Hale's Tours of the World were an attraction at amusement parks and similar venues in the early 20th century. They were specially constructed spaces designed to simulate a railway journey.
21-447: M2M may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Mission to Mars (attraction) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Florida USA Mission to Mars (2000), a science fiction film inspired by the attraction M2M (band) , Norwegian pop duo Married to Medicine , Atlanta -based Bravo reality tv show Technology [ edit ] M2M (Eclipse) , an implementation of
42-595: A company named Hales Tours of the World Ltd. was set up in December of that year to take over the running of 165 Oxford Street. Further venues were opened in Nottingham, Manchester, Brighton, Leeds, Blackpool and Bristol. As with most novelties, Hale's Tours gradually came to a decline as audiences tired of the idea. A lack of films lead to infrequent changes in program and some people felt uncomfortable being in
63-554: A failure. Michael Eisner started cutting costs around the company, and was not happy with the estimated cost of the Tomorrowland project, though he had liked the idea. Start of construction on Disneyland's New Tomorrowland was changed from Fall 1994 to Spring 1997, but Alien Encounter, The Timekeeper, and Plectu's Fantastic Galactic Revue never opened. In 1996, Mission to Mars was temporarily replaced with Toy Story Funhouse. The building remained unused until it officially reopened as
84-668: A restaurant, Redd Rockett's Pizza Port in Disneyland's New Tomorrowland on May 22, 1998. Mission to Mars closed its doors at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Florida on October 4, 1993. It re-opened on June 20, 1995 as ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter as part of the Magic Kingdom's New Tomorrowland, along with The Timekeeper . Alien Encounter closed in 2003 and was replaced by Stitch's Great Escape! , which operated from 2004 to 2018 and re-tooled many of
105-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mission to Mars (attraction) Mission to Mars was an attraction located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland and at Walt Disney World 's Magic Kingdom . It originally opened as Rocket to the Moon at Disneyland in 1955, and as Flight to the Moon in Walt Disney World on Christmas Eve 1971, before it
126-417: The "passengers" to simulate the experience of a railway journey. "Realism" would be increased with staff providing a rocking motion, a wind machine and sound effects. Lacking the financial capital, Fell teamed with Judge Fred Gifford who introduced Fell to Hale who had possibly viewed the phantom rides on tours of Great Britain. The idea was patented in 1904; Hale and Gifford soon bought out Keefe's interest in
147-559: The British Isles, Continental Europe and Hong Kong. The American film producer and director Charles Urban , had an early franchise for Hale's Tours at 165 Oxford Street (later the Academy cinema ), with main offices selling films and equipment a few hundred yards away on Wardour Street. The business seems to have been in liquidation by 1906, when the franchise for Hale's Tours was acquired by J. Henry Iles in December 1906, and
168-617: The Moon in 1967. On March 21, 1975, the destination was changed to Mars because humans had already been to the Moon . The technology of Rocket to the Moon was reminiscent of the Hale’s Tours of the World amusement park rides, made to simulate travel by train. Walt Disney encountered this attraction as a child at Electric Park , Kansas City. The show was initially sponsored by McDonnell-Douglas . After sponsorship ended, logos referring to
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210-477: The World George C. Hale was born on October 28, 1849. He was a well travelled and prolific inventor, engineer and Fire Chief of Kansas City, Missouri from 1882 until retiring in 1902. Interested in the use of film, Hale came across William Keefe who had conceived the idea of an imitation railway passenger car on a circular platform that would remain motionless as a panorama of images would revolve around
231-493: The audience as they moved their heads and arms. Facing the audience was the Audio-Animatronic flight director Mr. Johnson. He would then talk and show film clips to explain how humans had made numerous advances in space travel and manufacturing in microgravity , and also learned how to deal with the effects of space. The lecture was interrupted once per show by an intruder alarm caused by a large bird crash-landing near
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#1732783637698252-410: The ceiling and floor. During the mission, guests could look at the views from outside the spacecraft from either of these screens. There were also side screens that showed film clips or graphics. "Third Officer Collins", voiced by Peter Renaday , was the tour guide, and discussed the mission as the spacecraft explored space and Mars. Eventually, the ship was damaged, possibly by a volcanic eruption, and
273-443: The closure was that the controversial attraction ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter was to open in the building as part of CEO Michael Eisner's ambitious "Disney Decade". Along with Alien Encounter, The Timekeeper and "Plectu's Fantastic Galactic Revue" would have opened in the radical and richly detailed "Tomorrowland 2055" concept. However, the "Tomorrowland 2055" project was cancelled in early 1993 when Disneyland Paris became
294-524: The company were removed from the attraction, but the outline of the stylized tail fin in the McDonnell-Douglas logo still remained part of the building's façade as Alien Pizza Planet . After the show closed in 1992, McDonnell-Douglas merged with Boeing in August 1997 in a US $ 13 billion stock swap , with Boeing as the surviving company. The show was designed in cooperation with NASA and
315-414: The elements from ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter in a more light and comical context. The space in the building where all such attractions operated in is currently unused for any attraction. A ride with a similar theme, Mission: Space , opened in 2003 at Epcot . 28°25′07″N 81°34′47″W / 28.41861°N 81.57972°W / 28.41861; -81.57972 Hale%27s Tours of
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357-520: The ship had to quickly head back to Earth. The seats in the attraction would simulate the vibrations and G-forces from "Hyper-space" during take-offs and landings by filling up with compressed air. Finally, the spacecraft landed safely back on Earth and Officer Collins would then urge guests to return and visit again. As he explained, "there's a lot more to see on Mars". The attraction closed at Disneyland on November 2, 1992, having first been removed from most visitor documentation by 1991. One reason behind
378-466: The spacecraft launch pad. The voice of Mr. Johnson was provided by George Walsh, who also was the narrator on the television show Gunsmoke as well as other Disney specials like Pacifically Peeking , an episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Magic of Disneyland special. After the pre-show, guests would move on and finally board their spacecraft. Inside was a circular theater with stadium-like seating with circular flat screens on
399-572: The venture. The first appearance of Hale's Tours were at the 1904 St. Louis Exhibition . The idea was further refined under the name Pleasure Railway . The idea then appeared in New York and Chicago and spread throughout the United States and Canada with an estimated 500 Hale's Tours appearing between 1906 and 1911. In 1906 Wade C. Gifford took Hale's Tours throughout the world in Mexico,
420-434: Was basically a revised and updated version of the previous attraction Flight to the Moon. Guests would now be launched on a spacecraft into space and then approach the surface of the red planet Mars. Guests would first enter a viewing area known as Mission Control , which was modeled after a typical mission control center with chairs and control panels for about ten seated Audio-Animatronic "technicians" whose backs were to
441-464: Was retooled to the Mars version in 1975. It then closed down in 1992 and 1993, respectively. The attraction simulated taking guests on a space trip to the Moon or Mars. The attraction was adapted by Disney into a feature film in 2000, eight years after the ride closed. The show was originally named Rocket to the Moon, and it opened in 1955 along with Disneyland . The ride was refurbished as Flight to
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