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River Belle
04-20-2007, 04:41 PM
You knew this was coming, Astro Orbiters! What are your favorite things to do in Tomorrowland?

In all honesty, it's my least favorite land (despite having SM--one of my favorite rides). We don't spend too much time here, but I really do love riding Autopia (especially at night), boarding the train at Tomorrowland Station to venture into the Grand Canyon, and taking the occasional ride on The Monorail. We're also fans of Pizza Port--haven't been in awhile but they used to sell this really yummy trifle dessert: vanilla pudding, yellow sponge cake, whipped cream and strawberries served up in a cup. I LOVE that stuff!

DangerMouse
04-20-2007, 04:45 PM
My new favorite thing is Jedi Training Academy. I used to love to look for Push the trashcan, but alas, he is now gone to DCA. :(

Least favorite thing: Astro Orbitors. That ride just HURTS!

bloodnswash
04-20-2007, 04:48 PM
Our FAVORITE thing to do in Tomorrowland is: walking up the fast pass entrance on Space (actually having fast passes. See lots of people told to "go back") and then when you get about 25' from the entrance guard (cast member) he/she halts the entire stand by line so we fast pass holders don't even have to stop; we blow right through. That is such a good time!!!

LOVE Space Mountain!!!

River Belle
04-20-2007, 04:53 PM
Oh, I forgot--I LOVE the rotating sign at the Tomorrowland Train Station (know what I'm talking about?). That's probably my favorite Tomorrowland landmark after Space Mountain.

bloodnswash
04-20-2007, 04:54 PM
Sure do know what you are talking about :cool:

MrTomMorrow
04-20-2007, 04:56 PM
I used to like watching the patterns of the Cosmic Waves fountain, until it got all smelly and gross...

otherwise, Space Mountain is a great ride!

shna
04-20-2007, 05:22 PM
I've become addicted to Buzz Lightyear. :)

mommy-san
04-20-2007, 06:37 PM
Buzz is way up there as a fave, but hands down it is walking out of SM on a cool night, when all the neon signs are lit and you are hit in the face with the cool, humid air. We never get that in Alberta, unless it's foggy.

simnia
04-20-2007, 08:20 PM
The Matterhorn's become one of my favorite rides in recent years just because my older favorites (most in Tomorrowland) have been retired. The Matterhorn is not only exciting but it has a lot of atmosphere: snow, caverns, glowing crystals, polka music, wildflowers, and so on. On my last Disneyland trip I went on the Matterhorn about five times and videotaped every ride.

The Monorail is another of my longstanding favorites. It's like taking a trip into the real future, not a fantasy future. I always used to wish they'd build that proposed monorail between Los Angeles and San Diego: can you imagine getting on a monorail in say Disneyland (with a special ticket), zipping along at about 120 mph above I-5, and arriving in San Diego minutes later? Awesome, and with enough money it could be done. The monorail is therefore great not only for the scenery but for its real possibilities.

I'm somewhat disappointed in the rest of modern Tomorrowland. Space Mountain's kind of cool, like the Matterhorn, although it's hard to pretend you're really in space on it, unlike the Matterhorn, where it's easy to visualize being in a bobsled. Pizza Port is mildly interesting because it's retro and has old atom designs that remind me of ATIS, and it has old Tomorrowland posters. Astro Orbiters are OK but they scare me for some reason: maybe my high center of gravity or their angle of tilt or something. Primeval World is good, but I don't really consider that Tomorrowland. That's about all that's on my interest list for modern Tomorrowland.

MadasaHatter
04-20-2007, 10:49 PM
I guess as a land this is the least cohesively themed but SM is my most favortiestest ride of all so it certainly has that as a draw....I guess I would love to see it as more of a land and bring back the house of the future and have more robot denizens and the old space man and space woman from the 50s kind of thing would be really cool. More announcements like in STAR TOURS would be cool.

Love BLAB and the Jedi training is so fun to watch...I always noticed that the girls are really good...you go girls.....and the monorail is one of my favorite ways to view DISNEYLAND....I always like to ENTER in the A.m. on Main ST. but upon returning to the park I dig the monorail entrance.


And no matter whether you are thumbs up or thumbs down on the new subs the view of the lagoon when they are running is awesome and I am so excited to see that NOT dormant on my next visit this OCTOBER. I myself am looking forward to the ride though.....of couse I AM mad....

Gone2Disneyland
04-20-2007, 11:05 PM
My favorite things about Tomorrowland...

Space Mountain, Rockin' or otherwise
The view of Tomorrowland from the top level of the Space Mountain line
Redd Rockett's Pizza Port, especially the Countdown Chicken Fusilli
Star Tours
BLAB stopping while I'm on it so I can hit 999,999 easier :p

futurecm21
04-21-2007, 07:55 AM
My favorite things are Star Tours and Astro Orbiter. I always ride Astro Orbiter late at night, right before the park closes.:) Just a fun little tradition.

