Dark Doge X-s Tech I remained calm thanks to my neighbor, who explained to me the blood was just water and there was no one actually dead. She also told me to laugh.
This ride scared me to death as a kid. You just sit in the dark, and its what you dont see that gets you. After many years, maturing, if it were up (it was replaced by Stitch's Great Escape) and running today, I would totally go back on it.
+Shay Blay You too? I was too scared to go on anything the rest of that whole trip. My dad complained about it for weeks afterwards. I honestly think the original idea was way less troubling. Having a gun to fight Xenomorphs would at least put the power in the audience's hands, rather than be restrained, which is part of what made it so troubling, especially for younger audience members :'/
Yes! My family was very upset at me also for being a "baby" I could of been around 12. I suffered with anxiety severely at the time and that on top of being forced on rides like that didn't end well. Lol! Hell if that wasn't enough the next day, I was forced onto the Earthquake ride at the other park. Have you been on that one!? In a subway tunnel,Theres fire and water surrounding you and then a truck comes sliding towards the ride and blows up. It's dark. Next was King Kong and Jaws. All terrifying for me, didn't help my father loved to act like it was a real danger. Ha! The ET ride was the only one I enjoyed. Lol! 😂 I don't know why any parent knowing what the ride was like would take someone that young on it.
xxm3141 Lol, I went on this when I was 8 and absolutely loved it. What actually scared me was the Tower Of Terror ride, which I believe is in Universal Studios?
Cole Walker the idea was way far away from this concept of you being in seats held down by the restraints You would be in the nostromo shooting them instead In darkness
The attraction was plastered with parents urging them to exercise personal discretion and common sense when considering taking kids inside. Guess what, everyone ignored them, and then complained about not being properly warned despite being repeatedly warned.
that warning sign was worthless, no one was actually going to follow it, they were never going to keep this ride, it was too scary having a sensory deprivation in dark, its like close to being held captive , this ride would never have lasted without complaints.
+AdrenalineAddict610 My dad insisted it would be easier to get to Space Mountain by going through XS tech. I was six, so he wound up paying for it the rest of the trip. It's actually pretty hysterical in hindsight.
I was like 12 when i went on this for the first time and it scared the daylights out of me..... so much that I had to run from the exit right back to entrance to do it again!
They should re-theme Stitch's Great Escape back to this during Halloween, like how they re-theme the Haunted Mansion to The Nightmare Before Christmas in California. If we're not getting TNBC Haunted Mansion on the East Coast, then we should get this.
xbox360guy19 Which opened after his death? And no, it's not necessarily meant to be scary. It's more of an homage to the original TV series, which production was based heavily in Hollywood.
I remember when I first rode this, right after the lights went out and the screaming starts someone sent me a text message and my phone vibrated in my pocket. Scared the crap out of me.
Ok, maybe not a troll. Just not bright enough to figure out that the phone that "vibrated" in my pocket was on silent (thus the vibration) and was not heard or seen by anyone. Forget the rock, go climb back on the short bus.
Hahaha, well, at least we know that you can read since you obviously read Danielle's post above. Unfortunately you didn't check it out. The reality is that text messaging began commercial use on cell carriers in 1993 after Nokia began producing handsets supporting it. ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter opened in 1994 and didn't close until 2003. You're showing your ignorance again.
Tim Curry was perfect to play SIR. Super ominous at the end of his monologue, which was a perfect contrast of the start. They all did wonderful acting! Too bad it's gone now
I must have been 6 or 7 when I went on this ride. So creepy. You are strapped in your chair, sprayed with water, hearing all these noises and and getting blown with wifts of air. Hands down one of the coolest rides ever. And I only got to experience it once.
Glaxir and plus if you were there in person you can pretty much see the person up there Though I have not been on this ever in my life Stuck with boring stitch
I REALLLY hope and Pray that Disney will bring back this ride after hearing that Stitch is going to get shut down soon :) I never rode this when I visited Disney in 2003 because I was Too Scared. :( I rode the Stitch ride years later, but it really wasn't anything THAT thrilling as I hoped it to be. :P After watching this video now that I am 20, I want to go on this ride SOOOO BADDDLLLY!!!! If you are reading this Disney, PLEASE PLEAAASEEE bring "Alien Encounter" back when you close down Stitch, even if it's just for a limited time like "Captin EO"! I know there might be a way to balance the intensity for both kids and adults. You should give guests special scan cards that increases or decreases the intensity for them, like what you did with "Mission Space". I know this can work! Please Disney? Can we please just "seize the future with X-S" just one more time? Please? Thank you. :)
@@cheyturtledragon8374 A. Karens and because they want to be kid-friendly (look at how they changed the Snow White ride at Disneyland to remove all the danger) and B. because they want to plaster their IPs across all 4 parks and not care about original properties. DISNEY+, MAKE AN X-S TECH SERIES WITH S.I.R. AS THE MAIN CHARACTER!!
sadly I never got to ride this ride. I was too young :( I wish they would bring it back. My whole family talks about how scary and awesome this ride was. I wish I could experience it for myself BRING IT BACK!!! D:
It’s my goal in life to build a VR accessory that brings back the feeling of this ride. Even though I was born too late to enjoy it myself (I probably could’ve but I was 5 when it closed).
They had two chambers on this ride. Only one was ever really used. I think on the final week of the ride both chambers were simultaneously, but I never went that week..... I only heard about it from a blog on the internet of the ride closing. This ride was awesome. It was a true sensory overload.
Imagine being that alien. Minding your own business, hanging out with your alien homies, maybe smoking a little bit of alien weed. Then all of a sudden, you get sent to some random area with small beings you’ve never seen before. How do you even react to that?
He was probably really pissed off. That’s part of why he acts that way in this ride. And then his luck really runs out at the end where instead of being sent back home they just blow him up :(.
I did it in 1997 ... so scary ^^ I was 17, I knew that it wasn't real but ... my brain was fooled ... everybody was screaming ... terrific and fantastic :)
This ride was freaking terrifying. I will never forget riding it. I was around 7 or 8 and my brother was 5. We actually got on to it thinking it was a different ride. We were in shock to say the least. I remember sobbing hysterically after getting off of it. Disney doesn't really cater to the scary/alien-obsessed crowd so it only made sense for them to take it down. Fourteen years later and I'm still traumatized.
omg was that you?! i found it hilarious. im only 14 so i was never able to go on it before they turned into stitch but it seemed pretty scary. not a ride you would think would be at disney...
