Spaceship Earth - Jeremy Irons

[@williamehendrickson]

Hands down, this is the best version of Spaceship Earth that has been made. Not only is the wonderful voice of Jeremy Irons second to none, many of the visuals of the ride were awesome in this version (especially the end).

[@michaelimmaculate7433]

To this day I tell I rant and rave about the finale of this version to the younger Disney stans in my fam. The touch screens are so common- place in today’s society and I don’t think that the finale should include anything that is so passé in present day if we’re supposed to be going from the past and present to the future.

[@patrussomusic4987]

Absolutely Agree!

[@hobden007]

So glad we got to experience this version before Disney went cheap with it's replacement 😢

[@CarolinaMouse]

I love Judi Dench but THIS is my favorite Spaceship Earth narration..I remember getting on the ride and saying softly to myself "Talk to me,Scar"-this narration is just....majestic and what Spaceship Earth deserved and needs/still deserves now!

[@MiyahSundermeyer]

LOL

[@wklein57]

I agree, I love this version

[@bradleymonroe6443]

Same.

[@gargantuaism]

@@bradleymonroe6443 The Jeremy Irons version was an absolute masterpiece. This is the Spaceship Earth that by far the best.

[@Angie2343]

@@gargantuaism The Judi Dench one is second place for me.

[@askjeevescosby2928]

When I was young and rode this I was always so excited for the future, the amazing things the internet would do for humanity. I never would have dreamed it would become this nightmare.

[@pinkwings8036]

I smell Rome burning from my bedroom. Memory is a powerful force.

[@kylehill3643]

America isn't far behind thanks to Bush/Clinton and ????. During the 2000 election many say Bush rigged it but didn't watch the whole and I mean WHOLE ending. My parents did and you know what happened?

[@kylehill3643]

Normally the loser is suppose to drive up in the limo and then walk to the Presiden to shake his hand. Al Gore started to do that but what looks like an intimate conversation in the vehicle took place after that he turned around. He never did what he was suppose to do.

[@harrycollis1090]

Ah stop.

[@vdubluv19]

The "communication super network" part bring back all the memories and the smells.

[@gashiflett1]

Jeremy Irons version rules - I enjoy them all but this version brings back so many great memories to my son and myself.

[@contactlisa1]

jeremy irons ethereal, magical voice was wondrous for this. with dame judy dench it's like a boring school marm lesson. sigh.

[@sovereignalice3749]

By far the best of all of the Spaceship Earth narrations. Jeremy Irons did it best!

[@stevenstuart4194]

The best version of Spaceship Earth, period.

[@CommunistRaccoonDog]

This ride calmed me down as a kid. My parents would always take me on it when I got upset. Good times. Been fascinated with history ever since.

[@toughmanrandysavage3077]

I miss the old finale of this ride. The song that played always brought a tear to my eye even when I was younger. When I rode this ride this year which was the first time I have rode it in 10 years I cried when I got off, I was so upset about what they did to the end taking out that beautiful melody and instead shoving some stupid screen in you're face with global warming videos on it. My dad told me to man up and stop being upset but I couldn't that part always ment so much to me.

[@VietnamGreg]

Your Dad was so wrong. And I agree with you 100%. That part meant so much to me too.

[@JMC01644]

“Man Up” Men have feelings and have every right to show their emotions.

[@PaperMario64]

I agree with you up until the global warming part. The videos are about future technology. Stop trying to insert your personal gripes into it.

[@askjeevescosby2928]

​@PaperMario64 but the ride has always been about communication and how it evolved over time then out of nowhere yoy get a screen talking about green energy. It doesn't belong in the ride. They could have instead talked about quantum computing and ai and the many many innovations that are being created. It would have fit nicely after the scene with bull gates in his garage and it also would have stuck with the theme of communication. Epcot use to be a permanent world's fair showing the progress of man and a picture of a brighter future. Shove the green energy crap in the land pavilion where it belongs.

[@jackwolf131]

Personally, I like Jeremy Iron's narration. (Sorry, Judi)

[@Dreaklock]

This one is so vastly better than the Judi Dench version, I cannot believe they changed it. Literally WTF Disney!

[@dylanoh-criner8312]

Best version. Hands down.

[@SilverGummiShark]

This ride was pure magic and mystery as a kid. I loved it. Still do, but back then...mmmgh. Nostalgia.

[@focus471]

awsome ride! Iron's version the best...i find this to be very inspirational...i embrace technology especially communication.

