I remember being in the line as a little boy for this ride, seeing those people getting into that tube thing and thinking they were really shrinking, and FREAKING THE HECK OUT. My poor dad had to leave the line with me, I was all "NOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA!!!!!"
Went on this ride back in the 60's with my father and grandmother. She never went beyond the 6th grade. When we were on this ride she just freaked she was so scared. It took awhile to settle her down a fter wards. Memories
Boy the landscape and demographics changed from then to now. Where were the teens and college students/young adults at Disneyland in the 60’s? Back then, it looks like there were a lot more of the Middle aged adults and geriatric populations than the teens and young adult populations that you would mainly see at Disneyland today. It seems like you would rarely see any teens and college/young adult aged individuals at the Disneyland park. So what the heck happened? That is the total opposite to the Disneyland today. I am a millennial in my mid 20’s, so can you explained what the heck happened really to the Disneyland age demographics during the past few decades or so? The difference is so obvious.
I love this! It brings me fond memories of my grandmother. She loved this ride, and would love telling us that we were shrinking. Disneyland was a beautiful and wonderful place. Oh, to have one day to spend with my grandmother one more time it would be at Disneyland in 1969.
Up until 1982, most every attraction at Disneyland (and eventually Disney World) required a ticket. "A" tickets were the cheapest, "E" tickets the most expensive. "Adventure Thru Inner Space" (as well as "Great Moments with Mr Lincoln") were FREE attractions - they didn't require a ticket. Which made it very popular. That, and the fact that there was rarely if ever a line! Those ride vehicles, also used on the Haunted Mansion, were great. Adventure Thru Inner Space lasted from 1967 - 1985. Thanks for posting this.
You could get into the park for free but you had to buy a book of tickets to ride most of the rides, some were free. You never went home with any E tickets but somehow had a couple of A tickets left. Those were good times.
I loved this ride as a kid. I was too young to understand it, but it was air conditioned, you got to sit down for awhile, no ticket required and the "things" inside were cool to look at. Loved the eye.
My favorite part was the little tube that people to waiting the board the ride could see. It was in a straight line with the scars entering the ride, and showed the cars and their occupants already reduced to about 1/5 their size. Of course, if you looked carefully, you'd notice the occupants of the real ride didn't match up with the ones on the "miniaturized" ride. Still a fun illusion.
Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s in a broken home with a dead-beat dad I never had the chance to go to Disneyland. Mom couldn’t afford it. These videos bring back the memories I should have had. 😢
It was no doubt painful but try to move past it, maybe think about the fact that if the deadbeat dad had thought poorly of himself as much as he deserved, you would probably not be here.
I am sorry. There are so many great kids that deserve to have a day at Disneyland but never did. I was able to go as a child, but haven't been since 1986 because it is so expensive.
We didn't take vacations either. Just watched 3 channels on TV. My and my brother used to go fishing as something to do outside home and school. We were lucky to have a couple lakes within walking distance.
This was my favourite Disneyland attraction when I was a kid. I was already a big SciFi fan anyway, one of my favourite movies at the time was _"Fantastic Voyage,"_ and so going on this ride was for me almost the next-best thing to re-enacting the movie.
He also did the voice of Prof. Ludwig Von Drake, the original Pillsbury Doughboy and the Talking Rings in the 1960 "The Time Machine" and tons of other movie & cartoon voiceovers. He got to actually show his face onscreen in the 1954 Frank Sinatra film "Suddenly." He even dubbed for some well-known actors such as Tony Curtis in "Some Like It Hot" (Curtis had difficulty speaking falsetto, so Frees dubbed those lines for him) and even Humphrey Bogart in "The Harder They Fall." (Bogart was suffering from throat cancer at the time & his voice was pretty well shot by then. So Frees had to re-dub his lines in some scenes.)
the voice of the pirate in PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN and the narrater in THE HAUNTED MANSION.his voice can be heard and seen in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 1953 and THE THING 1951
I remember this ride. I tripped out on the miniaturization window that showed guests in tiny size. I tripped out at a kid, actually thinking people were shrunk in size. Later I realized it was an optical illusion. Later that ride became Star Tours. I remember when they shut it down and put Star Tours under construction in the 80's.
I was probably 5 years old when I rode this in the early 80s. I vaguely remember a spot near the ride where you could look through a microscope eyepiece and see tiny riders going by in a straight line. Obviously they were tiny figurines but I kept looking closely to see if any of them moved. I think that was why you saw the big eye looking at you towards the end.
