LeeSeeBabe
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My family calls it the Wedgie-way.
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The TTA
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nelsonj3
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I absolutely love the TTA! It seems like there is always a pleasant breeze blowing when you're riding it, even on a really warm day. I also really love riding a few times in a row just to rest for a bit and enjoy the great scenery.
I had forgotten that Alamo Car Rentals is sponsoring the TTA now. I'm glad I rented the car for my trip to WDW in two weeks from Alamo!!! :animwink:
I had forgotten that Alamo Car Rentals is sponsoring the TTA now. I'm glad I rented the car for my trip to WDW in two weeks from Alamo!!! :animwink:
PianoManKD
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Ya this is one of those attractions that will stay just because it was one of the first...Plus if they took it out, T-land would look very empty in away....
I still get chills when I walk past the entrance to the Sky buckets entrance...I have never gotten to go on them since I was too young but everytime I see it I wish I could see it in working operations.....
wedway71
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I love the attraction but I do hope they can touch up the Model of City of Tommorrow.The model is fine but the area around it needed to be painted last time I was there.
I would think being part of Disney history like the model is that they would take pride in the area showcasing this model.
I would think being part of Disney history like the model is that they would take pride in the area showcasing this model.
MiceysBestPal
New Member
And Rocket Rods WERE a LOT of fun to ride, when they were running.
It broke down a LOT (think the early days of Test Track, and you've got it), however, and there were not safety rails everywhere along the elevated tracks, so there was no easy and safe way to allow guests stranded in the cars along the way to EXIT the stopped attraction.
What a sad, sad situation and ultimate end for a great ride idea.
MiceysBestPal
New Member
If anyone would like a "taste" of the TTA on-line...
Here's a very FAST version of the attraction that I shot and edited recently.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority -MK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AguKH6aKyk
(Sorry the quality must be so severely reduced for posting on the web.)
Here's a very FAST version of the attraction that I shot and edited recently.
Tomorrowland Transit Authority -MK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AguKH6aKyk
(Sorry the quality must be so severely reduced for posting on the web.)
This is the music I'm talking about that I like a lot, hearable from the TTA inside Space Mtn:
http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/sounds/smstartunnel.mp3
http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/sounds/smstartunnel.mp3
Figment82
Well-Known Member
Yup, that's what I have (that and a few others). The Star Tunnel is my favorite. I just wish it was played more inside of SM's queue - it's only in the first room with the "ball pit" floor, and of course part of the TTA.
CThaddeus
New Member
The original Calafornian entracnce was like WDWs, under the Star Jets - though with 2 sets of Speedramps. This was oblitereated in the 1995-8 revamp to Rocket Rods, which used the CircleVision building as it`s entrance and queue, then descended into a maintainence tunnel under Tomorrowland to the Star Jets platform where an enclosed staircase took the queue to the loading platform. The actual area the speedramps were accessed from had a `dj` booth placed infront of it. However, due to incompetence at the highest levels, Rocket Rods literally tore itself apart and the adapted 1967 Peoplemover track still stands empty, with the Rods guidebar and busbar rusting away.
Just for accuracy's sake I wanted to note that I believe the queue tunnel was created specifically for the attraction. There was a point in time during construction where you couldn't go to the left around the area between the old Circlevision Theater exit and the former Peoplemover loading area. During that time I'm pretty sure they were excavating the tunnel.
Also, the 'dj' booth was actually on the backside facing the current Innoventions. It was a Radio Disney booth where they supposedly broadcast from, though I never saw anyone in it (it did look like it was being used, though). It recently was converted into a store that sells mostly lightsabers and other Star Wars items (since it is next to the Jedi Academy show). The area that used to be the first ramp was turned into a huge planter, in front of which is usually a popcorn cart, and to the right of which is a lousy DVC cart.
As for Rocket Rods itself, it was a horrible waste of two attractions - Circlevision and Peoplemover. It was also insanely noisy (for some reason I always perceived the future to be quieter), making whining, squealing and beeping noises constantly. Additionally, it destroyed the atmosphere of Tomorrowland in general, making the future look like it was designed by a ferret on crack. It didn't have a Disney feel to it at all, in my mind, and gave you no time to enjoy your surroundings. Perhaps if they had just slowed it down to Peoplemover speed and added a narration track similar to Peoplemover's, they might have been okay...except that the cars had no roof and would have been awful in the rain (not that it mattered since we frequently had to shut them down when it rained. They tended to slide downhill when the track and wheels got wet). I truly hope Lassetter greenlights a replacement Peoplemover soon.
By the way, hi Martin! Sorry about the TOT thing!
I could have sworn the tunnel was at least a 1967 original, but I stand corrected. All I can find is the tunnel from the north east side of the Carousel theatre building that crosses north of the Rocket Jets platform, and then heads east behind the CV building (Buzz) - it dosn`t go under the Peoplemover platform at all.
ilovepluto23
New Member
I LOVE this ride also! I think it must have to do with getting some time to take in the views of the MK. My family has to ride TTA at least 5 times everytime we're in the MK.
It would be devestating to see it go, so I hope and pray it NEVER happens!
It would be devestating to see it go, so I hope and pray it NEVER happens!
Sleeping*Beauty
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I rode the TTA for the first time on my trip on the 11. It was so great. We went to ride it again and then it started to rain so it was the last ride I rode this trip, besides the magical bus back to Pop Century.