I never got to go on the rocket ride, on the people mover track. I have seen videos, it looks cool and fun. I just want it back so that i can try it out.
With the advent of Gear VR, Google Cardboard, and Google Daydream Disney has been looking for ways to cash in on VR. The sad thing is they could very easily just recreate their extinct attractions in VR from the original blueprints and have an instant success.
The Peolpemover actually closed because Rocket Rods used the Peoplemover track. It was the Rocket Rods that was damaging the tracks and the damage a due to speed-related vibrations, not vehicle weight.
Omg, my heart just did a goo-gooey-flutter-flutter at the very idea of that! The one thing I miss THE MOST is the night-time electrical parade at Magic Kingdom called “SPECTRO-MAGIC”! It was the first time a parade ever made me cry - and I didn’t even notice that my cheeks were soaked with tears… until it was over and we were walking away! So crazy!! If I could have ONLY ONE Disney World Wish, it would be to bring that exact parade back (in its original format) so I could take in that breath-taking magic & beauty once again! Even now, if I search & play the Spectro-Magic song here on TH-cam, the magic is gonna get me again and my tear ducts will work overtime! So strange how that can happen… To be fair, bag pipes get me going too for some reason. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Funny, It would likely be one of the more popular parks. Maybe it would make the so-called imagineers step back and think, "Hey, maybe our decision to remove that ride wasn't the best decision after all".
I was born in 1970 and when we started going to Disneyland as a kid, I was only able to go on few rides. Which included The people mover, Adventure through inner space and the Skyway. A very cool gimmick on the Inner space ride was when waiting in line, you could look through a microscope of a row miniature Omni-movers on a miniature conveyor belt. And then on the ride when "shrunk" you could look up at the bottom of a giant microscope with a big eye looking at you. Pretty cool effect from a 6 year old perspective.
Chris Disney This might sound dumb, but I think the late 70's. I have great memories with my parents and my brother going there. Especially on the Matterhorn. We would argue about which parent we would get to ride with LOL. But the 80's were a great time too.
America Sings is the number one thing I miss, along with Adventure Through Inner Space, the original Main Street Electrical Parade, The Skyway, The People Mover (with TRON) and I had the pleasure of experiencing all of these many, many times over (born in 1970).
Thank you. I was looking for this. No one remembers America Sings. Or...wait...am I thinking of America the Beautiful? It was in the huge round building that was basically a round wall-to-wall IMAX experience of the different eco features of America. Yes?
My only trip to Disneyland, I rode Adventure Through Inner Space in 1981 when I was 11. I remember it vividly. It got me interested in chemistry. Tiki Room was cool as well...remember it too.
I know it is still in a few parks such as the Magic Kingdom. But I really miss the Country Bear Jamboree. It holds a lot of precious memories for me, and always felt like such a classic disney experience. I would really want to see it return to disneyland some day.
WDW Version 1. Great Movie Ride. 2. 20,000 Leagues. 3. Original Journey Into Imagination. W/ upstairs 4. Playhouse Disney Show with Bear in the Big Blue House and Winnie the Pooh and Stanley and Roly Poly Oly 5. The Living Seas/Mr Toad
I loved Adventure through Inner Space. And thanks for showing the opening and closing dates. I had no idea it lasted until I was almost 25! It was a really trippy, beautiful ride. Perfect for the 60's. My dad, however, thought it was a bit cheesy because the large snowflakes were clearly made out of styrofoam. But a very cool ride overall. Also miss the People Mover - a great low-key ride that let you relax but you still got to see so much and be a part of all the goings on in Tomorrowland.
Maybe there should be a replacement to Journey thru Inner Space where instead of shrinking to an atom, you go further an further down a fractal. (Look up the mandelbrot set if you don't know.)
The boats were a wonderful break on a hot day. Disneyland had a few rides which were designed to give people a quiet space in their day, or some physical relief, and the boats were one of them. I really liked them, and I miss those little breaks built into things. The park's gotten way too intense and taxing for me.
Growing up in Southern California in the late 60's and 70's, I had the pleasure to ride on all of these Extinct Attractions. I agree with all of the Riding Attractions you listed except for the motor boats (you can ride a very similar ride at Legoland California). They sucked and would still suck. Also they were not located where the Finding Nemo ride is... that was still basically the same ride before 'Finding Nemo" with a more exploration theme. the boats were up closer to "It's A Small World" between the two Autopias that existed then. I don't know why they changed the Swiss Family Robinson Tree house to the Tarzan Tree house, except for I don't think there are many kids who have seen the movie. I think they should relocate Star tours to Star Wars Land and replace "Adventures Through Inner Space" I no longer live in So Cal, but I am taking my family to Disneyland in early 2018. I can not wait!
Bring back The Carousel of Progress. When you're hot and tired and need a A/C break, there's nothing better than getting 20-25 minutes of coolness watching a show.
I remember all of the rides featured in this video... and loved them all.... but then I was a nerdy kid who loved educational rides like the Journey to Innerspace and Rocket to the Moon... and my mom had my sister and I read the Swiss Family Robinson prior to our family vacation to Disneyland in the early 70s... thank you so much for this series.... I love your videos. ❤
I've been going to Disneyland since the early 60's and remember when The People Mover and Adventures Through Inner Space opened. I was not a fan of the People Mover, as a kid I found it boring. Aside from being a nice place to take a rest, I don't get it. I loved ATIS and would enjoy seeing a updated version return. I also loved the original SFR treehouse, but I think the Tarzan theme is more relevant and has a wider appeal than a live action film from 1960. The motor boats were ok. They actually existed before the submarine lagoon. Once the lagoon was built it appeared like it connected to the other waterway, but it did not. The lagoon had to have clear filtered water. The motor boats water was dyed to hide the track the boats were on.
