6 ABANDONED Disney Attractions That Are Still Standing
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For some reason, Disney just loves to leave old attractions to gather dust and rust backstage where nobody can see them. Today, I'll be going through six of these abandoned attractions, a quick history on all of them, and where you can find these vestiges of the past today.
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Video Credit (In Order of Appearance):
Bay Lake Boys Exploration Video- • Walt Disney World Junk...
A Day At EPCOT CENTER (1991) Central Florida Sights and Sounds- • Video
Cranium Command 60 FPS Central Florida Sights and Sounds- • REMASTERED at 60fps - ...
Matt Sonswa Cranium Command Exploration- • Disney Cranium Command...
Body Wars Footage WDW News Today- • Body Wars at The Wonde...
Matt Sonswa Body Wars Exploration- • Disney Body Wars Epcot
PeopleMover Ride Footage Tim Kent- • Disneyland PeopleMover...
PeopleMover 1994 lisavioletvideo- • People Mover February ...
Innoventions 2012 Footage Right Ear Videos - • Disneyland, Innoventio...
ImageWorks @ Epcot Dark Side of Disney- • Image Works @ The Imag...
Matt Sonswa River Country- • Disney's River Country... - บันเทิง
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The amount of money that goes into these places and are so quickly replaced or just abandoned BLOWS MY MIND
Yeah millions on millions...
Gee, I wonder where Disney GETS all that money!!!😉Can you say, "bloated admission"?
It also takes a lot of money to keep it running, so if its not making money its not worth keeping it running, yknow?
@@bradsmack1 When you consider the number of cast members it takes to keep the parks running, I suspect construction costs are a relatively small percentage of their overall budget.
@@smwsmwsmw Numbers would be nice to see on that, Steve. Not that you have to provide them.....it's just something that tweaks my curiosity! With the inevitable and predictable annual rise in cost, though, of materials, R&D, labor, and the persistent need to actually HAVE something erected and standing for the cast members to operate and man, it's possible, if not likely that construction costs are a relatively larger percentage of their overall budget than the generally static hourly cast member wage, regardless of roster count.
The company has to have SOME way (payroll and construction notwithstanding) to keep acquiring licensing rights to new intellectual properties on which to plan and build new lands and rides, and admission prices seem to be the most direct and obvious way to fund expansion. Not to mention, the company improving guest experiences in-park can always be built into PR campaigns, helping lead guests to an easy rationale for mortgaging the house to afford a summer visit!
For some reason, Body Wars is the most tragic, scary, and fascinating abandoned ride - at least to me. Something about the simulators still being in there is unnerving and amazing sounding at the same time.
Aparently they tested the revamped star tours ride film in the simulators with employees riding it so they were still in fully working order as recently as 2010/11 when they were tested. I forget which year this was but the simulators have since been removed and the rooms they were housed in are just empty
I definitely miss the PeopleMover. On a hot crowded afternoon, when the lines were all two hours long, my friends and I would go on the PeopleMover. It had a short line, it meant getting off our feet for twelve minutes or so, and it was a Walt ride, a ride he was personally connected to, which meant it was something special.
He would be disgusted at what his company has become. He wanted EVERYONE to be able to enjoy his parks, no matter how much money or status your family had.
Now with Disney removing his speech from the 75th anniversary thing we may be seeing Disney try to remove Walt altogether.
@@TheIonVain they're even skipping and going back. They celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2022 and their 100th is next? Baloney. Walt would be mad. This is a outrage!
PeopleMover is a tour now
People mover was awesome. Always great to sit down relax and chill and enjoy a ride thru Tomorrowland.
Something about things being abandoned yet accessible to see them is super fascinating to me. Especially animatronics
The anger of him when he said that walt Disney world had the people mover while Disneyland didn’t.
It's pretty fun
It’s my favorite ride at Disney World!
SpaceMountainAlum I was lucky to ride pre-movie pirates of the Caribbean when I was a kid at Disneyland.
Hilarious.
Magic kingdom has a people mover
9:32 For anyone wondering, the Disney Vacation Club Lounge is nice. It has some couches and pillows, it offers free refreshments, and Disney Video Games for the kids to play. I feel that the space is really open up there, and it offers a BEAUTIFUL view of the park. It’s been a few years since I’ve been up there though.
8:42 I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS SO FUNNY TO ME BUT HE JUST FULLY GOES UP THE STAIRS WITH PEOPLE WATCHING HIM LMAO
What we couldn't see were the multiple poison darts blown into his neck as he walked up the stairs.
HEY! You weren't supposed to see that old attraction! Ohhh shoot, he got by, the Boss is gonna get me for sure...
I would *LOVE* to be able to travel through time so I could experience every re-purposed, replaced and shut down Disney attraction!