I think that Tomorowland is still awesome even if its quality has declined some over the years. I hope that sometime soon I will be able to say the new Submarine Voyage is a favorite of mine.:)

futurecm21

misdisney
04-21-2007, 08:11 AM
I love SM of corse but my new thing is The Jedi Training. My 8yr old daughter got to be in the show and fight Darth Vador, it was so fun for her and for me to watch , we can't wait to do it again when we go "IN 28 DAYS"!!!:D

Disney_Nut
04-21-2007, 08:17 AM
Space Mountain, BLAB, and Star Tours for sure.
Walking into TL from the Hub at night, and seeing all the neon lighting up the area.
Listening to the 80's All Starz.

Hmmm, I guess there isn't really much more to do in TL. For me, it just doesn't have the atmosphere that the other lands have.

bloodnswash
04-21-2007, 08:59 AM
The Jedi Training show is a MUST see! My husband and I saw it and absolutely loved it (even mailed DL to them how much we liked it). We are heading back down May 5 with our 17 year old son who is a Star Wars fan. We know he will also like the show. I think he might be bummed, though, that he can't participate.

yohomama212
04-21-2007, 09:58 AM
We love the Jedi Training Academy! DS always says he'll finally try to get in, then chickens out. DD wants so bad to have her turn, but she'll have to wait a bit. I love watching her watch the show, she gets so animated!

Star Tours is going to be my first post-partum ride! My first date with DH was to see Star Wars: Ep II, we're total geeks! I miss not being able to ride and can't wait to take DS on his first Star Tour!

We like taking the Monorail in to the park now so we can see "Nemo's home".

R2P2 is my second favorite place in the park to eat.

I've ridden SM once in my life, not on my top ten rides.

Liz :cool:

raediance
04-21-2007, 11:53 AM
My new favorite thing is Jedi Training Academy. I used to love to look for Push the trashcan, but alas, he is now gone to DCA. :(

Least favorite thing: Astro Orbitors. That ride just HURTS!
seriously! it hurts so much! =]
i don't think lots of people are crazy about this, but innoventions. haha. i think its because i was a computer geek back in the day (because i'm so old) and i loved going in there.
and that buzz lightyear one.

Foodie
04-21-2007, 12:06 PM
I've never been a fan of Tomorrowland but I made myself go through it this last time I went in August. I went through Innoventions and enjoyed emailing my friends from inside Disneyland, that was great! I also had fun going through Star Traders and watching a kid dancing at the Dance Dance Revolution game. I had no idea they had video games there! Next time through I might explore it even more and try some of the rides.

-Foodie :)

Scalper10
04-21-2007, 12:25 PM
Star Tours

Susan L
04-21-2007, 06:23 PM
Our favorites are SM, ST, Autopia, we use the Monorail often mainly because we stay on property, also looking forward to the new sub ride.

IdahoMike
04-21-2007, 08:21 PM
Obviously Space Mountain is at the top of the list. I also love the queue for Star Tours, all the little droid things, and R2 and Threepio of course. There is a lot of detail there that people miss out on. I agree with the person who said they love it when Buzz stops so you can rack up the points!

Shopping in the Star Wars section just as you get off Star Tours is fun as well.

Have to agree, Astro Orbitor is THE most uncomfortable ride in either park, and it isn't even close. I'd rather go on Mulholland Madness for 12 hrs straight, and I'm not very comfortable in those vehicles either!

Tinkermommy
04-21-2007, 09:55 PM
I know I'm in the minority, but Innoventions!!

I suspect it's because my daughter and I always go in to spend some time playing VMK together. Now we're actually getting to know some of the CMs there, and we made one friend who helped us complete fireworks and jungle cruise games that we'd been stuck on forever. We look forward to stopping in every visit!

The Monorail is really growing on us, though. Last visit, we rode it over and over to look at the Nemo lagoon.

The Evil Queen
04-23-2007, 02:41 PM
...SPACE MOUNTAIN!!!!! Yahooooooooooooo!

Bytebear
04-23-2007, 02:48 PM
I find it interesting that through all these posts, not one is about the atmosphere of the land. In the other lands, people talk about strolling or going to a nice quiet area, but this thread is only about the attractions. Maybe that's what's missing. No where to just sit, relax and enjoy the environment of Disneyland.

The Evil Queen
04-23-2007, 03:03 PM
I find it interesting that through all these posts, not one is about the atmosphere of the land. In the other lands, people talk about strolling or going to a nice quiet area, but this thread is only about the attractions. Maybe that's what's missing. No where to just sit, relax and enjoy the environment of Disneyland.

You're right, Bytebear! The "benches" between BLAB and Star Tours and ALWAYS crowded and the Buzz Cafe area near Jedi Training always seem sooo cold. We always seem to make the mad dash to the rides and overlook the atmosphere.

It is pretty cool, tho, how all the "flowers" are edible!:D