Ohmygod. I remember BEGGING my mom to let me experience this attraction when I was about 7 or 8? I can't remember. She kept telling me it was boring and made it seem like the seat restraints were a pain. I wouldn't stop bugging her until she let me... and I immediately regretted it as soon as that alien was transported in that tube thing😂 I cried sooooo hard afterwards. I remember not even leaving the attraction yet, just standing in the exit area, crying with my mom comforting me😂😂 Now watching this as a 22 year old... I really wish they'd bring this back. It was just so real. I think what scared me the most was the maintenance worker "dying". I kept asking my mom if that was blood that sprayed (which I think we were supposed to believe that) But of course she kept saying "What? No that was water. What're you talking about?" 😂 Also that one robot being mean to that cute alien in that pre show thing made me feel really uneasy😂
triforce princess My neighbor told me it was water and that's why I wasn't scared. But I remember SIR being mean to Skippy and how both of us thought it was "alien abuse." LOL
Thank you for having this video…I was able to share it with my daughters that never heard of it and they think they would’ve left crying from the ride lol
so i'm curious, is this show really as terrifying and traumatizing as everybody says it is? I was alive around the time it was still open, but I was only 3 years old by the time it closed down so I was definitely way too young to be seeing a show this scary at the time. I imagine it was about 10 times more scary in person than it is in this video because you don't get the whole surround sound affect and everything but is it really THAT terrifying of an attraction? I'm just curious because i've been really fascinated with this show pretty much ever since I found out it existed.
Short answer: Yes, it was legitimately scary. Long answer: The show was designed entirely to mess with your head, and they exploited the show system very well. The alien is only visible long enough to establish in the mind that it exists, and it is a threat. When all the lights go down, your other senses try to fill the void of darkness with whatever information it can get. At that point, you're much more susceptible to sound cues and tactile effects. Though the effects were rather simple, they became incredibly scary when the brain thinks they're from a bloodthirsty monster.
Additionally, Alien Encounter was such an extreme contrast to the family friendly atmosphere of Disney World that a ride this intense comes as such a shock. Basically, riders weren't prepared for a scary ride like they would've been at other theme parks, so Alien Encounter caught a lot of people off guard. I rode Alien Encounter several times in my childhood. I think I was about 6 when I first went on it in the mid-90s, so it was probably fairly new then. I was never traumatized by it, but I thought it was awesome and exciting. However, I was a bit upset by the pre-show because I misheard the robot and thought that the cute Skippy alien got killed. To be honest: I was actually scared more by the haunted mansion that same visit when I was 6. Not because the mansion was scarier (it's really tame in comparison) but I was nervous and hid my face in my hands most of the ride because I expected a horror-based ride to be inherently scarier than the scary alien sci-fi ride I had ridden earlier in the day.
And the interesting thing about it is that it was originally an Aliens attraction where the xenomorphs would be monster. It would have been terrifying attraction for those who have seen the Aliens films and know what these creatures are capable of. It is definitely not for young kids.
Also, add to that the fact that you're trapped in a harness that comes down over your head and pins your shoulders down. Claustrophobics didn't last too long. It also made it worse that if you got too frightened during the show, you couldn't just get up and leave. I was 37 when I rode it, and it terrified me. Mind you, I hate haunted houses and things where the scary things touch you.
it was kind of scary cause it felt like the alien was actually near you with effects and it was real but thats what made it so awesome. mostly young kids would be terrified of this especially for first time if you never experienced it.
it's weird seeing a video of people from early 2000's walking around with kids that's probably about my age now, knowing that was the time all my vintage Disney world childhood photos were taken...
This ride being unsuitable for small children is not an excuse for taking it down. Any adult who hasn't been living under a rock knows what Alien is and should know not to bring children into an attraction based on what is widely regarded to be one of the scariest movies of all time, let alone a ride with "TERROR" in the name. This obviously is not going to be at Haunted Mansion level. Not everything at Disney has to be suitable for 5 year olds, and that's not limited to just the big rollercoasters.
While similar to the Ridley Scott films in tone and style, Disney refused to sign off on an attraction that was directly tied to Alien. To compromise, they made their own story, but that in turn helped kill off Alien Encounter. The big selling point of the Alien tie in was that guests knew what Alien was, and would know right off the bat an attraction based on the films would not be appropriate for sensitive audiences (including young kids). By going with an original story, Disney lost that built in parental control; despite providing adequate and repeated warnings about the show's intensity, parents didn't take them seriously because they didn't expect Disney to actually make something that scary. Since Disney owns enough "adult" franchises with established hostile alien races (e.g. Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy), they could feasibly revisit this and give it the proper tie in that would show parents their 5 year old probably won't like it.
I've come back to this comment with a completely different opinion lmao. Of course I would love to see this back at Disney... but it's just not the place for it regardless of my interests. I think it would be amazing at a park like Universal, however, since they've had success with scarier rides like Jaws and King Kong.
+Fanai Armstrong. They did! There was a big sign at the entrance that said "May not be suitable for small children and some people may find the attraction disturbing". Besides, it was scary for Disney, but not really THAT scary.
never got to do this ride. I wanted to go as a 5 year old but parents said its too scary. then it became stitch before I could go back. thank god for this video
I didn't find this too scary when I went as a kid.. I must've only been about 8. What scared me, though, was when I left and Dad turned around and said dead seriously "I swear fewer people are leaving than the amount that entered". Only then was I scared :P
This ride scared the crap out of me I was only 6 years old. I don't know how but I knew there be something scary but noooo my mom and dad did not listen to me cause my sister wanted to go. So yeah dragging a 6 year old to this shit was mess up
+gsamalot haha my parents did the same thing! Afterwards I was crying and yelling at my Mom for laughing about it and she said I should have known better because the signs outside the ride warned against going in if you had a pacemaker... I had no more concept of what that was than most other 8 year olds.
gsamalot I hate when parents do things like that. I've volunteered at a haunted house as an actress twice. Whenever I see parents dragging their horrified kids through and get mad at them for being scared, I always make an effort to scare the parents and not the kids. Sometimes it makes the kids laugh and they're ready to face the rest of the attraction.
My brother and I had the pleasure of going on this when it was open. I thought it was the most awesome ride....especially since my brother, who is a few years older than me, screamed like a little bitch when the aliens 'tongue' slapped him in the face and the alien was breathing down his neck. Made the ride much more enjoyable hearing that.
Scariest thing I ever experienced, and I was sitting still the whole time! I got on this in 1995 when I was 18! My sister was sitting next to me and I knew she was dead. I screamed and cried, all I wanted to do was get out of there! You missed out if you never go a chance to experience Alien Encounter!
Lol...no I thought she was dead. There was a moment when you could hear the Alien crunching on bones. It really sounded like it was eating the peeson sitting next to you.
Telisa Bryant Oh. i though you meant that she had a heart attack from terror during the Extra-TERRORestrial Alien Encounter. those sound effects really did sound realistic.
