This park is in Mie, not in Osaka. I miss the ride. I loved it when I was a kid!
@DaveCobbIdeaguy5 күн бұрын
Thank you for the correction! This trip was so long ago, I didn’t remember :)
@chubbytabby27085 күн бұрын
@@DaveCobbIdeaguyThank you for the video! The ride had been demolished because of the aging degradation. I was looking for such kinds of videos!
@EricSchnabel19 күн бұрын
You guys did the thing! You shot your own Fusion Exhaust port! 😆
@nickstone699720 күн бұрын
canada's wonderland has shamed this ride with their current version only thing that works anymore on it is the coaster on the tracks, no effects, no sounds, nothing. Miss this version.
@scott439323 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing this video. It's Just incredible footage.
@supermariologic298328 күн бұрын
There is a cat in the hat meet and greet next to the preview Center
@Universal_soundtrackАй бұрын
Hey :3 I released the MIB Alien Attack Soundtrack
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214Ай бұрын
0:17: Let the experience begin!
@patrickmichael3384Ай бұрын
This was my FAV ride on Tomorrowland! The sounds alone (especially that scream when the Rocket Rods themselves were in motion) I’ll never forget!
@PlushLoreUniverseАй бұрын
IT WAS SO AMAZING TO SEE A WALK-THROUGH OF THE CAT IN THE HAT RIDE!!!!!
@RankingTheMouseАй бұрын
Bummer we never got the nighttime spec or the transportation boats, but everything else looks JUST like what we got - amazing stuff from Universal Creative & team
@RankingTheMouseАй бұрын
Incredible stuff Dave, WOW!! Thank you for the upload!
@jaydensmith2943Ай бұрын
just stumbled upon this video and im hooked. This is sooo cool , I haven't been to islands of adventure since 2000. I think it may be time to pay a visit.
@carolinacirovic6547Ай бұрын
Dave cobb what’s up!
@gabozombiesАй бұрын
I love how this feels like a time traveler recorded all of this, awesome recording
@Buc_Stops_HereАй бұрын
Amazing quality for one of the very few videos of this ride. Too bad GM backed out and the tracks were not banked so the ride could not be maintained when the Imagineers put this ride together. It should have been rebuilt like Test Track at Epcot which is supported by GM but instead with the short cuts made the cement could not take the beating with the heavier cars and after just a few years the ride was closed permanently, and the track cannot be used for anything now so it sits abandoned above Disneyland while Disney World remained true to its original design and still operates in 2024.
@theshopislocalАй бұрын
Your channel is amazing!! Thank you so much for all the work you've done to make amazing experiences like this. I remember coming to USF with a friend in middle school and riding MIB over and over for hours because it was a slow day and the line was short. I know its always exciting to see new rides or parks open but i wish more effort was put into keeping older rides in the best possible condition. If MIB got a really nice refurbishment I'd be so happy. Even as it is its one of my must-dos whenever I visit. Anyways, thank you again. 😭
@j.r.1210Ай бұрын
I toured this preview center in late 1997 and still have the pre-opening IOA shirt that I bought there. However, I didn't remember how large and elaborate it was compared to today's rather skimpy Epic Universe preview center, which I visited recently. The IOA preview center tried to create the experience of actually walking through the finished park, and Citywalk too. The Epic center is more like a simple map room with merchandise. There's also much less lead time before the park opening. I suppose the greater availability of public information today accounts for a lot of the downscaling. You can find an endless supply of Epic construction photos and preview videos online if desired. A physical place to hold introductory info to help market the park just isn't as important in 2024.
@boredmillionaire99142 ай бұрын
Watching in 2024 and how cool is this video!? Came here b/c now the Epic Universe preview center is open. P.S.- Loving the '90s jeans ha
@dumpling_prince2 ай бұрын
Here from Rat Castle❤ what's this Survivor hat?? Love it!
