ABANDONED Disney World Arcade Game from DISNEY QUEST

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  • Опубликовано: 13 фев 2020
  • I Bought an ABANDONED Disney World Arcade Game ( from Disney Quest )
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    In the 80s and 90s Disney was looking to expand their empire beyond movies and theme parks. There were a lot of weird experiments done in the 1990s and one of those was a 5 story tall, indoor interactive theme park known as DisneyQuest. Disney built 2 locations, one in Chicago and the other in Walt Disney World at Downtown Disney / Disney Springs. The Chicago location was pretty much an immediate failure but the Florida location remained open for nearly 20 years. Disney Quest was filled with the latest and greatest of 90s technology like virtual reality simulators and of course arcade games like Pac Man, Galaga, and Centipede. They even had a few rides like Cyber Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear's Astroblaster. To a young Ben Laurence, Disney Quest was the coolest place in the world, right next to Disney - MGM Studios of course. In the summer of 2017 it was announced that DisneyQuest would be closing to make way for the NBA Experience. Disney Quest sat abandoned for over a month before demolition finally began. A majority of the iconic decor was sent off to the land fills but what was the fate of the vintage arcade games that entertained guests for nearly 20 years? On July 4, 2017 an online auction was held where Cast Members had the chance to take home a piece of Disney Quest history. The remaining games were sold off to other arcades or private collectors. In 2019 three DisneyQuest games popped up at an auction in North Carolina. The games included Centipede, Frogger, and the extremely rare Discs of TRON. All three games where sold off to private collectors and that brings. Join Tresh, Reilly and myself as we go on a QUEST (see what I did there) to recover one of these abandoned Disney World arcade games.
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Комментарии • 87

  • @BenLaurence
    @BenLaurence  4 года назад +20

    Are you a fan of Disney Quest? Considering joining the Disney Quest fan club on Facebook:
    ➡️ facebook.com/groups/822660934894306/?ref=share ⬅️

    • @ppaasskkllhaddad9404
      @ppaasskkllhaddad9404 4 года назад +3

      no 😢😢

    • @ppaasskkllhaddad9404
      @ppaasskkllhaddad9404 4 года назад +3

      I don,t know if i should be sad or happy

    • @ppaasskkllhaddad9404
      @ppaasskkllhaddad9404 4 года назад +2

      Ben heres a Joke
      Me : wanna visit Germany
      My Friend thats upseast with cleaning:I would but it has the Word Germ and many that makes many Germs so no

    • @ppaasskkllhaddad9404
      @ppaasskkllhaddad9404 4 года назад +2

      why is nobody commenting ecsept me

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Ppaasskkll Haddad why would you be sad. I don’t get the joke. And *except

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад +23

    I experienced Disney Quest, it was awesome. I miss it. Wish they updated it instead of demolishing it

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +11

      YES I loved Disney Quest and 100% agree!!! I feel like with a little help Disney Quest could be become a pretty popular place

  • @ladnarfilms5201
    @ladnarfilms5201 4 года назад +8

    I haven't played an arcade game since probably the mid 90's. But my all time favorite, is old school, its Pac Man

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +7

      YES pac man is one of my favorite too!! I think I like ms pac more though

    • @JulieStClair-uz7rn
      @JulieStClair-uz7rn 4 года назад

      Do Any you guys have a mini pacman arcade machine

  • @TheVariantNEWSSOURCE
    @TheVariantNEWSSOURCE 4 года назад +8

    I totally remember as a kid begging my folks to put out the money for Disney quest in downtown Orlando. It was pricey. But making my own rollercoaster at that age blew a young minds mind 🤯

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +3

      Yeah back in the day it was pricey but man it was so cool. I miss that place a lot

  • @difworld6910
    @difworld6910 Год назад +2

    At the timestamp 0:42 I was instantly hit back with nostalgia. Me and my parents were playing this same exact game, and I even remember some parts.

  • @Savagegirlred8
    @Savagegirlred8 3 года назад +3

    I remember going only once and having an amazing time then to find out they closed in the late 2000's UGHH!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  3 года назад +2

      Right!? Can’t believe it’s gone!!!

  • @lauraharney7744
    @lauraharney7744 4 года назад +9

    I loved the lightsaber video!! Where in MA do you live, I'm on the north shore

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +8

      Thanks definitely going to be doing more lightsaber videos in the future but for now I hope you enjoy this Disney Quest video... and I’m from the Boston area

    • @lauraharney7744
      @lauraharney7744 4 года назад +8

      @@BenLaurence nice live in Reading

  • @captainakron27
    @captainakron27 4 года назад +10

    Congratulations on this amazing find Ben! Follow your dreams kids! Wow! #BL

    • @captainakron27
      @captainakron27 4 года назад +8

      Disney Quest - Final Days 2017| Full Tour in 4K | Walt Disney World by ResortTV1 Your cabinet is at the 40:37 mark!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +9

      Thanks man!!! Still can’t believe I own this! I’m gonna have to check out that video to see the centipede in action, thanks for sharing!

