With the exception of the very first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I have not been super enthusiastic about Disney World rides being turned into projects for the screen. Now, movies turned into rides at Disney World are a whole other thing, but when it comes to the former category, entries I’ve seen include The Haunted Mansion (2003). The Haunted Mansion (2023), Tomorrowland and Jungle Cruise. Given these movies range from fine to what I like to describe as “eh,” I was not super enthusiastic to hear another Disney attraction getting the screen treatment. That is, until I heard one key detail. A few days ago, the studio broke the news that it has plans to bring a Disney ride into the homes of anyone with a Disney+ subscription. The ride in question? None other than Epcot’s infamous Spaceship Earth. You know what I’m talking about: that giant, white spiky ball thing that’s become the icon of the theme park, and is also notable for occasionally serving as a landing point for lightning strikes. The streamer itself dropped the bombshell news, noting the new project will be a Disney+ series, and it’s landed a pilot order at the streaming service. With me so far? At this point I was not hyper enthusiastic. Sure, people who have been going on family trips to Walt Disney World Resort for decades do have fond feelings about Spaceship Earth, and it’s a fun ride to cool down on during a hot day at Epcot. However, it’s not really the type of ride that I’d say screams “storyline” nor is it the type of ride that screams “cool.” My first instinct here was obviously to be underwhelmed. My mistake. (Image credit: Disney Parks)But One Detail Makes A Spaceship Earth Project Stand OutThen, I read a little bit closer and this one component of the potential project caught my attention: Loki’s head writer Michael Waldron is involved. This is intriguing for two reasons. The first is that Loki low-key is probably the most interesting series to have ever graced the app that is Disney+. Tom Hiddleston was already a beloved MCU character before the show hit, but the half-hour series really hit helped move the needle for the MCU, and to me it stuck the landing with all the time travel stuff. Which brings me to reason No. 2 the writer stood out to me. Waldron is on board to executive produce and co-write the pilot order, which to me became very important once I read Disney’s logline for the potential series. When a mission to avert an imminent global cataclysm goes awry, a small band of teenagers from Earth’s past and future must join forces to confront a threat as vast and mysterious as time itself.So, yes, there’s going to be more wibbly-wobbley, timey-wimey stuff headed up by a guy who has already nailed the landing with time travel stuff. So, now I’m getting more enthusiastic (though I thought Jungle Cruise’s backstory had great potential too, and it only ended up being fine). To note, time travel has been a nice little subgenre for Disney+ between Loki, the underrated Find Me In Paris, and Doctor Who also being housed on Disney+, though the latter will be shifting for the next streaming season. I’m still not super clear on what the logline has to do with the big ball that is Spaceship Earth, and I don’t know if this will even make it out of the pilot stage and become a real series. However, at this point, I am willing and open to give it a chance, which is more than I I know I would have said prior to learning all these juicy time travel details.