I'm Going To Disney World

January 22, 2008 12:21 PM

Can't afford to get to Disney this year? Worry not: ride the rides on YouTube. There's The Haunted Mansion, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, The Tower of Terror, Peter Pan and plenty more. The best, though, are the ride-throughs for rides that are no longer there: EPCOT's Horizons, World of Motion and original Imagination are ones I remember vividly from my childhood. Maybe you will too.
posted by adrober (16 comments total)

Is this from Projects?
posted by BeerFilter at 12:26 PM on January 22, 2008 [1 favorite]

Expect a cease and desist any minute now. These experiences are copyright Walt Disney Corp.
posted by DU at 12:28 PM on January 22, 2008

So I shouldn't post the video I took earlier this month from the Test Drive ride at Epcot?
posted by shinynewnick at 12:42 PM on January 22, 2008

Or, if you crave power, you can simulate the rides and cackle as the tiny computer people queue in vain for miles for a ride you've halted for no apparent reason.

FOOLISH MORTALS! WHERE IS YOUR FASTPASS NOW?
posted by Rhaomi at 12:57 PM on January 22, 2008 [3 favorites]

Banna nanna nanna nanna nonna nonna nenna nenna doop doop (WHooooosH!)
*surfs hands around, bobbles head, inexplicably points and hollers "tortilla" in reference to 14 year old inside-joke*

I don't need a fucking Space Mountain Video.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:03 PM on January 22, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm sorry. Although I think you may have linked to a few I didn't.
posted by miss lynnster at 1:18 PM on January 22, 2008

There can never be enough Disney posts! Yes! Post your videos.. your audio links.. so that I may... feed....

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Man, JII, what an attraction!

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posted by cavalier at 1:31 PM on January 22, 2008

Ride Space Mountain with the lights on
posted by Mwongozi at 1:58 PM on January 22, 2008

I loved the old Horizons ride. Thanks to you and to MissLynster for the trip down this dorky child's memory lane.
posted by pointystick at 1:59 PM on January 22, 2008

Wow, I'd duct tape that camera to my hand. And not take it on Splash Mountain.
posted by artifarce at 2:20 PM on January 22, 2008

Thanks so much. That was fun!
posted by narebuc at 3:18 PM on January 22, 2008

Wow, I loved going on Horizons when I was a kid -- especially when you smelled the oranges and I thought you got to choose the type of ride you would take to get home?

I had a conference at Disney World awhile back and just rode the monorail around because I just wanted to see what that darn hotel the monorail looked like. And EPCOT seemed so much smaller...
posted by armacy at 3:26 PM on January 22, 2008

Heh, this is funny... I was just watching the Half-Life 2 seemingly near-perfect recreation of the Tower of Terror.
posted by the other side at 3:57 PM on January 22, 2008

Oh my goodness thank you for the Journey Into Imagination one. That was my very favorite ride once.
posted by jinjo at 6:32 PM on January 22, 2008

I tried some of the rides, and none of them began with a half-hour wait, so this can't possibly be real.
posted by DreamerFi at 12:35 AM on January 23, 2008 [2 favorites]

Yes, but does it have the Main Street Electrical Parade?

yes, yes, I know it's over at California Adventure now, but that's not the same!
posted by librarylis at 8:40 PM on January 23, 2008