  • @ryanstreasures2491
    @ryanstreasures2491 4 года назад +2

    Amazing video! That is absolutely incredible that you own a part of DisneyQuest! I’m very happy to say that I did indeed go to DisneyQuest. It was always such a blast and I was pretty sad when it finally bit the dust a few years ago. As for my favorite parts, I personally really enjoyed the Pirates of the Caribbean and Animation Academy. Also this is my first video of yours I’ve seen. I’m definitely happy to have discovered your channel and will totally check out more of your videos!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Thanks so much Ryan!!! Loved Disney Quest too man! Pirates of the Caribbean was so much fun but I surprisingly never did the animation academy, I did at MGM studios all the time though. Welcome to the channel my friend. We have loads of Disney videos and a few arcade videos as well :)

  • @ChrisRoth1972
    @ChrisRoth1972 3 года назад

    My Late Wife & I went to Disney Quest in 2004 & it was exciting to play the sit down Star Wars Arcade,Centipede like you are blessed to have there.I must have played Frogger for almost a hour! Pretty much every game I played during the 80’s when I was a kid into a teen at various arcades were there! Congrats to you have a piece of Disney History & you have one of my favorite games Tron that I fed a hell of a lot of quarters! Cool video! Glad I bumped into it!

  • @Ferris1986
    @Ferris1986 4 года назад +4

    Awesome video, Ben! That’s really cool that you got the opportunity to own a piece of one of the most interesting projects in Disney history! Disney Quest was so cool! I used to love going there every year when we went to Florida! My favorite part was the arcade, they had so many classics and it my first time seeing lots of those games! I remember playing on that Centipede cabinet and many of the others! It’s great to see relics like this survive!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +3

      Thanks so much Josh!! I loved playing all the classic games at Disney Quest as well. The environment/theming in there was pretty cool as well. Definitely miss Disney Quest but I’m glad I have this piece and am able to share it with everyone here :) A lot of the surviving DQ games probably got converted back to their original forms but I plan on keeping this exactly the way DQ left it.

    • @Ferris1986
      @Ferris1986 4 года назад +2

      Ben Laurence you’re welcome, and I agree that it had a cool atmosphere! I like that you are planning on not changing it!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Josh Carson I think the only modification I want to do is put a plastic cover on the control panel to protect the Mickey sticker

  • @JimEpcotLive
    @JimEpcotLive Год назад +1

    Im the guy who sold it and didn't want to be on camera. Glad it went to a good home !

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  Год назад +1

      Still have it to this day! One of the coolest pieces in my collection!!

  • @08WSChamps
    @08WSChamps 2 года назад +1

    Dude that’s sick! I went a couple times back in the day & as a mighty ducks movie & animated series fan, I was obsessed with the MD pinball slam game. Would kill to have a piece of that game in my place!

  • @FunkyStudios
    @FunkyStudios Год назад +2

    Man I miss DisneyQuest so much, the place rocked.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  Год назад +2

      I really wish they’d bring it back

    • @FunkyStudios
      @FunkyStudios Год назад

      @@BenLaurence FACTS
      (edit: say do you have the reproduction DisneyQuest Sticker files on hand still, i want to put some on my arcade cabinets.)

  • @edwardchipdixon468
    @edwardchipdixon468 11 месяцев назад +1

    Cool unfortunately we never had Disney Quest at this Disneyland here in Anaheim before ya know

  • @JerryDougherty
    @JerryDougherty 4 года назад +1

    We loved DisneyQuest!! The best place to get away the Florida summertime heat or end the day after dinner. It was free with our Ultimate season passes so yeah we really miss thst place. Our favorite family game was no doubt the virtual reality Pirates of the Caribbean. And my favorite memory was the day My Wife and I and our three little kids got the top score and became Kings of the Caribbean!!! It is bitter sweet for us to go to “Downtown Disney” yes that’s what we will always call it.... Very good memories from those days. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the excellent game find 👍👏

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Thanks Jerry!! Disney Quest was awesome!! I love the Pirates of the Caribbean as well, I wish Disney would release some kind of home version of it. Haha I will always call it downtown Disney as well 🤣 same with MGM.

  • @Richy.Boi.
    @Richy.Boi. 2 года назад +1

    Your got a nice disposition, can’t understand why you don’t have more views.
    Thanks to Adam I searched your channel

  • @ThatTimGuy
    @ThatTimGuy 4 года назад +2

    Congrats on the pickup! I remember when my friend took that trip to that auction in N.C. and was so excited to get it. Glad to see it went to a good home and someone that probably appreciates it as much as the previous owner had for Disney.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Thanks Tim!! Yeah I can’t believe Jim went all that way for the game, so cool. It is definitely in good hands over here and has a proud place in my collection :)

    • @ThatTimGuy
      @ThatTimGuy 4 года назад +1

      @@BenLaurence enjoy and have fun with it. Find yourself a CRT monitor when you get a chance!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Honestly I’m probably going to leave it an lcd since that’s the way it came from Disney Quest. Try and keep it all original to Disney Quest ya know

    • @ThatTimGuy
      @ThatTimGuy 4 года назад

      @@BenLaurence fair enough! At some point, you should document the changes Disney did on the inside. Like the monitor used and how they added the Freeplay to the coin door. Have fun!

