Originally Posted By bradhigcmdtsl Anynoe here ever get to ride it before it was replaced by star tours? I have the virtual ride thru dvd and I keep watching it.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove It was SOOOOOOOO awesome and fun, it really was. I'm sure by today's standards, it would be considered beyond cheesy, but back in the day, it was just a kick in the pants.
Originally Posted By ni_teach Yes, I went on it may times as a kid. As much as people praise it I'm not sure that it would really hold up to today standers.
Originally Posted By doombuggy it was a fun ride in it's day the sad thing was when they knew it was going to be torn out for S.T. they realllllllyyyy let it fall apart. I was lucky enough to ride it it's last week and you could hardly see the eye from all the spit. Trash every where, burned out lights, screens with huge rips in them.
Originally Posted By iamsally Whoa doombuggy, I am glad I did not see it in that condition! I want the memories I have. I rode it for the first time at 14 and was in ahhhhhhhh. We waited in a long line and had to surrender a ticket to see it. And that eyeball at the end. Good times. Then I got to take my kids. They were young enough to think they were really shrinking. My oldest still talks about it and cried when she heard the line in *Believe*. My youngest was post Inner Space and too short for Star Tours on his first trip. He has never gotten over that resentment.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 I rode it numerous times as a child. And, yes, I was afraid about the shrinking part. It looked real to me!
Originally Posted By TheParsec I also rode it Alot when I was a kid, That was a GREAT Ride!! I really thought I shrunk!
Originally Posted By danyoung It was always one of my favorites, especially when you could go on it with no ticket at all! I remember the first time I got close enough to see that the tiny people in the Mighty Microscope were in fact just an illusion. I was kinda let down - I knew we didn't really shrink, but I thought it was a Disney illusion that showed us as tiny people!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I have vague memories of it when I was a child. I think I spent the ride with my eyes closed. However, when I saw it on "DL: From POTC to the World of Tomorrow" in the early 90s, I actually thought that those tiny people were REALLY guests I was confused...
Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer I loved it!!! it wouldn't have played today but, back when it opened, it seemed so real. >> I actually thought that those tiny people were REALLY guests I was confused...<< You weren't the only one! I remember hearing a story about a really upset mother who created a ruckus with a CM. She thought something was wrong with her son because he didn't wave when he was going through the shrinking tube.
Originally Posted By princessmarilyn My sister and I called it the "Eye Ride" when we were kids. I loved the huge, sparkling snowflakes that towered over you. It was a great attraction for back in the day.
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Originally Posted By Rsey103 I loved that ride. Bring it back! >>My oldest still talks about it and cried when she heard the line in *Believe*.<< What is that in reference to?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones ">>My oldest still talks about it and cried when she heard the line in *Believe*.<< What is that in reference to?" I think they mean Remember... The line, "Are we actually shrinking?" or whatever it is, is in the Tomorrowland segment.
Originally Posted By ABBY I loved it as a kid!! I scared my little brother by convincing him that it actually shrunk people. He wouldn't go on it and then I felt really bad as I couldn't convince him otherwise. I was probably around 11 or 12 and he was 3 or 4. Now I feel REALLY bad because I don't think he ever got to experience it. I think it was taken out before he was old enough to realize that it didn't actually shrink guests.
Originally Posted By ImTempest We always referred to it as "The Monsanto". It wasn't until I became an adult that I found out what the real name was!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 We often called it "Monsanto" too just because it was shorter. And before they lost the Monsanto sponsorship, it was FREE, which in the days of ticket books was a big deal. ATIS, CofP and ATB were all free, which meant TL was an especially happening place in the late 60's/early 70's. And the line in "Remember" ends with "Magnification-cation-cation." I dug the hour-glass-shaped "dripping string" thing at the end, too. I loved that ride.
Originally Posted By iamsally >>>">>My oldest still talks about it and cried when she heard the line in *Believe*.<<<<< Yes, I did mean *Remember*. (I'm too old.) Anyway, during the fireworks just before the Star Tours segment you hear, "Magnification, can I possibly survive?"
