Where Was the Epcot Ball Made?
Everyone Knows That Huge Silver "Golf Ball." It's the Icon of Epcot at Walt Disney World. but Almost No One Knows That World-Famous Symbol of an Orlando...
Everyone knows that huge silver "golf ball." It's the icon of Epcot at Walt Disney World. But almost no one knows that world-famous symbol of an Orlando vacation was built here in Tampa. "In effect, we made a tinker toy set that we shipped to the job site," said Bob Clark, who runs Tampa Steel Erecting Company.
Where was the Epcot ball built?
Spaceship Earth is a dark ride attraction at the Epcot theme park at the Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. The geodesic sphere in which the attraction is housed has served as the symbolic structure of Epcot since the park opened in 1982.How did they make the Epcot ball?
The panels are made of a material called Alucobond, which is essentially a sheet of polyethylene plastic sandwiched between two thin sheets of aluminum. The Alucobond website says that each panel of aluminum is 0.5mm thick, which is 0.02” thick aluminum.
Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.
