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Fans Worry that Construction Is Delayed on Disney's "Mission: Space" Ride.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2002

By John Raoux, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 28--Is Walt Disney World's much heralded "Mission: Space" ride still going to blast off next year as planned?

Epcot visitors began wondering after Disney World officials removed the large daily countdown sign at the Mission: Space construction site earlier this month.

"We did take down the countdown clock, but there isn't any delay with the construction of Mission: Space," said Bill Warren, a Disney World spokesman.

The problems began when visitors did the math on the countdown sign and figured out the clock ended on Memorial Day in May 2003. They began calling Disney to book rooms for that date, asking for assurances the $100 million-plus ride would...

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