Bruce Marshall I agree about the people mover. Same with the sky way. They were both attractions that when you got on them you instantly regretted it and wanted off. Except you had to wate until they completed their trip. Plus no one was really riding them hence why they got rid of them.
Heads up: Motor Boat Cruise shared the same water as the submarine voyage. It wasn't there instead of the Submarine Voyage. You can still go on the dock of the motorboat cruise and last time I was there you could still find some track in the water!
That is incorrect. The Submarine Lagoon and Motor Boat Cruise waterways were never connected but separated by a seawall below the Fantasyland Autopia overpass.
You are right in a way. There was a small wall separating the two but it was still all the same water. When the lagoon was drained so that Nemo could be added in, the water in the former motor boat cruise area was also subsequently drained.
It was not the same water system. The Submarine Lagoon was a clear water system while the Motorboat Cruise was part of the main water system which was not clear.
That'll be great but at the same time they don't really interact with marvel that much. So I doubt they'll add the "advture thru inner space" as a Ant Man ride.
Why? Why does everything Disneyland HAVE to be connected to a cartoon or comic book now? One of the cool things about the park used to be that there were a lot of rides that had NOTHING to do with the movies.
DAMN! Seeing the Skyway part going through the mountain brought back a few scraps of memories of my parents when they were together as I was a pre-schooler at 3 or 4 years old going on that ride and all of us "Whoa"ing when we went through the mountain. Thanks for giving back that those precious and forgotten memories!
Theres no way im gonna be able to afford to go see the event but someone should print a picture of his stickfigure and ask him to sign it after the show.
I first went to Disneyland a couple of months after it first opened, at age three, so I've been going for awhile. The ride I miss the very most is the Carousel of Progress. It gave such a positive view of what the future would be! You can get a feel for what it was, and hear the theme song, in the first few minutes of the movie Tomorrowland.
The People Mover and Inner Space were two of my favorite attractions when I was a kid, so I agree with you there. My most wanted ride, though, that I would like to see come back but never will is the Mine Train. I was really young when I went on it, but I still have fond memories of that ride.
Born in 81. Not sure if I ever got to ride Innerspace, but I've done the rest on this list. People Mover didn't close for the reason you gave. Rocket Rods replaced People Mover ad a thrill ride but didn't have the budget to make the changes needed on that track. It was only $25 million. The rods took their toll on the track (possibly the buildings, too!). Houston Intercontinental Airport also has a Disney People Mover that still operates today.
It was the Rocket Rods that destroyed the track, not the weight of the Peoplemover. And they never could keep the Rocket Rods working, they constantly broke down. They need to do something with that space. If they moved the rockets upwards and brought back the Peoplemover (and the theater up there), they could move a huge chunk of Tomorrowland traffic up there and free up the walkways. Like it used to be.
Journey through inner space would be a great come back - especially since some of the narration is included in the Ant-Man movie! Even some of the sound effects. With the Avengers being all the rage right now, it would be a cool, retro-Chic, multigenerational ride!
#1: “the Peoplemover.” Me: “What? Wait-?” “Though it’s still in WDW, it’s been removed in Disneyland...” Me: “thank God. Oh, I feel bad for the people.”
Hi! Just found your channel! I'm 48 and remember all these extinct rides and I completely agree with this line up. As they all left the park, I was devastated and a kid/teen. And YES, Adventures through Inner Space would be amazing today! Also, I miss the old submarine ride. The original way. I know it got changed to the Little Mermaid at one time but I'm not sure if they did anything else with it. Now, I'm off to binge watch more of your episodes! Happy New Year!
You're my same age! I have never been to Disneyland but I've been to Disney World more times then I can count. I miss having Toontown and I wish I was able to ride Mr. Toad's Wide Ride. 💚💚💚
There were so many ride/attractions that are gone, some great, some not so great 1. Adventure through inner space - Tomorrowland 2. Skyway - Tomorrowland to Fantasyland 3. People Mover - Tomorrowland 4. Motor Boats - Fantasyland 5. Rocket Rods (Same track as people mover) - Tomorrowland 6. Carousel of progress & America Sings - Tomorrowland 7. SFR Treehouse - Adventureland 8. Circle Vision 360 - America The Beautiful & American Journeys - Tomorrowland 9. Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars - Tomorrowland 10. Country Bear Jamboree - Bear Country 11. Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland - Frontierland 12. Pack Mules Ride - Frontierland 13. Mike Fink Keel Boats - Frontierland 14. Big Thunder Ranch - Frontierland 15. Captain Eo, Honey I Shrunk the Audience - Tomorrowland 16. Tahitian Terrace - Adventureland
Actually the PeopleMover was turned into another, fast-paced ride. It was determined that the People Mover would not fit the new feeling of the updated Tomorrowland when it was initially being redesigned. The tracks for the People Mover were converted into tracks for the rockets. However, those rockets did not work. If I remember right, I was told by a cast member that they were shut down after only a year because maintenance was too high. To make things worse, the entire redesign of Tomorrowland got changed.
Frontierland used to have an open-air bare-ground arena where Native American Indians would perform ceremonial dances and invite children to come down from the bleachers to join in the dance finale. Next there were live mule trails where I as a child was lifted by cowpoke castmember onto a saddled mule, tethered to other mules ahead of mine, and commenced onward down some trail which I I don't recall the scenery - only the nape and shoulders of my mule and the backside of the mule ahead...
The skyway also made it quicker to get from one side of the park to the other. It sure beat walking. That is why when I go to Great America, why I use their skyway ride. More parks needs things like a skyway ride.
The skyride is my fav attraction even if i never went to disneyland. The reason i liked the skyway/ski lift is because it is built by von roll and it is also a VR101. A VR101!!! The Vr101 used to be built everywhere but they were all closed, except for some in the US, and especially the chairlift at Krupka, in czech republic, it is the last vr101 side-chair remaining, all the rest were scrapped.
