Theme Park Thursdays feature photos from one of our theme park adventures in the past.
Circling the entrance to Tomorrowland (2005)
As part of the failed "Tomorrowland 1998" retro-futurist project at Disneyland, the former Rocket Jets ride was removed from the top of the PeopleMover building, while another spinner-type ride called the Astro Orbitor was placed at the entrance of Tomorrowland at ground level. Many have felt this was a design mistake, as it clogs up the entrance to the land, but it remains there to this day.
During our first visit ever to Disneyland in 2005, Amy & I rode the Astro Orbitor… in the rain. (It seems every visit we've had to a Disney theme park on the West Coast has been when it was wet!) In today's photo, you can see Amy piloting her ride vehicle… while my foot literally stands watch on the left side! If you look carefully at the upper left corner, you can also see the abandoned PeopleMover track, which stopped running at Disneyland in 1995. The ride was shortly replaced by the Rocket Rods, which ran on the same track from 1998-2001, but the track remains unused today.
This is a nice shot, although it does look dreary. The right side of your car looks like it needs a paint job as there are some scratches. Maybe that is meant to look like lasers hit it in space?
I might add that not only was it wet, it was freezing cold!! Would love to go to Disneyland again when it's dry and warm!
Yeah, I should have noted that our visit was in… January