This was my favorite ride as a child, the eye looking at us through the microscope convinced me we'd shrunk! Never have been on a ride that I loved more.
I remember this ride. When I was a kid I had nightmares about that fricking eye. I had those nightmares about being smaller than everything until I turned 13.
I loved the Carousel of Progress! I thought it was pretty cool when I was a little kid. Of course I also liked the Jetsons and Space Ghost cartoons then too. I've never seen it as an adult.
The Monsanto ride did have value in imagineering’s grander scheme, providing a proof of concept for the OmniMover, which finally enabled the opening of the Haunted Mansion!
Sadly, a ride like this could never survive today. Technology has become far too advanced, and the public too jaded with a short attention span. This would be considered boring for most kids and young adults.
I know this comment is 3 years old but I was 7 also and this ride was terrifying!! I think it was a combination of claustrophobia and fear of the dark. Lol!!
This was a great ride for the times! It was also a ride that did not require a ticket along with America the Beautiful and General Electric's Carousel of Progress. Great memories. Thanks for posting this!
i loved this as a kid. o always remember there being a huge line, and i spent lots of time trying to match what the people in line were wearing to what the tiny little people going through the plastic tube of the microscope in the little atomobiles.were wearing. also, high marks for all of the view master reels of disneyland that came out at this time - spent many hours looking at them and then hundreds of dollars in my adulthood trying to find them again on ebay. they still rock
This is the Disneyland I grew up with and loved as a kid. I loved the Mighty Microscope, the People Mover, the Rocket Ride and all the futuristic things they showed off. Why, a phone with a grainy videoscreen where you could actually *see* the person you were talking to? Amazing!
Many people don't know that the voice of the narrator of the ride's sound track was Paul Frees. He was also the voice of Boris Badanov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Paul Fees also is the voice if the "Ghost Host" in the Hunted Mansion ride.
+Rich Eaton - He's also the voice of the original Submarine Captain- I think- (Dive, Mr. Baxter, Dive)- and the Narrator of The Prologue to "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln".
How do you know Paul Frees did the voice of the original Submarine Voyage Captain? I would very much like to know who did it if it wasn't Paul Frees himself.
This ride caught on fire, I remember exiting the ride mid way through and having to walk on the rail to exit. The smell was horrible, burning plastic. It was in the mid to late 80's I do not remember if it ever opened again or if Star tours was made.
I was at Disneyland in 1969 with my family when I was 10 years old, and it was wonderful. Such good memories! I remember this ride very well because it made such a huge impression on me. I also remember the park as being more open back then and not overly crowded. We also bought & used the tickets to go on the rides Instead of paying one admission fee. I went to Disneyland again in 2017 and had about the worse da of my life. I was soooo disappointed I wanted to cry. The park was overcrowded, the open spaces were gone, stuff was crammed in everywhere, rides were closed down, and I'd paid over $100 to go on only 4 rides and walk myself into exhaustion. I don't know if I'll ever go back. It's nice to be able to see the old park on RUclips though. Thanks for this channel!
My sentiments exactly, and I live across the street from the Disneyland hotel. I have no desire to go. The only time I feel like going is when I think of the Tiki Room.
Like you I remember going to the park for my 9th birthday and how much this ride made an impact on my life. Was easy back then to go on many rides. We went on this ride The, The People Mover, Subermerine ride, mission to Mars, Small World, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, plus many more. Lines are way too long these days and too many people and way way WAY to expensive.
Disneyland was so much better back in the 1960s & 70s, simple and fun. Now it's too expensive, too crowded, too complicated. Walt Disney's original vision has been lost.
Wow! From this 44 year old's inner 5 year old, thank you for this!! I was always scared of this ride and had no idea what was inside, because someone told me you got shrunk and travelled through a needle. Or perhaps that's just how my 5 year old brain imagined a microscope... in either case, i thought it was real and didnt understand how it was possible! It spooked me and i never got to see it. My curiosity is satisfied! Much of Tomorrowland when I saw it as a kid had this 60's vibe. I do miss that. I feel like it could still work and fit the theme of Tomorrowland, even if they adjusted the attractions.
I remember going on this attraction when I was a kid. I remember liking it. I also thought that the display at the beginning of the attraction, showing people shrinking, was real.
This was the best making-out ride in the park, it was slow and very dark and when you were with your girlfriend very convenient to cuddle up and smersch, its been known for decades as Adventures Thru Her Inner Space.
Naughty boy, lol. I met a girl right before getting on the Haunted Mansion ride and we made out like dressed rabbits during the whole pod ride. My friend bombed out with his girl, which he was upset about, lol. Never seen her again as she was from a different high school. I miss you whoever you are sweetness.
