RickR Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 I'm fascinated by pictures of the construction of classic theme-park rides, and I hope others are too. A lot of these rides have been around for decades, so it's interesting to see how they made them so resilient. I'm going to start with this one of the Maelstrom ride at the Norway pavilion at Epcot in Florida (opened in 1988). It's since been updated to "Frozen", but the ride layout is the same. You can kind of see the three levels that the boats take here. DegasElite, sramirez2008, TrekMD and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 23 Report Share Posted August 23 This is cool! I'm subscribed to a channel on YouTube that explains how the attractions work. I find that fascinating! DegasElite, sramirez2008 and RickR 3 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 23 Author Report Share Posted August 23 Here's a couple from Space Mountain at Disneyland, which opened in 1977. Who knew the roof was made of wood? DegasElite, Justin, sramirez2008 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 5 Author Report Share Posted September 5 The Disney World Contemporary Hotel under construction. You can see the monorail track being built out too. sramirez2008, DegasElite, Justin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 On 8/23/2024 at 2:12 PM, RickR said: Here's a couple from Space Mountain at Disneyland, which opened in 1977. Who knew the roof was made of wood? My favorite Disney World ride, since 1980. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 5 Author Report Share Posted September 5 6 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: My favorite Disney World ride, since 1980. Here are some great pictures and info about the DisneyWorld version: http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2013/6/17/magic-kingdoms-space-mountain-construction.html I love that ride too. Much bigger than the DL version. But when they rebuilt the track on the DL version several years ago, that one became really special because it is so smooth. DegasElite, sramirez2008 and TrekMD 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 I have a whole collection of WDW stuff I will have to upload and share. I have some original stuff from the visitors center from before it opened, and some items from my great uncle who oversaw construction of some electrical systems in the Magic Kingdom. I always thought the modular construction at Tempo Bay where the hotel rooms were pre-fab and slid right into the structure of the resort was amazing. 50 years of hurricanes and it’s just fine. sramirez2008, DegasElite, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Walt Disney World in 1973 — what you see doesn’t really show construction but the first of the parks was brand new: RickR, sramirez2008, TrekMD and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 7 Author Report Share Posted September 7 Lots to see and study here... DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 On 9/6/2024 at 5:06 AM, Justin said: Walt Disney World in 1973 — what you see doesn’t really show construction but the first of the parks was brand new: I've seen this before! It is a cool video. RickR and DegasElite 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 9 Author Report Share Posted September 9 And here's one from DW as it was being built. Pretty spectacular view. TrekMD and DegasElite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Thursday at 05:48 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 05:48 PM Here's one of "Star Tours" going in at Disney Studios Florida in 1989. The Florida version of the ride has such an awesome queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted Friday at 02:18 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:18 AM 8 hours ago, RickR said: Here's one of "Star Tours" going in at Disney Studios Florida in 1989. The Florida version of the ride has such an awesome queue. This may be getting demolished to make room for some new projects at Hollywood Studios! RickR 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted Friday at 03:33 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 03:33 AM 1 hour ago, TrekMD said: This may be getting demolished to make room for some new projects at Hollywood Studios! They wouldn't! Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted Friday at 03:43 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 03:43 AM Seems like a possibility, though it seems the DeSantis tourist board is putting a stop to some of the stuff Disney had planned. Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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