Yes me too
Same here! So many of the cool ones closed before i was old enough to go! I got to go to Captain EO, Great Movie Ride, and the ride where you can customize your own thrill ride. But thats about it!
Same
My only question is who's replacing all these light bulbs in these abandoned rides like someone would have had to have replaced that desk light bulb for that animatronic at some point
95keat Wow.... you are probably the only person to think about that.... That really makes ya think!
It kinda seems like they want you to go in there and get in trouble
Prolly for security to patrol and not use flashlights 🤷♀️
Ricky Bennett That’s really interesting! I didn’t know that!
Prob a maintenance guy who cares enough to keep the light on.
My favorite extinct ride is THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE
Colton Gregory I was just over it! You had to tell me again!!! Noooo! I. Loved. That. Ride!
i go about once a year to disney world and like a few days after we left, we found out it would be closing. I’m going again in a little over a week. the great movie ride is one of my all time favorites and i have memories of it from when i was like 6. I remember always covering my eyes in the alien scene, but once my sister and i made a pact to keep our eyes open and we did. some of my best disney memories are from that ride. :(
Me too, and yet I am excited for the coming of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway when it pulls into the station.
That is so sad a lot of people loved that ride
@@tyler439 ok, now you're just making me sad 😓
I'm surprised you told the story of the PeopleMover without talking about why it's "no longer up to code". When they replaced it with Rocket Rods, apparently they didn't take into account the faster moving Rocket Rods added a lot more stress to the track and the supporting columns than the old slow moving PeopleMover did. So even though they took away Rocket Rods, they couldn't just bring back the PeopleMover.
BRING
BACK
THE
PEOPLEMOVER!!!
Disney World still has theirs!
You said it, man!
Just rode it 2 days ago at Disney World
I wouldnt go on it. I'd be terrified.
2 people died on that ride. It was their fault since they jumped from car to car but still.. It would give me the creeps.
Wolfie Gamer123 both were at Disneyland. The only peoplemover that remains is in Disney world. Plus, lots of deaths have happened at Disney parks. All amusement parks have had many deaths
As a child I loved body wars! because it reminded me of the magic school bus episode when they go inside Arnold’s body I believe.
It was the hat kids my mind is at blank with his name sorry
Ralphie! :)
@@DisneyDancer1990 yes that one
I remember body wars!! I thought it was fun!! It was one of the rides i had to ride more than once! Thnx fo the memories….just came from disneyworld last week!! I had not been in such a long time….but i had so much fun!! Can hardly wait to go back!!
I miss.... the lower cost park entrance fee!
I miss the smaller crowds.
So true. I'll never go to WDW again. The cost is too steep. And if anyone thinks it isn't hurting them, they're wrong. Been visiting theme park boards for months and Universal Orlando is pretty crowded. It's so packed I'll have to wait until September to go because they're remodeling a chunk of Harry Potter World. I don't know what the new attraction will be.
Disney is a hugh capitalist company and they continue to add to opportunities for entertainment. No matter how much they raise the price they still have large crowds. This includes during down times. I love Disney and am a Disney Vacation Club member..but see the prices go up every time we go. I still can afford it but there may come a time when that will not be possible. If my family is not there because of that there will be three more families that can. I know Disney pushes the progressive socialist agenda but they are capitalist first.
Disney has more money than they know what to do with, yet somehow the parks still aren't given the budget to create whatever they want. Many new attractions are cancelled, and the ones that are built are always scaled back.
Example (of many):
disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2018/05/disneys-animal-kingdom-avatar-land-1st.html
Also strange that Disney, the most visited parks in the world, has been worrying about and copying Universal lately.
Jack White How have they copied Universal? I’m not attacking you, just wondering about examples
This was my first time watching one of your videos, and I loved it! Thank you for highlighting River Country. As a former WDW Cast Member, I use to swim in the empty pool for practice. I was a lifeguard for Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge. Lake Patrol use to be stationed at the abandoned RC. The last time I swam in the pool, back in 2004, I did a flip turn and came up to see two vultures staring at me. Between them, the peacocks, and the unkept pool; it was time for me to hang up my goggles and to stop swimming there. 💚
I miss Country Bear Jamboree.
"The way you're always hibernating, you must be part bear."
"Awe, heck! I'm only part moose as it is!"
Ultrapilotray Its still at Disney World.
It still exists
I refuse to believe in any future where we don't have Buffalo wings or cheeseburger pizza.
BIG MOOD lol
Tim O'Connor both are gross.
David Ray No way buffalo wings are gross lmao
*Buffalo Pizza and Cheeseburger Wings.