Wow. My mom was able to tide this during a high school trip, she really didn't care for it, but wow, she actually got to ride a piece of Disney history. I love hearing her stories of old, vintage, classic Disneyland. I of loved to experience this. Thanks for this! I did another one, but you couldn't see much. This is so clear!
Awesome video. Those snowflakes are so Brutalist architecture! I remember how huge they were and I thought we were truly shrunken amidst gigantic snowflakes. I was so glad to get back to normal size and go about the rest of my day at Disneyland.
Mark Wehrwein The majority of the men are wearing shirts and the majority of the women are hat-free. But they are better dressed than what we have today.
For that reason among others, the last time I visited Disneyland in January of 2016, I wore a jacket and tie. It was a lot of fun to do Disneyland dressed-up. I seemed to get a lot of happy reactions from the older folks.
there's an annual "dapper days" event at disneyland where lots of young people come dressed as their grandparents would have back then. i think it's over the course of a weekend in the fall. it's not a disney sanctioned event,but by word of mouth it's grown to be very popular.
Nice job. I was born in 1961 in San Diego and I remember this very well! I got a tape recorder for my ninth birthday and took it to Disneyland. I recorded this and the peoplemover and America sings and other rides. Im glad some folks filmed and recoreded it. Thank you very much!
That scientist’s eye at the end meant everything was going to be okay soon. I was 7 when I rode this the first time. It was 1984. Little did I know that it would be my last time. Well thanks to that, I asked Santa for a microscope. One of the best presents I ever had as a kid and all thanks to this attraction.
I rode this in the summer of 1969. I still remembered the details of the ride even before I watched this video. It was great to relive the experience again.
I remember riding this when I was a kid back then. Every one of those rider pods had their own sound loop with the narration. One time I remember standing near where the pods would unload riders, and as each pod reached a certain point, you would hear, “This is Monsanto” over and over.
I remember my dad taking me one time and ATI was my favorite ride then. I had a toy pistol I bought at the park and pretended to shoot it on the ride. Unfortunately, I dropped it into "deep space". Nevertheless, I enjoyed every moment. I have no question that Disney parks were a lot better in the 70's and 80's.
When I was a kid my mom took me to California for a week and we spent several days at Disneyland. For all the A - E tickets she bought, I went on this free ride more than anything else. I must have gone on that thing 20+ times that week!
The Narrator is Mr. Paul Freese. He was a voice actor for many movies and cartoons. even the voice of Boris Badenov (from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show).
I always enjoyed this ride when visiting Disneyland, but absolutely loved the house of the future. I was really upset when it was removed from the park.
When I watch something really sticks out. People where so much thinner then than now. Grew up with the rides we went all the time when relatives came to visit.
I remember that ride from when my Mom, Dad & my older sister went on it in 1974. The eye at the end got my attention. Wow 😳 Thank you for posting. It brings back great memories of our first trip as a family to Disneyland from Montana.
The heart-beating red nucleus was what scared me even more than the eye on that ride. The eye made me glad we were getting bigger again, lol. The soundtrack & microscopic sets were really well done for the ride's theme.
I remember the Monsanto Ride at Disneyland. I went there with my cousins & my parents in the early 70's. Wish that ride was still going as it really fascinating. 😊
For Disneyland fanatics, theres a gargantuan easter egg in 2010's Iron Man 2. All the Howard Stark scenes are clearly rifts on the Walt Disney appearances of the 1960's (as his Stark Expo is clearly his version of Tomorrowland), and the song played over the end credits is an obvious rift of "Miracles from Molecules."
Omg. So many memories. 70s went to a Catholic School in Laguna Beach. Spent many days at Disneyland. I have to admit, this was a ride that we had our make out sessions on 😂 😂. Paul Frees voice makes it. We would go on it a lot bc there was never a long wait. Oh those days. Wonderful
I really wish they'd do an updated ride if this. I mean science has com a long way. They could show things like dust mites. Then shrink down to amoebas, then single cell creatures like bacteria and so on.
I been on this ride many times as a kid, The giant eyeball always freaked me out lol. It was also the time when you bought a book of tickets lettered A-E with the E tickets being used for the better rides. Good times.
Holy shit that 1967 and 1950s footage is so clear, where the hell did you find it? I thought all promotional materiel master tapes were destroyed. I mean hell, it's clearer then the footage from 1985 from Extinct attraction. Also: I wouldn't say WDI was being anti-tech in the 80s since EPCOT center was built and all it featured was positive thinking, Id say that "something goes wrong" mindset came in the early 90s.
