Mission to Mars Ride Through 1992 - Restored Home Movie

Long before Mission: Space opened in Epcot, Mission to Mars took guests from Tomorrowland for a visit to the red planet. An updated version of the Disneyland opening day attraction Rocket to the Moon, guests visit mission control before boarding their circular rocket for their voyage. Our video covers the entire attraction about a year before it closed to make way for Alien Encounter.

[@kchaney56]

I loved this ride as a kid and I got to be the last ride supervisor for this ride as they closed it.

[@widescreennavel]

Not a boring ride, a great, classic attraction. These original shows were produced by the finest and seminal Imagineers. All of them artists and engineers both. These attractions represent the ultimate in Disney production. They will never again be able to fully control the environments and the atmosphere again as they did here. What a gem.

[@serenatwilite4005]

Buster Jangle I agree, too many people thinking this type of attraction is boring, is why Disney World ain't what it used to be. The younger crowd doesn't realize that this type of attraction, with the animatronics and imagineering is what had everyone talking about the magic when Disney World first opened. It 's the kind of thing that made Walt Disney such an icon. People had never seen things like this before. You couldn't imagine how they even thought to create something like this,, let alone make it so real. Now it's just about how fast you can go on a ride and how many times they can turn you upside down without dumping you out of the thing, or it's all about advertising their latest movie.

[@lIII0IIIl]

@@serenatwilite4005 this was a great ride… If you believed hard enough, the way the seats moved and vibrated actually gave a sense of movement that jived with that was being shown on the screens.

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

In a simpler sense, I agree big time.

[@laurieallen8040]

Plus great animatronics

[@transtremm]

Wow, I can’t believe we have the waiting area documented on video, brings back some great memories.

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

This took me back to a much simpler time in my life! No kids, no career and going to Disney every year with my parents and siblings. Thank you so much for this!!

[@Christopherleefe]

Another classic Disney attraction gone but not forgotten thank you for the uploading of this historic ride The space program will not be the same

[@ttintagel]

This is the first attraction I went on as a space-obsessed kid on my first WDW trip. Thanks for the rocket trip down memory lane!

[@DannyD714]

disney needs to bring back more "group experience" attractions like this. everything these days is high speed coasters and slow moving conveyor belt rides.

[@ameliabrown3987]

This video is wild. I used to be a cast member this whole area is now storage/a breakroom where I have spent a lot of time. It's so cool to see it actually being used as an attraction.

[@BenLaurence]

I need details 😆 what is left in this old building? How much of stitch’s great escape remains?

[@ameliabrown3987]

@@BenLaurence All of the animatronics are gone, but pretty much everything else is untouched. Just a lot of boxes of merchandise everywhere 😅

[@BenLaurence]

@@ameliabrown3987 rip stitch 😭

[@FilmThePoliceFTP]

All of them? You know for an fact? There's one room where every time it's shown the tube shield is up so I always thought it was to cover the creepy skinned stitch

[@ameliabrown3987]

@@FilmThePoliceFTP Could be. I just never saw any but yeah, it could be hidden in theory

[@taylorshelton3267]

I have only ridden this ride three times once at Disneyland in 1987 and twice in tomorrow land at the magic kingdom which was at the walt disney world resort. This ride made space travel look so cool to me as a kid that I almost wanted to be an astronaut. Thanks for the good memories.

[@charless6763]

Made a point to go on this "ride" with my friends every park visit back in the 80s. Loved the throwback vibes to an earlier era of designers that defined Tomorrowland.

[@DementedCaver]

I never noticed it when I was younger, but that lead scientists face looks like it was poured out of the same mold as the lead character in Carousel of Progress. :D

[@MountaineerProductions]

I've never seen such good footage of this ride before!! This is amazing!!

[@markpanzarella5899]

Great memories

[@markpanzarella5899]

Don’t care what attraction. Where crowds that low..

[@elvingarcia3010]

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[@chrishead8345]

Dang... I remember going on this in ‘73 or ‘74. I was pretty young and this was SO COOL. It wasn’t quite so cool when I rode it again in the ‘80s, but it did still have a lot of the retro-future styling and colors that the rest of Tomorrowland had,. Such great memories. Thank you,

[@patrussomusic4987]

This ride in the late 70’s/early 80’s was a lot of fun! I always loved going on it. The seats would move simulating g forces on takeoff and landings - very high tech lol

[@robpash2204]

My buddy and I would hide in the spaceship room while everyone else exited and enjoy a second blastoff. Good times.

[@KiwiEvilFruit]

I absolutely love the look of the lobby!

