Next we'll take a look at some small details here in the "house of sexy". Did I just type that??!! Sorry, folks, I can't help myself when I gaze upon her red hair and blue sockey feet.
Are those videos on the shelf? Do they have titles? What about the knicknacks? What are they? The computer is small but what are those cartridges? Is that the TV control that sends 16mm film directly to your home as though it's in real time? WE WANT ANSWERS!
Here's a nice cockpit shot. See the speaker? The cool thing was that I was able to leave my audio recorder in the seat. I got several loops of audio and came back later to get it.
This hoverlift shell may still be at Hollywood Studios. It was either a quick mold or a plug of some kind. Not sure. This was taken at that shitty restaurant that was made to look like some sort of production facility. Did I ever mention how much I hate the studios? Yuck.
This one was taken from the ride vehicle but luckily I had the camera on "panorama". It's a great view of the landing gear for those of you who want to build a model Hoverlift.
The common question is "Why don't we have flying cars today". Come on people! Humans can't drive on a flat plain without killing each other. Imagine what would happen in 3 Dimensional space! Teenage girls on cell phones, drunks leaving the bar, old people....... It would be a constant shower of glass, plastic, metal, and body parts. Humanity has a lot of advancing to do.
Chief and I mourn the loss of Michael Jackson, the King of pop and longtime Horizons fan. In a 1989 interview about his love for Disney, the King cited his favorite attractions as Pirates, Horizons, and Space Mountain. He was too humble and kind to mention the attraction in which he starred.
Here are two more segments from two different adventures. Both are primarily from behind the ride vehicles, but then also venture onto the set a little. So I know the majority of this video is dark and kinda hard to see where we are and stuff, but I think its still fun to listen too the ride audio and hear our conversations about what we are doing.
The first segment is us trying to find the IMAX projector room(s). Again, the goal here was to get a decent gap when we got on the ride so we could jump off early, but this time instead of going down the stairs at the clouds and running to Easy Living under the track, we would climb out and squeeze between the cars to get to the walkway behind them. So this video starts out with us walking behind the cars, Hoot is filming and I am walking with a flash light. Ohh, and this again is before we started staying in the ride, so we knew we only had a limited amount of time to explore behind the cars before we had to make it back to our gap and get back into 'our' car. In the beginning we were always worried about getting back into the exact car we started the ride in, for fear that somehow the cast member at unload would know we were in the wrong car, heh. :)
Anyways, back to us walking behind the cars heading for the IMAX theatre stairwell. There are a couple places in the video where you can easily make out the back of the ride vehicles, and I very quickly shine the flashlight on the elevator that was in the middle of the IMAX theatre area. Its funny now to see how quiet we were in the stairwell, but needless to say, we didnt find what we were looking for and I dont remember going back to that stairwell many times after this. These backstage areas with the lights on always spooked us, so we didnt spend much time in them. For some reason it always felt more comfortable 'in' the ride, in the dark, being able to hear the audio, and all the other ambient noise from the ride vehicles and animatronics moving etc... So after we leave the stairwell, we know we still have some time to explore before having to find our car and get back in. So we film the control cabinets for the Urban Habitat and the Desert Habitat, which just happened to be in a larger area just behind the vehicles. And then its time to get back 'on' the ride, and again its funny to hear us freak out about what car we are supposed to be in. Notice the single boot in the 'girlfriends' room. We had mentioned this in an earlier post, we always noticed that sometimes the boots would be missing or there would only be one. I swear, none of the boots were taken by myself or Hoot.
Ok, second segment, we are on the ride in the neon city when we decide we are going to jump out and run ahead all the way to the cave. This is a segment from one of the rides we did with Bionic Fonzi. We do a quick run into the cave to get another photo from behind (or the side) of the kitchen. Then we hurry back out and walk around to the 'girlfriends' room and Hoot gets a little video of her computer station/desk. And you will notice, that on this trip there were indeed two boots on the floor. I would love to hear from one of the EPCOT artist preps about how many times they had to replace those boots.
How awesome is that!????! This thing that we rode past time and again had a name! You couldn't see it from your seated position but it was there!
But wait there's more. The movie "Clash of the Titans" came out in 1981. Pegasus, the flying horse, was beautifully done in that movie. Was someone inspired? If not then way didn't they just call it "Hoverlift"? Hmmmmmm.............
Can't guess the name? Well it wasn't visible from your ride vehicle but it was there. Another testament to the rich detail of Horizons. So what was it called?
Here's my old pal Spike Tripper! He came along on a few adventures back in the day. In this pic he's clearly showing farm girl HOW to operate the weather scan monitor.
Spike is a handsome cuss but the farm girl looks out of wack in this shot. There's a gap on her neck and she looks frail. maybe she had a cold that day.
Next up I have the complete record of her flying vehicle. This is your last chance to tell me the name of that three fanned flying wonder before I post!
Next we'll take a look at some small details here in the "house of sexy". Did I just type that??!! Sorry, folks, I can't help myself when I gaze upon her red hair and blue sockey feet.