I remember being in the line as a little boy for this ride, seeing those people getting into that tube thing and thinking they were really shrinking, and FREAKING THE HECK OUT. My poor dad had to leave the line with me, I was all "NOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA!!!!!"
Went on this ride back in the 60's with my father and grandmother. She never went beyond the 6th grade. When we were on this ride she just freaked she was so scared. It took awhile to settle her down a fter wards. Memories
Wish I could go back in time to spend a day at Disneyland in the 50's or 60's.
It was amazing in 1967.
I would not go back to old Disneyland. Things were so much less safe back then and I do not want to die in a theme park!
Oh man, many days back in time - 1955 though maybe 1995 or even 2005. Now, it's just so crowded every day. Even on a rainy Tue. in Jan.
No entitled APs.
Boy the landscape and demographics changed from then to now. Where were the teens and college students/young adults at Disneyland in the 60’s? Back then, it looks like there were a lot more of the Middle aged adults and geriatric populations than the teens and young adult populations that you would mainly see at Disneyland today. It seems like you would rarely see any teens and college/young adult aged individuals at the Disneyland park. So what the heck happened? That is the total opposite to the Disneyland today. I am a millennial in my mid 20’s, so can you explained what the heck happened really to the Disneyland age demographics during the past few decades or so? The difference is so obvious.
I love this! It brings me fond memories of my grandmother. She loved this ride, and would love telling us that we were shrinking. Disneyland was a beautiful and wonderful place. Oh, to have one day to spend with my grandmother one more time it would be at Disneyland in 1969.
Up until 1982, most every attraction at Disneyland (and eventually Disney World) required a ticket. "A" tickets were the cheapest, "E" tickets the most expensive.
"Adventure Thru Inner Space" (as well as "Great Moments with Mr Lincoln") were FREE attractions - they didn't require a ticket. Which made it very popular. That, and the fact that there was rarely if ever a line! Those ride vehicles, also used on the Haunted Mansion, were great.
Adventure Thru Inner Space lasted from 1967 - 1985. Thanks for posting this.
DavidinSLO My wife was an "E" ticket. First wife. Nasty.
Actually, INNER SPACE became a C-ticket ride in December if 1972. Prior to that it was free.
You could get into the park for free but you had to buy a book of tickets to ride most of the rides, some were free. You never went home with any E tickets but somehow had a couple of A tickets left. Those were good times.
Now, GA costs $150 plus a ticket! I'll stay home.
A ticket = 60cents
B ticket = 120cents
C ticket = 180cents
D ticket = 240cents
E ticket = 300cents
I loved this ride as a kid. I was too young to understand it, but it was air conditioned, you got to sit down for awhile, no ticket required and the "things" inside were cool to look at. Loved the eye.
My favorite part was the little tube that people to waiting the board the ride could see. It was in a straight line with the scars entering the ride, and showed the cars and their occupants already reduced to about 1/5 their size. Of course, if you looked carefully, you'd notice the occupants of the real ride didn't match up with the ones on the "miniaturized" ride. Still a fun illusion.
This ride was the thing that sparked a lifelong love for science in me. I hold this memory dear to my heart.
Same.
Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s in a broken home with a dead-beat dad I never had the chance to go to Disneyland. Mom couldn’t afford it. These videos bring back the memories I should have had. 😢
It was no doubt painful but try to move past it, maybe think about the fact that if the deadbeat dad had thought poorly of himself as much as he deserved, you would probably not be here.
Hugs to you Sunshine ☀️ I’m sorry you didn’t get the chance to enjoy this kind of fun.
Same here. I made up for it when I grew up and became kind of a Disney nut.
I am sorry. There are so many great kids that deserve to have a day at Disneyland but never did. I was able to go as a child, but haven't been since 1986 because it is so expensive.
We didn't take vacations either. Just watched 3 channels on TV. My and my brother used to go fishing as something to do outside home and school. We were lucky to have a couple lakes within walking distance.
This was my favourite Disneyland attraction when I was a kid. I was already a big SciFi fan anyway, one of my favourite movies at the time was _"Fantastic Voyage,"_ and so going on this ride was for me almost the next-best thing to re-enacting the movie.
Can we just take a minute to recognize how awesome Paul Frees is?
Hearing his voice gave me goosebumps
I always thought he sounded like Vincent Price.
