It's in the Details #8

  In this series, we'll be looking at details that are hidden all around you at the parks. The Imagineers do a great job placing in many hidden gems and things to try that one has to take a moment to notice, or explore. Many of these are obvious and in plain sight, and some are hidden quite well, you just have to know where to look.

  

  In this It's in the Details, we'll highlight a hidden item found in out of the way places. At the Backlot Express quick service restaurant, you'll find so many amazing props and details. While it is an eatery, it's cleverly disguised as a real backlot warehouse, where many items from a studio, or workshops may be located. 

  Among the hidden items is a relic from a past attraction; head to the left half of the restaurant and look up, over the office. There you'll find a fiberglass mold, lying against some pipes. It's the original mold for the famous hoverlift from the Horizons farm scene. Other items from attractions have been found among here as well.

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It's in the Details #6

In this series, we'll be looking at details that are hidden all around you at the parks. The Imagineers do a great job placing in many hidden gems and things to try that one has to take a moment to notice, or explore. Many of these are obvious and in plain sight, and some are hidden quite well, you just have to know where to look.

  In this week's In the Details, we take a look at another hidden gem in Space Mountain. As you exit on the conveyor path, to the left is a baggage pick-up, to reclaim your checked items for your spaceflight. On the baggage conveyor is a well traveled container, having gone to many places. Two places of note is Mesa Verde, and Alpha-Centauri, locations from the late Horizons. The first, Mesa Verde, is an actual location within the ride, famous for its hover car, desert farms, and the weather on the horizon. 

  The second isn't an actual Horizons location, but related to the space section of the ride. The actual in-ride location was Brava-Centauri. However, noted in a pre-show spiel, there was a whole line of Centauri-class space stations. Alpha would most likely be prior to Brava. In reality, as well, Alpha Centauri is also the closest of a group of stars that make up our closest interstellar neighbors. Thanks to Jeffl8ton for reminding me of that!

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It's in the Details: Mission:Space Part 2

In this series, we'll be looking at details that are hidden all around you at the parks. The Imagineers do a great job placing in many hidden gems and things to try that one has to take a moment to notice, or explore. Many of these are obvious and in plain sight, and some are hidden quite well, you just have to know where to look.

Make sure to check out Part 1 for even more hidden gems from Mission:Space!

Mission:Space Part 2

Within the cabin of the ride vehicle is quite a visual overload. Buttons, switches, lights, and screens. A pair of buttons to either side of an individual's console makes several repetitious sounds, but the best detail: the word Imagineer is hidden in the code to the center right of the screen.

Also within the cabin, on each console with the control stick, is various information and technical data in Russian, Chinese, and other languages. Not sure what they say, but definitely a funny (if sort of sad), touch.

Another Horizons tribute, found in the gift shop at the end. Under the checkout counter, is this stylish version of the Horizons logo.

Do you know of more hidden details in Mission:Space? Share below!

It's in the Details: Mission:Space Part 1

In this series, we'll be looking at details that are hidden all around you at the parks. The Imagineers do a great job placing in many hidden gems and things to try that one has to take a moment to notice, or explore. Many of these are obvious and in plain sight, and some are hidden quite well, you just have to know where to look. All of them are done to enhance the guest experience, or as a tribute, often to previous attractions, for discoverers to understand.

For the first post, we'll highlight some of the details one can find at Mission:Space. As it's the first post, we'll highlight several, but we'll spread the future out with one to a post.

Mission Space Part 1

Right as you enter, there's an accurate model of the moon, with markers representing various landings by the USA and USSR on its surface. There's a placard explaining the colors: Red for Apollo 11, Blue for Manned missions, and White for Unmanned.

The attraction was created with references to the 2000 Disney Film, Mission to Mars. They were meant to be supplemental, the attraction a basis for the film. As such, you'll find many references and actual props from the film, such as this model of the spacecraft.

Previous to Mission:Space, was the much loved and missed attraction, Horizons. The debate over Mission:Space and the doom of Horizons rages in many places, but WDI was smart to include tributes. In the center of the (once spinning) living module (also from the movie), is the small icon of the former attraction.

 Check out It's in the Details: Mission:Space Part 2 for even more hidden gems!