But we would have Ash instead of S.I.R. in the preshow, and Ash looks like a goddamn human. Part of what made S.I.R. so attractive to me was his humanoid appearance, especially that bike helmet and vest.
I just got off the phone with my mom, talking to her about the time we went on this ride. I was about 5 and it freaked me tf out! As soon as they said that damn alien escaped and I felt it on my neck and arms I screamed for somebody anybody to come save my ass! lmao its funny now, but to remember how scared I was at the time I could of passed the fuck out lmao my mom still cries real tears when she or I bring it up, because one of the workers had to come get us mid way through the ride and because I damn near choked her out trying to get tf out of my seat and on to hers. This ride clearly had my 5 year old self fucked up! lmao
BonecrusherT800 I was 6, and thanks to my neighbor doing a great job explaining how it all worked, it didn't scare me. Helps I'd seen Alien and Aliens before this, and was a major Terminator fan. Nothing on TV usually scared me. The things that scared me I don't look up on TH-cam or elsewhere online.
Disney is now a money-hungry, IP-loving bastard. As soon as AE closed in 2003, that's when Disney died. S.I.R. was Disney's most ballsy move (and they REFUSED to give him any popularity besides an action figure.)
This ride was amazing! It's a goddamned travesty they got rid of it. Even worse that they replaced it with that horrid piece of godawful shit known as Stitch. I'm so ashamed to be a Disney fan because of this.
Even worse, they refuse to acknowledge S.I.R. They changed him into some fat little shit in Stitch instead of just giving him a police hat and having Tim Curry record new dialogue. That is worse than outright destroying the animatronic. They acknowledge the alien and Skippy, but S.I.R.? Nope. Even when this attraction was around, they didn't give S.I.R. any popularity. They just released an action figure of him and that's it. Not even a vehicle to go with the action figure (like so many '90s franchises.) AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S BAD?! THE ACTION FIGURE COULDN'T HOLD ANYTHING, SO THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY ACCESSORIES FOR IT! He also didn't appear in the WDW video games. S.I.R. could've been Disney's Nineties Anti-Hero and they failed to recognize him.
Dreaklock Alien encounter was too scary for some people That is not a family friendly ride that’s why they replaced it with stitche’s great escape because it was more family friendly
I remember when me and my dad first went inside the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter to see what it was like when we went to Walt Disney World in Orlando in Florida one summer of my elementry school days of either the late 1990s or earlly 2000s and it definitely scared the hell out of me and I didn't want to go back inside it again. It was a freak show. But now watching this recorded vacation video here on TH-cam makes me wish they had never ever closed the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter on October 12th of 2003 to replace it for Stitch's Great Escape. If the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter was still in the Tomorrowland area of the Magic Kingdom park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida to this very exact day, I would be so scared of it anymore. Both the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter and The Haunted Mansion would be the two best pre-show and ride for Halloween every year. And If I talked my mom into going inside the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, It would've also probably really scared her too. BRING THE EXTRATERRORESTRIAL ALIEN ENCOUNTER BACK PEOPLE OF WALT DISNEY WORLD!
Haven't seen a video yet that shows the alien's face. Holy cow, that was creepy! Don't know how you did it, but thanks for sitting through that and taping it. Glad I got to see it!
Ya know, we went in 2002 and I remembered riding something like this but when we went back in 2012 I couldnt figure out what it was until I went to the Lilo and Stitch ride and it was very similar. It was so cool and much scarier than Lilo and Stitch (which doesnt suck but its like the same thing, with it running around you and such, but more family friendly)
The whole "family friendly" thing is precisely why Stitch doesn't work. This show was built from the ground up to be really scary (effects, restraints, minimal lighting). No matter how much it's sugarcoated, there's no getting around it. Sensitive audiences can see right through the happy facade and will get scared regardless.
+AdrenalineAddict610 Exactly. The only difference is that right after the jump scare you feel a bit better because you know its a friendly alien rather than one that isnt.
Damn I went to DW a couple months before this ride ever opened and I remember looking at the sign they had for it describing the ride sounded so cool, shows u how scary your imagination can get.
I experienced this ride aged 5! Pure scared me for life haha Apparently I came out crying and hitting my dad saying it was his fault! He had no idea what the ride was, or so he says haha
I had to get on this ride when I was 6 with my family bc no one wanted to sit outside with me. it literally scared the shit out of me I almost had an anxiety attack on the ride my mom was freaking out. lol. good times
I just posted about my experience. My mom swears I broke out of the safety restraints because I was on her lap by the time someone could come and escort us out of the ride midway through it! I guess my screams of horror was proof that I was literally going to cause them a law suit lmao
@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 Yeah, and it would've likely used the TOM 2000 preshow. In that case... WHY WOULD TOM WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT EVIL?! LOOK AT HOW HE CLEARLY ENJOYS HIS JOB!!
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Poor TOM. I bet in that universe, I'm the Ripley kinda gal who comes to take the company down, and I rescue TOM along the way. He's all "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" like he says when he fries Skippy.
I was trying to say I was mad when I heard they changed it about that movie with the Hawaii girl and the alien. This is much better than what they have know.
I could see an Alien (Ridley Scott) version of this ride. It doesn't have to be made by Disney but it could be done. If it already has, someone tell me.
Parker Sellers Yeah, the original plan was to name the ride Nostromo and have it feature the Alien. But I think they decided it wasn't appropriate for a Disney park. There is an Alien segment on the Great Movie Ride however.
Aw man I would have loved to have the crap scared outta me on this! It closed when I was young and when we went in 2001 I don't remember this as my mum and dad probably didn't want us to go on it since I was only 6. But now I'd love to go on it!
Aurora Cuthill I don't even REMEMBER Haunted Mansion.... I just remember my neighbor (who went with us) explaining all the effects. I mean I like supernatural stuff but it just wasn't my taste mang.... I much more enjoyed the Tower of Terror even if I puked on that xD
People say that they would never return any attraction after it got removed, Captain EO returned and the original Space Mountain in Disneyland returned so why not this
I first when to Disney World in 2004 (a year after this closed) when I was 8 so I'm not sure if it would have scared me or not. This looks a lot better than the Stitch Ride, I've love to ride this thing.
Haley angelo After it "escapes" the tube the lights go out and all you see is the flashlight of the guy in the catwalk trying to restore power. He gets killed by the alien and you can feel his blood (actually just warm water) dripping on you. Once his flashlight is out you are in complete darkness and you can hear the alien behind you, feel it's breath on your neck and also feel it brush up against your legs. The way they used the surround sound in the auditorium, the total black out and the physical effects of you being touched was pretty scary/fun. This was a very memorable attraction and it's a shame they got rid of it.
