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  • My oldest brother and convinced my middle brother when he was about 10 years old that you really did get shrunk down, and that one time the ride broke down and they couldn't bring the riders back to normal size. Later on, when we were standing in line he started crying and told my mom "I don't want to get shrunk!" Good times.

  • This was one of my most fav rides back in the day. This and Mission to Mars

  • Too good. Makes my heart ache for that beloved old ride from Yesterland.

  • sons of bitches that spit on that eye at the end!

  • A long line @ 1:26 for Space Mountain when it first opened,still a popular ride..Sorry for getting off the subject about this video.lol

  • I liked it but I wish we could see the whole ride...for those who care this was the place the had 20,000 leauges under the sea sets...

  • Scared the heck out of me in 1968 when I first rode this ride. I was 6 years old at the time.

  • darrensrocks - space mountain is not were Star Tours/Inner space is. down past the gift shop to the right

  • This ride is where Star Tours is now! I remember this ride only a little becuase I was 3 years old the last time I rode it in 1984!

  • @Leia2001forcegrrlify

    this was in the building taken over by 'Star Tours in 1987'. In the Star Tours ride, during the escape from the space station hangar bay, you nearly crash into a crane thing; behind the crane thing is a model of the 'Journery Through Innerspace' microscope.

  • I wish I was alive around the time they had this ride, but I just had to be born in the 90s D:

  • That ride used to scare the crap out of me when you went through the part with the eye looking at you. I also used to cry cause I actually thought you really shrunk when you went in the telescope. LOL

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  • I use to touch those over sized snowflake props that came close enough to the buggie car.

  • Wow..what a gem! I remember the first time I rose this as a kid! thanks so much for posting this!

  • it was better then you got on that ride stoned or on acid

  • Thanks for posting this...didn't think I'd ever see the ride again.

    I remember back in 1989, somewhere like ten years or more passed since my last Disneyland trip, and I'm over by Spaceland asking a Disney employee "Where's the ride with the big eye looking at you?" He looked at me like I lost my mind. HA-HA

  • What a great ride when i was a kid.the most amazing part of the ride was looking up at that eye.sure do miss it.remember.the past is the past.it will always be there.just as long as we can remember it.

  • this seems like a trippy ride lol

  • HEY EVERYONE!! READ THIS EXCITING IDEA!!

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    We know that 2 great science-based things Disney has lost are Adventure Thru Inner Space(duh) at Disneyland and Wonders of Life at Epcot in Disney World. I have a great idea: Bring back ATIS in the Wonders of Life building! There is obviously enough room since they probably threw out everything else in there. Thumbs up if you want ATIS to enter Disney Parks again!!! :D

  • It's a shame so many of the rides now are dedicated to promoting Disney movies. 

  • I remember this ride! I was really young and was terrified the entire time riding it, thinking I was really shrinking down. To add to the horror, they had a part where there's a giant eye looking at you through a microscope. This was a seperate ride. The people mover was a sort of ski lift thing that gave you a tour of the park from above. I'm pretty sure it was while you were on the people mover that they had an area that took you through the world of Tron.

  • is this ride still there...

  • @darrylhaynes nope, star tours replaced it

  • @darrylhaynes No. It was replaced by Star Tours. Which is now being replaced by Star Tours 2.

  • @Benstudio13 yea and Star Tours 2 opens May 16th at Disney World! I am perfectly confident about the date because it comes from the Disney World website calendar, of which I witnessed the perfect accuracy of the reopening day of the Mad Tea Party in November. Refurb walls up Wednesday, children (and me) getting dizzy in teacups on Thursday.

  • I wonder who narrated this. He sounds alot like Orson Wells to me.

  • @usspike its paul frees, he was the narrator of the haunted mansion also

  • @usspike it is paul frees the same voice as the ghost host in the haunted mansion

  • @Countjustinrowe He also did many other voices for other purposes like cartoons. Go to themightymicroscope. com and there is a section on the website about Paul Frees. There is a ton of cool stuff on the website, and I have never had time to look at all of it.