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Imagine if the scanners were still on at body wars and it would tell disney someone trespassed
Long live the OG space mountain, when it wasn’t star wars themed
I know I was sad I liked when it would plaster it to the seat because of the speed now it's just sad not fast
I remember riding it when you sat tandem on a single seat (2 riders to a seat, 4 to a car) and it was a simple lap belt on the front person. WDW around 1979 or 1980. My mom thought my little brother was going to fly out!
At least it’s still there whino.
Dwårf ïn the trêes
It was star wars themed? because a few weeks ago I went to Magic Kingdom and I went on space mountain and it seemed normal, (I loved it btw, awesome ride)
@@autisticbbclebronjames right. Was there too. It was not Star wars themend
JUSTICE FOR FIGMENT. WE MUST RETURN TO IMAGINATION.
Still at Disney World.
@@lauriemalinowski6191 Not with Dreamfinder. The one now sucks.
One little spark
Of inspiration
Is at the heart
Of all creation
Just go to Epcot, Florida. Its there and its better
@@thepug475 LMFAO NO IT AINT 😂😂😂😂😂
8:41 HOW DID HE JUST DIP THROUGH WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT 😂
That's what I wanna know.
There was a person RIGHT beside the doorway
Probably works there
Just strolling on in like you just don't know
Employee?
I worked in the Imagination Pavilion in 2017 and I can confirm that there are still relics of the old Imageworks upstairs. The painting studio and music booths are still there but the Colour tunnel has been moved to the Disney museum. The issue they have with the upstairs of the building is that the emergency access is not up to code, particularly for those with disabilities. Or at least that's how I understood it.
Thank you for the update!
OkayRachael so where are they upstairs?
so when you look at the building there are the two glass pyramids. The one on the left is a DVC lounge open to the public and the one on the right is shut off and the only way through is via backstage now. Once you get up there the sculptures you used to be able to paint are high on the walls in the left corner. If you were to walk toward that on your right is the orchestra bit which looks very similar to how it looks downstairs and the colour tunnel foundation is still on the floor behind you. there was something else round a corner but i can't quite remember it. A lot of wall fixtures but not much stand alone furniture. It was very dark. Like I remember someone having to turn on the lights.
I miss the original and the upstairs!
You are correct about the emergency access thing, Rachael!From what I had heard, it was very difficult for physically disabled/handicapped guests to get up and down from ImageWorks, even with the Glass Elevator (which was kinda small).
I also had heard rumors that it had also something to do with making sure the structure didnt collapse from being used by so many people in such a short span of time (I think IW was originally meant to be an attraction for 2-3 years prior to the opening of EPCOT but was kept open because of its popularity with guests). Though who knows, it could've been likely just the emergency access issue.
What?! No 20000 Leagues? You can still see it. Its not even very well hidden.
Have you found the dragon that used to be in 20,000 Leagues? They kept some of the features from the old ride. If you look carefully, you can get a quick glimpse of the Sea Monster in Finding Nemo at Disneyland.
DisneyWorld's version has been repurposed so, it doesn't count as abandoned but intact. If you listed things that were later demolished or repurposed, Disneyland's Tower of Terror and Epcot's Horizons would be on the list.
I sure do miss that ride. Back in the 80s as a kid I thought it was real as we submerged underwater
I haven't been bk there since I heard about the 20k sub ride being g demolished. They tossed all but two subs into a landfill as well the majority of the props from the ride and repurposed the remaining subs .
Jesse Sanchez they destroyed one of them and a employee took the head, their were 2 for either side so the other not broken one is in a museum.
I miss the original Test Track.
Brenton same here
Brenton is that the one that got replaced by the cars land?
COLDisWICKED no it was at Disney world and they just “updated” the ride
Actually I was the world of motion
The new test track dosent make sense. Before your actually test drive a car. Now with same may out you just zig around
Mr. Toad at Disneyworld will always be missed
Mr Toad is buried in the Pet Cemetary at the Haunted Mansion! His memory lives on!
Mark P I agree.
Agreed. I remember when I was probably about 8 or 9, my father had me convinced that we were going to be hit by a train for real when the "car" got to the old lantern lol.
Yep .I remember that was the first ride I ever went on at DW in the early 70's but I'm going to visit my daughter in California & are going my first time to Disney Land so I'll get to ride it again there at least.
cmon, it was a two hour wait for a FAIR ride.....
Many of the pieces of attractions were sold off to cast members. I have a friend that has a people moved car on their back patio. I have the table and chairs from Peter Pan cafe when it was demoed for the new fantasy land. AMERICA SINGS characters were moved to Splash mountain. ( we called it America Screams after a cast member was crushed to death by jumping between stages... it was closed and stopped rotating soon after)
Ronald McKenzie it still rotated, just with breakaway walls
most people know that story by now. and i dont think she jumped between the walls. she got stuck
I miss the previous version of the Carousel of Progress. Now is the time! Now is the best time, now is the best time of your life! There's so much to cheer for, be glad you're here for, it's the best time of your life!
