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Lost Disney Rides Recreated in CGI

Posted by timothy on from the please-add-space-mountain dept.

Dan Howland writes "Disney closes the rides, but the CGI geeks love them too much to let them disappear. 'Adventures thru Inner Space,' the Disneyland ride in which you shrunk down to the size of a molecule, ran from 1967 to 1985. Atommobiles.com is a fan site which includes this elaborate CGI recreation. The Walt Disney World version of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride closed in 1967. Virtual Toad is in the process of re-building it." I was born after 1967, and I've ridden MTWR many times, so perhaps they're talking about an older version.

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  1. Reminds me of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by scrod · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If they can do a good enough job recreating the rides, their Whuffie's going through the roof!

  2. Monsanto welcomes you... by gooman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    to the best "make-out" ride ever.

    At least to this hormone driven teen in the late seventies (before the geek gene fully asserted itself). Ahhh memories.

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  3. Defunct Attractions by LunarFox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This reminds me of a website called Virtual Midway, which features some defunct attractions at Cedar Point. No fancy CGI but still fascinating (to me, at least).

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  4. Re:The trouble with this... by Saeger · · Score: 4, Interesting
    without the key component (that feeling in your stomach)

    That feeling is actually in your inner ear, and it can be simulated by stimulating it with lowlevel electrical shocks. I remember a couple companies were working on bringing this kind of device to the mass market, but it never materialized, probably for legal reasons.

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