This week , Michael Jackson ’s Captain EO present an unlikely comeback andreopenedat Disneyland . Here are six sadly defunct skill fabrication fairground ride that you may still visit , thanks to the magic of YouTube .
https://gizmodo.com/disneyland-reopens-captain-eo-to-throngs-of-jackson-fai-5479065
Who needs amusement parks ? The lines are interminable , apoplectic ankle - biter are everywhere , and a confect apple cost as much as a fancy microbrew . Take a staycation with io9 ’s YouTube retread of bygone theme commons attractions . You ’re always first in business , you may cod in your underclothes , and nobody cares if you ’re inebriated and raucous !
1 . ) Back To The Future : The drive
Where : Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida
Open From : Hollywood : 1991 - 2007 . Florida : 1993 - 2007 .
In BTTF : The Ride , 1955 Biff Tannen absconds with Doc Brown ’s time machine to the future . Audience members hop inside an eight - passenger DeLorean and chase Biff to 2015 , the icing old age , and the Cretaceous Period . If you absolutely must ride this , it ’s still open at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka . Doc Brown will probably be scream at you in Japanese , but it ’s the pilgrimage that count .
2 . ) Kongfrontation
Where : Universal Studios Florida
Open From : 1990 - 2002
The classic animatronic King Kong ride , utter with banana tree - scented halitosis . This staple fiber of Universal Studios closed in 2002 , presumably due to the price of maintaining two 39 - foot Gorilla gorilla robots . If I were an eccentric billionaire , I ’d buy both just to keep the help in line . Giant robot Gorilla gorilla pantryman . Fucking A.
( Also , R.I.P.King Kong Encounter . )
3 . ) ReBoot : The Ride
Where : Segaland Playdium ( Mississauga , Ontario ) , then Circus Circus and The Luxor ( Las Vegas )
Open From : 1997 - 2007
This ReBoot IMAX attractive feature ran for a square decade and well after the show had gone off the air . The footage is a little grainy , but you ’ll get the burden of it .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkfnWc7VtcI
4 . Star Trek : The Experience
Where : The Las Vegas Hilton
afford From : The Klingon Encounter : 1997 - 2008 . Borg Invasion 4 - D : 2004 - 2008 .
In The Klingon Encounter , guests clip - jaunt to the TNG - era Enterprise and were attack by the raving Klingon Korath , who claimed one of interview members was Jean - Luc Picard ’s remote antecedent . As far as Klingon secret plan go , it ’s total genius . Rather than betroth Picard in interstellar combat , it ’s right smart less work to slaughter a caboodle of confused Vegas tourists .
The highlights of Borg Invasion 4 - ergocalciferol were a sojourn to the Borg Cube and a last - bit rescue from Captain Janeway , during which she reckon , “ Congratulations . You ’ve defeated the Borg with one affair the Queen can never assimilate : the human spirit . ” Thanks , Captain Janeway . I ’ll remember your rosy news when I ’m have my kidneys forcibly replaced with an 8 - track player .
Star Trek : The Experience was supposed to re - open at the Las Vegas Neonopolis mall sometime this year , but there ’s nothing new to account these days .
The Klingon Encounter :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xb2v-wdR-A
Borg Invasion 4 - D :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HggEf9xrLY
5 . ) Stargate SG-3000
From what short information I retrieve about this Stargate SG-1 - theme attraction , it once resided at several Six Flag affiliate parks but is now only unresolved at the Space Center in Bremen , Germany , which – according to German Wikipedia – close up in 2004 . Either mode , es ist sehr verrückt , ja ?
6 . ) The Ghostbusters Spooktacular Show
Open From : 1990 - 1996
They replaced this with a goddamn Twister ride . How ’s that for looking out for descendants ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOQuitks90 g
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