August 5, 1967 – The Adventure Thru Inner Space Attraction Opens at Disneyland’s Tomorrowland
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“Making modern miracles from molecules for man!”
On August 5, 1967, the Adventure Thru Inner Space attraction opened at Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. The attraction was sponsored by Monsanto, an American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, and was the first attraction to use the Omnimover system. The Omnimover system is a chain of vehicles maintaining a constant motion, with the ability to have the vehicles rotated to a fixed direction. The ride itself provides riders a journey where they shrink down to the size of an atom and explore “inner space,” our own unseen world. The ride is narrated by Paul Frees, as a scientist exploring molecules within snowflakes. The Sherman brothers wrote a song for the attraction, titled “Miracles from Molecules.” The ride closed on September 2, 1985, to make way for the new Star Tours attraction.
The ride’s history traces back to the 1957 Disneyland episode Our Friend the Atom, in which Walt Disney introduced the idea of an atom-themed attraction, although these plans were put on hold during the 1964 World’s Fair. The attraction stood where the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Exhibit once stood.
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