10:26 is that someone laid on the floor? i can’t be the only one that noticed that
Bruh
I noticed, im so scared
I noticed it too 😳
Probably a dummy used for cpr practice
Yeah for surre👁
I’ll bet my money that Disney is building a resort in River Country just to stop people from going into River Country.
Alexandra McGinnis lol would not surprise me
Disney World has been having trouble with the abandoned River Country becoming a breeding ground for alligators due to its inactivity and water access, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if Disney has decided to do something to hopefully fix that by building on or at least clearing the area. But to be fair, I'm not terribly caught up on all the goings-on at Disney locations.
I was told by a cast member at WDW that River Country actually closed because they were having trouble keeping the alligators out of the park and closed it before any patrons were seriously hurt. My guess if they put a resort there, they may still have this issue.
Donna Lynn I doubt the cast members is telling the truth. Seem highly unlikely that they close it because of alligators. I mean why would alligators go there when there is so many people around. I’m pretty sure it closed because of unpopularity, and Florida’s law. Today however I could believe the whole thing about building the resort to stop the alligators due to how abandoned River Country since there low activity and a good water source
Alexandra McGinnis - I loved River Country. Water Parks with really high slides are a dime a dozen in Florida, but Water Country was different. Natural.
* laying in the dark *
“Even buzzy’s face is still lit u-“
* pauses video *
nope nope nope nope
lolll
I have very fond memories of Epcot Center. I was there back in 98 when my parents took my sister and myself for vacation to Orlando. It's a pity to see that most of it is now abandoned. As a non-mainstream geek it was great to see technology (although somewhat dated) and world culture in one place.
My parents were DVC members and my dad worked for WDW from 1997-2011 after he retired from Phila F.D. and we moved to south lake county. Then i worked at MGM for a few years while i was in community college. We used to stay at Old Key West and Wilderness lodge all the time but also stayed at Grand Floridan, Boardwalk and Yacht and Beach Club. By the time i got older we were banking our points to go on a cruise every year or two. Did the Wonder, and rhe Magic twice. I know now how incredibly fortunate i was to grow up in central florida going to disney once, twice a year for 4-7 day vacations. I miss it tremendously and lost most of the memories and collectibles my parents saved in a house fire. I hope to one day be able to give my kids the kind of childhood i had
That footage of cranium command abandoned looks SO CREEPY...Buzzy still being lit up 😅😭
Hannah McGuire I know
It looks like my nightmares. Literally.
I remember hearing that some time after this video Buzzy went missing
Luckily he was found
As of 2020 the cranium commmand and the pavilion is being turned into the Play! Pavilion.
Seriously! Why keep it lit? 🤷🏻♀️
Innoventions was MY CHILDHOOD. I loved coming up with inventions when I was little so I loved that place, so sad when I came back and saw it was gone 💔
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Eo, The Great Movie Ride ... miss those!
Reva R Ditto to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was really different from the rest.
Reva R I loved 20000 leagues when I was a kid at WDW ...isn't it still at DL ?
A ride I never got to enjoy sad but true
I went to Disney in 2010 and they had brought back Captain Eo temporarily to honor MJ after his passing. It was so fun and unique!
I remember the Imagination Pavillion. There were the "music stations" he talks about where you would hit buttons and you'd hear drum sounds and blips would run up the nearby display. Then there were these tables with needles in them and you'd run your hands under the needles to make them move and see the needles move from the top of the table. I also recall a station where you would stand in an area with a blue-screen background and there was a video that "chroma-keyed" you into various scenes.
To answer the question of Body Wars' simulators, they are gone. Behind the walled off boarding doors, you will find nothing but an illuminated empty hangar. I've seen it!
Yeah I think I heard/read somewhere that they got reused for Star Tours and that was part of the reason it shut? And now the rumors are that the Disneyland ST might close and their simulators be used for something for the Marvel Land!
Out of curiosity, how have you seen it?
But once Star Tours went through it Refurb they changed some of the simulators and used the body tours ones
I'm glad you asked Alexandra McGinnis. At first I was trying to sneak in, but I was caught by a nice Cast Member. After I explained what I was doing, she was kind enough to lead me down the old queue, the vehicle viewing windows(which is where I saw the empty hangars), and the attraction exit.
Cyberdyne Systems they did apparently reuse it and cranium command is gone too.
When Disneyland first opened there was an attraction in Frontierland called Nature's Wonderland where you rode a pack mule through the "Old West". Part of the attraction was an Old West town which now forms part of Big Thunder Mountain. It's visible along the path to the entrance of the attraction. Not quite the same as just leaving it to the elements, but another example of Disney using part of an old attraction for a new one.