"People of Earth! Listen to me please! Don't scream!"
*Screams*
Echoboomer1987 about everyone does lol
The reason to everyone screaming is the "blood" effect
It rains a second time to cause you to scream
Dark Doge X-s Tech I remained calm thanks to my neighbor, who explained to me the blood was just water and there was no one actually dead. She also told me to laugh.
@@MarthaRoseQuartz so what happened when he says “if you try to remain calm it probably won’t eat you”?
@@williammclean1069 Phil Hartman as T.O.M 2000
This ride scared me to death as a kid. You just sit in the dark, and its what you dont see that gets you. After many years, maturing, if it were up (it was replaced by Stitch's Great Escape) and running today, I would totally go back on it.
I went on this as a kid and it scared the shit out of me. The worst was feeling the aliens hot breath on the back of your neck
I was forced onto this ride when I was little and it literally traumatized me the rest of the trip...! ugh
haha
+Shay Blay You too? I was too scared to go on anything the rest of that whole trip. My dad complained about it for weeks afterwards. I honestly think the original idea was way less troubling. Having a gun to fight Xenomorphs would at least put the power in the audience's hands, rather than be restrained, which is part of what made it so troubling, especially for younger audience members :'/
Yes! My family was very upset at me also for being a "baby" I could of been around 12. I suffered with anxiety severely at the time and that on top of being forced on rides like that didn't end well. Lol! Hell if that wasn't enough the next day, I was forced onto the Earthquake ride at the other park. Have you been on that one!? In a subway tunnel,Theres fire and water surrounding you and then a truck comes sliding towards the ride and blows up. It's dark. Next was King Kong and Jaws. All terrifying for me, didn't help my father loved to act like it was a real danger. Ha! The ET ride was the only one I enjoyed. Lol! 😂 I don't know why any parent knowing what the ride was like would take someone that young on it.
xxm3141 Lol, I went on this when I was 8 and absolutely loved it. What actually scared me was the Tower Of Terror ride, which I believe is in Universal Studios?
"MOM STOP IT!" hahaha hysterical.
I Almost Died From Laughter at That Part SO FUNNY LOL! xD
Iyana Villavicencio I just realized after listening to it a few more times (before I saw this comment BTW) that that was what the kid said. LOL!
***** LOL! xD
Iyana Villavicencio "Mom, stop it!" at approx. 14:35.
Man could imagine how scary it would have been if it was the xenomorph in the ride like I have heard it was planned to be
The alien was originally supposed to be the xenomorph
Cole Walker the idea was way far away from this concept of you being in seats held down by the restraints
You would be in the nostromo shooting them instead
In darkness
"I told you to be quiet!" Imagine how awkward this ride would be if no one screamed?
Did I just hear Tim Curry's voice come out of that robot?! That is both really cool and at the same time...a lost bit of voice-acting history.
I thought that's who it was!!!
It is Tim Curry. :)
I knew it sounded familiar!
demon0981 yes you did!!
I believe Tyra Banks also did some voice acting here.
BRING ALIEN ENCOUNTER BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FEEL YOU MAN!!!!! THIS WAS THE BEST ATTRACTION AT TOMMARROWLAND!!!!!!
Kaelan Macauley YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
That alien will DESTROY stitch!!!!
Kaelan Macauley YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
MK1MonsterOck1989 It's not going to happen, parents complained that the ride was too scary. Also, Disney won't read your comments on this video.
they should of kept this ride, could of used an age limit or go with an adult or something so kids wont be scared or whatever
The attraction was plastered with parents urging them to exercise personal discretion and common sense when considering taking kids inside. Guess what, everyone ignored them, and then complained about not being properly warned despite being repeatedly warned.
that warning sign was worthless, no one was actually going to follow it, they were never going to keep this ride, it was too scary having a sensory deprivation in dark, its like close to being held captive , this ride would never have lasted without complaints.
+AdrenalineAddict610 My dad insisted it would be easier to get to Space Mountain by going through XS tech. I was six, so he wound up paying for it the rest of the trip. It's actually pretty hysterical in hindsight.
Reminds me of the parents that complained about DeadPool not being appropriate for kids WHEN IT WAS RATED R!
mark d I got news for u, i went on at age 7 with BOTH of my parents, I still was traumatized
I was like 12 when i went on this for the first time and it scared the daylights out of me..... so much that I had to run from the exit right back to entrance to do it again!
+Joshua Gustafson I remember pulling on the straps of the seat screaming and having tears streaming down my face. It was amazing.
Chris S. So lucky. I was born literally when Stitch's Great Escape opened.
Average Fanboy 1128 I was only 4 when this thing closed n never got the chance to ride it
it was VERY scary! be thankful as a 4yr. old you didn,t have to watch it. i was 32 last time i saw it and it scared me ! NEVER again!
They should re-theme Stitch's Great Escape back to this during Halloween, like how they re-theme the Haunted Mansion to The Nightmare Before Christmas in California. If we're not getting TNBC Haunted Mansion on the East Coast, then we should get this.
RumblePak I totaly agree with yah!
RumblePak Or maybe just bring back Alien Encounter full time like they should!
Walt probably didn't want this in his park though. Think about it, a scary ride in a happy place?
+Kazuo Kun UPSB There's Tower of TERROR.....
xbox360guy19 Which opened after his death? And no, it's not necessarily meant to be scary. It's more of an homage to the original TV series, which production was based heavily in Hollywood.
I remember when I first rode this, right after the lights went out and the screaming starts someone sent me a text message and my phone vibrated in my pocket. Scared the crap out of me.
Wow, you told me. Wish I was as cool as you. lol Go back under your rock troll.
Ok, maybe not a troll. Just not bright enough to figure out that the phone that "vibrated" in my pocket was on silent (thus the vibration) and was not heard or seen by anyone. Forget the rock, go climb back on the short bus.
Really? And you know this how?
Hahaha, well, at least we know that you can read since you obviously read Danielle's post above. Unfortunately you didn't check it out. The reality is that text messaging began commercial use on cell carriers in 1993 after Nokia began producing handsets supporting it. ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter opened in 1994 and didn't close until 2003. You're showing your ignorance again.
Time travel much?
my left ear loved this
Both of them.
this should be a seasonal Halloween attraction, or maybe make it guardians of the galaxy themed.
That could really work, even their Halloween version is kinda like this and the ride has references ti X-S Tech
@@bernebelmont1857 Phil Hartman as T.O.M 2000
Tim Curry was perfect to play SIR. Super ominous at the end of his monologue, which was a perfect contrast of the start. They all did wonderful acting! Too bad it's gone now
Yeah, I really liked SIR.
