Originally Posted By FerretAfros Speaking of TL costumes, the other day, I was wondering about the original Star Tours costumes. In the video, the lady with the lovely hair is wearing a maroon suit, and she is supposed to be employed by the Star Tours company. Well, the CM's who load us are also supposedly employed by ST, but they are wearing radically different outfits. I was wondering if they ever matched the outfits, or if they had always just had whatever they felt like for the CM's, no matter what the video looked like.
Originally Posted By The Caterpillar Star Tours is extremely dated now. What happened to the plans to update the attraction with the recent Star Wars movies? I hated those new movies but a change does need to be made.
Originally Posted By dresswhites you know either ATIS never made that much of an impression on me or I never went on it. i have no memories of it. same with Mission to Mars. i would assume that i visited these two attractions, because i have memories of almost every other attraction in the park. i don't know why my family would of skipped these two. as for star tours, never been a fan. i like the concept, but it makes me a bit nauseous.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Well, your family must have been nothing like mine if you skipped a free attraction. When did the mission change from the moon to Mars? I'm trying to remember which I saw. Well, I know I saw the Mars one, but I'm not sure about the moon. If I saw them both, they must have been very similar because I don't remember differences.
Originally Posted By Grumpy Pete The Moon and Mars Missions were essentially the same. It even had archeaological ruins on the far side of the Moon or planet. For the very young youngster I was, it was exciting.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl My dad loved ATIS. He said I was conceived on the attraction. He was kidding. At least... I really hope he was. LOL! ~Beth
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes ATIS was one of my favorite rides as a kid of eleven who rode it the first time in 1967. Some parts were very trippy. I went home and made a walk-through replica in our attic. dresswhites, I’m guessing that if you can’t recall it, you never went on it. In 1967 it was very impressive. At the end of it’s run, it wasn’t well maintained and it became very shoddy. This was before there was a park wide problem with maintenance that came some years later. I think that how shoddy it became would have left an impression as well. Now for something completely different. Does anyone have, or has anyone seen the ATIS DVD that is a CGI recreation of the ride? <a href="http://www.laughingplacestore.com/images/products/6615L.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplacestore. com/images/products/6615L.jpg</a> I have not and because it has received rave reviews I’m seriously thinking about getting it from the LP Store, but I’d like to see if anyone here at LP (preferably someone who rode the original Monsanto version) has seen it. Anyone?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Flight to the Moon was a D. By the time they made it Mission to Mars, I think it was downgraded to C. If not immediately, then definitely shortly thereafter (I have old C tickets with "Mission to Mars" and old D tickets with "Flight to the Moon" on them).
Originally Posted By dresswhites mission to mars always looked closed when we walked by. i wish i could experience both this and ATIS. oh well at least i expereinced the rocket rods! lol
Originally Posted By Daannzzz """Now for something completely different. Does anyone have, or has anyone seen the ATIS DVD that is a CGI recreation of the ride? "" I got a copy of this. It is very well done and is extremely nostalgiac to watch. The time that went into it is evident. It is a bit expensive for something you will not watch a lot but I thought it was worth it. I showed it to a few friends and they were really impressed as well.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins >>>oh well at least i expereinced the rocket rods!<<< Maybe if you had said Rocket Jets I would have been impressed. Flight to the Moon and Mission to Mars only D and C's? Those were the most believable attractions to me. Even as well done as many of the other attractions were (and are), inside those two, I could really believe that it could really happen and feel that it was really happening to me at the time.
Originally Posted By lawdawg ////Does anyone have, or has anyone seen the ATIS DVD that is a CGI recreation of the ride?//// I bought this last year, and it is worth the money!!! It has two ways to watch; a first person view and a third person with audio commentary. It was amazing to see what they did in 1967 with some lighting effects and some projectors. I too remember riding this and was freaked out by the miniature people going through the tube.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Tomorrowland WAS Disneyland to me.>> Me too, nemopoppins... everything you said! (The California Museum of Science and Industry at Exposition Park in L.A. was my favorite museum, too... I think it's because of my telephone company upbringing! I loved the AT&T displays in Tomorrowland! *LOL*)
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>>The California Museum of Science and Industry at Exposition Park in L.A. was my favorite museum, too...<<< Me too!! We lived in the Bay Area, and when my Dad took us down to Disneyland every other year, he made a point of spending a couple of days at DL and a couple of days at other attractions and this was one we frequently went to. So I always associate it with happy times and DL. I remember the AT&T display at the museum and enjoyed it a lot.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^It was just the BEST... Something new everytime we went! I loved the rose garden, too... That whole area was so beautiful. I've heard that it's kind of unsafe down there now. That's a shame. I still want to take Mr. Alice sometime. And thanks Schmitty, for bringing up the ATIS video... I just ordered it. Yay!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's not that unsafe. I have a friend who is starting her first day working at the ScienCenter today (clever name, huh?). If I were you, I wouldn't go for a liesurely walk alone through the neighborhood after dark, but it's really nothing to be afraid of during the day. The rose garden is currently closed for pruning and fertilizing, but you can still look over the rail, you just can't go in. (although everything looks dead, so I'm not sure why you would want to go in). If you do ever head over there, you should definately give me a holler, since I'm living about a 5 minute walk from there (at USC, the less creepy side of the museum block).