Was just wondering whose voice that was...recognize it from the haunted mansion ride
He also did the voice of Prof. Ludwig Von Drake, the original Pillsbury Doughboy and the Talking Rings in the 1960 "The Time Machine" and tons of other movie & cartoon voiceovers. He got to actually show his face onscreen in the 1954 Frank Sinatra film "Suddenly." He even dubbed for some well-known actors such as Tony Curtis in "Some Like It Hot" (Curtis had difficulty speaking falsetto, so Frees dubbed those lines for him) and even Humphrey Bogart in "The Harder They Fall." (Bogart was suffering from throat cancer at the time & his voice was pretty well shot by then. So Frees had to re-dub his lines in some scenes.)
the voice of the pirate in PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN and the narrater in THE HAUNTED MANSION.his voice can be heard and seen in THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 1953 and THE THING 1951
Adventure thru inner space was one of my favorite rides. I wish I could go back in time and visit Disney Land again.
I LOVED that ride! So calm and cool.......a good place to rest after walking in the heat.
First rode this at 9 years old in 1969. It was always one of my favorites and I was sad when I went back one time and it was gone...😥
You're a bit older than me. I went on the ride when I was 4 y/o, in 1968. I absolutely loved it.
I remember this ride. I tripped out on the miniaturization window that showed guests in tiny size. I tripped out at a kid, actually thinking people were shrunk in size. Later I realized it was an optical illusion.
Later that ride became Star Tours. I remember when they shut it down and put Star Tours under construction in the 80's.
So did I. I thought that they had shrunken them
I loved that ride as a kid. I actually thought we did shrink.
Haha Me Too :)
leaningraw same!
leaningraw Glad I wasn't the only one!
Same here. I didn't realize it was 1967, dang I feel so old reading that.
Same here. I was in 1st grade. That and the haunted house were my favorite.
The eye looking at you at the end always freaked me out.
Me too, but yet, I couldn't turn away
when did you people visit Disneyland?
Before 1986.
TheHaloRed My last Inner Space attempt was Saturday, November 6, 1982.
I was probably 5 years old when I rode this in the early 80s. I vaguely remember a spot near the ride where you could look through a microscope eyepiece and see tiny riders going by in a straight line. Obviously they were tiny figurines but I kept looking closely to see if any of them moved. I think that was why you saw the big eye looking at you towards the end.
This was my favorite ride as a child, the eye looking at us through the microscope convinced me we'd shrunk! Never have been on a ride that I loved more.
Seeing and hearing Inner Space again, I am reminded that the best part was the fantastic narration. Always enjoyed this ride as a kid.
It's been 30 years since it closed. I really miss this ride. Wish I could ride it one more time.
+lincbond442, I remember this ride too. I miss it, as well as the TRON people mover.
Loved the ride and they could even lengthen it with better science. You could go down to quarks. The even go out to the big bang and stars.
lincbond442 it was one of my favorites!
My first introduction to physics. And who can forget that big eye at the end of the ride.
My family came here in 1969 when I was only 8 years old.
This was my favorite ride. I actually thought the ride shrunk us for real ! ! !
Out of all the rides this one scared the heck out of me when i was a kid, I was 6 or 7 when i rode that thing back in 1969.
I’m 54. I went on that ride . It was totally 1960s for me even in the 1980’s. I wouldn’t dare go there today but I’m glad I went then.
I remember this ride. When I was a kid I had nightmares about that fricking eye. I had those nightmares about being smaller than everything until I turned 13.
Voice is Paul Frees. Also haunted mansion, pirates, rocky bull winkle...
They still use his voice recording in the Haunted mansion!
And Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. :)
he's imitating Orson Welles
Was his voice in any Twilight Zone episondes?
Mansion is my fav i loved the hat box ghost and sally tight rope walker
This and the Carousel of Progress are the two rides I miss most from the "old" (1960s) Tomorrowland...
Just bring back this ride . With planet room
I loved the Carousel of Progress! I thought it was pretty cool when I was a little kid. Of course I also liked the Jetsons and Space Ghost cartoons then too. I've never seen it as an adult.
It's a great big, beautiful tomorrow; shining at the end of everyday, just a dream away!
"The attraction was narrated by Paul Frees (sounding like Orson Welles), who also lent his voice to the Haunted Mansion attraction"
The Monsanto ride did have value in imagineering’s grander scheme, providing a proof of concept for the OmniMover, which finally enabled the opening of the Haunted Mansion!
I so remember that !!!! I’m 52 & remember that as a little kid on a Disney trip. Wow.
I sure do miss this ride, wish they would bring it back.
