If You Had Wings to Dreamflight - Martins 2020 Ultimate Tribute
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2020
- Go back to 1971 to see how and why If You Had Wings was added to the park. Take a look at the ride layout, and then an all new ride edit from walk in to unload with new and enhanced footage, and a new source audio mix.
Next take a ride through on If You Could Fly, with a new live audio mix
See the changes made for Dreamflight, it’s design and construction and then take a Dreamflight with an all new edit from walk in to walk out, with new and enhanced footage and a source audio mix
After Take Flight! opens and closes, see the changes made for Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin, and then a split screen real time comparison of If You Had Wings, Dream Flight and Space Ranger Spin. - Zábava
Dreamflight represented what I miss most about old Disney, the occasional weird attraction you stumble across that somehow becomes one of your favorites. It’s missing those non disneyfied attractions that are so much more unique than the character driven stuff we already know
This is the perfect summation of what I miss about old Disney. Some of those old attractions were so quirky and corny but in a charming way. I particularly liked Dreamflight’s theme song. I hope at least some classic WDW stays around for a long time.
Joseph Brown the theme was so good and catchy
I miss old Disney and I don't know that we are ever going to get it back. I loved the mix of NON Disney stuff and "If you had Wings" is one of my most nostalgic and favorite rides. I don't particularly like the new rides they've come out with.
@@pilotbeckett nah it can never come back. unfortunately they don’t do anything that they don’t think will bring back a maximum return. it’s just cold hard business. The fun naivety of weird old rides where they were just trying things out to see if they would work is gone
makes you appreciate figment just that much more!
My first plane ride with my family was in 1978 on Eastern Airlines to Walt Disneyworld in Orlando Florida. I will never forget it and these rides. I remember all week on vacation my family and I would sing this song, as we went on it several times and over the years whenever when we went back to Disneyworld. Great family memories! ❤
It would be cool if Disney built a park called Attractions Of Yesteryear and rebuilt Wings and Dreamflight in it. WOW that would be amazing!!!
And the great movie ride!
Wish I could, but they would have to make it all woke crap/sh$$$! We will never get the beauty of our country and our society back ever again. It is contamimated beyond help.
YES! That can be there next park! :)
By far the most important part of this ride is that IT WAS FREE and COLD! You didn't even have to use an "A" ticket. This ride had THE BEST air conditioning. That's critically important as you'd know if you've spent a summer outside in Florida. I loved the ride too. The speed run part was awesome!
Yes! I remember this ride always had people on it continuously. However, because of the way it was designed, it moved along without the need for start/stop boarding. It was always a sure bet you could take a break from the brutal heat and not wait more than 10 minutes to sit down, relax and cool off. Later when they opened Epcot, Disney must’ve taken note since they developed even more rides matching this format.
My dad still sings this song to this day, I cant wait to show this to him. Thank you for the memories!!
Amazing to compare the same spaces through different iterations. For years we would spontaneously burst out with "If you had wings, had wings, ........".
I went in 1974 and i always remembered the name of the ride...when i heard that song it all came flooding back. My friend also went in 70s...so now its stuck in our heads. We too will randomly start saying it to...its a bit obsessively stuck in thete! Ahhh 70s.
I remember my good friend, Imagineer Tom Scherman telling me (1990) that he worked on some of the models for Dreamflight. Tom also worked on the 20K Nautilus walkthrough for France. He passed away many years ago, but was a 20K expert, and knew Harper Goff very well. Tom's dream was to see (in part, his) "Discovery Bay" realized at Disneyland.
Dreamflight was one of the things that really inspired my interest in aviation history as a kid. It might not have been a thrilling ride, but the music and style of it will always hold a special place in my heart.
If You Had Wings, what a walk down memory lane, thanks.
If You Had Wings was the BEST!!! Back then, it was a major BIG deal for regular folks and families to get on a jet airplane! and to go on this ride was a real treat by all. Jet travel was a very special deal and folks dressed up a bit more and acted respectful and with class!!!!!!!
YES. I always say I was born at the wrong time. I wish I could have been alive during this! I like flying and I think planes and the fact that we can do that is amazing! I wish I could enjoy it more. It's harder to enjoy it now. ☹️
@@mayganphynix8267 Very true
This was my mother's favourite ride. ❤
I see that one of the original Imagineers Chimed in below, I gave him a Thumbs Up....BUT......if you look at SOARIN....LOL.....you KNOW that the Scenes and Idea of it was TAKEN from the TUNNEL of this ride. So, THANK YOU "Eastern Airlines" for sponsoring this ride at it's beginnings. I've been going to WDW since 1972 and have been living here in Florida since 1973..... :~) P.S. As others have said, back when you had Ticket Books at Walt Disney World...this ride was a LIFE SAVER from June to August here in Florida since it was FREE and did have ICE COLD A/C.
Incredible. I loved this ride as a kid. I have such great memories of how Disney World was at that time.
I was not sure when it opened but based on what I have learned here the ride was relatively "Brand New' when we got there in July of 1972. It was a cute little ride and rarely had a line and the best part was, it was FREE
Delta dreamflight is still my favorite ride I love the special effects.
Went on If You Had Wings as a kid, but completely missed Dreamflight in the 90's. Then as a father with a 5 year old son while we stood in line for Buzz Lightyear, he puked while we were still queued outside. Oh well... memories 🙂
This video was very well done. Thank you for putting this together.
