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what was dreamflight?
- Thread starter djlb16
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Dreamflight ran on the same track as If You Had Wings (as Buzz Lightyear does today.) It was a "Whimsical view of the history of aviation, presented by Delta Airlines" and ran from June 23rd 1989 to Jan 1st 1996. Delta pulled their sponsorship, so the ride ran with all Deelta and Dreamflight references as Take Flight until Jan5th 1998.
The ride opened with a carousel that the Omnimovers circled, of cartoon charecters and ballons, biplanes etc. Next up was a cartoon air circus, with 2D props, a crashed pilot in a barn and an owl (twit twoo!) and then a 70mm film loop of barnstorming. Next we boarded a global clipper in San Fransisco for a trip to Tokyo and Paris, followed by a supersonic takeoff through a jet turbine and a speed tunnel (with clouds, runways and a future city airstrip projected on it. Finally was another 70mm film of a flythrough a future city and the atmosphere, and to finish a huge pop up book. Ring any bells?
The ride opened with a carousel that the Omnimovers circled, of cartoon charecters and ballons, biplanes etc. Next up was a cartoon air circus, with 2D props, a crashed pilot in a barn and an owl (twit twoo!) and then a 70mm film loop of barnstorming. Next we boarded a global clipper in San Fransisco for a trip to Tokyo and Paris, followed by a supersonic takeoff through a jet turbine and a speed tunnel (with clouds, runways and a future city airstrip projected on it. Finally was another 70mm film of a flythrough a future city and the atmosphere, and to finish a huge pop up book. Ring any bells?
General Grizz
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If You Had Wings was a TOTALLY different ride, slightly modified to "If You Could Fly." Dreamflight replaced it, and was slightly modified to "Take Flight."
Yeeess...
If You Had Wings, If You Could Fly (same with no sponsor), Dreamflight, Take Flight (same again with no sponsor) and Buzz Lightyear all used the same track, layout and Omnimovers.
If You Had Wings and If You Could Fly featured dozens of rear projection slide and 16mm projectors behind screens surrounded by sets depicting the locations Eastern Airlines flew to. It also had 2 speed rooms (technically one speed and one mirror)
Dreamflight and Takeflight took the story of the history of aviation. Out came all the projections screens, in came puppets, 2d and 3d sets, dioramas and 70mm film screens. The speed room was kept, the mirror room turned into a single side projection screen, and the Omnimover`s facing directions `reprogrammed` - in essence a whole new attraction on the same track.
Buzz Lightyear again removed all the Dreamflight sets, but still retained the speed room.
If You Had Wings, If You Could Fly (same with no sponsor), Dreamflight, Take Flight (same again with no sponsor) and Buzz Lightyear all used the same track, layout and Omnimovers.
If You Had Wings and If You Could Fly featured dozens of rear projection slide and 16mm projectors behind screens surrounded by sets depicting the locations Eastern Airlines flew to. It also had 2 speed rooms (technically one speed and one mirror)
Dreamflight and Takeflight took the story of the history of aviation. Out came all the projections screens, in came puppets, 2d and 3d sets, dioramas and 70mm film screens. The speed room was kept, the mirror room turned into a single side projection screen, and the Omnimover`s facing directions `reprogrammed` - in essence a whole new attraction on the same track.
Buzz Lightyear again removed all the Dreamflight sets, but still retained the speed room.