I need a pic of the original ET ride

[A Mickeyfan]

I was explaining to my DD what the original ET ride use to look like (the space ship and bikes) and wanted to show her. I went on the net and searched and cannot find any links that bring me to pictures of it. Does anyone know a link that will take me to some? She wants to see the ride her sister rode not that her sister can really remember it that well, but her brother can I was telling her how her grandmother (my mom) would go on the spaceship with Jes (her sister) and I would go on the bike with Mark (her brother). She thought the idea of the spaceship was so cool Sooooo if anyone out there has any pics or a link that will take me to pics.. please post them for me.. TIA...

 

[bennyb98]

I would love to see that too, but I don't ever remember seeing a spaceship. Maybe try some of the Universal fan sites?

 

[ChrisFL]

Yes, that was pretty early on, it was better for disabled guests, or people who just preferred it to the bikes. Unfortunately I haven't seen any pictures of them

 

[Bluer101]

What about all the water when you get to ET's planet, where did all that go?

 

[Henna's_Mom]

Wow, the last time I rode ET was when it had the spaceships and the bikes. Didn't even know that they changed it, maybe it's time for a reride.

 

[TheRatPack]

http://www.discoveruniversal.com/attractions/etadventure.cfm

Here is a site that mentions it. I couldn't get the pictures to come up, but maybe you can?

 

[A Mickeyfan]

http://www.discoveruniversal.com/attractions/etadventure.cfm

Here is a site that mentions it. I couldn't get the pictures to come up, but maybe you can?

I got pics to come up but none of the older version of ET. Thanks though.. it was worth the try!!!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I did some more digging and could not find pic's but did find this...maybe they will eventually get pics up!

http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/attractions/etadventure_ridesystem.shtml

The E.T. Adventure - Ride System & building Although it looks like a soundstage, the building in which E.T. was housed was built especially for the attraction. The area before was an unloading and waiting area for trams while visitors were in the Special Effects Stages, and a small prop warehouse.

The ride vehicles were 9-seater platforms which were suspended under a track which ran around the attraction. The platforms were modelled on bicycles, with an E.T. figure in the basket on the front bike. The E.T. figure reacted to the goings on throughout the ride - when he was scared he hid, and at the end of the ride, when E.T. had returned to his home planet, the E.T. figure was not visibly in the basket any more.

Many of the animatronic figures in the preshow area and in the attraction were built by Sally Corp in Florida.

Goodbye System
Birket Engineering developed the original concept for the E.T. goodbye system with Universal Studios Florida® project personnel, with Birket having complete responsibility for the design and implementation of the system. With the success of the attraction, Universal Studios® again contracted with Birket to provide the system with enhancements for the Hollywood and Osaka E.T projects.
Upon entering the attraction, guests are given a bar-coded passport containing the guest’s name. While boarding the ride vehicle, a host/hostess collects the passports from each of the passengers and passes them over a window scanner as the vehicle leaves. Birket's goodbye system identifies the vehicle as it leaves by reading an RF tag mounted to the top of the vehicle. The vehicle now "knows" who is riding it. As the guests approach the end of the ride, an animated E.T. turns to greet the vehicle and speaks to each guest by name.