I remember going through innerspace. It was so cool. I was so fascinated. When you passed by that big, syringe-looking thing you can actually see the people were smaller. I had no idea how they did that but it was so cool. I thought it was just a dream because I went there when I was really young. After that I never saw it again. I was wondering if that ride really existed because I didn't even know the name of it until recently.
I loved Country Bear Jamboree, the original... and America Sings, which became the Inovations building. Maybe could have been in a different land, but it was a fun way to cool off and take a break.
I'm hoping they bring back innerspace after galaxy edge opens. They will certainly repurpose the star tours building. I think a modern innerspace attraction would be great.
As a 11 year old I used to think about the abandoned tracks in Tomorrowland and I saw a video of the people mover and since them I really want to go on that ride one day
I hate change and Disneyland should be a museum! On that note, my top 5 extinct attractions for Disneyland are: 1) Country Bear Jamboree 2) Adventure Thru Inner Space 3) Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland 4) Tom Sawyer Island... The real one, with all the good playground stuff and an open fort. 5) The Peoplemover And no, the fact that 3 of the 5 of these are at WDW isn't lost on me. A tonne of Magic Kingdom's appeal is that it's, like, retro-Disneyland.
"The motor boat cruise was where the Submarines are today" is false. the modern Autopia construction filled most the water MBC went through. I'm pretty sure the subs have always been the same size. Also, the 2 bodys of water are seperate.
Hands Down most wanted attractions back #1 Petting Zoo, where, when this video was made in 2009, was still in place, as they did not take it out until they started work on the soon to be "star wars land." #2, skyway. - totally agree. Why dont they just bar up the cars so that you CANT jump out? Or put rollercoaster bars over your shoulders? Or, or, or,????!!! I mean, come on imagineer's! I still look lustfully over to the fantasyland dock while i am on KC. A guy can dream cant he? P.S.- dont worry about missing the shrinking man or molecular man ride, by monsanto ( hall of chemicals)... it actually scared me as a child, because that haunted mansion guy voice, whom I always thought was Vincent Price (and should have been), made it really scary, and I thought we were actually shrunk. Once I got older, the ride was super lame and boring and only worth a 10 minute wait at the most. #3 Country Bear Jamboree- the hungry bear restaurant takes up to much room, and the food sucks. But wait, they just added a nice walkway and more seating space uncovered, where you can sit by the rivers and watch the trains, twain, and colombia go by! Cool! BUT, I would still rather have Jamboree back. It was and still would be epic. The winnie the pooh ride is cool. These last 2 are only because I never got to try them, as I was born in 1973. The coal mine/rainbow caverns ride, and burro/mule pack ride. I guess i have to be happy with thunder mountain, and glimpses of the tunnel across the water, and the fish wheel that rotates every once in awhile. ( i saw teetering rock whilst peeking through fencing into star wars land, so Old School before my day even DL might be rep'd in star wars land!! Honorable mentions: Mission to the moon People mover Sleeping beauty castle moat boats Flying saucers (space mountain plaza) STARCADE
Adventure Through Inner Space WAS THE BOMB. It was my favorite ride as a kid. It was one of the things that made me get interested in science. Mind-blowing stuff for a little kid!
(Sorry for all the comments!) I do miss the Swiss tree. (Another attraction that provided a quiet pause, with a shady tree to keep off the heat.) But the idea of having people hang around doesn't work, because there's the people behind them waiting to move through. I remember that if anyone lingered, everyone else would be stuck waiting and it could get very annoying. Maybe if the stairway was larger, so people could walk around each other. But the best way is just to keep people moving.
Adventure through Inner Space was the best. My sister and I used to ride it 5-6 times everytime we went. We loved the voice of the narrator. Also, they wouldn't be able to open up more areas in the tree house. Kids are brats now and don't respect anything. They will vandalize and break everything. The Peoplemover was awesome and we loved the "Tron" part where the light cycles would be riding around you. I'm so surprised Disney never took advantage of all the great things they could do to make a Tron ride or a 3-d show.
Adventure in Inner Space was always fun! We climbed Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse every year. Peoplemover, of course. You forgot the Mines... you actually rode horses!
I remember riding most of the list when I was little, but I don't remember the motor boats. Journey through Innerspace was my sister's favorite ride, and I know they can do something with that again. Though I really wish they'd bring back the people mover.
America 360 is not a ride, but something I miss at Disneyland. For those who don't know or remember, it was the theatre that you stood up in with rail down the middle to prevent you from falling. Then Disney took you on the sites and sound of different part of America. The cool part was that it was film with a 360 degree view of everything. Between the Rocky Mountains to Tree in the Fall in Vermont, to San Diego you had views all around. Plus it was dark and had AC which is great in the summer.
I can't say I "miss" Skull Rock because I'm only 20 so I wasn't alive when it was around. But after seeing old photos of it and learning about it, it seems like a cool looking attraction. My dad said he remembers it when he went to DIsneyland when he was a kid. It looked like a nice place to eat lunch at and relax and enjoy the view. But I believe it was where Big Thunder is now, therefore there isn't a place to put it if it hypothetically was to be reinstalled.
Ethan Baker-Hayes, Actually Skull Rock and Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship were located in Fantasyland in a lagoon that was where the Dumbo ride is today. We used to have tuna sandwiches there when I was a kid.
I remember as a kid, 10 years old, journey through inner space right before it closed to make room for star tours, which I like better, It was awesome. I miss that ride.
I went to Old Tuscon for the first time this year. Was really cheap, onlly a few attractions but I loved loved loved it. for what it was. Had a feeling of Frontierland in the ago years. i thought I'd just spend an hour but I was there nearly all day. I mention this only because the train ride in Old Tuscon reminded me a bit of Nature's Wonderland at Disneyland--just without animatronic animals.