I must have been 6 or 7 when I went on this ride. So creepy. You are strapped in your chair, sprayed with water, hearing all these noises and and getting blown with wifts of air. Hands down one of the coolest rides ever. And I only got to experience it once.
PrometheanFlame Same, but I went again when I was 10 in 99, and laughed.
14:34 mom stop it ha ha someone scared shitless
Obviously this traumatized some adults as much as it traumatized kids.
The robot traumatized some teenagers... (cough my sister cough)
@@roomika4753 Phil Hartman as T.O.M 2000
@@roomika4753 which rob9t? Cause there are 4 robots in the show in total, sir, the 2 Skippy variants, and the alien.
people thought the maintenance worker's light was worked by a robot but it is being worked by a real person
if it was an animatronic, then how would it move like that? The light's movement was much too lifelike for a robot.
Glaxir yeah!!
Glaxir and plus if you were there in person you can pretty much see the person up there
Though I have not been on this ever in my life
Stuck with boring stitch
Sadly, me too. But, I heard they were shutting it down! There is still some hope!
Glaxir it would be cool if they brought this back
I REALLLY hope and Pray that Disney will bring back this ride after hearing that Stitch is going to get shut down soon :)
I never rode this when I visited Disney in 2003 because I was Too Scared. :(
I rode the Stitch ride years later, but it really wasn't anything THAT thrilling as I hoped it to be. :P
After watching this video now that I am 20, I want to go on this ride SOOOO BADDDLLLY!!!! If you are reading this Disney, PLEASE PLEAAASEEE bring "Alien Encounter" back when you close down Stitch, even if it's just for a limited time like "Captin EO"! I know there might be a way to balance the intensity for both kids and adults. You should give guests special scan cards that increases or decreases the intensity for them, like what you did with "Mission Space". I know this can work!
Please Disney? Can we please just "seize the future with X-S" just one more time? Please? Thank you. :)
Noooooo!
Highly doubt they'll bring it back for several reasons :/ sorry
Its going to be a Wreck it Ralph ride now
@@cheyturtledragon8374 A. Karens and because they want to be kid-friendly (look at how they changed the Snow White ride at Disneyland to remove all the danger) and B. because they want to plaster their IPs across all 4 parks and not care about original properties. DISNEY+, MAKE AN X-S TECH SERIES WITH S.I.R. AS THE MAIN CHARACTER!!
mom really does need to stop it
Tim Curry as S.I.R. was sooooooo bad asssssss!!!! I remember this attraction like it was yesterday.... GOOD TIMES!
My dad told me "yo ass wanna come back? Then go ride that ride I'll meet you by the restrooms". You know what happened next? I shit bricks!!
LMAO, that reminds me of my dad.
Basically how me and my parents rode this in 2001: this guy recommended it to us.
sadly I never got to ride this ride. I was too young :( I wish they would bring it back. My whole family talks about how scary and awesome this ride was. I wish I could experience it for myself
BRING IT BACK!!! D:
I did it's cool
Scary at first ; then I went in more than once ; then started to like it
I miss it soo much
Got a plush skippy
I remember every time
Tetra3Ne56scur I got a stuffed Skippy, too!
It’s my goal in life to build a VR accessory that brings back the feeling of this ride. Even though I was born too late to enjoy it myself (I probably could’ve but I was 5 when it closed).
"No flash photography or video recording" They really enforced that one
I remember being like 7 and getting dragged into this by my mom and cousin. Absolutely hated it.
+Agent of SHIELD me too!! I screamed for mercy
They had two chambers on this ride. Only one was ever really used. I think on the final week of the ride both chambers were simultaneously, but I never went that week..... I only heard about it from a blog on the internet of the ride closing.
This ride was awesome. It was a true sensory overload.
i roe it once legit scared shitless
I need to meet this bot omg
OMG Those screams are genuine!
Imagine being that alien. Minding your own business, hanging out with your alien homies, maybe smoking a little bit of alien weed. Then all of a sudden, you get sent to some random area with small beings you’ve never seen before. How do you even react to that?
He was probably really pissed off. That’s part of why he acts that way in this ride. And then his luck really runs out at the end where instead of being sent back home they just blow him up :(.
ALIEN WEED XD
"IT'S AN ALIEN!!!" "No, it's my mother in-law."
more like a dragon than a alien tbh
Since they went with an original story, Disney had complete liberty to make the alien as menacing as they pleased.
an alien is a creature from space. That creature wasn't supposed to be from earth so it counts. It doesn't matter if it looks like a dragon.
I was gushing over how awesome it looked. It looked like something out of the "cartoons" my neighbor watched (which were, of course, anime.)
So stoked I got to do this as a kid. scared the bejesus outta me. Felt like a man when I walked out alive and not crying.
The pre-show is a drunk robot messing up. There you go.
I did it in 1997 ... so scary ^^ I was 17, I knew that it wasn't real but ... my brain was fooled ... everybody was screaming ... terrific and fantastic :)
Mister M My neighbor, who went with me, told me it wasn't real. Because of that, I was fine.
this ride scared the shit out of me when i was like 6 and ruined my whole vacation
Your WHOLE vacation was ruined by one ten minute attraction?
ME TOO
when youre six, yes
ThatHauntFreak2 you dont even understand. This ride was terrifying to me when I was a little kid.
Baily Wassup
I'm not denying that it terrified you, but it ruined your WHOLE vacation? Really?
I will never forget this ride. I was like 10 when I went on and was so so scared. I'll never forget it haha
Same haha.
No I don't haha. I was like 10 or 11 haha
This ride was freaking terrifying. I will never forget riding it. I was around 7 or 8 and my brother was 5. We actually got on to it thinking it was a different ride. We were in shock to say the least. I remember sobbing hysterically after getting off of it. Disney doesn't really cater to the scary/alien-obsessed crowd so it only made sense for them to take it down. Fourteen years later and I'm still traumatized.
I know right. I'm 20 years old and it still to this day freaks me out
You're not alone. It scared me and I,m a lot older than you.
carolina girl I know right! They changed it cuz it scared little kids
LOL! and chickens like me. I won,t go on it again. Not even with the mild version.
It didn't make sense for them to take it down, it was because parents didn't bother to take the "not suitable for children" seriously
OMG like if you heard the kid yell "MOM STOP IT!!" at 12:34
my mom was totally tugging on my pant leg to terrify me further.
omg was that you?! i found it hilarious. im only 14 so i was never able to go on it before they turned into stitch but it seemed pretty scary. not a ride you would think would be at disney...
@@clerki You're famous, you know that?
May I use this footage in a video I'm making about scary Disney animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.
