The Omnimover system was created by
Roger E. Broggie and Bert Brundage to provide a ride system capable of providing passengers with a motion-picture-type experience by controlling the line of sight. This concept also allows the designers to be able to place infrastructure elements of the attraction, such as lighting and projectors, behind the vehicles without concern for having the illusions of the attraction revealed to the riders. The system consists of a chain of vehicles operating on a track, usually hidden beneath the floor. The chain of vehicles maintains constant motion at a specific speed (usually about per second throughout the entire course of the attraction. To facilitate boarding and disembarking from the vehicles, a
conveyor belt moving at approximately the same speed as the ride vehicles parallels the track at the loading and unloading areas. Passengers step from the moving belt into the vehicle or vice versa. One of the features that differentiates this system from other ride systems is the ability of the vehicle to be rotated to a predetermined orientation. Previous ride conveyor systems, such as
Futurama at the
1939 New York World's Fair and
Ford's Magic Skyway at the
1964 New York World's Fair, were not designed to allow the individual ride vehicles to rotate. In addition to the main ride rails, each vehicle also has two control rails attached to a wheel: one controls swiveling, allowing the vehicle to face in any direction at any point on the track, and the other allows the vehicle to tilt in relation to the inclining and declining portions of the track. Two Omnimover systems have been in continuous use since their debut but have featured different attractions: •
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at
Tomorrowland in the
Magic Kingdom uses the Omnimover ride system of two former attractions. The first attraction to occupy this space was
If You Had Wings, which was sponsored by
Eastern Airlines from 1972 to 1987, when they dropped sponsorship. The ride then was known as
If You Could Fly until it was closed in January 1989. Six months later, the ride system was reused and transformed into
Delta Dreamflight, which was sponsored by
Delta Air Lines until 1996. The ride vehicles were reprogrammed in 1989 to alter their viewing direction. In 1996, the ride became known as Take Flight and closed on January 9, 1998. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin uses the very same Omnimover ride system of If You Had Wings/Delta Dreamflight, except for having new third-generation vehicles that can be rotated by the riders to any angle to shoot at various targets. This variant and that used for
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure use electric motors on the individual vehicles to rotate, instead of fixed control rails. Space Ranger Spin also uses two of the speed tunnels from If You Had Wings. •
The Seas with Nemo & Friends used to be home to
The Living Seas, which used a different attraction theme and a different Omnimover vehicle design. Although
Journey Into Imagination with Figment in
Epcot is now an Omnimover basis track, the original incarnation of the ride was a continuously moving vehicle system.
Current attraction series using the Omnimover system •
Haunted Mansion Series • Disneyland • Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World • Tokyo Disneyland • Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris (known as Phantom Manor) •
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster Series • Disneyland • Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World • Disneyland Paris • Shanghai Disneyland •
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure • Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort • Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
Current individual attractions using the Omnimover system • Epcot •
Spaceship Earth •
The Seas with Nemo & Friends System recycled from a previous attraction • Hong Kong Disneyland •
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle! (originally opened as Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters) • Tokyo Disneyland • Wreck-It Ralph attraction (Opening in 2026, originally opened as Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters)
Omnimover attractions no longer in operation This list includes all Omnimover attractions that have been permanently removed and not recycled. • Disneyland •
Adventure Thru Inner Space (replaced with
Star Tours in 1987) •
Epcot •
World of Motion (replaced with
Test Track in 1999) •
Horizons (replaced with
Mission: SPACE in 2003. Homages to Horizons can be found in both Mission: SPACE and in the Magic Kingdom's
Space Mountain.) •
Journey Into Imagination • Hong Kong Disneyland • Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (rethemed into Ant-Man & The Wasp: Nano Battle! in 2019) • Tokyo Disneyland • Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters (rethemed into Wreck-It Ralph attraction in 2026)
Current attractions using the Endless Transit System •
Carnival Festival - Efteling •
Geister Rikscha - Phantasialand • Batalla del Alcazar "Adelante" - Shima Spain Village - Parque Espana • - Europa-Park • - Europa-Park • Madame Freudenreich Curiosités - Europa-Park • Hershey’s Chocolate Tour -
Hershey's Chocolate World •
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill (formerly
Phantom Theater) -
Kings Island • Spirit Of London Ride - Madame Tussauds, London •
Yoshi's Adventure -
Universal Studios Japan and
Universal Epic Universe • The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! -
Universal Studios Hollywood • Reset -
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