I was a kid in the 60s so I remember every one of these, I miss: Adventure thru (her) Inner Space ....it was a heavy necking ride ;-) Rocket Jets, the way way up high version over the People Mover Original Submarine Ride (also the 20,000 Leagues version) Carousel of Progress, you gotta be old to remember this but it was so weird it was great Natures Wonderland Train, again you gotta be really old for this one.
Wow, congrats on getting to have a panel at the film festival! Does this mean... face reveal? 😛 Thanks for another awesome vid, and good luck this weekend!!
Dude! Those are my favorite extinct Attractions too! However I would like to suggest a sixth The Rocket Jets! Oo Oo An honorable mention the speed ramps of Space Mountain. And don't tell me that the Astro Orbiter is the same as The Rocket Jets, IT IS NOT!
When this video was shown for Disneyland in Anaheim, CA: 1) As opposed to the old PeopleMover (1967-1995) & Rocket Rods (1998-2000) in Tomorrowland's same above ground platform, starting around 2021-2023, when we decide to bring back the New PeopleMover with extra safety rails plus electromagnets (just like at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL) and remember if that amusement park is not allowed to do that, still it could be the Heathrow Pod Tour, it could be iMover, it could be Boxcar Tour or it could be a new ride with normal speed that is more comfortable than ever before. 2) As our final decision unlike it returns at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL (unlike at Sea World / San Diego Zoo both in San Diego, CA, Great America in Santa Clara, CA, Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta, GA & Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ), the Original Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA cannot bring back the Skyway Ride. 3) After the completion of Star Wars Land in 2019, if Star Tours is moved to a same new area or removed from Tomorrowland, it could be the New Adventure Thru Inner Space or it could be a new ride that could require space.
I was born in 1965, and got to go to Disneyland nearly every summer of my childhood with my family. Adventure through Inner Space was one of those rides that we always went on, primarily because the line was always short. And I remember being terribly disappointed by that ride every time, because as you moved in line towards the loading area, it looked very much like you were going to head straight into this shrink-ray thing and come out really small, but once you got into the car and it headed for the shrink ray, you couldn't help noticing the slight turn the car took away from the shrunken car path you had observed on the way in. As for the educational aspect of the ride, it probably stood as a damn good attempt to teach us something, but I don''t rightly remember exactly what that was.
One ride i seriously want back is the Maelstrom ride. It was basically a mini drop rollercoaster. It was short but it was awesome. I loved it so much. It was in the old Norway area in Epcot.
My brother and i grew up riding all these rides!!! My parents loved riding Inner Space and People Mover when they were tired. Very funny u mentioned it!!!
Been on all of them and had a blast on all of them. Never called it INNERSPACE, always called it MONSANTO ride where we were screamed "I'm SHRINKING!!!". Yep that BIG EYE was trippiE!
Who else has never been on any of these extinct rides but still want them back
Whats Up With Wesley I've been on the people mover but same
Yes I am only 15 and the first thine I went was 2002
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I never got to go on the rocket ride, on the people mover track. I have seen videos, it looks cool and fun. I just want it back so that i can try it out.
With the advent of Gear VR, Google Cardboard, and Google Daydream Disney has been looking for ways to cash in on VR. The sad thing is they could very easily just recreate their extinct attractions in VR from the original blueprints and have an instant success.
The Peolpemover actually closed because Rocket Rods used the Peoplemover track. It was the Rocket Rods that was damaging the tracks and the damage a due to speed-related vibrations, not vehicle weight.
They need to make a "Classic Disney World" Where all the extinct rides go!
I support that
Omg, my heart just did a goo-gooey-flutter-flutter at the very idea of that!
The one thing I miss THE MOST is the night-time electrical parade at Magic Kingdom called
“SPECTRO-MAGIC”!
It was the first time a parade ever made me cry - and I didn’t even notice that my cheeks were soaked with tears… until it was over and we were walking away!
So crazy!!
If I could have ONLY ONE Disney World Wish, it would be to bring that exact parade back (in its original format) so I could take in that breath-taking magic & beauty once again!
Even now, if I search & play the Spectro-Magic song here on TH-cam, the magic is gonna get me again and my tear ducts will work overtime!
So strange how that can happen…
To be fair, bag pipes get me going too for some reason.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Funny, It would likely be one of the more popular parks. Maybe it would make the so-called imagineers step back and think, "Hey, maybe our decision to remove that ride wasn't the best decision after all".
I was born in 1970 and when we started going to Disneyland as a kid, I was only able to go on few rides. Which included The people mover, Adventure through inner space and the Skyway. A very cool gimmick on the Inner space ride was when waiting in line, you could look through a microscope of a row miniature Omni-movers on a miniature conveyor belt. And then on the ride when "shrunk" you could look up at the bottom of a giant microscope with a big eye looking at you. Pretty cool effect from a 6 year old perspective.
EverythingDisney 1999? Ooof, I feel old. LOL
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That is so lucky! Also, 70s, 80s, or 90s which did you enjoy the most lol?
Chris Disney This might sound dumb, but I think the late 70's. I have great memories with my parents and my brother going there. Especially on the Matterhorn. We would argue about which parent we would get to ride with LOL. But the 80's were a great time too.
Aw lol that's funny but sweet :p Thanks for sharing!
America Sings is the number one thing I miss, along with Adventure Through Inner Space, the original Main Street Electrical Parade, The Skyway, The People Mover (with TRON) and I had the pleasure of experiencing all of these many, many times over (born in 1970).
Thank you. I was looking for this. No one remembers America Sings. Or...wait...am I thinking of America the Beautiful? It was in the huge round building that was basically a round wall-to-wall IMAX experience of the different eco features of America. Yes?
People Mover, Skyway and Inner Space - Hell yeah! I rode them all and would love to see them back again!
My only trip to Disneyland, I rode Adventure Through Inner Space in 1981 when I was 11. I remember it vividly. It got me interested in chemistry. Tiki Room was cool as well...remember it too.