There was an attempt to replace the Disneyland People Mover with a futuristic, radio controlled, high speed car ride that used the PM track and loading dock. We were there on its opening day and between many malfunctions we were able to ride it. It was great fun, but due to the frequent stoppages, Disney scrapped it after just a few days and never tried again.
Love this history
10:25 totally looks like a body in swim trunks laying on the ground.
Vishpala Most likely a CPR dummy
I noticed that too!
Merely a discarded mannequin thought to be a part of the once-proposed "Felony Island."
Gone and Forgotten..Mr. Toad's Wild Ride..
I haven’t forgotten! It was my favorite ride! Isn’t it still at Disneyland though?
The went to hell ending was hilarious.
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@@EK-dt4cp It is, I just checked the map. I think what they're saying is that it's not popular anymore?? I wouldnt know, I've never been there.
this ride needs to come back
The People Mover! I used to love that! And it was great for letting parents sit for awhile before going on more rides. Not that this wasn't a ride.
The People Mover was changed to Rocket Rods, a much faster version. However it ALWAYS broke down and the lines took up a large area of Tomorrowland, so they eventually closed the entire track.
2:25 - The entire Wonders of Life pavilion at Epcot is largely abandoned these days, except for very limited periods during the Flower\Garden and Food and Wine festivals.
I remember riding Body Wars when I was like 3 or 4. They had the pavilion open for a convention thing once and you could still see where these attractions were located and it made me sad.
Also, when I went to Disneyland, I was so super surprised by the track being left for the People Mover. They should’ve just removed the tracks because it looks so weird.
Discovery Island
Skinny Daniel Disney World in the center of Bay Lake
There is this guy who works at the Hollywood studios park and he worked at Disney almost all his life and knows pretty much everything about Disney world ,everything abandoned and much more. Anyway he kept us and a group of people entertained while we were waiting for the fireworks. Next time you go keep an eye out for him if he doesn't retire by then.
Sadly another urban explorer checked body wars previously and sadly the simulators were removed mainly to use as spare parts for the revived Star Tours :( but yeah it's sad to see what happen to cranial command and much of Epcot :(
I haven't been to Disneyland since 1980. Last time I went, you needed to buy tickets for the rides. I came home with a bunch of unused tickets. Wish I had kept them. Reason I didn't use all my tickets, every ride had long lines. We spent like 2 hours in line just to ride the new Space Mountain. We use to go like 4 times a year when we lived in L.A. I remember the ride where you look in the mirror and you can see a ghost in your lap. Or Peter Pan ride, here we go! Or the tea cups.
Ah the lettered tickets, with "E" tickets being for the fanciest rides. The ghost projections was in Haunted Mansion, I remember it turned the vehicle you were in sideways as it passed by the mirror and a tiny projector in the center of the vehicle itself would simply project the ghost image.
Should've kept those tickets! They are definitely a collector's item today worth lots of $.
@@Kurt77777 Wish I would of kept them. I thought of throwing them away many times then I'd change my mind. I never imagined there would be internet someday.
God, am I old. I remember when Ebcot was just a picture on a display board.
Me too lol
Yup it’s so different now
Haha I remember my first vacation to Florida they were building Disney world at the time
They also must have changed the name from ebcot to epcot
Personal favorite/heartbreaker for me is (yet another) Epcot example: the old stage that once hosted Kitchen Kabaret (a charming nutrition-themed animatronic musical show) and later on Food Rocks (a more dated "modern" replacement of KK) is still sitting behind Soarin'. No joke; look around the back of The Land/Soarin' pavilion and you'll see a giant, technicolor fridge-shaped building. IIRC, some of the Food Rocks animatronics are still inside the stage (specifically a few in the ceiling and floor).
Sami Dark I miss both
It was actually removed during the last few years during a bathroom expansion thing.
Jeez, really? Replaced with bathrooms? :(
Darn yea I recall now I was at Epcot last week and the ladies rooms were new that’s where the stage was!
Sami Dark Yup. Squatters where a ride once was. Kind of disappointing.
Disney loves to Abandon attractions and then leave it like a Monument to the old attractions.
"I?... I am a Monument to all your Sins. This is Not your grave... But you are welcome in it..."
“Relax, I’d rather not piss this thing off”
-people trying to sneak past security
Halo 3 is one my favorite video games
+gamerpro504 And yet we don't give a shit.
I give a shit :(
gamepro504 that was Halo 2
I love the people mover at Disney World. It was kind of cool you end up behind the scenes in Space Mountain. It is nice a ride to just relax and take a break and get a cool view of Tomorrowland.
