This is the ride my parents keep talking about. They refer to it as "the atom ride" and have told me for years how they had their first kiss on it. Thanks for the video!
@@sharbean If it were a person instead of a snow flake I would have gotten intimate. But I would have to see who the person was and people would call me a pervert.
Monsanto? Oh what a stab in the heart for me. I wish the ride were sill around in any case. This was way more than a ride and I'll never understand why they took it out.
SonOfaChaosGod Oh yes, star tours, one of the first Disney rides that contained no Disney magic and unlike this ride, no one ever leaned anything from star tours, but that it is a motion simulator and not an actual ride. I guess they have to keep things fresh, however, and give people what they want, so who knows what ride will get the ax next and what mindless blaaah will replace that one.
One reason Adventure Thru Inner Space so was popular (and repeatable) was that it was one of the only “free” attractions, meaning it didn’t require a ticket to ride, as it was sponsored by Monsanto. Once Disneyland went to a ticketless system in 1982, it’s days we’re numbered
Did they really shrink those people? How did they keep bugs from eating them? That's the scariest part of shrinking...being so small that bugs will eat you.
Great to see this old classic again! It was one of the rides that represented the 'great Disneyland' of the past. It was always easy to get on at any time of day, thanks to its unique constantly moving boarding system. This ride was cool, fun, inspiring and relaxing; a terrific way to escape the midday sun, kicking back in an Atomobile for a nice lengthy ride. A true Disneyland masterpiece!
I rode this ride a couple of times in the very early 70's at Disneyland and I really felt like we shrunk down to the size of an atom and that this ride was a technological secret for real.
This ride was a big part of my childhood. I absolutely had to go back to it anytime I went to Disneyland (Usually was with my dad). I think it was the "star" of the whole park for me :-) In that I now understand that it opened in 1967, I must of been among the 1st folks to see this, because it seems like it wouldn't have been much later than that, that I went for the 1st time
This was a big part of my childhood. My brother and I used to call this The Snowflake Ride and I really though it would shrink us. I am so bummed to see the Monsanto name on it.
@@jimkeskey Uh, what a weird comment. You don't really understand how hyperbole works do you? Can.you.understand.big.words.like.that.little.Jimmy??? Fuck you little freak. You sound like an idiot. Now stop taking things so literally and go troll somewhere else or go beat off to some Trump photo weirdo. Piss off.
This ride was Disneyland for me. weird, I know. the eye scared the s**t out of me. The quality that made it fun now that I look back wasn't G forces, fun colors, fast cars. fanciful charactersI think it was the Tomorrowland feeling. I WAS IN DISNEYLAND and nowhere else. years later, I heard about Star Tours. Oh my! . Then I rode it. Just another video while the chair knocks one about. cold and spiritless like the icy cold atoms in a water droplet.
I think allot of people used to go on that ride because of that. I don't remember what ride I heard this about, but security cameras caught two people doing, well, stuff, and when they got off allot of cast members were cheering them on!! They were embarassed, ha ha! I remember hearing this story, I think it was about Adventure Thru Inner Space.
Yup. I worked there the summer of '85. That was the year it closed. Total makeout ride. And (ahem) not a few who took it a step farther and weren't completely recomposed when the ride was over. I loved that ride as a kid but working there and hearing the ride operators tell stories totally ruined the magic for me. Imagine having your child see that. It needed to go.
@@makisekurisu8594 The ride was very dark, and teenagers are extremely creative, plus back in the 80s, most didn't understand how there could be security cameras watching even when there were no lights on.
Wow, did I love this attraction. Dig that groovy rain lamp at unload. They got rid of the "rain" and mannequin in later years and replaced them with illuminated signs.
There are so many rides if you were daring enough. But I think none more daring or adventures then the SkyWay. I think your only window of opportunity would of been when your going thru the Matterhorn ride.
It is also kind of funny that you asked that because along with that did you notice what the ride vehicles for this ride look like? This is where they got the idea to make the Haunted Mansion a ride through rather then a walk through. The same vehicles are "Doom Buggies" in the mansion!