They should
Sadly, a ride like this could never survive today. Technology has become far too advanced, and the public too jaded with a short attention span. This would be considered boring for most kids and young adults.
The first time I rode this I was terrified at the idea of getting shrunk down - I totally believed the visual effect of the shrinking device!
I was about 7 years old when this ride was introduced and it scared the padoodle out of me. I thought we were really shrinking!!!
I know this comment is 3 years old but I was 7 also and this ride was terrifying!! I think it was a combination of claustrophobia and fear of the dark. Lol!!
A great ride to get to second base.
So true.. Hahaha Knots berry farm rides were good for that too.
I’m lucky enough to have ridden this ride!! I feel lucky!!
lmao those little kids are like parents now, and then teens are grandparents😂😂
Incredible footage! You've certainly fulfilled many dreams of those wanting to see actual footage of this ride for ages. Thanks!
This was a great ride for the times! It was also a ride that did not require a ticket along with America the Beautiful and General Electric's Carousel of Progress. Great memories. Thanks for posting this!
i loved this as a kid. o always remember there being a huge line, and i spent lots of time trying to match what the people in line were wearing to what the tiny little people going through the plastic tube of the microscope in the little atomobiles.were wearing. also, high marks for all of the view master reels of disneyland that came out at this time - spent many hours looking at them and then hundreds of dollars in my adulthood trying to find them again on ebay. they still rock
Brings back so many memories, and how could you forget that big eye at the end of the ride.
I was lucky enough to get to ride this awesome old school Disney ride just before it closed in 1984 😊
Same here. I went on it several times when I was 8 and 9 years old. I was so sad when they closed it
This is the Disneyland I grew up with and loved as a kid. I loved the Mighty Microscope, the People Mover, the Rocket Ride and all the futuristic things they showed off. Why, a phone with a grainy videoscreen where you could actually *see* the person you were talking to? Amazing!
Bring back the good ole days with these Wonderful rides 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Many people don't know that the voice of the narrator of the ride's sound track was Paul Frees. He was also the voice of Boris Badanov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Paul Fees also is the voice if the "Ghost Host" in the Hunted Mansion ride.
+Rich Eaton And the sprit of math in Donald in Mathmagic Land.
+Rich Eaton - He's also the voice of the original Submarine Captain- I think- (Dive, Mr. Baxter, Dive)- and the Narrator of The Prologue to "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln".
How do you know Paul Frees did the voice of the original Submarine Voyage Captain? I would very much like to know who did it if it wasn't Paul Frees himself.
The guitarist Buckethead played audio from this ride before he played at a recent show, it was pretty awesome.
This ride caught on fire, I remember exiting the ride mid way through and having to walk on the rail to exit. The smell was horrible, burning plastic. It was in the mid to late 80's I do not remember if it ever opened again or if Star tours was made.
Wow.. I never knew this.
I was at Disneyland in 1969 with my family when I was 10 years old, and it was wonderful. Such good memories! I remember this ride very well because it made such a huge impression on me. I also remember the park as being more open back then and not overly crowded. We also bought & used the tickets to go on the rides Instead of paying one admission fee. I went to Disneyland again in 2017 and had about the worse da of my life. I was soooo disappointed I wanted to cry. The park was overcrowded, the open spaces were gone, stuff was crammed in everywhere, rides were closed down, and I'd paid over $100 to go on only 4 rides and walk myself into exhaustion. I don't know if I'll ever go back. It's nice to be able to see the old park on RUclips though. Thanks for this channel!
My sentiments exactly, and I live across the street from the Disneyland hotel. I have no desire to go. The only time I feel like going is when I think of the Tiki Room.
Like you I remember going to the park for my 9th birthday and how much this ride made an impact on my life. Was easy back then to go on many rides. We went on this ride The, The People Mover, Subermerine ride, mission to Mars, Small World, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, plus many more. Lines are way too long these days and too many people and way way WAY to expensive.
Disneyland was so much better back in the 1960s & 70s, simple and fun. Now it's too expensive, too crowded, too complicated. Walt Disney's original vision has been lost.
Wow! From this 44 year old's inner 5 year old, thank you for this!! I was always scared of this ride and had no idea what was inside, because someone told me you got shrunk and travelled through a needle. Or perhaps that's just how my 5 year old brain imagined a microscope... in either case, i thought it was real and didnt understand how it was possible! It spooked me and i never got to see it. My curiosity is satisfied! Much of Tomorrowland when I saw it as a kid had this 60's vibe. I do miss that. I feel like it could still work and fit the theme of Tomorrowland, even if they adjusted the attractions.