I miss the old tom sawyers island (I hate the weird pirates remake,
The closed down fort and the way they basically use it as a staging area for fantasmic
Oh no! Really? That was my favorite place there!
@@robbyrob0723 Yea, they basically closed off the entire northern half of the island along with it. I remember spending so much time running around in all the tunnels and fort. At least WDW still has it as Tom Sawyer island and the whole island is still open (at least I think they still do).
The best way to get backstage is to join a high school marching band that goes to Disney to perform every other year. They take you backstage and you get to see nearly everything behind the scenes and it’s quite interesting.
I used to work at Epcot and the little pavilion where Cranium Command used to be is so jarring.
DamiAnimated what does jarring mean?
Xty100 like an unpleasant feeling
@@xtyna100 england slang for annoying
loving the WOL music loop. Last time I visited EPCOT, in august, it still played. I hopped the rope, but but didn't go inside. Instead I just stood there and felt the EPCOT Center vibes
I grew up in Orange County CA, and with Disneyland. It was so exciting in 1967 when Tomorrowland was completely remodeled and updated. That was when the People Mover was added along with Adventure thru Inner Space & The Carousel of Progress. In 1991 I found myself living in Orange County, FL, so my visits to Disneyland were much fewer and farther between. My last visit to Disneyland (2000-02) I was so disappointed in Tomorrowland. It looked crowded and trashy to me. I was very disappointed that the People Mover was gone. I really enjoy the Tomorrowland Transit Authority at Magic Kingdom, and the very first thing I noticed was how the technology for motion was different. At Disneyland you have rubber tires in the track that turn and pull the cars along. At the TTA it's done with linear induction magnetic motors. The ride is much smoother than the old People Mover at Disneyland.
Makes me sad that epcot is now a shell of its former self. The original park sounds fantastic to have experienced.
MoonOnATuesday in the 80s it was very futuristic! Had a great feel. By the 90s it started falling behind and Walt’s vision of a distant future never got a proper full on update):
It was! I can confirm cause I went often starting in 1989. The original Journey Into Imagination was my all time favorite. The only Future World attraction that is still, for the most part, unchanged is Spaceship Earth. I miss the old Epcot. 😭
EPCOT Center 1989-1991 was the best ever! Epcot theme park nowadays, ehhh we still have drunkytown but that’s about it.
MoonOnATuesday I went in 1990, my Mom brought me to Disney World / Epcot for my 8th birthday. It was incredible. I will absolutely never forget how cool it was. Kinda sad my kids won't see the things I saw. It was truly futuristic. Captain Eo was 3D and it felt REAL. Unbelievable. After reading your comment and others, I know I need to thank my Mom again for that experience 💯
Thank you guys, i love hearing your experiences. Im a big fan of the futurist movement that inspired EPCOT. I would have loved to experience it, but im glad you guys did and are able to tell us.
Please don't put innoventions music over your video. It's way too much nostalgia at once.
I missed the sky tram in Disneyland the one that goes from tomorrow land to fantasy land ! It had a nice view of the park and it was a quick way to skip the crowds underneath!
louie perez yes, a quick way that few used. Too bad someone had to go and do something stupid and die on it, so they closed it down 😕
The loading building for the Sky Tram in Fantasyland is still there, just past the Casey Jones Railroad before you cross into Frontierland. You just have to know where to look, as trees have grown up in front of it, but it's still in the same spot.
You can also see the concrete circles on the ground where the support towers once stood.
AH yeah, that was totally a sneaky essential trick we used as teens hanging out there in the 80s.
Got to give this guy credit for making this adventure into the forbidden world. I imagine every theme park has it's nightmarish stories. I saw all of Epcot from the beginning. Fond memories with family at Disney world. Thanks for sharing this!
A couple of my childhood favorite Disneyland attractions that are still (kinda/in some way) standing today are: The Motorboat Cruise (the old dock is still standing and currently serves as a seating area for Edelweiss Snacks near the Matterhorn) and The Keelboats (which was a jungle cruise-like humor-based boat ride around the rivers of America. One boat still remains docked by the cabin on Tom Sawyer’s Island and the loading dock for the ride currently serves as a smoking section along the rivers of America)
Thomas Stanley I still miss the motorboat cruise. One of my most vivid Disneyland memories is going on that with my dad around 1977.
WE NEED TO CLEAN UP ONE OF THE RIVER COUNTRY SLIDES AND PUT SOAP AND WATTER ON IT SO WE CAN RIDE IT ONE MORE TIME. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A VIDEO OF THAT!!!! THAT LAST PERSON TO RIDE THE RIVER COUNTRY SLIDE!!!
$10,000 Leagues Under the Sea!!