Ohmygod. I remember BEGGING my mom to let me experience this attraction when I was about 7 or 8? I can't remember. She kept telling me it was boring and made it seem like the seat restraints were a pain. I wouldn't stop bugging her until she let me... and I immediately regretted it as soon as that alien was transported in that tube thing😂 I cried sooooo hard afterwards. I remember not even leaving the attraction yet, just standing in the exit area, crying with my mom comforting me😂😂 Now watching this as a 22 year old... I really wish they'd bring this back. It was just so real. I think what scared me the most was the maintenance worker "dying". I kept asking my mom if that was blood that sprayed (which I think we were supposed to believe that) But of course she kept saying "What? No that was water. What're you talking about?" 😂 Also that one robot being mean to that cute alien in that pre show thing made me feel really uneasy😂
triforce princess My neighbor told me it was water and that's why I wasn't scared. But I remember SIR being mean to Skippy and how both of us thought it was "alien abuse." LOL
Lmao I was hysterical. So scary
Came here for the Tim, wasn't disappointed.
Thank you for having this video…I was able to share it with my daughters that never heard of it and they think they would’ve left crying from the ride lol
I thought stitch ride was cool. This blows it out of the water. It'd be cool if Universal did something like this at their park.
so i'm curious, is this show really as terrifying and traumatizing as everybody says it is? I was alive around the time it was still open, but I was only 3 years old by the time it closed down so I was definitely way too young to be seeing a show this scary at the time. I imagine it was about 10 times more scary in person than it is in this video because you don't get the whole surround sound affect and everything but is it really THAT terrifying of an attraction? I'm just curious because i've been really fascinated with this show pretty much ever since I found out it existed.
Short answer: Yes, it was legitimately scary.
Long answer: The show was designed entirely to mess with your head, and they exploited the show system very well. The alien is only visible long enough to establish in the mind that it exists, and it is a threat. When all the lights go down, your other senses try to fill the void of darkness with whatever information it can get. At that point, you're much more susceptible to sound cues and tactile effects. Though the effects were rather simple, they became incredibly scary when the brain thinks they're from a bloodthirsty monster.
Additionally, Alien Encounter was such an extreme contrast to the family friendly atmosphere of Disney World that a ride this intense comes as such a shock. Basically, riders weren't prepared for a scary ride like they would've been at other theme parks, so Alien Encounter caught a lot of people off guard.
I rode Alien Encounter several times in my childhood. I think I was about 6 when I first went on it in the mid-90s, so it was probably fairly new then. I was never traumatized by it, but I thought it was awesome and exciting. However, I was a bit upset by the pre-show because I misheard the robot and thought that the cute Skippy alien got killed.
To be honest: I was actually scared more by the haunted mansion that same visit when I was 6. Not because the mansion was scarier (it's really tame in comparison) but I was nervous and hid my face in my hands most of the ride because I expected a horror-based ride to be inherently scarier than the scary alien sci-fi ride I had ridden earlier in the day.
And the interesting thing about it is that it was originally an Aliens attraction where the xenomorphs would be monster. It would have been terrifying attraction for those who have seen the Aliens films and know what these creatures are capable of. It is definitely not for young kids.
Also, add to that the fact that you're trapped in a harness that comes down over your head and pins your shoulders down. Claustrophobics didn't last too long. It also made it worse that if you got too frightened during the show, you couldn't just get up and leave. I was 37 when I rode it, and it terrified me. Mind you, I hate haunted houses and things where the scary things touch you.
it was kind of scary cause it felt like the alien was actually near you with effects and it was real but thats what made it so awesome. mostly young kids would be terrified of this especially for first time if you never experienced it.
I loved this ride as a kid. It felt like something that should have been at Universal, not Disney.
12:08 I have to go now, my planet needs me *moves down away from attraction
I could swear that's Charles Shaughnessy voicing the robot.
It is actually Tim Curry
Someone else thought it was Alan Rickman!
The guy from The Nanny? SPACE GHOST LOVES THE NANNY... nvm.
The maintinence worker sounds like the clown in the credits of Inside Out.
this was the scariest ride I've ever been on. I was only seven, and I was screaming my head off, dying to get off.
Ah, Tim Curry voicing the robot. Nice. I remember this!! This was great!
Phil Hartman as T.O.M 2000
it's weird seeing a video of people from early 2000's walking around with kids that's probably about my age now, knowing that was the time all my vintage Disney world childhood photos were taken...
Ik I was born the year it went away but POOR SKIPPY HE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT!! Tim Curry's voice acting there is remarkable I like it a lot
Was an awesome ride. Took my kids in Jan of 2000. My boys and I loved it!!! Their 24 and 22 now and they still remember how scary and fun it was.
People: Wah wah, this ride is too scary! Disney is a kids park!
(Disney replaces the ride with Lilo and Stitch)
Me: Are you happy now?!
People: Wah wah, this ride sucks! It's the worst ride at Disney!
Haha can’t please everyone
People: Great job, you just made it inferior. We want our FastPass back!
Ailen Encounter: scariest ride at Disney
Stitch’s Great Escape: worst ride at Disney
Little glitches. Little? LITTLE??
It could have been a big glitch, and spawned in like 50 aliens
Glaxir Fair enough
This ride scared the shit out of me. I legit remember sitting there and thinking the alien was eating me and my mom
Sarah Polwort I knew it was fake.
This ride being unsuitable for small children is not an excuse for taking it down. Any adult who hasn't been living under a rock knows what Alien is and should know not to bring children into an attraction based on what is widely regarded to be one of the scariest movies of all time, let alone a ride with "TERROR" in the name. This obviously is not going to be at Haunted Mansion level. Not everything at Disney has to be suitable for 5 year olds, and that's not limited to just the big rollercoasters.
While similar to the Ridley Scott films in tone and style, Disney refused to sign off on an attraction that was directly tied to Alien. To compromise, they made their own story, but that in turn helped kill off Alien Encounter.
The big selling point of the Alien tie in was that guests knew what Alien was, and would know right off the bat an attraction based on the films would not be appropriate for sensitive audiences (including young kids). By going with an original story, Disney lost that built in parental control; despite providing adequate and repeated warnings about the show's intensity, parents didn't take them seriously because they didn't expect Disney to actually make something that scary.
Since Disney owns enough "adult" franchises with established hostile alien races (e.g. Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy), they could feasibly revisit this and give it the proper tie in that would show parents their 5 year old probably won't like it.
Just get Lance Henriksen to voice S.I.R. (and have him say, "Knowledge is power...")
I've come back to this comment with a completely different opinion lmao. Of course I would love to see this back at Disney... but it's just not the place for it regardless of my interests. I think it would be amazing at a park like Universal, however, since they've had success with scarier rides like Jaws and King Kong.
