#rocket jets

[retropopcult]

Tomorrowland, 1968

[disneyremnants]

One of the scenes on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover at The Magic Kingdom is an intersection between the Red and Blue transport lines. If you look closely you may notice that the transport rocket for the Red line is a repainted rocket from Disneyland's Rocket Jets! It is unclear if this is a repurposed piece of Disneyland history, or a replica. The scene in question was added to WDW in 1995, and Disneyland's Rocket Jets didn't close until 1998. However, old Rocket Jets were used at DL in the gift shop for Rocket Rods and still remain today! Interestingly, the whole junction scene is a remnant of Tomorrowland's theming from 1994 until around 2009. "New Tomorrowland" was themed to be the headquarters for the League of Planets, with the PeopleMover having been rethemed to be public transport for the futuristic city!

[corndogsonmainst]

Just look at how dynamic and exciting Tomorrowland used to be😻

[epcotarchivist]

Tomorrowland

[disney-stuff]

Disneyland poster for Rocket Jets ride

[mytripstodisney]

[ahnsael]

Sign on the construction walls now surrounding Disneyland’s Astro Orbitor

Photos from LaughingPlace.com

[wonderfulworldsofdisneycast]

Entrance to Tomorrowland 1967

A wonderful colour view of Tomorrowland taken from the Plaza side entrance. In the foreground, visitors can be seen passing to and from the land between fun floral gardens. Beyond this is the Wedway Peoplemover (then the Goodyear Peoplemover) with its teal and yellow trains in the midground as well as some red and blue once further along the track. To the left, the track turns off into the Bell America the Beautiful building, and to the right, the track passed into the Monsanto Adventure Thru Inner Space. Down the center the track encircles the Rocket Jets, behind which is the beloved Carousel of Progress building.

Source: Orange County Register

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