  • @dragongamer2670
    @dragongamer2670 3 года назад +1

    I am still curious where the other machines went - any clues? Not the easy cabinets the really big ones. The Virtual Machines - not the small non Disney Machines.

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  3 года назад +1

      I’m very confused as to what games you’re talking about

    • @dragongamer2670
      @dragongamer2670 3 года назад

      @@BenLaurence LOL! here let me show you: ruclips.net/video/SakuSARIt0o/видео.html

  • @taylornoren642
    @taylornoren642 4 года назад +2

    Yes the Disney movies I had a whole drawer of them

  • @ricoc4881
    @ricoc4881 3 года назад

    I just found out they demolished Disney quest right now from this video and my favorite game was playing a real life fix it Felix arcade game

  • @SM_pai
    @SM_pai 4 года назад +1

    Do you have the image file for the “please limit time” sticker? I’d love to print it so I can place it on my own arcade machines

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Yes I do have it. I’ll have to try and find it. Shoot me a DM on Instagram or something

    • @SM_pai
      @SM_pai 4 года назад

      Ben Laurence I followed you on Twitter! I can’t send a pm though, my @ is sm_pai

  • @creamiememies2755
    @creamiememies2755 4 года назад +3

    this is sick!!!

  • @rmannayr2129
    @rmannayr2129 4 года назад +2

    WOW THIS IS SICK!!!!!!!!!!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      YES I still can’t believe I have this!

  • @taylornoren642
    @taylornoren642 4 года назад +1

    Going to Disney with me my little brother grandma and 10 other relatives yeah quite a trip

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Yeah that doesn’t sound to fun 😂

  • @memethyst
    @memethyst 4 года назад

    this is crazy, i love that it still has the mickey stickers on it.
    and i love the tomorrowland loop in the background

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад

      Haha it’s awesome! They stickers were the big selling point for me! Still blows my mind that I own this. Glad someone picked up on the Tomorrowland track ;)

  • @taylornoren642
    @taylornoren642 4 года назад +1

    Come up with your own sound no kala don’t tell him that run save yourself!!

  • @olliebond5644
    @olliebond5644 4 года назад +1

    Can the lcd screen be changed to a crt or is it not worth it?

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      If it was any other game I’d put a crt in it but since it left Disney Quest with the lcd I want to keep it that way. Plus crt’s are a pain in the ass lol

    • @olliebond5644
      @olliebond5644 4 года назад +1

      @@BenLaurence alright that's fair enough ,plus the lcd will last longer 😂

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +1

      Haha very true! My poor TRON monitor is going 😭 gonna have to fix that soon

    • @olliebond5644
      @olliebond5644 4 года назад

      @@BenLaurence crt's slowly die,lcd get screen burn in ,is there no imbetween 😂 ,lucky your not in England prices for arcade machine replacements parts are crazy

  • @Possibility-Productions
    @Possibility-Productions 4 года назад +2

    You should make a arcade

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +3

      I’d love to!! Then invite all the fans to come check it out

  • @diegomelgar2257
    @diegomelgar2257 2 года назад +1

    So amazing

  • @wackymaninc
    @wackymaninc 2 года назад

    I was born when Disney quest was still a thing but I never been there

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  2 года назад

      I don’t know what to tell ya

  • @SummerSun-sg3wf
    @SummerSun-sg3wf 8 месяцев назад +1

    They should have kept it

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  8 месяцев назад +1

      I agree, miss Disney Quest

  • @edwardsaldana2534
    @edwardsaldana2534 Год назад +1

    What ever happened to the fix it felixes?!

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  Год назад +2

      I think disney has a few hanging around in some of their offices

  • @garancoristar
    @garancoristar 4 года назад +2

    I believe that disneyquest was talked about by fastpassfacts

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  4 года назад +2

      Probably! FastpassFacts is a great channel. I’ve worked with them a few times!!! Check it out ruclips.net/video/RT92gKVxshI/видео.html

  • @mightyrocky12345
    @mightyrocky12345 Год назад

    What disney quest

  • @DjMjk
    @DjMjk Год назад +1

    PAC man 11:59

    • @BenLaurence
      @BenLaurence  Год назад +1

      You ever seen the video of the guy obsessed with pac man?

  • @David788Jr
    @David788Jr Год назад

    Remember the toy r us the toy go in the was a Nice video man

  • @taylornoren642
    @taylornoren642 4 года назад +1

    Young Tarzan was my first cartoon crush