Rocket Rods Testing & 1998 Ride (New Tomorrowland Views) - Front Row POV with Queue 2000, Disneyland

[@TrevorCollin_]

That line was constantly long but there was so much eye candy, especially in that 360 theater. It was awesome and worth the wait with your family. 🥲🥹 Oh such beautiful, wonderful memories in that line with my family that I will cherish forever!!!!

[@EnchantedDayDreams80]

It's hard to fathom this was over 20 years ago.. I graduated in 98.. This is amazing footage... Truly enjoyed the flash back

[@DonaldsDisneyGuide]

Yeah I literally thought the same thing. 2000 was 21 years ago. I couldn't believe it. I'm still stuck thinking it's just 10 years!

[@MatthewLee-fo3me]

Just think, this September 25th will be the 20th anniversary of the Peoplemover track sitting there doing absolutely nothing. What a momentous occasion it will be.

[@MuscleAL]

Took this ride twice way back in 1998! It broke down inside the building on our first ride! Staff members have to lead us out of the building, and given us a priority ride pass for our second ride! It was an OK ride, but the tyres given out really strong rubber smell! That's the most memorable part of the ride for me! LOL!

[@kevinwright4623]

Great video! I own the Rocket Rods sign from the exterior of the ride entrance, I bought it on eBay many years ago when Disney, for a short period of time, auctioned off memorabilia.

[@HauntFreak13]

Can you please share a picture?? That’s awesome!

[@blakewettengel2709]

I'd gladly buy it from you. Let me know if you have a price you'd be willing to sell at!

[@GMoney-B]

That thing was ginormous! lol. Where on earth do you keep it? haha That's awesome. What a piece of history.

[@TrevorCollin_]

Blast from when I was 7 years old almost 8 🤯

[@HauntFreak13]

I’m sad the track will most likely never be used again. This attraction damaged the structure so badly that it would need a complete rebuild.

[@BungieStudios]

It's not just that, they tore out the original, more simpler, PeopleMover tire propulsion system. The track is wasted architecture now. One day, if there's a way to get up there before they tear it out, I will. Arrested, banned, whatever. It needs to be filmed for preservation. Ideally with a VR camera.

[@legoman7695]

@@BungieStudiosyes please do that I would give anything to see what those tracks look like now

[@andrewc1199]

@@legoman7695 I would too

[@dannydoolhoff4215]

This was an amazing ride in many aspects. Remember it was a prototype of many technologies, from true autonomics with each car having it's own computer, and basic awareness of the surrounding area and cars before and after it. The real problem was the high tourques and loading placed on the drive trains. They ripped themselves apart.

[@stevenmunoz865]

Those were the days . I remember riding rocket rods once the good old days

[@DonaldsDisneyGuide]

So much nostalgia.. almost cried just watching this.

[@marni1971]

Some great archive footage there! And such a shame the infrastructure is just rotting away today.

[@user-rs1990]

One of the park's biggest flops in its history. The people movers tracks were not designed for high-speed use.

[@TyrellDunn]

This ride had the potential to be one of the greatest rides in Disney Theme park history. If only it would have received the proper track that would have supported it and make it where it would not have to stop too much. Rocket Rods would still be here. I’d rather have that then the PeopleMover

[@josephhalderman]

Great footage, wish I could go back in time

[@mrshades103189]

i miss this ride

[@cayoooga]

1998, when they turned Tomorrowland into a steaming turd. It used to be the best area of the park until this happened.

[@skydanz10]

Background music was Steppenwolf "Born to be wild"!

[@DonaldsDisneyGuide]

Reading through the comments to see if anyone else knew that too! cool!

[@HauntFreak13]

In glorious MIDI

[@chynahidalgogoingtoorderaalot]

This is a throwback ride

[@skunkman9815]

This was a disaster The old peoplemover track couldn’t handle going very fast They killed the peoplemover

[@TRAIN110ValleyProductions]

3:55 that poor mark 3 monorail, was once the mouse-o-rail, now a scrapped vehicle since the interior was apparently in the worst condition.

