What happened to Lazer Maze in West Edmonton Mall? w/ Special Guest Rolly Crump - Best Edmonton Mall

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Disney Imagineer Rolly Crump shares his time with us to talk about his hand in the development of West Edmonton Mall's own: Lazer Maze. The 1980's walk through video game attraction developed right here in Canada.
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[@SARA-kh1kp]

In west edmonton mall, by the lake with the ship, right above the Cinzeo on the ledge there is a very nice family of Pigeons. They have a nest up there. This is useless information but they like to fly around the ship. They are good birbs.

[@ExitThrutheGiftShop]

Ok - I don't know how I missed this video, but consider me seriously impressed. I can't believe you got to talk to Rolly Crump - The man is a legend!

[@BestEdmontonMall]

Yeah! It was simply awesome to talk with him! He really is a Disney Legend!

[@ct2020]

I shared this video with some Disneyland Fans. That interview with Rolly Crump is awesome. I love his comment about going to Canada - like that thought was just bizarre. "No, I didn't play it because they built it in CANADA. Why would they build it THERE?!"

[@zdelphini6230]

These videos are so addicting, I’m watching these before school.

[@jendobing8482]

Those robots gave me nightmares as a kid! They left such an impression on me as a 5 year old that it’s one of my first memories that I still remember. I always thought the robots were chasing me through the maze. They were terrifying at the time but would love to go through it now.

[@albertice2]

I live in washington state. Have never been even close to edmonton. But these videos are really cool. Its interesting how one mall can have this much cool stuff involved with it

[@pontiacgoblin]

Spent many fun days in this thing when it was moved into galaxyland and was included with the day pass. Awesome to see it again!

[@locluke979]

Should make a video on kidtropolis

[@TylerHackenschmidt]

OH MY GOD!!!! I REMEMBER DESCRIBING AN INDOOR CITY THING TO MY MOM THAT I VAGUELY REMEMBERED FROM WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG CHILD AND THAT WAS IT. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ON IT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS

[@korifreeman801]

YES PLEASE

[@layne5042]

Cool video. Brings back nostalgia of the mall this is my memories as a kid

[@Eisert316]

I remember playing the laser maze about 12 times over time I really enjoyed it 😊

[@CoryTheRaven]

Lazer Maze is barely a memory ... But that first clip of the robot in your video gave me freakin' flashbacks. Vietnam. And congrats on speaking to Rolly Crump! I only know Jeff Heimbuch, so you're one less degree of separation. But anyways, it would never even have occurred to me that he, or any Imagineer, was involved with anything up here in Canada. Super cool!

[@SaraAB87]

I think I recall seeing a photo of something called Lazer maze in Niagara Falls Ontario, it was either in the Mall that was connected to Maple Leaf Village or the former attraction space in the minolta tower.

[@SBN8v]

Man you brought back memories! I remember playing the laser maze when It was in galaxyland

[@MrAppleman89]

Really enjoying your videos, great, local, content!!

[@mjb995]

Awesome job with all these videos

[@realitycat22]

I really want to go on it now!

[@Purifiedinfire]

Do you remember a laser tag go kart place across from Galaxy land? It was its own attraction in a rented space across the hall from Galaxyland. The karts had laser tag guns mounted on the steering column which had hand grips to steer. As you zoomed around you could shoot each other.

[@jillianness8629]

What happened to the lazer tag that was in galaxy land. It was in like a blow up castle and you had a vest on and you just shot the other people in their with you. My brother and I freaking loved it and would literally play for hours. My dad would just pay for a bunch of times and we stayed in there. I loved it! Miss it! It was amazing flying around and diving in the blow up house.

[@notoriousjimp3483]

You could buy lifetime memeberships so that it would only cost like $5 a session. I lived for this Lazer Tag!!!

[@mark_omega]

Amazing!!!!!

[@lamalien2276]

I was just talking about this yesterday!

[@Keesik.327]

That was one of my favourite attractions there

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I would love to know more about this obscure attraction. Knowing more of the obscure Crump stuff is my forte

[@Leggir]

I loved the Orbitron.

[@AlexR2648]

The laser maze concept plus some escape room puzzles would be awesome.

