Continuing on with the ATIS theme, I have two artifacts from the ride itself, one internal and one external. Here is the internal piece, a miniaturized Atomobile rescued from the destruction of the Mighty Microscope. There are a few of these floating around, but I've never seen a duplicate configuration of riders. This one is a father and son, but I've seen a mother and daughter, a father and daughter, and at least one mid-aged man riding alone. This came out of an auction a few years back. It's in pretty nice shape, and I had a stand and case custom-built for it.
My external piece is a big silver "U" from the ride sign. There were 4 U's on the sign (one in "Adventures" and one in "Thru" on each side of the ride's two surrounding walls). That came from Disneyland collecting Hall-of-Famer Dug Miller a few years back. I once saw it in his apartment and swore to myself that it would be mine someday. When he put it up for sale, I snagged it. Sometimes dreams do come true. I will try to snap a photo of it if you're interested.
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Ok Jed, that is the coolest thing I have seen in your collection, and that says a lot! WOW!!! and YES I wanna see the "U", heck, I want that "U"!!! Cool Post, thanks! drool.....
Of course we're interested!
Color me interested...
I echo Vintage Disneyland Tickets comment Jed. This is probably one of the coolest "REAL" things from Disneyland I have ever seen. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!
My first thought: WOW
I think what made this ride my all-time favorite (followed closely by the People Mover) was the feeling I had while riding it. Despite the fact that I loved science, it was the feeling of HOPE and excitement about the future.
If only kids today could experience that feeling.
One of these went for something like $7000 in a fairly recent auction. I think I might be able to find the link to the auction and the "prices realized" if you care!
Major --
That would be great. It's not for sale, but $7k is a lot more than I paid. Would love the info, thanks!
You are awesome.
Attraction props have ALWAYS eluded me.
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