#disney peoplemover

[pi-the-theme-park-guy]

[adventurelandia]

The Peoplemover at Disneyland from EPCOT (1966)

[zipzapzopzoop]

"We... are one smart kid."

Cornelius Robinson | Meet the Robinsons (2007)

[toomanywatchers]

[fights4users]

This was a overlay in  Anaheim from I believe 82’ until the end of the People movers run (when it turned into the disastrous Rocket rods- funnnily enough there was a Tron idea of racing cycles around tommorowland that wouldn’t went on this track. It was one of their initial ideas and potentially how we have lightcycle run today) . Aside from needing a serious oil job from all the squeaking, there is a charm to the OG people over, I’m also jealous it goes through star tours!

Now the Tron portion occurs midway during one of the tunnel portions of the ride. Automatically you can tell what budget their on, the voice isn’t very robotic (compare it today to the train at Disney world where a siren comes on in the tunnel before approaching Tron).

You get digitized in the same exact shot from the film, down to the dial up noise creating pretty stellar projections throughout the tunnel, the same beautiful shots of patterns and circuits. It goes into a lightcycle sequence racing and dodging around you— honestly it’s pretty great visually and I absolutely adore how perfect they have the sound?

“You have escaped Tron’s game grid for now Users,” I’m sobbing. Was he trying to run us down??? Hello?? This is especially funny because going into the tunnel it mentions master control and HE is the one mad/digitizing the guests. It’s the computer world of Tron but not his games.

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It’s not as cheesy as I thought it was going to be, in fact it’s a great little tribute/advertisement for the movie itself “wasn’t that cool? Go watch it!” Alongside how back in the day the parks had actual arcades within them too. All I’m saying is we still have a people mover at Disney world and a already existing Tron ride… it’d only be fitting… 80s projections and all.

I like how much influence this held on what ultimately became lightcycle run, now of course it’s set In the sequel but the idea dates back to the original. Both the digitization sequence and lightcycle race are pivotal to both films so it only makes sense they’d want a attraction on it.

[retropopcult]

Disneyland, 1967

[lifeofloon]

Ended the day with an all time favorite...such great sunset views around Tomorrowland.

[disneyparksattractionstournament]

While all the proganda has been great and as feral as I hoped, these are the ones that SENT me so far, omg🤣👏

Sumbit your fav disney parks rides/attraction HERE for the tournament!

[servoisnaked]

Neon Peoplemover

[spiritsofprogress]

Magic Kingdom | June 2023

1/2

For some of the best pictures in the park- Ride 👏🏻 the 👏🏻 riverboat 👏🏻. You get spectacular views and fun narration, it’s a attraction and has lore within itself. Underrated

[montygatorguy]

scrolling through tiktok and i found a guy talking for his ideas on how to update the magic kingdom’s tomorrowland and he suggested that the peoplemover should get a halloween overlay called the “spooky peoplemover” 😭😭

[disneyparktournament]

Round 2

West Coast

[adventurelandia]

Disneyland's PeopleMover, June 1968

[disneyremnants]

One of the scenes on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover at The Magic Kingdom is an intersection between the Red and Blue transport lines. If you look closely you may notice that the transport rocket for the Red line is a repainted rocket from Disneyland's Rocket Jets! It is unclear if this is a repurposed piece of Disneyland history, or a replica. The scene in question was added to WDW in 1995, and Disneyland's Rocket Jets didn't close until 1998. However, old Rocket Jets were used at DL in the gift shop for Rocket Rods and still remain today! Interestingly, the whole junction scene is a remnant of Tomorrowland's theming from 1994 until around 2009. "New Tomorrowland" was themed to be the headquarters for the League of Planets, with the PeopleMover having been rethemed to be public transport for the futuristic city!

[johnychen]

Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover 4K POV Walt Disney World 2023...

[fights4users]

Apparently the  Anaheim people mover used to be “through the world of Tron” for a brief period around the release/that peoplemovers short life. And thus Lightcycle run is not the first Tron attraction in parks. It was mainly 1980s projection technology in one of the tunnels. We still have the people mover in Orlando and something needs to be put in that one 2 minute long tunnel of pitch black- it’s terrifying as all you hear is screams from Space mountain with no context. I would sit though a cheesy 80s park show in a heart beat