3:33 buzzy guards his realm.
this is where he lives no
also 333 x 2 is 666 so there
Buzzy's soul is trapped in an eternal Limbo
I love the EPCOT music playing, giving a reference to the greatest project abandoned by Disney.
Huh
I’ve taken my family to WDW more times than I can count, and I’ve never understood the abandoned attractions at Epcot. Some of the abandoned attractions in this video might be dated, but with very little money and effort they could be modernized just enough to open for smaller children. Back when my kids were very young, they would have enjoyed these attractions for the air conditioning if nothing else! Epcot feels like the hottest park! (am I right?) A few years ago, we sat through the re-release of the Captain EO attraction for that very reason. We endure the Carousel of Progress at Magic Kingdom for the same reason, but it’s become special to us over the years. “There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow.” Just don’t stand up on that one, Cast Members get cranky if you do. As always, great video! “Oh! It’s a great big beautiful tomorrow…”
I remember i saw Captain Eo on my 8th birthday. 😬 I'm 36 now and it was so completely amazing back then
A lot of this was during. The Eisner era at Disney when Disney Parks went all in blind on Euro Disneyland in Paris and had a underwelming opening day. That loss cascaded in to projects getting cancelled and Budget cuts to existing projects. Peoplemover was a victim of the Rocket Rods ride reusing it's track by building the new track over it's structure. With no banking.
Animal Kingdom is even hotter. The Africa area particularly, because the opportunities for shade are limited in that space. And you naturally spend more of your time outside there.
I saw Captain EO on the re-release after Michael Jackson died; it was an interesting historical artifact. Kind of charming, but also goofy. It was a bit different from the original release, because they were re-using the motion effects from "Honey, I Shrunk The Audience" instead of doing the original in-theater effects.
You could definitely see where all the money went, though I noticed that the 3D cinematography was not as refined as in modern 3D movies.
Matt McIrvin you have a good point. But for whatever reason we do the rafting first at Animal Kingdom (long story). We always end up buying clothes after and we end up walking around feeling cooler I guess.
I went to River Country the last season it was opened.. The water was NOT very cold at all. But it was a bright bright green
I remember it being incredibly cold in 1998. It wasn't that green at that point. I bet the algae was helping insulate the water and kept it warmer.
I'm sure that health regulations regarding swimmers and chlorinated water for amusements had something to do with it, too.
When I was a kid back in the 1960's Disneyland had a ride in tomorrow land called Monsanto's Inner space. As we stood in line there was an overhead display showing people standing on a moving platform like we were, only they seemed to be reduced in size.
"so they can just keep some closed and not do anything with them for 20 years" can we get an f in the chat for 20,000 leagues under the sea
This video makes me so sad I just want all the 90s rides back and all the new rides gone.
Desiree Delilah 🙄🙄🙄
i like them all :)
I remember going to River Country as a kid. I was about 6yrs old and when I talked to other people about Disney's third water park, they never believed me about it. I also remember going to Discovery Island in the middle of the lake.
I was surprised he didn't mention Discovery Island. That's still abandoned. Like a whole island lol
Truhopefaith You are Right!! River Country. The memories of me losing my family and being so scared! And Discovery Island!!!
@@zackdia It won't be built on because there is no underground to provide services out of the view of visitors. I had thought they would have cleared the island and built a hotel on the land, but it may violate the green space requirements that the park has to maintain or get heavily fined. All of the WDW Parks are either on the 2nd or 3rd level above ground which allows for supply, trash collection, and maintenance vehicles to travel under the park and out of the view of guests. It's also how you may see a cast member turn down an alley and around a corner and "disappear" because there is a hidden door that allows them to go under the park to move around without answering questions every 3 steps.
I remember both of those. A giant bird crapped on my in the aviary in Discovery Island...
River Country was too cold and dangerous to be a Disney Park these days...
The People Mover is still up and running at Magic Kingdom. 😁
Thanks for all of your work on this video Matt & Jake
10:25 Am I wrong or is that a human body on the floor
Literally Who right!?
Wtf?!
That's what I was going to ask. Looks like a body laying behind that trailer. #creepy
OMG YOU RIGHT!! I JUST REALIZE IT AFTER SEEN COMMENT SECTION . It is a human body?? SUPER CREEPY
I see it omg to creepy
River Country was fabulous, and the "cold" water wasn't even that cold, it was great for the Florida weather, glad I had a chance to experience it, along with a lot of the other now gone attractions at both parks.
Subscribed because somebody finally includes the Wonders of Life pavilion attractions in his videos about old Disney attractions (so many people seem to have forgotten/excluded this part of the park that I had seen as a kid)
Been to Epcot many times over the years, but never remember going on Cranium Command. Loved the upstairs area after the original figmant ride. Miss the jumping containing off to the side.