Can't believe they replaced this with Stitch's Great Escape.
Really tho smh they could have put disclaimers for parents out there and we can I have one ride at Disney world that's not family friendly
+Fanai Armstrong. They did! There was a big sign at the entrance that said "May not be suitable for small children and some people may find the attraction disturbing". Besides, it was scary for Disney, but not really THAT scary.
+BlckCloud73 true you're right they did do that and yeah it was I guess more like a universal type of ride then a Disney park ride you're right again
+Danielle Pluzsik it's not Jesse Eisenberg, it's Richard Kind, who voiced Bing Bong in Inside Out.
exactly, they need more rides for adults at disney
I think they canceled this ride? Haven't been in a long time. Was easily my favorite ride as a kid. Such a creative idea.
never got to do this ride. I wanted to go as a 5 year old but parents said its too scary. then it became stitch before I could go back. thank god for this video
I didn't find this too scary when I went as a kid.. I must've only been about 8. What scared me, though, was when I left and Dad turned around and said dead seriously "I swear fewer people are leaving than the amount that entered". Only then was I scared :P
It could have been because they let people out before entering the chamber if they were to scared to continue.
Why do dads do this!? 😂
This ride scared the crap out of me I was only 6 years old. I don't know how but I knew there be something scary but noooo my mom and dad did not listen to me cause my sister wanted to go. So yeah dragging a 6 year old to this shit was mess up
+gsamalot lol
+gsamalot haha my parents did the same thing! Afterwards I was crying and yelling at my Mom for laughing about it and she said I should have known better because the signs outside the ride warned against going in if you had a pacemaker... I had no more concept of what that was than most other 8 year olds.
It scary because everything is pitch black as fuck and all you hear are creepy sounds and things going on as well as feeling stuff
gsamalot I hope you paid her back. older siblings can be a pain! I have an older brother and I got even with him when he pulled his pranks.
gsamalot I hate when parents do things like that. I've volunteered at a haunted house as an actress twice. Whenever I see parents dragging their horrified kids through and get mad at them for being scared, I always make an effort to scare the parents and not the kids. Sometimes it makes the kids laugh and they're ready to face the rest of the attraction.
That robot voice actor must be Tim curry
It is
Tim freaking curry XD noice
My brother and I had the pleasure of going on this when it was open. I thought it was the most awesome ride....especially since my brother, who is a few years older than me, screamed like a little bitch when the aliens 'tongue' slapped him in the face and the alien was breathing down his neck. Made the ride much more enjoyable hearing that.
Scariest thing I ever experienced, and I was sitting still the whole time! I got on this in 1995 when I was 18! My sister was sitting next to me and I knew she was dead. I screamed and cried, all I wanted to do was get out of there! You missed out if you never go a chance to experience Alien Encounter!
Lol...no I thought she was dead. There was a moment when you could hear the Alien crunching on bones. It really sounded like it was eating the peeson sitting next to you.
Telisa Bryant Oh. i though you meant that she had a heart attack from terror during the Extra-TERRORestrial Alien Encounter. those sound effects really did sound realistic.
I believe with enough parental warnings and placing the attraction in Hollywood Studios, an Alien themed ride would be INCREDIBLE
But we would have Ash instead of S.I.R. in the preshow, and Ash looks like a goddamn human. Part of what made S.I.R. so attractive to me was his humanoid appearance, especially that bike helmet and vest.
@@YuukiTakemoto1996as good as this was an actual alien attraction would be a far better ride
Older people:*heart attack*
Kids: *laughing*
Stitches great escape
Older people: meh
Kids: DAH SHIT STICH IS ON THE CORNER AAAAAAAAAAAA
I just got off the phone with my mom, talking to her about the time we went on this ride. I was about 5 and it freaked me tf out! As soon as they said that damn alien escaped and I felt it on my neck and arms I screamed for somebody anybody to come save my ass! lmao its funny now, but to remember how scared I was at the time I could of passed the fuck out lmao my mom still cries real tears when she or I bring it up, because one of the workers had to come get us mid way through the ride and because I damn near choked her out trying to get tf out of my seat and on to hers. This ride clearly had my 5 year old self fucked up! lmao
Such an awesome attraction this was. Terrifying but enthralling. I was 8 in 1995 and this blew me away. So upset they took it down :/
BonecrusherT800 I was 6, and thanks to my neighbor doing a great job explaining how it all worked, it didn't scare me. Helps I'd seen Alien and Aliens before this, and was a major Terminator fan. Nothing on TV usually scared me. The things that scared me I don't look up on TH-cam or elsewhere online.
@@MarthaRoseQuartz YOU LIKE LANCE HENRIKSEN?!?!?! :3
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Yes ;)
Bishop Forever!
BEST RIDE EVER!!!!! STOP PLAYING AROUND AND BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!
Disney is now a money-hungry, IP-loving bastard. As soon as AE closed in 2003, that's when Disney died. S.I.R. was Disney's most ballsy move (and they REFUSED to give him any popularity besides an action figure.)
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 I wish I had the SIR action figure.
The actors name who was running around, was Frank Welker.
All I can picture now is Fred from Scooby Doo being the alien.
that robot in the beginning is animated better than any of disneys new stuff besides matterhorn
The reason people hate Stitchs Great Escape is because it's not a dark ride or another indoor coaster. And they just like the audio animatronic.
The reason people hate Stitch is because it's just not good.
This ride was amazing! It's a goddamned travesty they got rid of it. Even worse that they replaced it with that horrid piece of godawful shit known as Stitch. I'm so ashamed to be a Disney fan because of this.
Well, theirs still the great movie rode that has Alien section
Even worse, they refuse to acknowledge S.I.R. They changed him into some fat little shit in Stitch instead of just giving him a police hat and having Tim Curry record new dialogue. That is worse than outright destroying the animatronic. They acknowledge the alien and Skippy, but S.I.R.? Nope. Even when this attraction was around, they didn't give S.I.R. any popularity. They just released an action figure of him and that's it. Not even a vehicle to go with the action figure (like so many '90s franchises.) AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S BAD?! THE ACTION FIGURE COULDN'T HOLD ANYTHING, SO THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY ACCESSORIES FOR IT! He also didn't appear in the WDW video games. S.I.R. could've been Disney's Nineties Anti-Hero and they failed to recognize him.
