Who Misses Dreamflight? Please stand up

Mirage

Mirage

New Member
Original Poster
I don't think I ever went of the "If You Had Wings" ride, if I did I sure don't remember it, unless it was just like Dreamflight but w/ a diff name.
I have only found two places that have audio clips from the Dreamflight ride

http://homepages.gs.net/~retif/annex/wwdw.htm
and
http://disneysounds.virtualave.net/mk.html (wanrning losts of really anoying pop ups w/ this one)
I clips are really shot, but it is something

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WOW, I checked out the web page that Big Pooh wrote in here. it brought a tear to my eye. I totally remember everything just as the movie showed:cry:
Thanks so much Big Pooh for posting that
:animwink:
 
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A Kind Of Magic

New Member
Bird!.................Flight!

If you had wings.

If you had wings.

If you had wings.

If you had wings.

had wings.

had wings.

had wings.

had wings.


Come on everyone sing it !!!
 
Horizons38

Horizons38

Premium Member
Originally posted by cymbaldiva
I miss it....:cry:

Buzz was okay for about 10 minutes I guess - now it's just an attraction that has far longer a line than it's worth.

I'll take Dreamflight any day! :)
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Totally agree with you !:)
 
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General Grizz

New Member
I have to admit, I shed tears when I rode Buzz Lightyear's Spaceranger Spin for the first time. The attraction is really clever and fun, yet I don't see the emotional connection...it's weird. I still enjoy it, but not nearly as much as Dreamflight. It's a good asset, but Dreamflight was really part of my family.

Anyway, about that shedding tears on Lightyear's...seeing giant monsters and aliens with that spacey, gooey music is the ultimate nightmare after loving Dreamflight. I don't view it this way anymore, but the first time, it was really a nightmare. I almost wanted to jump out and beat the heck out of the sets.

I have come to appreciate it more as an attraction, yet it will never replace Dreamflight in my heart. I can't establish a connection that I can, even with replacements of other attractions at the MK.

We love (and miss!) you, Dreamflight! :cry: You will never be forgotten! (Or If You Had Wings, for that matter). :cry:
 
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MicBat

Well-Known Member
I dunno... I've been thinking and all "Dreamflight" and "If You Had Wings" were were big advertisements for Delta and Eastern Airlines. Am I wrong here? I mean, I still LOVED Dreamflight and don't remember "If You Had Wings," but come on! Everyone here seems to talk about how Disney is all for $$ and all this, but they closed an attraction, that could have easily gotton another airline sponser, to open an attraction that coincided with the Tomorrowland theme...
 
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General Grizz

New Member
Actually, they did have important themes - and it fit that they would have sponsors. (Dreams to realities, etc.) Kinda like GM to WoM. WoM had excellent messages with or without GM...
 
RandeB

RandeB

Member
I, um, er, actually...

Love Buzz Lightyear. I used to like if you had wings when I was kid, mostly because you didn't need to use a valuable ticket to ride it. I could ride Buzz over and over, not once a trip for nostalgia purposes as I would for if you had wings/dreamflight.
 
mickeyfanatics

mickeyfanatics

New Member
If you had wings was totally different from Dreamflight. It is still the same track and basic vehicle, but IYHW used 3-d sets instead of 2-d cutouts. It also had a very catchy soundtrack that someone else already posted. When Eastern when belly-up, Delta stepped in as the Official Airline and they changed the name to If You Could Fly (and got rid of the music). Then, they did a total rehab to Dreamflight.
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

Well-Known Member
I liked Dreamflight, but I don't really miss it. The best part about the attraction is that it was so unpopular that you could always walk right on and ride it again and again. To be honest there wasn't all that much to see inside of it, save for the really beautiful pair of scenes with the french cafe and the Japanese garden. I loved the inclusion of Walt and the music that used in that little section.
Yes, Dreamflight did have some nice themes, but they didn't really gel well with Tomorrowland and clashed outright with the Jules Verne theme of the New Tomorrowland in which everything is as far removed from the present as possible.
It was a nice ride and all, with an awesome soundtrack and arguably THE best use of small space in any dark ride ever, but it was more than a tad on the boring side and wasn't right for Tomorrowland as a pavillion. Now, if we could only get rid of the Indianapolis Noise Pollution factory...

Buzz Lightyear is certainly a fun ride, and unlike Dreamflight is worth riding over and over if you try and build up a high score. The garish decor is a bit much and I would have liked it if the art style of the attraction had veered more on the Toy Story side of things and not towards the look of the Buzz Lightyear cartoon. Still, it's the only thing like it on WDW property and was well worth loosing an outdated, neglected attraction.
 
blm07

blm07

Active Member
Well I personally don't like the "If You Had Wings" soundtrack, but I do love the Dreamflight soundtrack (which right now there are only 2 live versions, a clip of the theme song, and the queue music. Buzz Lightyear, well I just started liking the music for it (I was listening to Dan's live recording when I relized it)
 
Ellen Ripley

Ellen Ripley

Well-Known Member
i loved "if you had wings"...i remember back in the ticket days it was a free ride....the song was as catchy as yo ho pirates and grim grinning ghosts...it was that good...i think i rode "if you could fly" twice and didn't think it worked nearly as well...so i stopped riding it...the queue area was really beautiful too.....

you do have wings
 
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General Grizz

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The funny thing is, If You Had Wings was one of the only attractions I can't recall too much. However, it was an experience. The speed room - with the tilt and fans - I actually remember an exhilaration as if I was flying - I wish they kept this in Dreamflight - and I think it would work well for Lightyear.

And the opening music...I don't recognize it on its own, but when I hear it - memories start popping up. What a score!
 
wanabeimagineer

wanabeimagineer

New Member
Is TakeFlight and Dreamflight the same ride? Because I remember riding Dreamflight all the time, and I recall hearing the name Take Flight but I can't remember if that was another refurb or just another name for Dreamflight.
 
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General Grizz

New Member
Yes. The only difference was removal of the logos, and the rerecordings of the opening and finale songs. Opening: same lyrics, ending: same tune, different lyrics.
 

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