  • there were relay-based tic-tac-toe machines in the waiting space as well - its too bad they retired the ride rather than modernize it. I loved the atoms-all lined up frozen in to the crystal... i haven't been back to disneyland since... it seems the old ties to progress and socialism are taken out for thrill rides... alas. Thank you for the lovely memory... i remember wondering how they got water to fall down those threads, touching them to find its oil... kids. :-)

  • I thought it was called "Peoplemover"

  • @Keeponrockin404 That was a ride that existed at Disneyland. Only it was on a track above you and took you on a tour of Tomorrowland. Adventure Thru Inner Space was on ground level and was very different from the PeopleMover.

  • do you relly shrink?

  • @daddyreign No, the ride was made in 1967. No one had the technology to shrink things back then (and we still don't today). It was just a ride that made it look like you were shrinking to the size of an atom.

  • Yes, 'cause when you think of heavy science, you think of polka. God I miss this ride!

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  • ah the good old 1967 tomorrowland! so much creativity going on. it was the best tomorrowland ever!

  • The cool thing about this time of year is you can see the snow flakes from Inner Space being used in The Haunted Masion holiday season (as you enter the grave yard scene)

  • Best attraction EVER!

  • FUN FACT: The type of track and cars used in Adventure Thru Inner Space are STILL used today in all of the Disney parks. The track/cars are used in the Haunted Mansions in the parks. So there's still some of this ride is till there. :)

  • @softballfreako Right. They are now referred to as Doom Buggies. And the track was used for the old attraction Rocket Rods before that closed and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters took over part of it. Actually, for awhile, you could see a car from Rocket Rods still on the track from inside the line for Star Tours. 

  • @softballfreako watch the video "Tomorrowland Music-Disneyland 6" by morphavolo. I recently noticed that part of today's Tomorrowland music is another tribute to the vanished ride. Also someone else on youtube points out tributes to this ride found on Star Tours. Is this the full ride in this video?

  • I remember this ride from when I was a little kid. I actually used to think the "people" that you'd see shrinking on the side of the microscope were real! I don't think I figured out they weren't until one day the ride cars themselves broke down while my family and I were waiting in line, yet somehow the shrinking people kept on going! Ah, the things we perceive as children...

  • @misterbetta1 Yea, I thought the people were real in the microscope as well. I was always wondering if they were not real where did the cars really go? PS I remember tomrrowland when I was a kid in the late 70's early 80's being the best. The people movers, Rocket to the moon, Journey Thru Innerspace, etc. I really liked Disneyland a lot better then. Now that I am older, I wondered if it was because I was to old. No I think not! I think its because all the good stuff is gone.

  • Wouldn't have been heartbreaking to be on the team that dismantled it? I don't think I could have done it. I'm not "anti-progress", but that was nearly sacred ground to me, along with all the other originals from our childhood.

  • this was monsanto made it deserved to torn down

  • That guy pulling down the balloon reminds me of being on so many rides and seeing those mickey mouse balloons stuck to the ceiling. hee hee hee

  • Hehe I rode this ride yearly, from like 77-85.  It was great cause there were hardly any ever lines for it. Now everyone misses it. lol

  • Miracles from Molecules-Now i got that song stuck in my head!

  • I dont know if it true but i heard that people mover is coming back bext year

  • the people mover was removed because someone fell out

  • @simpsonsdumbhead I hate when there's a one or a few people that ruin the fun for everyone. There's always a moron that doesn't think about what MIGHT happen.

  • @simpsonsdumbhead I hate when there's a one or a few people that ruin the fun for everyone. There's always a moron that doesn't think about what MIGHT happen.

  • I remember this! And the people movers...and even though we weren't supposed to, we'd "switch cars" in the tunnels when I was in junior high.

  • There closing star tour in October to make a star tours 2 but it's a shame I'm 15 but I wish I could go back intime my dad tells me great storys about these old rides but this one I really wana go onnnn

  • @09anthony0906 yeah they already closed it... now it feels like something is missing cuz tha was one of my favorite rides

  • @09anthony0906 They closed Star Tours#1 on July 27, 2010! They will open Star Tours#2 on July 28, 2010!