I miss the original Main Street Electrical Parade!
phoenix 000033 same
YES YES YES Miss it so much.
came to post this.
phoenix 000033 I screamed when I felt the corn in ya hand
I know it is still in a few parks such as the Magic Kingdom. But I really miss the Country Bear Jamboree. It holds a lot of precious memories for me, and always felt like such a classic disney experience. I would really want to see it return to disneyland some day.
Country bears jamboree. It was a great place to cool off and avoid the crowds. The show was fun too.
Claudia Ryan I loved Country Bear Jamboree. My aunt used to have a record.
There was (* sproing *) BLOOOOOD on the mountain
And (* sproing *) blood all around
And a great big... PUDdle (* sproing *)
Of bloood on the ground!
Disneyland at its best
WDW Version
1. Great Movie Ride.
2. 20,000 Leagues.
3. Original Journey Into Imagination. W/ upstairs
4. Playhouse Disney Show with Bear in the Big Blue House and Winnie the Pooh and Stanley and Roly Poly Oly
5. The Living Seas/Mr Toad
I vote for Adventure Through Innerspace.
I miss the Carousel of Progress
Yes... it was actually very educational while being fun!! It had some great songs and was a great place to rest your feet after all the walking!!
BobBar1106 It’s still going strong here at Walt Disney World :)
It’s a great big beautiful tomorrow...
Bring back "The Country Bear Jamboree" show. Great family show.!
That’s the one extinct thing I miss more than any of the others.
am I the only one who misses the country bears? (and I got to ride the motor boats, people mover and skyway rides as a kid of the late 70s/80s)
jason leman I totally miss the Country Bears too!! Made me so mad when they took it away for Winnie the Pooh.
I miss the PEOPLEMOVER and the Disney Afternoon Avenue
I loved Adventure through Inner Space. And thanks for showing the opening and closing dates. I had no idea it lasted until I was almost 25! It was a really trippy, beautiful ride. Perfect for the 60's. My dad, however, thought it was a bit cheesy because the large snowflakes were clearly made out of styrofoam. But a very cool ride overall.
Also miss the People Mover - a great low-key ride that let you relax but you still got to see so much and be a part of all the goings on in Tomorrowland.
Maybe there should be a replacement to Journey thru Inner Space where instead of shrinking to an atom, you go further an further down a fractal. (Look up the mandelbrot set if you don't know.)
The boats were a wonderful break on a hot day. Disneyland had a few rides which were designed to give people a quiet space in their day, or some physical relief, and the boats were one of them. I really liked them, and I miss those little breaks built into things. The park's gotten way too intense and taxing for me.
Growing up in Southern California in the late 60's and 70's, I had the pleasure to ride on all of these Extinct Attractions. I agree with all of the Riding Attractions you listed except for the motor boats (you can ride a very similar ride at Legoland California). They sucked and would still suck. Also they were not located where the Finding Nemo ride is... that was still basically the same ride before 'Finding Nemo" with a more exploration theme. the boats were up closer to "It's A Small World" between the two Autopias that existed then. I don't know why they changed the Swiss Family Robinson Tree house to the Tarzan Tree house, except for I don't think there are many kids who have seen the movie. I think they should relocate Star tours to Star Wars Land and replace "Adventures Through Inner Space"
I no longer live in So Cal, but I am taking my family to Disneyland in early 2018. I can not wait!
YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE JEAN LAFFITE COASTER!!!
Juliane Bryan you can find most of these rides at awesome Disney world
What? What does disappointing Disney World have to do with any of this?
The Mysterious Gravity Falls Person EXCUSE ME!?
Ikr
I've been putting off watching your videos so I can binge
*I'm ready*
Bring back The Carousel of Progress. When you're hot and tired and need a A/C break, there's nothing better than getting 20-25 minutes of coolness watching a show.
i had to pause the video when you mentioned the motorboat cruise because i was laughing so hard asjgfjgfhg
taryn wyss Motor boating is no laughing matter. 😜
I remember all of the rides featured in this video... and loved them all.... but then I was a nerdy kid who loved educational rides like the Journey to Innerspace and Rocket to the Moon... and my mom had my sister and I read the Swiss Family Robinson prior to our family vacation to Disneyland in the early 70s... thank you so much for this series.... I love your videos. ❤
They could bring back travel thru inner space in DCA's super hero universe as an Antman ride.
EnterUser that will be so nostalgic if they did!
With maybe a reference, like a little shrink-ray somewhere in the ride?
Oh ok, sorry, I have never been to disneyland, that ride just sounds really cool.
Came here to say the same thing. Perfect integration with character and he would be a fun host for the ride.
Derpasaurus Rex same.
I've been going to Disneyland since the early 60's and remember when The People Mover and Adventures Through Inner Space opened. I was not a fan of the People Mover, as a kid I found it boring. Aside from being a nice place to take a rest, I don't get it. I loved ATIS and would enjoy seeing a updated version return. I also loved the original SFR treehouse, but I think the Tarzan theme is more relevant and has a wider appeal than a live action film from 1960.
The motor boats were ok. They actually existed before the submarine lagoon. Once the lagoon was built it appeared like it connected to the other waterway, but it did not. The lagoon had to have clear filtered water. The motor boats water was dyed to hide the track the boats were on.
Bruce Marshall I agree about the people mover. Same with the sky way. They were both attractions that when you got on them you instantly regretted it and wanted off. Except you had to wate until they completed their trip. Plus no one was really riding them hence why they got rid of them.
I'm old enough to remember ATIS blowing my mind like no other ride, and young enough to believe Disneyland was actually shrinking people.
Heads up: Motor Boat Cruise shared the same water as the submarine voyage. It wasn't there instead of the Submarine Voyage. You can still go on the dock of the motorboat cruise and last time I was there you could still find some track in the water!
