Disney’s Alien Encounter | History, Secrets & Remnants
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Disney’s ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter | History, Secrets & Remnants
Did you know that there was an attraction at Walt Disney World that was so scary that it had to be closed for ever? Let's take a look at the history & secrets of Alien Encounter and the attraction that followed, Stitch's Great Escape. Starting out as a shooter dark ride themed after Ridley Scott's Alien, then growing into it's own theme created by George Lucas, Alien Encounter has a very interesting history but why did it close? What's left? What happened to the abandoned animatronics?
0:00 Intro
0:18 Disney in the 80s
1:20 Eisner's Obsession with Alien
3:42 Alien Encounter Soft Opening
4:50 The Final Version of the Show
8:36 Too Scary for Kids
9:07 Why Did it Close?
9:36 Stitch's Great Escape
10:21 Abandoned Animatronics
11:00 Alien Encounter Secrets & Remnants
12:55 Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Break Out Alien Encounter Secret
13:29 Outro
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2024 Disney would release a politically correct alien book 🤣
I was fortunate to get to experience this. It was one of my favorite attractions.
Man I wish it was till around!!
Tomorrowland '94 was peak Tomorrowland.
100% agree!! Love the interconnected story, theming, just everything! And at nigh!!? Chef’s kiss!
This was the scariest attraction I've experienced in 1994 on vacation to FL. My dad, a classmate and I sat in this, I liked the beginning but when the lights went out I felt frightened, thinking 'I want to go NOW, get me out of this room. I was 14, in 7th grade,
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I remember the videos on Toys R Us and just had an amazing time. Watched them all the time and so happy to see you back. Just got back from Disney World and anything Disney sounds amazing. Buzz Lightyear ride that you mentioned was amazing. Welcome back.
Hope you had a great time in WDW 😃
This was the scariest attraction I’d ever experienced, and I was in my 30s at the time. I’ve yet to hear it explained this way in reviews but I’m pretty sure the shoulder bars were not only for the 4D effects but also to lock people in their seats. Not being able to escape added to the fear factor but also prevented people from hurting themselves trying to get out in a panic.
Oh 100% they wanted to lock you in there 🤣 it also added to the whole sub plot of the XS
aliens possibly being evil
I loved it so much. Most Europeans never understand what I am talking about when I try to describe this amazingly scary attraction. It was so damn awesome. I didn't know it is closed. Well, I'm glad that i experienced this masterpiece.
I wish it was still around! People need to be scared now and then, it’s thrilling!
Wow that is crazy, I had no idea that ever existed at Disney. Thanks for sharing!
Always happy to share some Disney knowledge! Thanks for watching 😃
Glad to see you at it!
Thanks man 🤘
Man imagine if someone was able to remake this ride but with the xenomorph like originally planned. It would be so terrifying hearing that thing walk around in total darkness. I was lucky enough to get the ride this the most vivid memory i have is feeling the breath on your neck. Now imagine that being the xenomorph doing that
What I would do to get to ride this ride. However, thanks to Alton Towers in the UK, a similar ride still exists. It's called Nemesis Sub Terra and it's basically a tiny drop tower with Alien Encounter at the bottom and a scare maze as an exit queue.
Yooo what? I gotta look that up!
@BenLaurence yeah. It's awesome! It actually uses the lore of a different ride nearby to weave it's own story. Honestly the Alton Towers Secret Weapons have enough lore on their own to be adapted into their own movies
I sadly never got to experience that attraction. I was born in 96 and never got to even go to Disney World until 2008 when I was 12 years old.
The should totally bring it back and then everyone could have the chance to experience it!
Imagine if Giger helped design the ride
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But seriously, I hope there’s a new Alien ride.
Duuuude that would be nuts! The Giger influences in the Disneyland version were so cool.. that was something I really should have touched on more in this video
I would give anything to experience this again - I was bummed to here they toned it down because I got the 95 treatment - as a little kid...it was the most amazing ever.
They totally need to bring it back!
You know, while an Alien attraction would absolutely not work in the Magic Kingdom for obvious reasons, it could ABSOLUTELY work in Hollywood Studios since Alien was literally in The Great Movie ride as you mentioned. Like we already have mature thrill rides at Hollywood Studios like the Tower of Terror and Rock & Rollercoaster, so an Alien ride would absolutely fit in perfectly with those. Like imagine how absolutely awesome and terrifying it would be if Disney made a ride that’s basically Rise of the Resistance mixed with Expedition Everest and Dinosaur where you race through a self destructing Nostromo where you constantly see the Xenomorph stalking through the vents and making creepy hissing noises all around you and eventually the Xeno starts popping out of the vents and stuff jumpscaring the riders, and at the climax of the ride the Xeno is about to jump at the riders but gets sucked out of the escape hatch at the last second. That would genuinely be my favorite ride in all of Disney World if they ever actually made that kind of ride. And since Disney owns 20th Century Fox now, it’s not like they would need to get the rights to Alien. I doubt it would happen but I would be on that ride day one if it ever was actually made.
100% agree!!! Put it over by sci-fi drive in and Star Tours for a little sci-fi land.. alien was my favorite part of The Great Movie Ride, a whole ride dedicated to the property would work so well now a days!
@@BenLaurenceabsolutely and given how a lot more parents nowadays are much less uptight in the sense that most parents understand that they shouldn’t be necessarily taking 6 year old Timmy to the Alien ride unless they know for a fact he would be completely traumatized by it, I could absolutely see this hypothetical Alien ride being a MASSIVE success with almost everyone loving it as long as they execute it right.
This was my favourite ride when I was younger. I had the alien plushie, I still have the action figures complete set, and I miss this ride terribly. But thanks to snowflake parents it ended as quickly as it started.
Man that’s awesome you still have some merchandise! It goes for some coin now! I feel like if it was still around it would be super popular.. gotta love parents that can’t read the signs 🤣
Maybe now that the Alien series is now owned by Disney and Alien Romulus is coming this August, they can probably reuse the old innoventions theater where Star Wars Launch Bay is today and repurpose the building into a rebooted Alien Encounter attraction with the Xenomorph included as it was originally intended. But maybe as a Halloween only attraction to attract more people to Disneyland during Halloween Time since most of the Halloween stuff is in California Adventure because of Oogie Boogie Bash.
That would be a great way to use the old carousel theater!
Loved it
The video or attraction 😅
Ohh how I miss alien encounter.
It should have never closed man!!!
There actually is one more confirmed Alien Encounter remnant!
In the library room of Skipper Canteen, there is a book called "Creatures From Space!" that's written by Clench!
No way!!! How did I miss this one! Thanks for sharing the info, I’ll definitely go look for it next time I’m in The Magic Kingdom
@@BenLaurence Absolutely!
Hey Ben, Nice to see you back, but I have a question, are you ever gonna do any more vids on Toys R Us??
I’ve been focusing on making these types of videos.. Lots of hours put into research, recording and editing
@@BenLaurence Ok thats totally fine, just keep doing what you like to do
Thank 😃
Will u explore more closed toys R us?
Probably not, no point.. The Toys R Us Trilogy has been completed. Now I’m taking time to work on passion projects and share Disney history with everyone