  • @09anthony0906 It's a great ride still (went there 2 months ago) but it's really looking dated. They're probably using a laserdisc for the big screen, and comparing it to 1080p it looks BAD. and you can hear the plastic walls in the "craft" creaking and squeaking" when it moves. And they STILL use the same cheesy instructional video out in the hall.

    It'll be sad to see it go, but I'm glad my kids got to see it before it gets changed. i'm just mad they're making it a stupid pod race.

  • Excellent! I was probably 5 when I went on this ride and I remember being really worried about shrinking and not being able to get back to normal size :) Thanks for the trip back to childhood.

  • 0:00 to 0:15 Monsanto had to withdraw due to law suits

  • Damn remember this ride as I got older thought I was on something lol

  • Are the construction photos of the building of ATIS or the demolishing of it for Star Tours?

  • Did anyone else notice this ride was replaced by Star Tours by just looking at the shapes of the room?

  • i give this ride a 6/10 because it dosent look all that fun or that much above average from what i see here. . . . well average compare to everything else they have at disneyland

  • This Vid is awesome thank you :)

  • I bought his DVD of this and it was amazing! Actually brought tears to my eyes. I recommend it to anyone interested. And thank him deeply again. ^_^

  • The vehicles that you ride on in this ride are now the Doom Buggeys that you ride on in the Haunted Mansion! I think that they should use new Doom Buggeys though insted of the ones from this ride of Inner Space, because they keep stoping and showing their age while you are on the ride!

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  • I hope we see a tribute to tis ride in Epic Mickey.

  • Cool to see. I was just a little kid when "Inner Space" closed, so I only barely remember standing in the queue line and watching riders go through the microscope. Thanks for posting. :)

  • Too bad there aren't any videos of the actual ride anywhere to be found.

  • If this ride where still open, my science teacher would take us to disenyland every day :]

  • Isn't the narrator of this ride the same guy who speaks at the Haunted Mansion?? He sounds exactly the same, and both attractions opened at about the same time.

  • @MartyInLa Yea Paul Frees narrates for both rides

  • really? did they seriously get rid of this ride and replace it with star tour? oh sigh....

  • That's freakin' awesome! Bring it back! I want to be shrunk down to the size of an atom.

  • i want to go through the might microscope!

  • i want to go through the might microscope!

  • When Tomorrowland was about science not comic books. I hate how Disneyland dumbed down Tomorrowland with crap like Star Tours and even their new House of Tomorrow isn't even a house anymore, its just a stage set you might find at a furniture store. They couldn't even build a real house! The original House of the Future by Monsanto couldn't even be destroyed with a wrecking ball. The new one they ask guests not to lean on the walls.

  • @Geeker1982  You are Correct yes.

  • That whole ride looks to be like where the Star Tours ride is now, correct me if I'm wrong?

  • @Geeker1982 it's across from that. it used to be where the buzz light year ride is.. or next to it

  • No, it's where "Star Tours" is now.

  • @Geeker1982 yeah, it is

  • @Geeker1982 your right

  • @Geeker1982 your wrong it was where space mountain is it was before space mountain :)

  • @darrenrocks1234 I don't think its where Space Mountain is today, if you look more closely at some of the pictures 1. the ride is close to the entrance of tomorrow land 0:40 2. it shows the people mover moving through the same room as the main quarry line for the ride, I don't remember the people mover going through space mountain 0:50 and 3. compare some of the pictures of Star Tours and this one of the layout of the main quarry line 0:50

  • @Geeker1982 hahaha your right i didnt notice till i watched it then i was like ohh wooops :)

  • @darrenrocks1234 nope. same building as star tours .

  • @darrenrocks1234 actually it's the same building as star tours. where space mountain is now, use to be the spot for the flying saucers.

  • @Geeker1982 yup it was there prior to star tours till 1971? i think?