[@StoryMemories86]

This is probably my more favorite of the two versions of the attraction. There’s just something about his voice is so soothing! It brings the story to life! Of course Dame Judi Dench has her own fabulousness.

[@Theme_parchive]

Jeremy has more gravitas to his voice

[@wrathchildf22]

This version, with Jeremy and the music track was so far superior to the current incarnation. The music track was so powerful. I really miss it.

[@DrJekyll38]

To be fair, the versions with Walter Cronkite and Dame Judi Dench both have their particular charms.

[@CampeonMarinero]

Jim Mac i agree, so just do what I do, wear some headphones with this version while you get on the ride! same show with the exception of the finale

[@stevenstuart4194]

@@DrJekyll38 Judi Dench's version sounds so infantilized and dumbed down.

[@DrJekyll38]

@@stevenstuart4194 Ah yes, barely a day goes by that I don't hear infants and dumb people thanking the Phoenicians and babbling about the first back-up system and a New Renaissance! If it was dumbed-down, maybe it was for snotty people like you!

[@christopherleefe7770]

I miss Jeremy Irons Narration this one was the best

[@ranchdressing1037]

My dad always tried and succeeded always with getting the fam in the ball right before closing. "This.. our Spaceship Earth" music hits deep.

[@vdubluv19]

Right before it closed, my dad timed it so we could go one more time before flying home the next morning. Much appreciated all these years later lol

[@Sam26LE]

Definitely the best narration in Spaceship Earth ! Sponsored by AT&T !

[@Rockstarkou]

I get chills when he speaks.

[@swarlock]

I miss this version with Jeremy Irons.

[@L8onL8on]

EVERYBODY does. :\

[@ElevenOfHertz]

L8onL8on I don't. The new version premiered when I was 3. I remember there used to be green cars with no screen, but almost nothing else about the ride. I really like the new version because the story was better. This one is purely about communication. And the new one is about technology as a whole.

[@madrid7790]

There you have it guys. A millennial comment. The worst generation in History.

[@RGamePlayXtreme]

@@madrid7790 Because he likes the new version? I also prefer the old version, but please let people enjoy what they want.

[@stevenstuart4194]

@@ElevenOfHertz The story wasn't improved with Dench's version. As I mentioned elsewhere, her narration was dumbed down and infantilized in tone and language. Jeremy Irons's version is majestic, ennobling, visionary, and has an air of transcendence to it.

[@vdubluv19]

Every time we were about to fly home to Wisconsin, I begged to do this ride again, maybe like three times. This is always a a favourite.

[@ShootAndSpin]

One of the (many) reasons I love this version so much is because when you descend back down to earth you're actually looking at things all around you, as opposed to the current version where your attention is focused on the screen in front of you. It's depressing, but it's almost as if the Imagineers were making a social commentary with this. :(

[@gargantuaism]

When I went on the new Judi Dench version I thought to myself, it's as if they had a big meeting at Imagineering and the whole goal was to figure a way to make Spaceship Earth 25% less great. The changes make absolutely no sense. The only thing I can think of is they needed an interactive screen in the attraction so kids would not get bored. That is the only thing I can come up with. The Jeremy Irons narration was perfect and the music score was one of the most dramatic scores ever done for a Disney attraction. I can't come up with anything here...that's it. This is just such a mystery.

[@phendformyself]

100% agree

[@madrid7790]

It seems everything around us in this World is changing for the worst. Indeed depressing. Maybe it's time to go. lol

[@RyanRafulsII]

Totally agree

[@repr26]

My parents took my brother and I to WDW when I was 10. I returned for the first time a few years ago, at 36. I was so upset by how much so many of the rides and attractions have devolved, that my wife cried for me.

[@vdubluv19]

This was my childhood! This is always a favourite!

[@Angie2343]

Jeremy was right, even now in the middle of this pandemic we are finding new ways to communicate and share stories and ideas!

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

And storytelling and chapter in a book 📖 and it’s true.

[@Angie2343]

@@Songwritersbehindthecurtain yup!

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

@@Angie2343 and music 🎼 does it too when you listen to album 💿 recording artist will say album 💿 is a chapter in a book and every album and every song tells a story.

[@BAWorldtraveller]

that music... damn! reminds me when i was a child, exploring spaceship earth at epcot for the first time...