@DaveCobbIdeaguy2 ай бұрын
that was from SURVIVOR THE RIDE, which I designed for Paramount's Great America -- it's not there anymore tho
@dumpling_prince2 ай бұрын
@@DaveCobbIdeaguy holy shit. Survivor and theme parks are my two favorite things on the face of the planet. Thank you for your work 🫡
@DaveCobbIdeaguy2 ай бұрын
@@dumpling_prince there’s a video about it here on my channel under the “Paramount Parks” playlist
@therealventures2 ай бұрын
They went all out! It looks incredible!
@Drebe732 ай бұрын
This is a far better preview center than Epic’s.
@maui35512 ай бұрын
I hope they turn Lost Contents into a Zelda land
@theheroneededwillette69642 ай бұрын
Unfortunately this version of the ride crippled the people mover track.
@CubbyTech2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this with us, Dave! Amazing to see the birth of IOA.
@alecm931102 ай бұрын
It's too bad that nighttime spectacular never came to pass. The commentary from everyone is also fascinating, knowing that Islands of Adventure was not only a huge step up from the Studios but also for the industry.
@kiwikiwi24832 ай бұрын
Something like this has to be done with Epic Universe!!!
@tonyclaxton932 ай бұрын
38:20 they use to spin the hell out that car on this part 😂😂😂
@tonyclaxton932 ай бұрын
21:22 man I almost cried they really erased a good ass ride 😢
@omnimover4ever5432 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing Dave - this is AMAZING!
@alexgeorge5012 ай бұрын
This footage is incredible! Congrats on finding this rare piece of theme park history!
@Owenostling2 ай бұрын
Oh Wowsers!!!!!!
@coastermadab2 ай бұрын
Six months from opening, IOA did seem quite far off from opening. And look how they pulled it through. Epic now looks pretty much where IOA was when this was filmed. What a fascinating piece! Thanks for sharing!
@RIP2UALL2 ай бұрын
Wow, quite awhile ago, eh?
@EmillioMelendez2 ай бұрын
This is amazing footage! Was there on the 25th anniversary a few days ago, it’s pretty cool to see ripsaw falls under construction, and a full walkthrough of the cat in the hat. Wish they would take more care of that ride, especially the animatronics, some of them have stains on them, just about all of the Cat animatronics do not move as good as they used to, got some pics too. The fish animatronics seem to be working fine. As for Ripsaw and Popeyes, seems they have been fixing a lot of the effects and animatronics back into decent working order, some of the ones that weren’t working last time I went back in March are now working very good. Other than that much of the park looks the same as it did on opening day. Thanks so much for sharing this!
@RandomlyRandy582 ай бұрын
This is amazing!!!
@Jimmietruck282 ай бұрын
_this is insane!_
@Jimmietruck282 ай бұрын
*_that old IOA logo goes hard_*
@Animator_Alex2 ай бұрын
Wow this is incredible! Thank you for posting this!!
@justincarlson22192 ай бұрын
LOVE this footage - thanks so much for sharing. IoA is on the short list of my favorite places on planet Earth.
@andre_costello2 ай бұрын
This is incredible! What an honor to work on MIB and to get a tour of Islands!!!
@supercar4aday2 ай бұрын
being someone that currently works in this park this is amazing
@BBirdy52 ай бұрын
Wow, this is so awesome. Amazing footage to share on IOA's 25th anniversary - thank you!
@Kattatomic2 ай бұрын
Wow, what a gift this is! Thank you so so much for digging out and uploading such a treat for us all to enjoy! I was there the year after it opened, cant believe its been 25 years. Happy bday IOA!
@morethanthrills16162 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this! Amazing!
@sithlordsoup2 ай бұрын
2:22 probably one of the first times the word “confiscos” has been said on camera 🤣🤣
@sithlordsoup2 ай бұрын
YOOOOOO THIS IS GOLD.
@cecsouthflorida87392 ай бұрын
how convenient that this was uploaded the day the park opened. now i can see what islands of adventure looked like way before i existed.
@VincentVision2 ай бұрын
WOW. Seriously incredible stuff!
@traviscombs69472 ай бұрын
I was an attendant at Doctor Doom's Fearfall from 2010 to 2012 so I could immediately recognize the sounds that ride makes all throughout the video. That ride is really loud.