The water used to be connected
Yeah exactly. The water was the same water but they both existed at the same time. One didn't replace the other.
That is incorrect. The Submarine Lagoon and Motor Boat Cruise waterways were never connected but separated by a seawall below the Fantasyland Autopia overpass.
You are right in a way. There was a small wall separating the two but it was still all the same water. When the lagoon was drained so that Nemo could be added in, the water in the former motor boat cruise area was also subsequently drained.
It was not the same water system. The Submarine Lagoon was a clear water system while the Motorboat Cruise was part of the main water system which was not clear.
does this mean his face will soon be revealed?
They could redo adventure thru inner space as an ant man ride
Ay Great Idea!
Or Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
The 8bit geek yassss
That'll be great but at the same time they don't really interact with marvel that much. So I doubt they'll add the "advture thru inner space" as a Ant Man ride.
Why? Why does everything Disneyland HAVE to be connected to a cartoon or comic book now? One of the cool things about the park used to be that there were a lot of rides that had NOTHING to do with the movies.
DAMN!
Seeing the Skyway part going through the mountain brought back a few scraps of memories of my parents when they were together as I was a pre-schooler at 3 or 4 years old going on that ride and all of us "Whoa"ing when we went through the mountain.
Thanks for giving back that those precious and forgotten memories!
Theres no way im gonna be able to afford to go see the event but someone should print a picture of his stickfigure and ask him to sign it after the show.
I loved Swiss Family! You were amazed by the ingenious use of raw materials to fashion domestic materials and technologies.
I first went to Disneyland a couple of months after it first opened, at age three, so I've been going for awhile. The ride I miss the very most is the Carousel of Progress. It gave such a positive view of what the future would be! You can get a feel for what it was, and hear the theme song, in the first few minutes of the movie Tomorrowland.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Offhand won't notice me
And neither will you
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SECOND EDIT thank you for 200 likes
Notice me senpai
Roses are red,
Violets are red,
Grasses are red,
Trees are red,
Oh... Wait-
MY GARDEN IS ON FIRE!
Crafty Fox wow overused joke alert
Crafty Fox I thought you were gonna say everything is covered in blood
I noticed.
I have fond memories of Monsanto's Inner Space ride, the original Country Bear Jamboree, and the cinema-in-the-round America the Beautiful.
I agree about the treehouse. I felt the same way when I went through the one at WDW. That would make it much more worth going through
I've been on adventures through inter space. I loved it!!
The People Mover and Inner Space were two of my favorite attractions when I was a kid, so I agree with you there. My most wanted ride, though, that I would like to see come back but never will is the Mine Train. I was really young when I went on it, but I still have fond memories of that ride.
Born in 81. Not sure if I ever got to ride Innerspace, but I've done the rest on this list. People Mover didn't close for the reason you gave. Rocket Rods replaced People Mover ad a thrill ride but didn't have the budget to make the changes needed on that track. It was only $25 million. The rods took their toll on the track (possibly the buildings, too!). Houston Intercontinental Airport also has a Disney People Mover that still operates today.
Enrique Cortez yeah I never heard of the track crumbling apart
It actually was replaced by another ride on the tracks then that closed
It was the Rocket Rods that destroyed the track, not the weight of the Peoplemover. And they never could keep the Rocket Rods working, they constantly broke down. They need to do something with that space. If they moved the rockets upwards and brought back the Peoplemover (and the theater up there), they could move a huge chunk of Tomorrowland traffic up there and free up the walkways. Like it used to be.
The Rainbow Ridge Pack Mule ride was fun. :-)
Sharon Slay I was wondering if anyone else remembered that!!!
Journey through inner space would be a great come back - especially since some of the narration is included in the Ant-Man movie! Even some of the sound effects. With the Avengers being all the rage right now, it would be a cool, retro-Chic, multigenerational ride!
#1: “the Peoplemover.”
Me: “What? Wait-?”
“Though it’s still in WDW, it’s been removed in Disneyland...”
Me: “thank God. Oh, I feel bad for the people.”
Hi! Just found your channel! I'm 48 and remember all these extinct rides and I completely agree with this line up. As they all left the park, I was devastated and a kid/teen. And YES, Adventures through Inner Space would be amazing today! Also, I miss the old submarine ride. The original way. I know it got changed to the Little Mermaid at one time but I'm not sure if they did anything else with it. Now, I'm off to binge watch more of your episodes! Happy New Year!
You're my same age! I have never been to Disneyland but I've been to Disney World more times then I can count. I miss having Toontown and I wish I was able to ride Mr. Toad's Wide Ride. 💚💚💚
Toontown was brilliant! I'm so sad it's gone.
Florida Mickey and Minnie's house was better than California Mickey and Minnie's house. Remember that.
It's still there at Disneyland never been to Disneyworld
There were so many ride/attractions that are gone, some great, some not so great
1. Adventure through inner space - Tomorrowland
2. Skyway - Tomorrowland to Fantasyland
3. People Mover - Tomorrowland
4. Motor Boats - Fantasyland
5. Rocket Rods (Same track as people mover) - Tomorrowland
6. Carousel of progress & America Sings - Tomorrowland
7. SFR Treehouse - Adventureland
8. Circle Vision 360 - America The Beautiful & American Journeys - Tomorrowland
9. Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars - Tomorrowland
10. Country Bear Jamboree - Bear Country
11. Mine Train thru Natures Wonderland - Frontierland
12. Pack Mules Ride - Frontierland
13. Mike Fink Keel Boats - Frontierland
14. Big Thunder Ranch - Frontierland
15. Captain Eo, Honey I Shrunk the Audience - Tomorrowland
16. Tahitian Terrace - Adventureland
Actually the PeopleMover was turned into another, fast-paced ride. It was determined that the People Mover would not fit the new feeling of the updated Tomorrowland when it was initially being redesigned.