[@Pifase]

This was the first version of the ride I remember riding. I wish they brought it back because I don't really like the current version

[@Itanium153]

This was no doubt the best version of Spaceship earth, They should have kept the same music and jeremy irons, And just updated some seens. And i will be damn when they mention information super highway they were damn right. The internest has changed our lives since the release of this version.

[@VietnamGreg]

This by far is the best version of Spaceship Earth. Does anyone know if this soundtrack is available? The music is beautiful and Jeremy Irons brings it all to life.

[@emanekaf8653]

This narration is a lot easier to follow than the others, but doesn't skip over anything. I'm sad to hear that they no longer use it.

[@mrt7775]

By far the best version

[@LadyJinni]

My sister and I appreciate you posting this. We must have rode this 5 or six times back in Auguest 2001. Made us want to go back and wish that they would bring back the Jeremy Irons naration

[@LightcycleChampion]

This ride is basically the ride version of Sid Meier's Civilization

[@vdubluv19]

The narration and the music are just perfect! I know it needed to be updated, but still a shame to see it go!

[@pamevans3587]

Love, Love, Love this!!!

[@kallabos]

Love the exalted music at about 17 minutes!

[@focus471]

all time best version of this amazing ride.. How people find this ride boring is puzzling to me..

[@ahf5471]

This was my favorite narration and I have been through every incarnation. It's a shame they removed the city of the future as you decend backwards near throbbed of the ride, that was a beautiful city. The strange arrangement of lights and the interactive narrative that forces you to look at the screen in front of you really sucks. The old AT&T global neighborhood exhibits at the exit of spaceship earth have turned into Seimans' vip lounge. I can't believe it's been more than ten years since AT&T gave up their sponsorship.

[@XrayThunder]

My wife and I was at WDW a few weeks ago and on day 2 we spent the longest of our day at Epcot and my favorite ride Space ship Earth, I enjoyed Jeremy Irons narrative but I tend to favor Walter Cronkite's narrative back in the late 80's and early 90's. The audio of Jeremy Irons could have been a bit louder, it seem the passengers in the other cars where a bit louder..

[@XrayThunder]

This is a sign that you are getting old, my wife and I are at a disagreement on who did the Narrative, I now believe I heard Dame Judi Dench and she claims it was Jeremy Irons, so someone please correct us on this, we went down the first of May of 2016, who was doing the Narrative. Thanks!!

[@ahf5471]

+Greg Blankenship Judi Dench. I go to Epcot basically every year for news years eve. I went three years consecutively 11-12, 12-13, 13-14 for New Years (I was supposed to be there 14-15 but gf at the time got the flu). Anyway it has been Judi Dench since 2008 I believe.

[@XrayThunder]

Ah Thanks Arthur!! We went for 5 days and on the 5 day we were suppose to go back to The Magic Kingdom and decided to go to the Bench and enjoy a of less crowds and driving on the beach. Was very relaxing before our long drive back home.. the last time we were at the Park was in 2007 and had our kids, Now they are all married and have their own families and the wife and I wanted to go by ourselves, glad we did. Already thinking about next year...

[@ahf5471]

+Greg Blankenship I would have taken the parks over the beach any day of the week. I'm in love with the idea of Disney, maybe it's bizarre for some to comprehend as my friends laugh at the notion of me favoring Disney parks over other activities or more exotic locales. I love watching the evolution of the parks. Anyway make sure you go to Animal Kingdom it's really fantastic, especially if you haven't been there in some time. You must be a bit older than me lol. I'm 38, still don't have any kids..... Lol

[@jesusburgos1255]

I Miss this narration from Jeremy Irons.

[@tny1757]

This attraction is narrated by PhilosoScar

[@joshsauer4725]

+Mike Smith you damn genius you...

[@itr0863]

jesus this really brings it back. i get lost in vintage disney audio.

[@jamieallan69]

best version. thank you

[@ChrisHolleman]

best version

[@warriorfight111]

Thank You so much for putting this up...it reminds me of my childhood.

[@NRF3703]

lol SCAR narrates the Spaceship Earth. Now, THAT'S epic. XD

[@ecoRfan]

ScarShip Earth

[@TheSynking]

He's putting a little American into his voice here, clear as day.

[@phendformyself]

That Renaissance music went on for so long humanity ended, began again, and came full circle

[@JustinHenderson0]

So much more interesting to have "Scar" teaching history.

[@vdubluv19]

It definitely became electronic babble ( I think that's what he said) in many ways. We all dislike each other, but on a global scale. We still get news and everything, but we can't stop arguing.