[@Al_NERi]

I liked these cool, relaxing and somewhat cerebral attractions of yesteryear,s Tomorrowland. It was a fun break from the often hot and frantic activity joining cues outdoors in other parts of the park.

[@PhotoBales]

Thank you for posting this! I really miss this attraction!

[@Dave_Medeiros]

First time seeing this only thing I remember from this period was when alien encounter was installed in 1994. Thank you so much for posting this

[@elvingarcia3010]

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[@Tom_Morrow1994]

I wish a video of Flight to the Moon was posted on KZbin.😢

[@RememberThisShow]

I thought I dreamed this ride up! no one ever talks about it, and anyone I tried to explain it to had no idea what I was talking about!

[@mcw0530]

Thank you! Nobody else was able to bring back these memories!

[@gregbeard1744]

This is definitely one blessing to come out of the lockdown. Great video 😊

[@juliusweil9464]

7:35 "The round room of absolute boredom"...HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

[@mkaplan1383]

Until 1994...... "Bring back life form, priority one. All other priorities are rescinded. You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. It's structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Last word: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies." 🙂

[@salaciousbum1161]

I remember getting on this when I was like 5 years old at Disneyland. I was so bored. As an adult now I think concept like this would be cool now with the technology nowadays and added graphics.

[@swampdonkey4919]

I went on it when I was 7 (1987). It was really too much (or just too boring) for me to pay attention to what was going on, but I remember being impressed by the animatronics, and I thought the hyperspace sequence was pretty cool. I liked the strobing lights and the moving seats.. I didn't hate it, and I'm sad it's gone now.

[@Mike-01234]

@@swampdonkey4919 Went for my 18th birthday in 1987 with my girl friend probably one of the last times I went we lived near there so we would go all the time by then I lost interest in it. We did go to Magic Mountain number of times and Knotts during Halloween.

[@chuc98]

Oh that darn albatross! Loved this vid!! Had become dated but really miss this...and the enclosed air conditioned waiting area! 1992 was the last year I got to experience this!

[@elvingarcia3010]

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[@veronicak1517]

This was my first job at Disney World. Oh it was so bad. The rotation was this, “If you had Wings, and Circle vision theater. One time Mr. Johnson sprung a leak in his neck. “That’s very interesting”

[@DementedCaver]

As a kid I loved all three of those attractions, but I can understand why working at this attraction and seeing the same thing over and over would be a special kind of torture. ;)

[@serenatwilite4005]

I'm wondering what happened when Mr. Johnson sprung a leak in his neck? Part of what is so creepy about these animatronic people is that it seems like you never hear about them getting messed up and even real human beings mess up, say the wrong thing or trip occasionally. You think about how they're forced to operate over and over again, hour after hour, day after day, and yet you never hear anybody talk about anything going wrong. It makes them seem like some kind of creepy superhumans. I think it really is creepy to watch them.

[@ttintagel]

The first time I saw him, something was up with his neck. There was nothing leaking, but it was at an ever-so-slightly wrong angle.

[@Mike-01234]

Grew up 20 min from Disneyland in the 1970's and 80's used to go there all the time had annual passes. This ride was cool quit going when I turned about 20 years old started working full time. Then I moved out of state couple of years later those were some good times.

[@mongul305]

so far the only video I can find related to this ride.

[@c0ldsore_0mg]

I always thought I was imagining this ride as a kid in the 80’s. This is awesome to see. Brings back memories

[@maryroberts2099]

First ride I went on, during my first and only trip to WDW, in 1985

[@4uidrum]

Wow, this is great. I went on this ride a few times back then. Funny.... the ending reminds me of the SpaceX boosters returning to earth and turning on their rockets to land. Maybe Mission to Mars was Elon's inspiration for SpaceX going to Mars? ;)

[@KennyQuinn-r1s]

Far from my favorite attraction at Disneyland, but I always went on it, nice to see it again, it's been decades since I went on it.

[@warblerab2955]

I remember this at both Disney World and Disneyland.

[@scottdustin2076]

i see this once way back in the 1970s now i know why i never went back on this

[@AroundIndiana]

We used to go every year growing up through the 80s-90s-2000s and somehow I never went on this.

[@johnnyb980]

I loved this ride as a kid in the late 70s/early 80s. You could let your imagination run wild, but by the mid 80s it was only loved for its short wait time & its air conditioning on a hot humid Florida summer day.