[@kevtech733]

Interesting video👍🏼

[@notoriousjimp3483]

Early-to-mid nineties.... there was a giant inflated pod that was essentially a Lazer Tag arena in Galaxyland. It was where the Time Freak/Lazer Vault stuff is now. Basically they rented sensor vests and lazer guns to you, and you all jumped through a rubber flap into this giant dark balloon with parallel corridors and played no-holds-barred lazer tag for 10 minutes. Does anyone else remember this? It was pretty AWESOME!!!

[@jayztoyz]

As young adults traveling to Edmonton to party, we used to play "full contact laser tag". Not safe for kids...

[@TheMapler1]

Quite interesting!

[@LucasThePro253]

I think quirks in the works is based on Lazer maze because they both kinda the same but instead you have to sit down and ride on something

[@tgustafson85]

Lazer Maze must've been some of the inspiration for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at the Disney parks.

[@wmylesw]

Loving the videos and just wondering if you plan on doing the wild west shooting range.

[@sugarfreerecovery4339]

Great video!!! Do a video about the people that built WEM (if you haven't already)

[@tomysshadow]

I think I remember seeing the Lazer Maze and wanting to try it out, but I never got a chance to. Judging by the description that it was only a minute and a half long though, if I wanted to shoot around a laser gun for a while I'd probably be better off playing a game of laser tag.

[@sugarfreerecovery4339]

Cute animation 💜

[@airaero5473]

You should’ve told us what they used the space for after it closed

[@virtualodyssey3153]

Id love to see someone build this as an experience in vrchat. Ive been thinking how cool would it be to build some of these vintage spaces in blender and rig it up in unity to be played and experienced by others in Vrchat. I had vague memories from when i was a little kid in the 80s. I would travel from Invermere bc to edmonton to visit family and of course west edmonton mall was were we would go. I have memories of the fantasyland and there being a jungle gym type place where there were caverens with mirrors and there would be backlights to change the mirror image to a scary face . the lazer maze reminded me of that same thing. ive tried to find out if there was anything like that in the jungle jim. but perhaps it was just the lazer maze i remember. I was born in 80 so I may have been too young to go to the lazer maze durring the time it was open. anyways thank you for making these videos . some of the best 80s nostalgia for me regarding the 80s and malls for that matter.

[@LakeNipissing]

Any idea what occupies the space once used by the Lazer Maze today?

[@BestEdmontonMall]

Lake Nipissing The Brick!

[@LakeNipissing]

Interesting! I can still remember going into the Canadian Tire where the T&T supermarket is now, but I always remembered The Brick being beside the Pebble Beach golf. Even the 1988 mall directory brochure I have shows The Brick, with the Lazer Maze in Fantasyland. Must have been very short-lived, as you mentioned in the video.

[@j.cyrynowski8061]

Best Edmonton Mall where in Fantasy Land, was it located?

[@kevtech733]

It was at the end of the food court across from the mini golf.

[@adriennesplaylist]

didn't it turn into lazer-tag at one point? I remember shooting at each other with chest packs or something... i admit, i was pretty young so i may be getting confused.... =)

[@milenkomoloko]

it kind of reminds me of the old quirk in works or whatever

[@ryanlee2336]

Whoa when and where is this pinball thing?

[@marknetw]

Yesssssssss Thai you thank you thank you thank you

[@BestEdmontonMall]

Glad you like it!

[@epicphail2926]

So what’s in its place now?

[@WyldFire777]

Hey there. Could you tell me or make a video about what happened to those laser tag go karts in the mall? I remember these electric go karts having a laser gun on the side, so it was combining laser tag and go karts.

[@Oniqueen]

Are you going to do a video on the Dolphins?

[@reneelynn69]

did you happen to see that the balloons got removed?

[@BestEdmontonMall]

reneelynn69 Maintenance. They'll be back.

[@d3ci.b3L]

I suppose the closest thing they have now is the lazer maze in GalaxyLand...you know, theaze where you have to get through a maze od laser beams.

[@slickslack3644]

wow so laser tag was invented by west ed?

[@TheHungrySaiyan]

5:10 mynamuhjeff

[@Bigmakpaddywack]

west Edmonton mall is bunk

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[@Leggir]

As an 8-year old I didn't care for it.

[@kingchris-xt9lf]

2nd

[@mercyflush4u]

Orbitron was garbage, it would break down every two rides lol

[@ron19ie]

First!!!

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