I remember going on this attraction when I was a kid. I remember liking it. I also thought that the display at the beginning of the attraction, showing people shrinking, was real.
Yes. I remember looking at the needle part and seeing the small rides...totally believed it. But, I don't remember the eye at the end. Weird.
This was the best making-out ride in the park, it was slow and very dark and when you were with your girlfriend very convenient to cuddle up and smersch, its been known for decades as Adventures Thru Her Inner Space.
+KlunkerRider And each time you were on film- every dark ride has cameras- even then! You're probably part of someone's home movie blooper reel!
Mark Jenkins thats very possible ;-)
Naughty boy, lol. I met a girl right before getting on the Haunted Mansion ride and we made out like dressed rabbits during the whole pod ride. My friend bombed out with his girl, which he was upset about, lol. Never seen her again as she was from a different high school. I miss you whoever you are sweetness.
That's what I told my daughter today! This was the main 'make out' ride at the park! lol!
stop trying to be cool
Wow! Wow! Wow! Thanks! for posting I got to go on this ride when I was a teen!
now I am 59, time goes fast, David a Big! Big! Big! Disneyland fan!
YEA AND LOOK HOW MUCH TO PLAN TO GO TO DISNEYLAND NOW??? WITH COVID????
Wow. My mom was able to tide this during a high school trip, she really didn't care for it, but wow, she actually got to ride a piece of Disney history. I love hearing her stories of old, vintage, classic Disneyland. I of loved to experience this. Thanks for this! I did another one, but you couldn't see much. This is so clear!
Awesome video. Those snowflakes are so Brutalist architecture! I remember how huge they were and I thought we were truly shrunken amidst gigantic snowflakes. I was so glad to get back to normal size and go about the rest of my day at Disneyland.
This was my favorite ride at Disneyland for a long time. Always the first ride I wanted to go on.
What a classic my family where together than and happy so much memories and fun.
The eyeball at the end scared the crap out me as a kid
I grew up in Whittier.. And went to Disneyland many times. We called this ride simply Monsanto.
+Courtney Banks So did I, Courtney....on everythingyou said (and still live there...)
Exactly what I called it
Thats what my dad called it , I remember going on this in the late 70s and early 80s as a kid
I grew up in Whittier too, still live there. We called it the "atom ride".
I remember being on this ride as a kid when we first visited Disneyland!!! This and the Nautilus were my favorite rides...
Ladies wearing hats and dresses. Men in suits. My how times have changed!
Mark Wehrwein Changed for the worse in many cases.
I know what you mean. It's now filled with big ass yoga pants wearing women hahah no joke. Really it is....
Mark Wehrwein The majority of the men are wearing shirts and the majority of the women are hat-free. But they are better dressed than what we have today.
For that reason among others, the last time I visited Disneyland in January of 2016, I wore a jacket and tie. It was a lot of fun to do Disneyland dressed-up. I seemed to get a lot of happy reactions from the older folks.
there's an annual "dapper days" event at disneyland where lots of young people come dressed as their grandparents would have back then. i think it's over the course of a weekend in the fall. it's not a disney sanctioned event,but by word of mouth it's grown to be very popular.
Nice job. I was born in 1961 in San Diego and I remember this very well! I got a tape recorder for my ninth birthday and took it to Disneyland. I recorded this and the peoplemover and America sings and other rides. Im glad some folks filmed and recoreded it. Thank you very much!
Do you have those recordings? I'd love to see them!
Post them 🙏🏽
This was my favorite ride back in the day. Thank you for this. ROCK ON!!!!
This was fun to watch. But I was so scared of this ride because that eye would creep me out every time....lol
That scientist’s eye at the end meant everything was going to be okay soon. I was 7 when I rode this the first time. It was 1984. Little did I know that it would be my last time. Well thanks to that, I asked Santa for a microscope. One of the best presents I ever had as a kid and all thanks to this attraction.
I rode this in the summer of 1969. I still remembered the details of the ride even before I watched this video. It was great to relive the experience again.
I remember riding this when I was a kid back then. Every one of those rider pods had their own sound loop with the narration. One time I remember standing near where the pods would unload riders, and as each pod reached a certain point, you would hear, “This is Monsanto” over and over.
I remember going on this ride as a kid around 1980....was like 3 years old. It became Star Tours later!
I remember my dad taking me one time and ATI was my favorite ride then. I had a toy pistol I bought at the park and pretended to shoot it on the ride. Unfortunately, I dropped it into "deep space". Nevertheless, I enjoyed every moment. I have no question that Disney parks were a lot better in the 70's and 80's.
