People Mover (Disneyland)

The old people mover attraction at Disneyland.

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[journeyquest1]

Sad that when one or two people do something stupid we all have to pay the price. Hundreds of thousands have ridden the people mover without a problem. Its like the kid in the class who screws up and the whole class gets punished mentality that still exists today.

[Maustrum]

In the summer you rode this to give your feet time to cool down down from the Hot blacktop.

[Blu923the2nd]

@pedrokingdomhearts The Circle Vision Theater. It was a large mural made by Mary Blair (the same lady who designed it's a small world). The mural depicted how our children are our future or something. This mural, along with the rest of Tomorrowland, was torn down in the late 90's and reopened in 1998 as "The New Tomorrowland".

[dcrees4190]

When I was a teenager we all called this the make-out ride. I seriously thought it was Disney's version of Tunnel of Love.

[misterlaff]

@Philious You are correct. There used to be a "Midget Autopia" later changed to "Junior Autopia".

[misterlaff]

@FierceSandy In 2000, Disneyland replaced both existing Autopia tracks with a new, much larger Autopia sponsored by Chevron. The colorful Chevrolet Corvette Stingray-style cars were replaced by three different kinds of cars: Dusty, an off-road style car; Sparky, a sports car; and Suzy, a Volkswagen Beetle-style car.

[misterlaff]

@saveferris55 Not true. Autopia has undergone many additions and tranformations since it first opened in 1955. In 2000, Disneyland replaced both existing Autopia tracks with a new, much larger Autopia.

[misterlaff]

@snacks123 The arcade is still there, it's just down on the ground floor now.

[misterlaff]

@Benstudio13 Right! Cal OSHA regs meant that in order for the Peoplemover to be compliant (safe) Disney would have to spend a ton of money rennovating the old ride to make it so. Disney didn't want to spend the cash, so the idea of bringing them back was scrapped.

[misterlaff]

@thehoundboys I was in Disneyland on Jan 21, 2012 and there was no sign of the PeopleMover track being demolished then either.

[misterlaff]

@WaddleBuff You're probably thinking of Mission:Space in EPCOT, which is part of Walt DisneyWorld in Florida.

[misterlaff]

@nemesis962074 Right! Mission to Mars was closed at Disneyland on November 2, 1992. The building remained unused until it officially reopened as a restaurant, Redd Rockett's Pizza Port in Tomorrowland on May 22, 1998.