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Deconstruction and reconstruction of ride pictures
- Thread starter montyz81
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Kind of; the Omnimover was always going to be the main attraction. The test track area was a sub ride. The visit to Milford in `78 was really for the Bird and the Robot and The Water Engine research.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
An Omnimover dark ride and TT? Now I feel sad. 
The two things that bother me about TT is a) how specific the pavilion's theme is (mid-90s automobile testing) and b) how ugly it looks on the outside.
However, as much as I love omnimover dark rides, I'd still say WoM's main ride had to go in some form or another. The A1 figures hardly moved as if GM went for quantity over quality and any 1982 vision of the future was bound to be dated by 1996. An SEE stile upgrade wouldn't have come cheap and since GM was smart in knowing a thrill attraction would increase crowds to see their showroom TT made sense.
I'm well aware that A1 figures of old can't compare to the A100 figures of today, but comparing WoM to other EPCOT Center attractions, its hard to be impressed.
I also never went on the ride as it closed January 2nd 1996 and my first WDW trip was in April/May of that year and my opinion is based on videos (including Martin's great tribute) and pictures.
But I'm still saying it anyway.
Finally, I think the Bird and Robot Show is more amusing than either WoM or TT. They should bring that back!
The two things that bother me about TT is a) how specific the pavilion's theme is (mid-90s automobile testing) and b) how ugly it looks on the outside.
However, as much as I love omnimover dark rides, I'd still say WoM's main ride had to go in some form or another. The A1 figures hardly moved as if GM went for quantity over quality and any 1982 vision of the future was bound to be dated by 1996. An SEE stile upgrade wouldn't have come cheap and since GM was smart in knowing a thrill attraction would increase crowds to see their showroom TT made sense.
I'm well aware that A1 figures of old can't compare to the A100 figures of today, but comparing WoM to other EPCOT Center attractions, its hard to be impressed.
I also never went on the ride as it closed January 2nd 1996 and my first WDW trip was in April/May of that year and my opinion is based on videos (including Martin's great tribute) and pictures.
But I'm still saying it anyway.
Finally, I think the Bird and Robot Show is more amusing than either WoM or TT. They should bring that back!
Enchantâmes
Active Member
Here comes World War III. Fan-boys vs. Newbies. I have to say World of Motion and Horizons were Tremendously better than their replacements. :wave:
I'm well aware that A1 figures of old can't compare to the A100 figures of today, but comparing WoM to other EPCOT Center attractions, its hard to be impressed.
I also never went on the ride as it closed January 2nd 1996 and my first WDW trip was in April/May of that year and my opinion is based on videos (including Martin's great tribute) and pictures.
But I'm still saying it anyway.
LMAO - "I never saw it, but I didn't like it and I wasn't impressed." :ROFLOL:
I'll give you points, however, for realizing what you were saying as you typed it.
It was a great ride. It was interesting, fun and educational. The song was catchy. Architecturally, the building fit in perfectly with the surrounding Future World design (unlike the current abomination). Like the other Future World pavilions, the original implementation was brilliant and showed long-term thinking (which you never see out of WDI anymore) - it featured a lengthy expensive "History of the Subject Matter" ride designed to be relevant decades into the future (because the history doesn't change) and an Exposition Hall (easily and inexpensively update-able) to show the modern day innovations of the subject matter and future outlook.
It is not the pavilion's fault that Disney never put any effort into constantly updating the portion that was supposed to be updated regularly. Similarly, just as they did in JII and Horizons, they opted to destroy the portion that was designed for the long-term, rather than let those rides acquire a nostalgic fanbase (like PotC and the Haunted Mansion and other beloved attractions) and instead use the money to refurb them (in keeping with design of the original rides) and/or build new pavilions. Basically, they FUBARed Future World because someone either (a) didn't understand the original concept, or (b) didn't care and thought his idea was better.
You would have liked the World of Motion ... even today.
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
I never said I didn't like WoM, just that I understood why it left.
Horizons is another attraction that I think to go to, as it would have been embarrassing to run the attraction in its 1983 form in the 21st century. Disney knew this in the 90s, but lost their sponsor. I don't blame Disney for giving in to an offer by another company to demolish it and build something new from scratch (and I'll be pelted with old fruit for thinking that).
I respect both for the effort that went into them (construction wise, musically, artistically etc), but these weren't going to age well.
Journey Into Imagination is something entirely different. Not only did I see that attraction in its original form, there was nothing in the content to date it and the level of effects in the attraction is still impressive today. That's something that shouldn't have left to the degree it did, although the contract to change it by 2000 wasn't necessarily a bad move on Kodak's part.
Horizons is another attraction that I think to go to, as it would have been embarrassing to run the attraction in its 1983 form in the 21st century. Disney knew this in the 90s, but lost their sponsor. I don't blame Disney for giving in to an offer by another company to demolish it and build something new from scratch (and I'll be pelted with old fruit for thinking that).
I respect both for the effort that went into them (construction wise, musically, artistically etc), but these weren't going to age well.
Journey Into Imagination is something entirely different. Not only did I see that attraction in its original form, there was nothing in the content to date it and the level of effects in the attraction is still impressive today. That's something that shouldn't have left to the degree it did, although the contract to change it by 2000 wasn't necessarily a bad move on Kodak's part.