"No, Elcot is not part of Disney"

[Bright Scouter]

That shows how stupid I am!

I always thought they probably roll it over on top of the fountain and turn the fountain on to clean it. I just figured it was one of those balls that looks suspended on the streams of water, rolling around. Getting all clean and shiny!

What a moron I am! Should have know it takes a night crew to clean it.

[Honda Enoch]

Your all wrong. Every night SSE is lowered into the underground maintenance area and cleaned and polished and repaired.

It's really cool to see. the mirror center lifts SSE up and the legs then fold away from it. it is then lowered down in to the big hole in the ground. In the morning it is raised up the legs fold back into place and it is lowered down onto them.

:D:

[Malpass93]

I have the true answer.

In the early 1980s, there was a huge risk of war with the USSR, called the Cold War. Unbeknownst to many, Spaceship Earth was made to metamorphisize into a Transformers-stylee robot, ready to take to the skies at any given moment. When the Cold War ended in the early 90s, the ability was disabled. Now, the system is used to move SSE into the Cleaning Zone, ready for the next day. This is also where the rainwater is deposited.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Ummm, sorry there youngster, but the cold war was WAY before the 80's

try the 50's and 60's,

and yes, its sad but I remember it!

[Malpass93]

Ummm, sorry there youngster, but the cold war was WAY before the 80's

try the 50's and 60's,

and yes, its sad but I remember it!

"They're tourists, whadda they know?"

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[Syndrome]

I do have to confess that once upon a time, Mr. Syndrome actually believe that all of Epcot was in that ball. This was long before I knew him and before he had any desire to ever actually see Disney World. As soon as we got married, I dragged his butt down to Florida, booked a room at Wilderness Lodge and had The Chip installed overnight. Now he's a good Disney-loving kind of guy who is ashamed of his past Stupid Guest Assumption.

[drcorey]

Don't know where elcot is, but I have a apricot in my lunch if you want it.