Extinct attractions? How about tower of terror at Disneyland!
Too soon?
I so miss America Sings. It was fun, entertaining, memorable, and my kids looked forward to it each time we went to Disneyland. Same for Bear Country Jamboree !
Wesley Burnham Country Bear Jamboree is still at Florida. It has aircon, which is the main reason people go to it.
Christopher Garcia I agree
I live in florida so I have been to Disney World lots of times. I have never been to Disney Land but I dont think I want to if we still have a lot of rides that have closed in California.
Slimmy_007 we went to Disney world for the first time last month. I got to ride tower of terror. Is it an old attraction?
Good, Get rid of the Primeval Whirl and the entire carnival area while your at it. The entire area is a eyesore and the opposite of what Walt wanted in a theme park.
I really miss the attractions that used to be at Disney Land and I'm glad you talked about them
My boy doing great, u hit one mill on this video! Keep up the good work man!
I was at Disneyland in '68 (5y/o). I rode the people mover. I remember my brother looking down and spitting on a hippy. I also remember the carousel of progress and it's a small world ride.
Spitting on a hippie lol
That was me he spit on! What an ahole
They axed Small World!? Oh it must have been racist.
That’s probably why they closed it because of people like your brother
your obsession with the people mover is baffling
Gmabbit my (now) 5 year old would beg to go on it every time we ventured toward Tomorrowland while at WDW. Idkw but she is obsessed with it too, for some it’s a magnet.🤷🏼♀️ I honestly love all Disney rides, there’s something about the nostalgia that just makes me smile~ I guess riding them as a kid and now with my kids makes it magical. Maybe the memories are why he likes it so much?
@@miiimiiisssonggg As a kid (now almost 40) I loved the people mover because it brought you "into space mountain". I was so afraid to go on Space Mountain so this was the closest I would get. I still love the people mover and make my family go on it every time we go to WDW.
I loved The Great Movie Ride so much. Something you could of mentioned is that after the people mover at Disneyland was taken away *sob* they redid the tracks and made the ride Rocket Rods. For the line for that attraction they closed Circle Vision.
I Romberg seeing the carousel of progress when it debuted at the 1964 New York worlds fair along with it’s a small world
Me too!
I love that you use Disney World/ Disney Land background music! I think it fits perfectly in your videos and really sets you apart from other Disney youtube channels.
Love the video keep then coming!
I always love listening to your videos. Your voice is so soothing but keeps my attention at the same time.
the flying saucers, pack mules, and the mine train ride at Disneyland
River country was a great alternative to the "main" parks, especially for those that have stayed at Fort Wilderness campground. I wasn't a big water park guy but the kids and wife loved it. It is sad that it is not used, for that purpose any longer. Thanks for sharing...
Some people won't count Nara Dreamland, but I do because technically Walt did send imagineers to work on the park. So my favorite abandoned "Disney" attraction is Nara Dreamland, even though the park is extinct now...
I remember seeing the holes still in the Matterhorn mountain the skyride went through. Always loved that ride too.
It's interesting to note that the new DVC hotel on the site of river country is currently in hiatus, and may have even been cancelled. It had moved to the point that foundations were being put in, then stopped. No reason given--however there is also a new DVC going in by the Poly. There has even been some construction fences going up to the east of the TTC--an area that had once had a planned hotel, but apparently the land could not support the foundations.
If anyone's wondering about the carousel theater or whatever it was called in tomorrowland, as of like mid July 2019, the upper balcony space is used as a dessert lounge by reservation only with a great view of the fireworks. Its called the Tomorrowland skyline lounge. No idea what is going on inside, but I was there and the occasional cast member would use the stairs which were blocked off to the public, probably because theres access into the theater. So yeah. Not torn out. Not yet.
I miss (from the Anaheim location) the "Adventure Through Inner Space" ride. When I was a kid I called it the "microscope ride".
That was one of my favorites! A while back, someone made a DVD version of it using computer animation and the original audio track; it was really cool.
One of my favorites too! Brought to you by Monsanto.
I have never clicked on a video so fast.
Hessed3712 same here!
Hessed3712 why not?
Best way to get me hooked, Disney and Abandoned Places! Subscribed! :)
"Honey I shrunk the audience" was the best thing at 2morrowland especially if ya trippin.
Body wars was great! My young self really loved going through the body and saving that person from the SPLINTER!
Growing up the first time to Disney in Florida they were just starting to build Space Mountain. My favorite ride was the 20,000 Leagues ride and I was mesmerized by the Hall of the Presidents.
Really good video. Thanks👍 you are good at what you do!
Thank you! I just subscribed to your channel great work I’m looking forward to future videos on catching up on the ones that I have messed have a great day and thank you again for sharing