30s , 40s , 50s , 60s , 70s , And 80s Are Disney Marvelous Era But That Was Destroyed When Eisner Kingdom Attack (Aka 90s) .
Uh oh!
Disneyland was still good last time I went, maybe in 2008 or so.
What a gem. Great video. We thought Monsanto was the greatest company back then. Sponsoring a ride at a Disney park can do wonders for your PR.
Back THEN...😅
Wish I could go back in time...see this ride, ON ACID!✨🙁✨
I vaguely remember this attraction. I think I rode it in 1983 when I was 2.5years old. I remember the snowflakes and the big eye ball.
Thanks for uploading this. The ride closed when I was a kid so I never got a chance to see it,
When I was a kid my mom took me to California for a week and we spent several days at Disneyland. For all the A - E tickets she bought, I went on this free ride more than anything else. I must have gone on that thing 20+ times that week!
I went on this before it closed. loved it. Thank you for this blast to the past.
Presented by Monsanto? That ride would be seriously boycotted today!
***** a lot of intelectuals and scientists are against Monsanto..just saying
Back in those days a lot of the exhibits had corporate sponsorship.
The Narrator is Mr. Paul Freese. He was a voice actor for many movies and cartoons. even the voice of Boris Badenov (from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show).
I always enjoyed this ride when visiting Disneyland, but absolutely loved the house of the future. I was really upset when it was removed from the park.
I remember this as a kid and being fascinated. As I look at this I am bored to tears!
I remember this ride. It seemed so realistic and exciting to me as a young boy in in the early 1970’s
I always loved this ride, and wish they would bring it back so that my daughter could experience it, too.
This is or was a retro ride at the Original Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA.
This ride was from Saturday, August 5, 1967 to Monday, September 2, 1985.
I still miss this ride, it was always one of my favs
When I watch something really sticks out. People where so much thinner then than now. Grew up with the rides we went all the time when relatives came to visit.
I remember that ride from when my Mom, Dad & my older sister went on it in 1974. The eye at the end got my attention. Wow 😳 Thank you for posting. It brings back great memories of our first trip as a family to Disneyland from Montana.
The heart-beating red nucleus was what scared me even more than the eye on that ride. The eye made me glad we were getting bigger again, lol. The soundtrack & microscopic sets were really well done for the ride's theme.
I remember the nucleus!!!! Wow. I visited this ride Summer of 1981.
Awesome re-presentation.
..MONSANTO.
Not good but without today's exposure, we didn't know any different. Bummer.
I remember the Monsanto Ride at Disneyland. I went there with my cousins & my parents in the early 70's. Wish that ride was still going as it really fascinating. 😊
For Disneyland fanatics, theres a gargantuan easter egg in 2010's Iron Man 2. All the Howard Stark scenes are clearly rifts on the Walt Disney appearances of the 1960's (as his Stark Expo is clearly his version of Tomorrowland), and the song played over the end credits is an obvious rift of "Miracles from Molecules."
I remember this ride! it was my favorite ride as a kid (showing my age now)
That voice really takes me back! "Now your adventure into inner space has begun...."
Oh I loved that ride as a kid. And the People Mover. And the Skyway!
I was there, Disney World, Epcot many of times in the 80s it was great.
My uncle told me that it was the perfect makeout ride because it’s dark. I believe him.
I remember that at 7:54 those spiral strings had oil or water dripping down each of them as we went by. I thought that was amazing!
Omg. So many memories. 70s went to a Catholic School in Laguna Beach. Spent many days at Disneyland. I have to admit, this was a ride that we had our make out sessions on 😂 😂. Paul Frees voice makes it. We would go on it a lot bc there was never a long wait. Oh those days. Wonderful
I really wish they'd do an updated ride if this. I mean science has com a long way. They could show things like dust mites. Then shrink down to amoebas, then single cell creatures like bacteria and so on.
I been on this ride many times as a kid, The giant eyeball always freaked me out lol. It was also the time when you bought a book of tickets lettered A-E with the E tickets being used for the better rides. Good times.
From inner space to outer space now that it's Star Tours amazing
First visit to DL 1976. Fortunate to ride these rides many times.
Holy shit that 1967 and 1950s footage is so clear, where the hell did you find it? I thought all promotional materiel master tapes were destroyed. I mean hell, it's clearer then the footage from 1985 from Extinct attraction.
Also: I wouldn't say WDI was being anti-tech in the 80s since EPCOT center was built and all it featured was positive thinking, Id say that "something goes wrong" mindset came in the early 90s.