushes you?" and I couldn't fully relax until I felt I'd passed far enough that I was out of danger. LOL I'm really disappointed, though, that they got rid of that entire section and just phoned it in with a screen on the back of the seat. On one hand yeah, it IS kind of fun...the first time. They could easily have just made that part of the after-ride room. But I can't help thinking that if they remade the last part of the ride, it would just be screens of Reddit and KZfaq and Facebook. of people yelling at each other and telling each other how stupid they are. That's essentially what the internet has become, hasn't it? :P Hearing the hopefulness of this narration, before anyone had a CLUE what we'd devolve into, makes me a little sad!

GLORIOUS.

wow they TOTALY gutted the last scene when they go backwards

What an epic teardown. If Disney leadership is smart they'll set aside ego and hubris and watch all four hours and learn something. Most probably they'll assign a staffer to digest and summarize into a PowerPoint because exec time is "too valuable" to spend four hours watching a video. I just visited Tokyo DisneySea for the Fantasy Springs opening and the differences are so striking. Imagineering is unleashed there without Disney execs driving the budgets and siphoning from the parks to boost up the streaming money pit.

I hate how much they dumbed down this ride. I hope the new version they're making does it justice.

So much better back than,its the ride i remember this,current version no where near as good.

WOW! I am absolutely impressed!!! Very excellent job with the quality of filming and editing, it's so rare to find videos of attractions that are smooth and steady like this one. Do you have one of the Carousel of Progress? That is my parents favorite attraction and they can't go to Disney World now due to the current situation going on.

I miss this ending so much

Thank u for uploading my dreams 💯🥰🥰🥰

wasn't there a spaceman and lunar ship at top with Neal Armstrong talking. briefly lit up, then showed the world from moon? I know that's what I remember …..

Been on it twice in 1998 and 2000. It's memorable.

What year was this filmed? Brings back a flood of memories when our kids were younger, practically tearing up here.

I still prefer this version of the ride

Man I'd totally forgotten that the ending got replaced with Steve Jobs and string lights...feeling as ripped off as I did when I was 12 all over again

They screwed up this ride so bad. Makes me mad that they took such a great ride and had to change it.

The best version of the ride for ure

exelente video : . very good video 👍

8:19 sucks they removed this scene but it's bizarre they were predicting zoom calls/video chat back then, which we find normalized today.

my favorite version

Wow that was beautiful, why would they change that masterpiece

This is my favorite version

I surely miss this ending to this ride it was way better! I also miss the seasonal passes and less crowds!

I thought the ending was better in this version than the new one the ipad part was good the first time but was more of a gimic this one was soo much nicer

This is definitely the best and most deluxe version of SSE, so I can see how the 2007 version is a downgrade with the stupid screens as the ending, but i still think the 2007 version is great. Went to Epcot recently and my love for SSE grew even more despite it not being the best version.

Some of this was there the first time i went to disneyworld in 2015... i went in February and it was completely different

who remembers Walter Cronkite on the original?!

i like this ending SOOOO much more than what they have now. the stupid MaKe oUr OwN FuTuRe! it's so cringey and dumb i always hide my face when it takes the picture at the beginning and never answer the questions. i hope with the new updates they get rid of it.

I rode this version but dont remember a thing from this version

Always keep the dream of tomorrow alive

I really like part of the ending music

Love M's voice, but Jeremy Irons is the best.

“Will these infinite communications become a flood of electronic babble” Hmm, so that’s why Spaceship Earth has been so difficult to update 😅😅😅😅

I went on this yesterday and it was nowhere near this amazing. Goddamn did Disney butcher this ride.

Thank you for this. ^3^ *sniffles*

When was this taped, I know it was 2007 because I saw Project Tomorrow at the end of the video, but was it July 8? The last day it was still open?

Talk to us, Scar...

And this is where we get music from storytelling aka story. Music 🎼 🎶 🎵 is chapter book 📖. And lyrics aka words are storytelling too.

Tomorrow's Child... Classic Disney. 💯💯💯❤️

For some reason, I remember this version, but with the new narrator? Am I imagining things or was there a version between this one and the newest one today?

Ughhh what id to be a bee or a dragonfly again and watch all the mail traveling across the world. The ending was awesome sucks that they changed it

wait is this footage from 2007 or earlier? it is really good quality

My childhood.

Before this version the extra extra newspaper boy used to have a way more high pitched voice lol. I wonder why they made him face the other way now.

1:51 was that a heil or am I just hearing things?

Jeremy is right too.

I missed out big time.

When i rode this in 2016 the screens wouldn’t respond

And why are album 💿 are viewed as one big story? IAMLXGEND 8 months ago It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe. Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters. Every book has chapters. Every album has songs. Each chapter is different. Each song is different. But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album). Every song has a story. Some albums are just a collection of songs without the intention of telling the bigger story. Some albums are designed to tell a bigger story. Sequencing might be only about the way the music flows, but if the album tells a story than sequencing can do that too. Nathan Eswine 5 months ago I think artists try to sequence their albums in a way they feel best captures the journey they want a listener to go through. Nowadays, this isn’t as popular... kind of feels like some artists just try to pack single after single back to back for 10-12 songs. But at it’s core, album sequencing can help drive home the main theme of the album. Similar to the chapters of a book 👊🏻. To me, it does still count as one whole story, even if there’s no segue between tracks. I think it’s just an artistic choice to use segues. I think even if the songs start and stop on their own, they can still point back to the big theme of the album 👍. Usually the songs on an album are the result of an artist’s creations during a season of life. This means the songs can all speak to a similar set of themes, ideas and topics. So the aim of an album name is to try and sum up the big story/concept that all the songs pull from when they were written. It’s not always like these, especially today. But traditionally, an album is like a “book” with the songs inside being like “chapters.” Fun stuff! (I think 🤓) .

Judi really phoned in the new version, and the screens ruin the whole ending. Disney is lost.

Judi Dench is alright as a narrator but the material she had to read was puerile compared to the gravitas of the Jeremy Irons script. Jeremy's was the last version I got to see (though I did see the version before that), and having seen the Judi Dench version on KZfaq, I really don't feel I'm missing anything. A real downgrade :( You're also presumably FORCED to have your photo taken. Some of us cannot stand having our photo taken to use in the ridiculous end section! The assumption that everyone loves selfies is incredibly misguided and lazily thought through. Also a tip - put this on on some headphones before you sleep. It's soooo relaxing. The ending sounds almost like you're coming out of a dream.

Thank you for the memories.. it’s a piece of junk now😔

I liked the older version of the ride better, the "interactive" screens added in 2007 just ruin the storyline and just make today's kids not listen to the educational segments and look at the boring feature that blocks the screen, and there is not even all cities in the United States.It just ruins a once great ride, READ THIS COMMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO DISNEY BEFORE 2007.

The imagineers should not mess with anything till they have the plan and the budget to do it...they shortened the ride and added a Steve Jobs scene and called it "reimagined" pffffff

Why did they change the second half of the ride!? I will never understand. That stupid cartoon thing.

Best version. Will never be topped. I'm curious Siemens would dumb the ride down so much. Im sorry but even with the more computer based story line, the finale STILL WOULD HAVE WORKED TODAY. Dame Dench is a lovely actress but her voice is GRATING compared to Irons. Its lost all sense of wonder. All character is gone.