posted Oct 30, 2010 11:56 PM by Marcio Disney

Doom Buggy is the show name for Disney's OmniMover system (used in their Haunted Mansion attraction). It was initially developed for the "Adventures in Inner Space" attraction. Disney World's Haunted Mansion has 160 cars with a guest capacity of 3,200 guests per hour. 
The
Omnimover is an amusement ride system used for Disney theme park
attractions. Roger Broggie and Bert Brundage developed the system for WED Enterprises, which patented Omnimover in April 1968. The term was coined by Imagineer Bob Gurr and is a portmanteau of OmniRange and PeopleMover. Click Here to read an Exclusive Interview with Bob Gurr talking about the creation of the Haunted Mansion Omnimovers, People Mover, Monorail, small world boats and more! 
Current attraction series using the Omnimover system
* Haunted Mansion Series
o Disneyland
o Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
o Tokyo Disneyland
o Disneyland Paris
* Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster Series
o Disneyland
o Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
o Tokyo Disneyland
o Disneyland Paris
o Hong Kong Disneyland
* Boo Blasters on Boo Hill (Kings Island)
* Hershey's Chocolate World Great American Chocolate Tour
Current individual attractions using the Omnimover system
* Spaceship Earth
* The Seas with Nemo & Friends System recycled from a previous attraction
o EPCOT at Walt Disney World
Omnimover attractions no longer in operation
This list includes all Omnimover attractions that have been permanently removed and not recycled.
* Disneyland
o Adventure Thru Inner Space (replaced with Star Tours in 1987)
* Epcot (Walt Disney World Resort)
o World of Motion (replaced with Test Track in 1999)
o Horizons (replaced with Mission: SPACE in 2003. Homages to
Horizons can be found in both Mission: SPACE and in the Magic Kingdom's
newly refurbished Space Mountain.)
--Two Omnimover systems have been in continuous use since their debut but have featured different attractions.
* Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Tomorrowland in the Magic
Kingdom uses the Omnimover ride system of two former attractions. The
first attraction to occupy this space was If You Had Wings, which was
sponsored by Eastern Airlines from 1972 to 1987, when they dropped
sponsorship. The ride then was known as If You Could Fly until closing
in January 1989. Six months later, the old ride system was reused as If
You Had Wings was transformed into Delta Dreamflight, which was
sponsored by Delta Air Lines until 1996. The ride vehicles were
reprogrammed in 1989 to alter their viewing direction. In 1996, the ride
became known as Take Flight, and closed on January 9, 1998. Buzz
Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin uses the very Omnimover ride system of If
You Had Wings/Delta Dreamflight, except for having new third generation
vehicles that can be rotated by the riders to any angle to shoot at
various targets. Space Ranger Spin also uses two of the speed tunnels
from If You Had Wings.
Although Journey Into Imagination with Figment in Epcot is now an
Omnimover basis track it was once all Omnimover (this was back when the
Dream finder was still part of the attraction).
* The Seas with Nemo & Friends previously was home to The
Living Seas, which utilized a different attraction theme as well as a
different Omnimover vehicle design. 
Click Here to read "Limbo: Loading the Doom Buggies" at doombuggies.com |
posted Oct 26, 2010 11:15 PM by Marcio Disney
The original eight "E ticket" attractions at WDW’s Magic Kingdom were Space Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, Hall of Presidents, Jungle Cruise, It’s a Small World, and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
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posted Oct 18, 2010 12:04 AM by Marcio Disney
King Louie (the orangutan voiced by Louis Prima) was one of the characters created especially for Disney's The Jungle Book, for he doesn't appear in Rudyard Kipling's original story. |
posted Oct 15, 2010 11:37 PM by Marcio Disney
Walt Disney personally selected Richard Fleischer (son of his old competitor in animation, Max Fleischer) to direct the live-action film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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posted Oct 15, 2010 12:44 AM by Marcio Disney
There is a wind gauge installed in Disney World's Wilderness Lodge's marina. The computer that runs the resort's geyser
senses the wind speed for each "eruption" and adjusts the height of the
water. This prevents blowing water from hitting the balconies of lake
view rooms! 
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posted Oct 11, 2010 2:38 AM by Marcio Disney
Walt Disney World has the largest working wardrobe
on Earth with more than 1.5 million operational garments in use and
over 7,000 different garment types. In addition there are over 2 million
pieces of entertainment costumes. (That's a lot of dry cleaning!)

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posted Oct 9, 2010 11:52 PM by Marcio Disney
According to Kodak (one time sponsor of Journey Into Imagination) 6% of all amateur photographs are taken at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. |
posted Oct 9, 2010 7:13 AM by Marcio Disney
"When you're lying on your back and see all the smoke billow up around the windows before you rocket off, that's just like it is inside the space shuttle."
-Winston Scott
(retired astronaut) on Epcot's Mission: SPACE |
posted Oct 6, 2010 11:26 PM by Marcio Disney
About 300 Walt Disney World buses transport guests around the Florida resort, making the Walt Disney World fleet the third largest in Florida behind Miami and Jacksonville!


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posted Oct 3, 2010 2:28 AM by Marcio Disney
In 1986, the Golf Resort at Disney World changed its name to the Disney Inn.

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