The tracks for the People Mover were converted into tracks for the rockets. However, those rockets did not work. If I remember right, I was told by a cast member that they were shut down after only a year because maintenance was too high.
To make things worse, the entire redesign of Tomorrowland got changed.
Frontierland used to have an open-air bare-ground arena where Native American Indians would perform ceremonial dances and invite children to come down from the bleachers to join in the dance finale. Next there were live mule trails where I as a child was lifted by cowpoke castmember onto a saddled mule, tethered to other mules ahead of mine, and commenced onward down some trail which I I don't recall the scenery - only the nape and shoulders of my mule and the backside of the mule ahead...
The skyway also made it quicker to get from one side of the park to the other. It sure beat walking. That is why when I go to Great America, why I use their skyway ride.
More parks needs things like a skyway ride.
The skyride is my fav attraction even if i never went to disneyland. The reason i liked the skyway/ski lift is because it is built by von roll and it is also a VR101. A VR101!!! The Vr101 used to be built everywhere but they were all closed, except for some in the US, and especially the chairlift at Krupka, in czech republic, it is the last vr101 side-chair remaining, all the rest were scrapped.
I remember going through innerspace. It was so cool. I was so fascinated. When you passed by that big, syringe-looking thing you can actually see the people were smaller. I had no idea how they did that but it was so cool. I thought it was just a dream because I went there when I was really young. After that I never saw it again. I was wondering if that ride really existed because I didn't even know the name of it until recently.
the Tiki Room, the bear jamboree, as well as Tom Sawyers island with all the little tunnels to play in on the island those are what I miss the most.
I miss the OLD submarine ride.
But I understand why it had to go. I'm glad they have a new sub ride there now.
I loved Country Bear Jamboree, the original... and America Sings, which became the Inovations building. Maybe could have been in a different land, but it was a fun way to cool off and take a break.
I'm hoping they bring back innerspace after galaxy edge opens. They will certainly repurpose the star tours building. I think a modern innerspace attraction would be great.
YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE JEAN LAFFITE COASTER THROUGH LAFFIET'S LANDING. HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!
As a 11 year old I used to think about the abandoned tracks in Tomorrowland and I saw a video of the people mover and since them I really want to go on that ride one day
Loved the skyway, glad they are bringing it back.
I hate change and Disneyland should be a museum! On that note, my top 5 extinct attractions for Disneyland are:
1) Country Bear Jamboree
2) Adventure Thru Inner Space
3) Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland
4) Tom Sawyer Island... The real one, with all the good playground stuff and an open fort.
5) The Peoplemover
And no, the fact that 3 of the 5 of these are at WDW isn't lost on me. A tonne of Magic Kingdom's appeal is that it's, like, retro-Disneyland.
I remember the motorboats. So much fun. Oh my. I'm getting old 🙈
"The motor boat cruise was where the Submarines are today" is false. the modern Autopia construction filled most the water MBC went through. I'm pretty sure the subs have always been the same size. Also, the 2 bodys of water are seperate.
imlegos Yup!!!
Uh ok
DONKEY TRAIL RIDE NEEDS TO COME BACK!!! I can't emphasize that enough.
Hands Down most wanted attractions back #1 Petting Zoo, where, when this video was made in 2009, was still in place, as they did not take it out until they started work on the soon to be "star wars land."
#2, skyway. - totally agree. Why dont they just bar up the cars so that you CANT jump out? Or put rollercoaster bars over your shoulders? Or, or, or,????!!! I mean, come on imagineer's! I still look lustfully over to the fantasyland dock while i am on KC. A guy can dream cant he?
P.S.- dont worry about missing the shrinking man or molecular man ride, by monsanto ( hall of chemicals)... it actually scared me as a child, because that haunted mansion guy voice, whom I always thought was Vincent Price (and should have been), made it really scary, and I thought we were actually shrunk. Once I got older, the ride was super lame and boring and only worth a 10 minute wait at the most.
#3 Country Bear Jamboree- the hungry bear restaurant takes up to much room, and the food sucks. But wait, they just added a nice walkway and more seating space uncovered, where you can sit by the rivers and watch the trains, twain, and colombia go by! Cool! BUT, I would still rather have Jamboree back. It was and still would be epic. The winnie the pooh ride is cool.
These last 2 are only because I never got to try them, as I was born in 1973. The coal mine/rainbow caverns ride, and burro/mule pack ride. I guess i have to be happy with thunder mountain, and glimpses of the tunnel across the water, and the fish wheel that rotates every once in awhile. ( i saw teetering rock whilst peeking through fencing into star wars land, so Old School before my day even DL might be rep'd in star wars land!!
Honorable mentions:
Mission to the moon
People mover
Sleeping beauty castle moat boats
Flying saucers (space mountain plaza)
STARCADE
Adventure Through Inner Space WAS THE BOMB. It was my favorite ride as a kid. It was one of the things that made me get interested in science. Mind-blowing stuff for a little kid!
Oh, and the people mover as well. I rode it in Disney World this year and wish Disneyland would bring it back.
I'm surprised Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland didn't make the list
(Sorry for all the comments!) I do miss the Swiss tree. (Another attraction that provided a quiet pause, with a shady tree to keep off the heat.) But the idea of having people hang around doesn't work, because there's the people behind them waiting to move through. I remember that if anyone lingered, everyone else would be stuck waiting and it could get very annoying. Maybe if the stairway was larger, so people could walk around each other. But the best way is just to keep people moving.
Dudes where is tower or terror? That was the best ride ever.
I mean, it was a worse version of the Walt Disney World attraction.
Adventure through Inner Space was the best. My sister and I used to ride it 5-6 times everytime we went. We loved the voice of the narrator. Also, they wouldn't be able to open up more areas in the tree house. Kids are brats now and don't respect anything. They will vandalize and break everything.
