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Mickey Losing Arm
July 6, 2007
Epcot's Spaceship Earth. December 11, 2001 ©The Orlando Sentinel
Removing the arm will be no mean feat: it weighs 50 tons and the Epcot letters are each 36' high. With the arm and wand, the overall structure was the tallest at Disney World at 257'. Once down, that honor goes to two rides in Animal Kingdom: the Tower of Terror and Expedition Everest rides, both at 199'. They stopped at 199 because at 200' you have to put lights on the top off your structures for the benefit of aircraft.
The work should be completed by October 1. See the Chicago Tribune for more.