[@TheMissouriSpartan]

This is awesome! All those giant cameras and camera bags from the 90s. lol

[@PrinceofMacedonVlogs]

that's why people in the 90's were so buff

[@sharlenetatsch5599]

I remember this ride, but I did the one in Disneyland thanks for sharing brought back great memories.

[@Strato13]

Great video! Though I remember the ol' visit to MTM at Disneyland in California was always met with a collective sigh from my siblings, and cousins back in the day lol..

[@lohphat]

I remember when it was Voyage to the Moon before the Viking Mars lander caused the change to Mission to Mars. This sort of immersive non-film tie-in attraction is what I miss. Pressler and Iger have turned Disneyland into a poor copy of Universal Studios.

[@patrussomusic4987]

Did that dad actually tell his kid Mars is the next planet closest to the sun?!?!!

[@mr.dan7144]

Thanks for pointing that out. LOL

[@JohnDoe-sg1pd]

“In our galaxy” 🧐

[@patrussomusic4987]

@@JohnDoe-sg1pd omg - I didn’t catch that part! That’s hysterical LOLOLOL

[@LupusLifestyle]

No wonder I failed Geography, or Astronomy, or whatever. Should've never listened to them when I got on this ride 😭

[@swampdonkey4919]

@bellboy That's true.

[@ArtBellJr]

Kid asking: "Are those real people?". This is the Magic of Disney that is priceless.

[@ttintagel]

And calling out, "Hello. Mr. Johnson!"

[@richardlucero3085]

Thanks. For the memory. I remember as a kid. And it was sponsored by. Mc Donald Douglas. I and other kids. Dream of going into space. I wish this Rode was still around. For my kids and Grandkids. But part of Mission to Ma5s. Still lives.

[@KD-hi6hh]

Loved this attraction !

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

It may have been dated, but Mission To Mars was still infinitely better than Stitch's Great Escape. Although, I think Alien Encounter was the best version of this attraction.

[@humbertoribeiro3192]

Stitch Great Escape was a very good attraction. Alien Encounter would have lasted longer if it had been opened at Epcot or in original Disneyland.

[@user-et2fj8xm5l]

Loved this and inner space

[@Aceman-pz4de]

They Should Bring This Back!!!

[@humbertoribeiro3192]

Mission to Mars digivolves to... Mission:SPACE! 😂

[@serenatwilite4005]

It seems to me like the Space 220 Restaurant at Disney World, has a little touch of the same concept. Possibly this attraction helped to inspire that restaurant.

[@Baer79]

Got to love the 90's! Seeing the dork with the man purse on nailed the video!

[@kimopuppy]

I thought I was the only one filming rides at Disneyland with my Super 8 sound. I have a 3 min reel of Big Thunder shortly after it first opened I just have to digitize it with the sound

[@DannyD714]

i went to your channel and couldn't find it. still a work in progress i guess.

[@GymbalLock]

This was one of my favorite rides back in the 1970s and always looked forward to the Hyperspace sequence. Too bad the camera operator didn't actually film the hyperspace effect in the top or bottom screens

[@garcia207]

This is more believable than the transport to the Galaxy Edge hotel at Disney World.

[@cornjobb]

love that stupid bratty kid saying "this is IT?" in front of the command center

[@ct6852]

For a while I thought I hallucinated this ride. Good to see it again. Does anything like it still exist at Disneyland?

[@adambruins]

Star tours kinda

[@mr.dan7144]

OMG. The styling, the animatronic proportions, why it's Thunderbirds are Go! Dang!

[@Mjmjmj66]

Checking to see if im in video. I had an annual pass in 92 and went there a lot

[@AXander1978]

what's sad is that even though it dated badly the show itself is still working perfectly it seems...

[@kevinodonnell4094]

Not exactly a lot of moving parts that can break...

[@swampdonkey4919]

@@kevinodonnell4094 It seems that way until you take into account the animatronics, film projectors, analog sound system, and moving seats. Physical media degrades over time, that's why obscure old grindhouse movies look and sound so awful. This one was probably a lot easier to maintain than the other ones, anyhow.

[@TrainerCTZ]

I could never figure out the exact movement of the seats. Sometimes they felt like they were stretching. Completely forgot the preshow animatronics. NEVER forgot the horrifying experience that replaced it!

[@GenXAdventures]

It would be great if an updated version was made with Tesla and SpaceX as the sponsor!

[@brianolson6366]

Wonderful

[@citizenofcorona8783]

I remember riding this.

[@epaddon]

The show had aged badly by this point. Some occasional adjustments in the narration or the pre-show or even the filmed program might have helped liven it up a bit for long-time visitors as I was in 1993 when I last saw it, just five months before it was gone.

