What was the most disappointing attraction closing?

[annej]

Horizons because I never got to see it and by the time I made it back with my kids it was gone. I went to EPCOT the year the park opened and was so excited about that coming attraction. I loved the teaser display that used to be at the end of Space Mountain and could not wait for a whole attraction based on the future. Oh well, also the skyway and 20,000 Leaques. Brings back very special childhood memories.

 

[capnho]

Definitely 20,000 Leagues, not only because I loved the ride, but I know how much DS would have loved it. I can still vividly remember the feeling of going down into the submarine and hearing Captain Nemo's voice. By far the closed ride I miss most.

 

[Mysteria]

Horizons
Mr. Toad
Original Figment

Was sorry for my aunt that IASW was closed in December. She would have loved it. This was her first time in WDW and although she loved it she may not get the opportunity again.

Myst

 

[epcotfan]

Horizons

 

[SCOTTOHIOCPA]

For me, 20,000 leagues is missed the most. For my DW, it would be the skyway where we timed it just right and got on just as the fireworks started.

For my daughter it would be Dreamfinder and Figment.

When I was little I always wanted to do the canoes in Frontierland, but they were gone by the time I was old enough.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the Mickey Mouse review where Mickey's Philharmagic now is.

 

[disneydom]

carosel of progress is one attraction I hope they never close , not always open but a nice relaxing ride , I first saw it at the NY words fair

 

[bbowers]

I stand all alone... missing If You Had Wings. Especially the rush of wind in your face at the end.

Probably one of the most boring rides ever - but I still remember the song and pine for it.

 

[#1 TITANS FAN]

I loved Alien Encounter, but I guess you just can't have a non kid friendly attraction in the MK, apparently a lot of people just don't get dark humor. As if Disney is going to let an alien get you in the middle of the MK. I'll always wonder if it had been at MGM with an age restriction if they could have kept it as it was.

 

[peter pan217]

skyway was a great ride i was around 6or7 when they closed it

 

[mitros]

Wow! I forgot about that one. You are not completley alone, we loved Delta Dream Flight, which came after If you had wings, and If You Could Fly. Our favorite part was going through the china clipper airplane with the crew member sitting at a table reading. It was quite surreal.

 

[nhdisnut]

#1 Horizons
#2 World of Motion
#3 The original Jouring Into Imagination

I guess I miss the original Epcot!

 

[MrsT]

1. America Sings- I heard that they used the animals in Splash Mountain though.
2. 20,000 Leagues
3. Mr. Toads Wild Ride
4. If you had wings, had wings, had wings...
5. Journey into imagination...They used to take your picture in it.
6. River Country
They were rehabbing the Matterhorn in DLand in '96. I was torked! I was also apalled at what happened to Journey into Imagination in 2000. Figment was gone! My kids got a preview of what to expect from it (old video my parents took) before we went, too. Boy were they disappointed.

 

[DisDarling]

Has to be WORLD OF MOTION- LOVED IT!!!

 

[Simba's Mom]

At Epcot, it was World Of Motion for me, too. Actually it wasn't so much the ride itself, as seeing the vehicles moving in front as you walked up to the attraction. Somehow that always brought me back to my childhood when I first saw that attraction at the New York World's Fair in the 60's. I think it's so sad how attractions that were first at the World's Fair are now being discontinued-Skyway (not surprisingly, my biggest disappointment to closing at MK), CoP is on limited hours. Are the dinosaurs in Universe of Energy all that's left from the Fair?

 

[Blueberry]

For us it was Alien Encounter...a very cool attraction...

 

[Micca]

Horizons and 20K.

 

[Tara]

I stand all alone... missing If You Had Wings. Especially the rush of wind in your face at the end.

Probably one of the most boring rides ever - but I still remember the song and pine for it.

You are definitely not alone I was reading this thread thinking "doesn't anyone miss If You Had Wings???"

I also miss Mission to Mars...and Horizons!

 

[heathriel]

I've been torn about this topic for quite some time, actually.

The first time I was at MK was in 1978 (I was almost 2 at the time). I went to Epcot the week it opened, and then I didn't get a chance to go back until 1984. After that, I went every other year or so until 1999, when I moved to Florida. I moved away in 2000, but I go back every year for the Food and Wine Festival.

Ok, so there's my background; true Disneyphiles should be able to gauge what was there when I was, because I can't really remember. I remember a skyway, but I don't remember riding it. Actually, I may only just "remember" it because I saw it in baby pictures. I remember riding Horizons right before it closed (I'm sure I must have ridden it before then, but I can't remember), but after viewing the tribute video, I can honestly say I only remember the HG Wells part in the beginning. I don't remember any of the rest of it, but until I saw the video I wondered where the black and white moon thing was from.

I don't remember World of Motion at all.

I have a Figment doll from the original ride, and I remember the original Innoventions (or whatever it was called then) from the same trip. I saw the tribute video for Journey Into Imagination and all that I "remembered" was the last room, with Figment on all the video screens. Oh, and the song.

I'm sure I must have seen Kitchen Kabaret, but I "grew up" on Food Rocks. I remember when The Living Seas opened, and I remember there was a ride, but I don't remember any part of it. In fact, I haven't stepped foot in there for the last 7 years, so I only have it on circumstantial evidence that the ride isn't still there

That said, I think the things I miss most are all the ones I don't remember. Everyone talks about the orange smell in Horizons - a tribute video doesn't give that. I wish I could remember seeing the Magic Kingdom from the Skyway. I really wish I could have seen Figment one more time before the Imagination Institute came along.

But mostly, I miss the feeling I had every time I went to Disney. As a child, I had no control over when I would be able to go. I *know* I must have drunk in everything on each visit, but I just can't *remember* it, no matter how much I try.

So, the most disappointing attraction closing for me was when I was walking along and hit by a speeding Mercedes and lost all of those memories.

(Don't feel too bad, I'm not disabled or in any other way visibly hurt; it just took away my childhood.)

 

[BAST]

The original Carousel of Progress (with the song "Now is the time") and the original Hall of Presidents.

When I went to WDW in 2002 (after about a nine year stretch), both had changed and these were two of my favorites. I especially dislike the now PC Hall of Presidents - the original show was so much better.

 

[llij]

I stand all alone... missing If You Had Wings. Especially the rush of wind in your face at the end.

Probably one of the most boring rides ever - but I still remember the song and pine for it.

Me too! I have fond memories of that ride......"If you had wings....If you had wings.." I sure did love that ride!

I also miss Mr. Toads Wild Ride but I got to ride it at Disneyland last summer so all is not lost there.