[@MartynCole]

Bring back Circle-Vision that's what I say 😊 One of the few things that I remember from when I was there in 1991.

[@MrDash03]

Not modifying the tracks was a huge mistake especially without banked turns and the ride vehicles being much heavier than the Peoplemover cars.

[@joemazz958]

Create a new ride vehicle, a la peoplemover, configure it to ride on that same track, and slow it way down, and stress on the infrastructure would be nil.

[@HauntFreak13]

By now the infrastructure is probably so screwed up from RR and general aging that it would need a complete rebuild.

[@Elayzee]

They’re not even allowed to put another ride on that existing track because it’s completely out of code with fire hazard escape routs required for today’s standards. It would have to be completely gutted and rebuilt from scratch and brought up to code for today.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Why did they closed it after it opened for two years

[@ohdogwow2]

The original People Mover track this ride was grafted onto wasn't designed to handle the physical stress the Rocket Rods put on the track. The track structural support was beginning to fail. It was cheaper to shut the ride down indefinitely than to fix the track. It's also why they never just put the people mover back in.

[@andrewc1199]

The ride was also astronomically unreliable. It broke down at least once a day and it frequently had wait times of over 2 hours as a result of its low capacity and intermittent shutdowns.

[@HauntFreak13]

The tires would wear out quickly, the seats would tear, 3 hour wait times (due to incredibly low capacity) only to have it break down... it was a disaster. Such a shame because the concept was cool. Execution was just a huge failure.

[@BungieStudios]

@@ohdogwow2 They couldn't put the PeopleMover back in even if the structure was sound. They gutted the original, simpler tire propulsion system and installed the new, larger and more complex track for RocketRods.

[@zeroconsequences]

If they just abandoned the PeopleMover platform and replaced Circlevision with the Rocket Rods' queue idea of a museum of prior Disneyland attractions that hinted at what was to come (sort of an internal D23 showcase) it would have been a good holdover attraction in it's own right. But for some reason they needed to put a fast ride in there.

[@gxs3604]

I remember how loud this ride was when you were in Tomorrowland. Def not a ride that was well thought out.

[@jimsprigg7931]

THE PEOPLE MOVER WAS GOOD ENOUGH MICHAEL EISNER

[@DreamApresonYT]

That Is Very2 Weird Oark The Color Was Not Changed

[@Meowsika]

I Think They Should Have Just Possibly Decided To Turn The Ride "Test Track" Into "Rocket Rods" In Stead Because It Makes Way More Sense And Also Because I Really Like / Love The Rocket Rods Vehicle Design A Lot Better Then Test Track's Current Ride Vehicle's Design They Still Use For Test Track :( . Any Way Rocket Rods Ride Vehicle Is A Futuristic / Syfi Type Of Vehicle Design That I Think Would Match Test Track Really Well Plus Test Track As Disney World Ride Is Really Well Maintained And Up To Date For Rider's But It Needs A Bit More Syfi / Fun Futuristic Ride Vechicle Like The One From Rocket Rods Instead Of The Boring One It Has Still Just Saying Cause I Believe This To Be Very True :) , Especially Since Test Track Is Supposed To Be A Thrill Ride Of A Futuristic Ride Of Vechicle Testing Nothing Sounds As Right And As Close To Me In That Type Of Sense Then The Rocket Rods Ride Vechicle Highly Says To Me It Would Have Been A Truely Great Idea / Really Big Upsetting Missed Opportunity For "Test Track" To Become "Rocket Rods" It Would Be A Dream Come True To Me Personally :) . What Do You Think Comment Down Below If You Have Any thing To Say About This Ok Peace For Now Bye .

[@ThemeParkPirate]

😮😮😮😮

[@theplaz]

They should have kept the People Mover and built TestTrack if they wanted something like this...

[@HauntFreak13]

Not really enough room for a good Test Track attraction.

[@EditorVJAS]

They did. Radiator Springs Racers in DCA is the same ride system as TestTrack.

[@DreamApresonYT]

This Is Very Old

[@DonaldsDisneyGuide]

So much nostalgic!