Hello family, friends and Disney buddies! This months theme park backstory is about the unique ride system developed in 1967 by Disney Imagineers for the groundbreaking Adventures Thru Inner Space attraction......Bill
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OMNIMOVER
A view of Monsanto Company’s attraction “Adventure thru Inner Space” in Disneyland. Located in the newly expanded Tomorrowland, the futuristic building houses a ride through the inner space of a snowflake, in a vehicle called an “Atomobile”. The rider feels the unusual illusion of shrinking to the size of the atom.
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Did you take a ride on the Omnimover during your last visit to the Disneyland Resort? Chances are you did and may not have even realized it. The word Omnimover , coined by Imagineer Bob Gurr, refers to the unique ride system developed by Roger Broggie and Bert Brundage in 1967 and built by Arrow Development for Disneyland’s groundbreaking Adventure Thru Inner Space attraction. The unique ride system was the natural extension of the endless continually moving PeopleMover ride system developed by for Ford’s Magic Skyway at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. Using a system of opposing rubber tires pressing sideways on large metal fins protruding through the center of the track from the continuous loop of ride vehicles, the Omnimover has the unique ability to swivel individual moving cars 360 degrees and positioning them and the on-board sound systems exactly in the direction intended by the show designers. If you missed out on riding in an Atomobile in the Adventure Thru Inner Space between 1967 and 1985 it’s exceedingly likely that you have ridden in a Haunted Mansion Doom buggy, Little Mermaid clam shell or on the third generation Omnimover on Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.
1967 Postcard from the collection of Bill Ralph
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