  • @Geeker1982 No your right. It says on the Disney Parks blog that it use to be this.

  • i think they should bring bak rocket rods cuz i hate that long arc thru tomorrowland it looks ugly

  • lemme guess, thats now mickeys star traders? i mean the peoplemovers used to go through it! its so odd in the pit of your stomach knowing what disneyland used to be! I mean, i go to walt disney world so i know disneyland by youtube and stuff XD

  • I totally forgot about this ride. I think I went on it at WDW in 1973 and/or 1981.

  • Problem with that statement...WDW never had ATIS. They had "If You Had Wings" sponsored by Eastern Airlines, but no ATIS.

  • the problem is.....the entrance queue follows the old ride path from Adventure's thru inner space. the walk way down and around, in front of the Speeder and up into where you "board" the speeders....is the old ride path

  • This was a fantastic attraction that deserves to be rebuilt. The narrator is the legendary Paul Frees (1920-1986) who did a great deal of voice work for Disney, in films, cartoons and at the parks. He is also the voice of the "Ghost Host" in the Haunted Mansion and several of the characters in Pirates of the Caribbean including the Auctioneer.

  • Totally agree with u. I'm a big Star Wars fan but even I would luv 2 b able to go on Inner Space just one more time! I say, bring back the nostlagic Disneyland!

  • Thanks for putting me back in touch with my childhood. I used to play this song as a kid and think about the ride. Too bad Disneyland got rid of this one.

  • Who was the narriator of this ride? That voice sounds familar.

  • @ThePirateprincess23 The narrator was Paul Frees, he's also the Ghost Host at the Haunted Mansion, and he was a voice actor in many cartoon.

  • this taked me back

  • greatest makeout ride ever created

  • to bad it closed

  • @brabon1 Much more than making out happened on that ride. One of the few highlights of having to work it was watching all that went on.

  • @scottca075 there wasnt much time for anything else...care to share

    

  • @brabon1 With out being overly graphic let's just say that not every young lady's blouse stayed buttoned up and not every young man's zipper remained zipped up.

  • @scottca075 well, i never went that far, but had i known that disney employees could see into the cars, probably wouldnt have even made out with my gf

    now im embarressed

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  • They are making a Star Tours 2. My ass! No one wants a Star Tours 2! Bring back Adventure Thru Inner Space! That's what everybody wants!

  • tell them to move Star Tours to Disney California Adventure and then bring this back.

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  • They could put it in the long empty "Hollywood and Dine" building in the hollywood area.

  • no they don't

  • Unless they get the Peoplemover going, I'm gonna drive the yugo on that old track.

  • At least it would be put to good use!

  • these are the types of rides that made disneyland stand out because of the atmosphere and ambience. theyve removed alot of rides and/or shows that i would consider to be great disney nostalgia

  • cool

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  • I was a kid when I went on this and we really thought we had shrunk...we thought we should just get out of the seats and hide.. at that small size knowone would see us or find us. Ahhh.. to be a kid again.

  • It was replaced by Star Tours

  • I remember riding this one, well..apparently shortly before it was closed!

  • what ride did buzz lightgear astroblasters replace

  • Delta Dream flight

  • circlevision

  • Rocket Rods...which replaced both the Peoplemover and Circlevision.

  • No matter how advanced technology becomes this ride still works. Did you notice how much the melody of the song sounds like the Carousel of Progress? Another great ride! Aw, the good ole days.

  • This was an awesome ride, I went on it many times, and it was my 2nd favorite ride of all time (my 1st being the Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland). The ride that now takes up this same space, Star Tours, is inferior to this ride. Thanks for posting this video, it brings back great memories.

  • wow that experience was unforgetable ,wish they never took it away, grettings from temo...queeeee experiencia ojala nunca devieron quitarlo....saludos de temo ..........

  • The narrator guy sounds like the Ghost Host in the Haunted Mansion. Was the name of that guy Paul Frees or something like that?

  • Yep

  • This was the BEST make-out ride.

  • The Monsanto ride was a real makeout opportunity.

