World Celebration · Dark ride
Spaceship Earth
Travel through scenes tracing human communication from the Stone Age to the digital era inside EPCOT’s iconic geodesic sphere.
15 min
live wait
Dark ride
Mild thrill
Any height
Before you ride
Dark scenes and a slow backward descent.
Expert tip
Notice the detailed historical scenes during the ascent, then look for the view of the stars near the top.
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⏱ Typical wait by hour
✅ Best time to ride: around 8 PM (~8 min) · also good around 9 AM (~10 min)
Busiest around 11 AM (~30 min)
| 9 AM | 10 minutes |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 25 minutes |
| 11 AM | 30 minutes |
| 12 PM | 23 minutes |
| 1 PM | 17 minutes |
| 2 PM | 14 minutes |
| 3 PM | 14 minutes |
| 4 PM | 15 minutes |
| 5 PM | 14 minutes |
| 6 PM | 11 minutes |
| 7 PM | 10 minutes |
| 8 PM | 8 minutes |
Average standby wait from 10 days of live waits, in park time (ET). Real waits vary with crowds, weather and breakdowns.
Spaceship Earth stats
Spaceship Earth is a dark ride at Epcot. It was built by Walt Disney Imagineering, opened in 1982 and lasts about 15 minutes. There's no height requirement. The best time to ride is usually around 8 PM or 9 AM, when waits are shortest.
- Type
- Dark ride
- Manufacturer
- Walt Disney Imagineering
- Model
- Omnimover
- Opened
- 1982
- Track length
- 1,400 ft
- Top speed
- 2 mph
- Height
- 180 ft
- Drop
- 0
- Inversions
- 0
- Duration
- 15 min
- Height requirement
- Any height
💡 Fun facts
- The geodesic sphere is about 180 feet tall
- Spaceship Earth opened with EPCOT in 1982.
Reviews
A little slow but I like the concept
BrettAlex EXPERT9/10
I know its a little outdated now but still this is such an amazing ride/concept. I hope when they update it they keep that feel of humans through time. And of course thank the Phoenicians.