[@Marchant2]

If you were to change the colors of that orange-infested waiting area, you'd have a futuristic looking lobby.

[@slob5041]

Glad it got replaced with alien encounter

[@RobloxAlt-q6b]

Yeah but Alien Encounter was creepy then it went to Stitch Great Escape but it closed too

[@MikeRuh01]

I remember as a kid riding this. It was something I liked it. But it wasn't my favorite because it seemed like more educational and I wanted to Ride Space mountain instead.

[@kcarter5823]

FANNY PACKS!!!

[@DZstudios.]

That bird

[@OrlandoStreets]

That I remember!

[@nyc3631]

Thank you for sharing this! Is the narrator during the ride the same voice actor as Henry from the CBJ?

[@nickhenline1532]

I knew I knew that voice! Pete Renaday is his name

[@JavaCake]

Mr. Johnson looks like John from Carousel of Progress lol

[@ttintagel]

Same head mold.

[@BauerTheGolden]

so this was alien encounter after then stitch's great escape?

[@chrishintz1077]

A character soon ( only 50 years, folks) to morph into a KZbin channel: mr. Morrow. If only he knew at the time. ;)

[@muffinman9462]

there was a video of super 8 film ofa landing on mars...its been taken down now...anyone remember it?

[@boomka]

So did you drove or did you flew?

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Everything/everyone looked so different in 92 but it was only 28 years ago! What replaced this ride?

[@Texaslawhorn]

Alien Encounter and then Stitch's Great Escape. Now it's primarily used for a character meet-and-greet with Stitch.

[@Richard-fv7rq]

@@Texaslawhorn Thank you.

[@Videosop23]

@@Texaslawhorn I'd take a dated Mission to Mars over Stitch's Great Escape any day of the week.

[@RobloxAlt-q6b]

@@Richard-fv7rqActually also it’s also now a Wheelchair parking

[@RobloxAlt-q6b]

@@Richard-fv7rqhere’s the reason why Ailen Encounter closed, it was too scary, Now stitch’s great escape closed cuz it was too boring

[@a5dr3]

Anyone know where any of those animatronics ended up?

[@JoshuaOrro-MustangPrinceOR-YTB]

:( i'm sad this closed a year before my first Disneyland visit

[@tomsimpson5317]

Wish I could have worked at Disney in the good old days

[@elvingarcia3010]

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[@ZanHecht]

Anyone know what the "295" number on the wait time sign was? It also shows up on the screen in the control room.

[@christalbot210]

That was the flight number. It's mentioned in the audio a couple of times, so it never changed. I have no idea if they came up with this number as some behind the scenes reference or not (I don't THINK so).

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

I didn’t know before alien encounter and witch’s great escape it’s mission to mars.

[@RobloxAlt-q6b]

Same there was a reply said “I rode it when it was Mission To Mars”

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

@@RobloxAlt-q6b 🤯

[@swampdonkey4919]

I wonder how many kids had nightmares about Mr. Johnson.

[@ttintagel]

Speaking as one of those kids, at least one.

[@Astranamic]

I think mission space in epcot may have taken from this ride

[@chestercopperpot9294]

I remember thinking how badly dated and boring the ride was when we went on it.

[@trainsplanesandotherthings5187]

To think these people died 100 years ago...

[@HauntFreak13]

Before Alien Encounter, there was…

[@dawnsprague252]

Did this move?

[@debl4635]

The ride itself didn't move, but there were inflated and deflated seats.

[@sbwification2]

Hyper Space Penetration 11:54.

[@serenatwilite4005]

Why are those guys talking about how bored they are in the beginning? If it's so boring what are they doing there? I want to slap them, go someplace else. They act like they think they're too good for this attraction, but they're bellying up to the bar like everyone else shame on them.

[@Greencloud8]

I swear she said Walt Disney world

[@christopherleefe7770]

I wish that this attraction was brought back but I guess that won't happen anymore wishful thinking

[@williammontjoy]

Dollar general mission to space

[@WysteriaGuitar]

I went on this several times as well as Mission to the Moon before it and I can tell you it was pretty boring.

[@journeyquest1]

Elon Musks favorite ride. Been on this ride several times.

[@MRATOMIC-yz2cx]

Yea this ride does look pretty boring!

[@christopherliebler]

Hands down the ride was horrible did it many times don't know why LOL ironically they really do have missions to Mars called 20in back look into that that's the real deal

[@freddaniali]

Now it's called Disney's "Mission to Wokeville"!