[@daviddio3876]

Miss this version so much!...is this track (music) on any known Disney CD out there? I’d love to have it.

[@melissathors2569]

I miss this version so much. It focuses more on the past, present and future. Honestly the video screens has got to go. They took out a majority of the ending just so we can focus on a cartoon clip of ourselves which always ends up being the same video and half the time the camera doesn't work so our faces are not on the screen. And also I wish they would bring back the old global neighborhood. I mean come on they took innoventions away from us. I wish they brought back the original Epcot Center. All I know is they are making Epcot to be like the Magic Kingdom where it focuses on movies and cartoons. Like Gardians should not be where Universe of Energy was....it should be at the MK where it belongs or even Hollywood Studios.

[@stevenstuart4194]

I agree. I was aghast when I saw the new version. Those silly screens, the dopey kindergarten-sounding narration of Dench, the whole thing was a distraction from the beauty of the ride.

[@ddrieglas]

I agree with everything you said. There used to be a hard rule that Disney characters shouldn't be in EPCOT, that's how the whole hidden mickey thing got started. Bit by bit all the substance has been gutted it makes me so sad.

[@Shockberta26]

Im so sad. I have not been to Disney World since 2005. I had no idea they got rid of this version's awesome ending. Such a shame. The 90s version is one of my favorite Disney rides.

[@christinacope562]

90s Disney Parks were the best. Epcot is so sad now, dumbed down and half gone Future World.

[@PorkchopsJohnson]

I went to Epcot in January. I was really eager to enjoy Spaceship Earth once again because the last time I visited the park was in 1999 I believe. It was a bit disappointing, I mean Judi Dench narration is fine but is not as amazing as Jeremy Irons epic voice. Also I missed the smell of burning Rome. But it was a nice trip for reviving memories anyway. Sorry if I made any mistakes, english is not my native language. Cheers!

[@warriorfight111]

she's pretty good...Cronkite and Irons are just classics...

[@CaptainJSparrow1010]

You also have to remember when they took out Jeremy Irons Narration of the ride a lot went with it like the smell of burning Rome and the chariots racing through the street of Rome itself

[@focus471]

thank you for your reply....I guess there are people who are really into communication....who knows Disney might come to their sense and bring back the original version...

[@christopherleefe7770]

Despite the Narration voices Vic Perrin Walter Cronkite Jeremy Irons wins my vote as the best narrator of this Attraction

[@RockyandTuck]

Good job! Love this!

[@taylorshelton3267]

I first heard Jeremy irons narrate the story of spaceship earth in 1995 which was my third trip to epcot when I was in high school.

[@Angie2343]

Have you ever listened to Jeremy Irons deliver a great theme park ride narration? You will. And the company that will being it to you? AT&T.

[@wdwfacts]

I enjoy Judi Dench and her version. But I definitely enjoy Jeremy Irons and Walter Cronkite much better.

[@tommysobo123]

This is by far the best version... Maybe they should let Snoop Dog do a version, that could be fun!!!!

[@Angie2343]

RIP Walter Cronkite

[@joshsauer4725]

NOBODY TOLD ME FUCKING SCAR NARRATED SPACESHIP EARTH!!!!! this might be equally as good or better than judi dench.....

[@_luke_anthony]

judi dench is good but the script is so simple and this is alot better

[@dev.1359]

This was the best version of this ride. Sad how much they butchered it recently. No idea why they took out all the futuristic stuff at the end, it always gave me such chills.

[@DerekMcDouglas]

Funny thing is this version actually predicted the future.

[@Thoralmir]

Looking back, I'm kinda surprised that they never mentioned how China developed a writing system that can be understood by people who speak dozens of different languages.

[@mendari2907]

Thoralmir This ride really is a history of western communication, rather than a history of the worlds communication, for better or for worse. Western culture doesn't like to attribute achievements to non western societies, with the exception of Egypt.

[@adrianselbst6777]

That jump from the Renaissance to the 1920's though...always found that to be lazy.

[@Robb1977]

it jumps from the renaissance to the industrial revolution and then goes on to the 20th century. skips over the age of exploration but not much had changed in the communication world between those two points. by the American revolution, the printing press was only slightly more streamlined than the renaissance versions, and while people were becoming increasingly more literate, the big jump would come during the industrial revolution with mechanization. I'd say its a fairly understandable jump, going from 1512 with the Sistine chapel to what appears to be the mid 19th century. it's about the same leap from ~1100 to 1512.