The Peoplemover was awesome and we loved the "Tron" part where the light cycles would be riding around you. I'm so surprised Disney never took advantage of all the great things they could do to make a Tron ride or a 3-d show.
Adventure in Inner Space was always fun! We climbed Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse every year. Peoplemover, of course. You forgot the Mines... you actually rode horses!
I remember riding most of the list when I was little, but I don't remember the motor boats. Journey through Innerspace was my sister's favorite ride, and I know they can do something with that again. Though I really wish they'd bring back the people mover.
America 360 is not a ride, but something I miss at Disneyland. For those who don't know or remember, it was the theatre that you stood up in with rail down the middle to prevent you from falling. Then Disney took you on the sites and sound of different part of America. The cool part was that it was film with a 360 degree view of everything. Between the Rocky Mountains to Tree in the Fall in Vermont, to San Diego you had views all around. Plus it was dark and had AC which is great in the summer.
I can't say I "miss" Skull Rock because I'm only 20 so I wasn't alive when it was around. But after seeing old photos of it and learning about it, it seems like a cool looking attraction. My dad said he remembers it when he went to DIsneyland when he was a kid. It looked like a nice place to eat lunch at and relax and enjoy the view.
But I believe it was where Big Thunder is now, therefore there isn't a place to put it if it hypothetically was to be reinstalled.
Ethan Baker-Hayes, Actually Skull Rock and Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship were located in Fantasyland in a lagoon that was where the Dumbo ride is today. We used to have tuna sandwiches there when I was a kid.
I remember as a kid, 10 years old, journey through inner space right before it closed to make room for star tours, which I like better, It was awesome. I miss that ride.
I went to Old Tuscon for the first time this year. Was really cheap, onlly a few attractions but I loved loved loved it. for what it was. Had a feeling of Frontierland in the ago years. i thought I'd just spend an hour but I was there nearly all day. I mention this only because the train ride in Old Tuscon reminded me a bit of Nature's Wonderland at Disneyland--just without animatronic animals.
I miss the old Mine Train. I loved that one.
I’m excited for DisneyLand in 80 days!!
It feels like a century since your last video but good to know you are here to brighten my day fam
I was a kid in the 60s so I remember every one of these, I miss:
Adventure thru (her) Inner Space ....it was a heavy necking ride ;-)
Rocket Jets, the way way up high version over the People Mover
Original Submarine Ride (also the 20,000 Leagues version)
Carousel of Progress, you gotta be old to remember this but it was so weird it was great
Natures Wonderland Train, again you gotta be really old for this one.
I miss all that were mentioned!!! Those were the days. The people mover,so simple,yet so fun!
I want to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea make a comeback. Yeah I know that was in DisneyWorld but still I'd love to see it return.
Wow, congrats on getting to have a panel at the film festival! Does this mean... face reveal? 😛
Thanks for another awesome vid, and good luck this weekend!!
Hey! We're the same age. '98!
...not 98 years old, we were both born in 1998...big difference...kinda.
I miss the Mule Train ride... you rode real mules or horses thru miniature western town settings. It was really fun! This would have been around 1972
Dude! Those are my favorite extinct Attractions too! However I would like to suggest a sixth The Rocket Jets! Oo Oo An honorable mention the speed ramps of Space Mountain.
And don't tell me that the Astro Orbiter is the same as The Rocket Jets, IT IS NOT!
Watching makes me wanna go to disneyland again
When this video was shown for Disneyland in Anaheim, CA:
1) As opposed to the old PeopleMover (1967-1995) & Rocket Rods (1998-2000) in Tomorrowland's same above ground platform, starting around 2021-2023, when we decide to bring back the New PeopleMover with extra safety rails plus electromagnets (just like at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL) and remember if that amusement park is not allowed to do that, still it could be the Heathrow Pod Tour, it could be iMover, it could be Boxcar Tour or it could be a new ride with normal speed that is more comfortable than ever before.
2) As our final decision unlike it returns at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL (unlike at Sea World / San Diego Zoo both in San Diego, CA, Great America in Santa Clara, CA, Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta, GA & Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ), the Original Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA cannot bring back the Skyway Ride.
3) After the completion of Star Wars Land in 2019, if Star Tours is moved to a same new area or removed from Tomorrowland, it could be the New Adventure Thru Inner Space or it could be a new ride that could require space.
I REALLY miss the skyride. I wish something like it would come back.
The Mine Train ride was great for us little'uns in the 60's
i never thought about the skyway being in dca. that would be amazing.
Oh my God I live in Oceanside I'm still going to that festival and I hope to see you there
I remember all of these. my first Disney experience was in 1979. thanks for the memories.
I don't know if it is an extinct attraction but i loved the " Swiss Family Tree house " in Disneyland in the 1960's
I was born in 1965, and got to go to Disneyland nearly every summer of my childhood with my family. Adventure through Inner Space was one of those rides that we always went on, primarily because the line was always short. And I remember being terribly disappointed by that ride every time, because as you moved in line towards the loading area, it looked very much like you were going to head straight into this shrink-ray thing and come out really small, but once you got into the car and it headed for the shrink ray, you couldn't help noticing the slight turn the car took away from the shrunken car path you had observed on the way in. As for the educational aspect of the ride, it probably stood as a damn good attempt to teach us something, but I don''t rightly remember exactly what that was.
I loved all of those rides! Especially the People Mover and Inner Space! You went on them on hot days to cool off.
One ride i seriously want back is the Maelstrom ride. It was basically a mini drop rollercoaster. It was short but it was awesome. I loved it so much. It was in the old Norway area in Epcot.
love your openings
My brother and i grew up riding all these rides!!! My parents loved riding Inner Space and People Mover when they were tired. Very funny u mentioned it!!!
Been on all of them and had a blast on all of them. Never called it INNERSPACE, always called it MONSANTO ride where we were screamed "I'm SHRINKING!!!". Yep that BIG EYE was trippiE!