Dreaklock Alien encounter was too scary for some people That is not a family friendly ride that’s why they replaced it with stitche’s great escape because it was more family friendly
I remember when me and my dad first went inside the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter to see what it was like when we went to Walt Disney World in Orlando in Florida one summer of my elementry school days of either the late 1990s or earlly 2000s and it definitely scared the hell out of me and I didn't want to go back inside it again. It was a freak show. But now watching this recorded vacation video here on TH-cam makes me wish they had never ever closed the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter on October 12th of 2003 to replace it for Stitch's Great Escape. If the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter was still in the Tomorrowland area of the Magic Kingdom park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida to this very exact day, I would be so scared of it anymore. Both the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter and The Haunted Mansion would be the two best pre-show and ride for Halloween every year. And If I talked my mom into going inside the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, It would've also probably really scared her too. BRING THE EXTRATERRORESTRIAL ALIEN ENCOUNTER BACK PEOPLE OF WALT DISNEY WORLD!
14:03
- (blood sprays on the audience / screaming)
- (the actor runs around the audience)
Haven't seen a video yet that shows the alien's face. Holy cow, that was creepy! Don't know how you did it, but thanks for sitting through that and taping it. Glad I got to see it!
The workers probably had to clean the seats after each group.
Ya know, we went in 2002 and I remembered riding something like this but when we went back in 2012 I couldnt figure out what it was until I went to the Lilo and Stitch ride and it was very similar. It was so cool and much scarier than Lilo and Stitch (which doesnt suck but its like the same thing, with it running around you and such, but more family friendly)
The whole "family friendly" thing is precisely why Stitch doesn't work. This show was built from the ground up to be really scary (effects, restraints, minimal lighting). No matter how much it's sugarcoated, there's no getting around it. Sensitive audiences can see right through the happy facade and will get scared regardless.
+AdrenalineAddict610 Exactly. The only difference is that right after the jump scare you feel a bit better because you know its a friendly alien rather than one that isnt.
Stitch freaking sucks... instead of Tim Curry as a robot, we get ear splittingly annoying Birdman like TOM 1 pansy.
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33 percent bring this ride back
33 percent why did they replace stitch with this
34 percent mom stop it
60 percent Elvin Garcia. Never change, friend.
Damn I went to DW a couple months before this ride ever opened and I remember looking at the sign they had for it describing the ride sounded so cool, shows u how scary your imagination can get.
Spinbot looks like Kryton from Red Dwarf!
I experienced this ride aged 5! Pure scared me for life haha Apparently I came out crying and hitting my dad saying it was his fault! He had no idea what the ride was, or so he says haha
I had to get on this ride when I was 6 with my family bc no one wanted to sit outside with me. it literally scared the shit out of me I almost had an anxiety attack on the ride my mom was freaking out. lol. good times
therdj15 well like i talk to my parents about it now still & they'll say like it's disney we didn't know it was going to be that scary lol
I just posted about my experience. My mom swears I broke out of the safety restraints because I was on her lap by the time someone could come and escort us out of the ride midway through it! I guess my screams of horror was proof that I was literally going to cause them a law suit lmao
I wasn't scared of this when I was 6 and went to Disney. You can thank my amazing neighbor!
Is that Tim Curry voicing the robot?
yep
I just realized this was by George Lucas too xD
according to the people who worked on this, George Lucas basically did nothing besides sign his check and get his name on the sign.
That's because, form what I heard, his version of the story was not used as it was deemed too dark.
*DIRECTED BY GEORGE LUCAS*
@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 Yeah, and it would've likely used the TOM 2000 preshow. In that case... WHY WOULD TOM WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT EVIL?! LOOK AT HOW HE CLEARLY ENJOYS HIS JOB!!
@@YuukiTakemoto1996 Poor TOM. I bet in that universe, I'm the Ripley kinda gal who comes to take the company down, and I rescue TOM along the way. He's all "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" like he says when he fries Skippy.
This is the best video I have seen of this ride. Great job!
I was trying to say I was mad when I heard they changed it about that movie with the Hawaii girl and the alien. This is much better than what they have know.
I could see an Alien (Ridley Scott) version of this ride. It doesn't have to be made by Disney but it could be done. If it already has, someone tell me.
The Xenomorph was supposed to be the subject of the original plans for the attraction, but they were shelved.
That's unfortunate. Would have been seriously cool to have a Xeno involved in this.
Parker Sellers Yeah, the original plan was to name the ride Nostromo and have it feature the Alien. But I think they decided it wasn't appropriate for a Disney park. There is an Alien segment on the Great Movie Ride however.
The weird thing is that the trailer for this attraction makes it look like it's a Xenomorph, but it isn't.
jetraydude So I went and saw the trailer for this. You were right!
14:37
- (the actor breathes and drools on each member)
Reminds me of *Video opens with Jim Reid-Anderson entering the fifth dimension after overdosing on bath salts*
lol @ 14:34 "MOM STOP IT!!!" Hahahaha
Aw man I would have loved to have the crap scared outta me on this! It closed when I was young and when we went in 2001 I don't remember this as my mum and dad probably didn't want us to go on it since I was only 6. But now I'd love to go on it!
My dad snugged me on this ride when I was 3 and I went in 2002 and it scarred me for life. So did the Haunted mansion
Aurora Cuthill I don't even REMEMBER Haunted Mansion.... I just remember my neighbor (who went with us) explaining all the effects. I mean I like supernatural stuff but it just wasn't my taste mang.... I much more enjoyed the Tower of Terror even if I puked on that xD
I never went on Haunted Mansion. Didn't impress us much.
Introducing: The ride i never got in. :c
Me To! =c
***** Me Three =c
You missed out.
I went on this in 2001. I thought it was funny!
This is so scary when you experience that chair the first time .
alien encounter scared the crap out of me when i was 7. Now that i'm 23, i would love to go on it again if it wasn't replaced by stitch's great escape
People say that they would never return any attraction after it got removed, Captain EO returned and the original Space Mountain in Disneyland returned so why not this
Captain eo was brief and was a film.
I first when to Disney World in 2004 (a year after this closed) when I was 8 so I'm not sure if it would have scared me or not. This looks a lot better than the Stitch Ride, I've love to ride this thing.
I'm trying to understand what happened while on the ride. So did it actually move around the room? Anyone know/remember?
Haley angelo After it "escapes" the tube the lights go out and all you see is the flashlight of the guy in the catwalk trying to restore power. He gets killed by the alien and you can feel his blood (actually just warm water) dripping on you. Once his flashlight is out you are in complete darkness and you can hear the alien behind you, feel it's breath on your neck and also feel it brush up against your legs. The way they used the surround sound in the auditorium, the total black out and the physical effects of you being touched was pretty scary/fun. This was a very memorable attraction and it's a shame they got rid of it.
Oh wow! that sounds really amazing and scary! It would be really fun to experience! Too bad its gone now :(
The chair caused all the effects imitating an alien.
Ferngully the last rainforest actors