[@princecharmingthemerman]

I like the Judie Dench but his voice was made for this.

[@hebablo]

Anyone play this audio when they ride the attraction?

[@brennangrady9645]

Yep. It still syncs up until you get into the new scenes at the end. Much better than listening to the new cheesy version, especially during the Rome scene.

[@aross-hb6jl]

Brennan Grady IT WAS NOT THE FIRST HIGHWAY IT WAS NOT THE FIRST BACKUP SYSTEM AND TAXES ARE NECESSARY FOR GROWTH IN SOCIETY. Judi Dench’s narration is very cheesy though

[@elizabethjenkins3942]

AT&T

[@jupiter9099]

18:32 - I remember that spiel.

[@douglasmurphy1113]

All I see and hear is Scar with a headset in a recording booth.

[@Angie2343]

Me too.

[@PinkLoveBug333]

yay! love this

[@CaptainJSparrow1010]

I was there in in 2012 and in regards to the burning Rome smell it was either broken or they took it out. And the chariot on the Mural was before they re-placed Jeremy Irons narration with the Judy Dench one.

[@Kevinm.9000]

Here's to the next 30,000 years

[@abraveastronaut]

Turns out we did the "flood of electronic babble" thing. Sorry, Mr. Irons.

[@Winter-The-Masquerade]

I hope that when SSE is redesigned I hope the new narration is as good as THIS One is. I think Dench is great but she just sounds like she was phony it in while Irons' is just iconic. This the story of humanity it should have narration that matches the story that creates all stories. Also the second half of the ride right now SUCKS! It's just asking us how lazy we want to be and then like 10 minutes of watching a loading screen while in a black void, it's like being in the PS3 Era of loading screens only on a Disney Ride. And not just any ride on the Central Icon of WDW's second most iconic and popular theme park. The previews for the new version looks good and I hope that it's as good as the original version. The idea of seeing the story of humanity as we see the light of storytelling evolve sounds great and fits with the central theme of the ride. I personally would love Irons to return to narrate the ride with the new story as his narration is just iconic. Make the second half of the ride as good as it was in the original and it could rival if not surpass the original.

[@focus471]

I am still adapting to her version..She has a great voice but there is something more surreal about iron's version...

[@CaptainJSparrow1010]

Jeremy Irons was the voice of Scar in The Lion King

[@JoelandtheBots]

Ugh his voice is so sexy

[@LordVenditto]

The music pops off at 13:05

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

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

[@CaptainJSparrow1010]

Then what was the question mark for?

[@icedragon23472]

Scar?

[@madrid7790]

Thank you for uploading this one. Truly. The new version with the English lady voice sucks.

[@ijreilly01]

agreed

[@icedragon23472]

I already knew that.

[@kylehill3643]

How much of Snow White is in the loop for real?

[@lizzygibbons6682]

It sound Like Scar From Lion King

[@apl175]

I keep expecting him to switch to Brideshead "On a sheep-cropped knoll under a clump of elms we ate the strawberries and drank the wine--as Sebastian promised, they were delicious together--and we lit fat, Turkish cigarettes and lay on our backs, Sebastian's eyes on the leaves above him, mine on his profile, while the blue-grey smoke rose, untroubled by any wind, to the blue-green shadows of foliage, and the sweet scent of the tobacco merged with the sweet summer scents around us and the fumes of the sweet, golden wine seemed to lift us a finger's breadth above the turf and hold us suspended."

[@lizzyg6094]

all i can think of is scar

[@lego606]

Well, the Judi Dench version...

[@IHeartButtercuts]

So glad that this is no longer used for Spaceship Earth. You can tell that it's old and tired just by listening to this compared to the newer, livelier Judi Dench version. I know that this is not the popular opinion, but it is just my opinion.

[@icedragon23472]

IHeartButtercuts ok sheep

[@marisasimms-crewe267]

What is this accent he is doing???

[@mattbrewster8051]

Very nice, but I'll always prefer the version with Walter Cronkite as Narrator, which included the delightful Tomorrow's Child finale.

[@CajunDieselMan]

walter cronkite was better

[@stobsea]

They should get Kiefer Sutherland to voice the next version of this ride.

[@Angie2343]

Talk to me, Scar.

[@matthewkirby6080]

Did the actor Jeremy kill James Earl Jones to upset a lion cub Simba in 1994 in real life or in Lion King?