  • I rode this ride when I was very young my dad took me on it and the things that stuck in my head the most where the small people going in thru the microscope and at the end of the ride the eye looking right at you always made me cover my eyes not see but always peeked to see the huge EYE! Great ride and wish Disney does bring it back in any form!

  • This ride was a real gas!

  • I like it when he says MAGNIFICATION all dramatic like.

    My dad told me about that ride. He said it was one of his favourites.

  • I remember this ride...It was always on of my faves!!!

  • i wanna ride it!

  • Amazing.

  • Classic song, Is this song available on a CD to purchase?

  • A slightly different version of Miracles from Molecules is on the 5-CD Disneyland 50th Anniversary soundtrack, along with the audio track of this bygone attraction.

    That song's such an awesome glimpse into the way people used to think about technology and progress.

  • that looks fun!

  • i wanna go on this ride so bad! u know its funny, pl say that the microscope is in the star tours film but really its a replica since the real one was too big

  • This was my favorite ride when I was kid.

    My Dad played along and actually convinced me we were shrinking !

    I even really felt like we actually were !

    I often wish I could go back to those days.

    Miss you Dad !

    Love,

    Your Son

  • I used to like the World's Fair concept of sponsored attractions (Bell Telephone's America the Beautiful, GE's Carousel of Progress, Goodyears' People Mover, etc...). You really felt like you were experiencing the latest greatest technology. Today all the new rides are dumbed down.

  • Paul Frees did one of his many voices for Disneyland for that 1967 attraction [he also did animaityon voices fior Disney, was the hermit crap in Warner's oddball live animated Don Knotts flick "Mister Limpet", released the same year as the like mixed media Disney "Mary Poppins", and for a number of Jay Ward characters such as Boris Badenov, and the Pillsbury Doughboy.He's also in the Pirates [almost all voices in original 1967-2006 verison] and the haunted mansion as narrator and Tiki Room.]

  • Paul Frees had one of the best voices ever. Simply amazing.

  • Most notably the narrator in The Haunted Mansion!

  • You got that right, foolish mortal!

  • What I remember most about this ride were the little "shrunken" people in the huge microscope, the huge snowflakes, and the voice of the narrator. I loved this ride when I was a kid! Listening to this narration again is like a strange trip indeed!!

  • At 1:59 there were many crowds on the qeue.

  • in what year was this ride taken out

  • it says at the end of the vid.

  • @AmityProductions  this ride

  • sentinel1138 this

  • Man, that is some extremely thinly-veiled industrialist propaganda right there. How perfectly awful. Then it's off to the Ritalin Bouncehouse, sponsored by Pfizer...

  • I was obsessed with this ride as a 4 year old. My sister got sick of taking me on it. She made me go on by myself. Afterwards, I got lost from her, and a French guy tried to help me find her by hoisting me on his shoulder. One of my sobs backfired, and I proceeded to pass gas on the Frenchmans shoulder. He took me off real fast. And I found my sister.

    Great ride! (ATIS, not the French guy's shoulder.

  • Even though this ride was removed before I was born, It still looks like a great ride. It's a shame this was replaced by Star Tours. Star Tours...from what I heard, that is still a good ride...but still. I hope a newer version of this ride replaces Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Although I did like Honey, I Shrunk the Audience as a kid).

  • Is it true that a 4-year-old girl died on this ride?

  • ya, that girl was me

  • no,a 4 yr old died on body wars at disney world

  • wow, i totally wish i could have gone on this... i was born 5 years late :/

  • I was WAY not born yet. xD

  • That was one of my favorites. Paul Frees narration was awesome. As a 5-year old I just remember calling in "Monsanto" after the company.

  • I agree. Paul Frees made this ride so much better...although it was awesome anyway.

  • it's sad that tomorrowland traded science for sponsorship

  • Great Video. ATIS was great, but it's best feature if you were between the ages of 12-16 was it was by far the best make-out ride in the park. The Mansion was ok, but this ride was so dark it was perfect. I miss this ride and especially America Sings.