Oh my goodness.....thank you for helping us relive the beautiful memories. If You Had Wings will always hold a special place 💜
30:19☁️☁️☁️✈️✈️✈️ my most favorite part seeing that plane fly by and into the clouds i miss this whole ride so much
It still shows that the ride still had impact with the park in orlando more as now on the spiel of the Tomorrowland music, you can hear If You Had Wings.
Yeah problay in all tommorowlands
@@jaydenchrist6152 not probably, definitely
I love the variations of the "Dreamflight" theme
@niceguy63073 Delta DreamFlight gave me a lot of happy memories growing up. And I’m sad it’s gone. But like Walt Disney said change is good.
39:32 THANK YOU THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!
This brings back memories of taking my mom and then 6 month old son to Disney World in 1977! Every time I hear the If You Had Wings song it brings a tear and a smile because it reminds me of the fun time we had there! Thanks for another fantastic documentary! Please keep them coming!
I never noticed that detail about the Dreamflight sets getting more advanced as the ride progressed. I always felt the ride had a disjointed art direction. Now it all makes sense!
I loved this ride as a kid. It's pretty cool that there is still some elements of the original left today.
I was nine years old when the Magic Kingdom opened and went many times in the early years. This attraction was one of my favorite ones just to cool off in the air conditioning. As someone who always dreamed of traveling it was very inspiring in that regard too.
I had the luck of experiencing all versions of this ride...loved If You Had Wings and Delta Dreamflight! Great job on this video!
If You Had Wings had that odd traffic jam scene which did not make any sense lol
29:52 That pop-up book at the end is still awesome
Anya Bilgutay
This was always mine and my family’s favorite ride at Disney....I visited the Magic Kingdom yesterday after not having been there for 30+ years and missed this ride...got to thinking about it which led me to this video...thanks so much for the tribute and trip down memory lane
I loved Both of these from the various times I went on them between 1978-1995...simple rides, yes, but they were charming...also, I believe back when they still had the ticket books, this was either free or at most an A or B ticket...it’s amazing how effective the simple Omni-mover/speedroom combination was for simple rides like this!
It was free; there was a brief establishing shot with a sign saying so.
Delta Dreamflight still holds a special place in my heart and always will glad i rode it when i did I'm just sorry i dont have video or pics of my own but glad there is vids on here of this ride
I worked at Eastern of you had wings. Hours of the same song all day burned in my mind. I loved it.left MK before Delta. Tomorrow Land and Fantasy Land was my area.:)
Brought back so many memories. If you had wings was my father's favourite ride! Thank you for the great flashback!
One of my best memories of Disney World...the ride had ac and little oversight of food and beverage. This was our go to for chip whiches and drinks plus it was awesome at the time.... who didn’t love the end..
I miss Dreamflight! I wish I got to ride If You Had Wings and If You Could Fly! 1990 was my first time to Disney
interesting tidbit about the vocals:
The theme song was recorded by Gloria Kaye (occasionally credited mistakenly as Gloria Bellis (her husband’s last name)), who did “New Hroizons” for Horizons, “we’ve come so far” for Space mountain, and the 1993 unload version of “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” for Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress. For some reason though, when delta dropped sponsorship, they had somebody record new vocals for the attraction. Why I’m not sure. Contract? Availability conflict? Offer declined? Cost? Who knows.
I believe Disney changed all references to Dreamflight, making the lyrics say “take flight” instead.
And they are currently re routing the que yet again. I may be slightly biased having only experiencing Take Flight and Space Ranger Spin, but I think either Dreamflight or Take Flight may be the best iterations of this attraction.
I used to love Dreamflight so much when I was a kid! I loved all the music. My favorite part was the supersonic takeoff/future scene, with the whirring jet engine and the classic fog-machine smell. Mom always loved the Paris scene. Thanks for the great trip down nostalgia lane!
Thanks for the Space Ranger Spin queue music!!!
0:13 That’s Master Audio Quality You Got There
I rode the exhibit as both Eastern's If you had wings and Delta If you could fly. Those were the most authentic to me.
I vaguely remember If You Had Wings but I do remember Dreamlight very well. I've always loved how the People Mover would pass through the ride. Even today you can look down the windows and see Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin.
Awesome job Martin, many thanks for bringing back memories of this attraction.
I knew it as Dreamflight when I visited 1990. It was always a walk on . Ideal for chilling out for ten minutes. 👍
Apparently, it was dedicated on June 24th, 1972, according to the June 30th edition of The Ottawa Citizen. However, I did come across the July 2nd date as well in the Hartford Courant. Perhaps, they did the whole two opening ceremony bit like what evidently happened with Pirates a year later. Time to get out my time machine, then :D
27:40 love this part seeing that big engine
Take flight lyrics: Its a whole different world when you take flight going free as a bird in the sky. Lift off your dreams to a new height you can go anywhere when you fly. Theres a gateway to adventure, in the endless sky so blue!
Glad I was able to enjoy that ride, when Eastern was the "Official Airline of Walt Disney World."
Another great video! I love the side by side comparison. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane
Thanks for the memories martinsvidsdotnet I went on if you had wings in 1986 just one year before it closed and I went on dreamflight in 1992 and 1995 during my second and third trips to the magic kingdom at the walt disney world resort and they both were awesome.
Thank you so much for this. It was a wonderful retrospective and I remember all of these changes.
Thank you sooooo much for the Space Ranger Spin drumroll music. I’ve been looking everywhere!
Excellent Martin! It seems as though you are now doing HD remakes of Magic Kingdom attractions, much like you did to your Epcot videos! I'm excited for what's to come 👍.
Ah that classic song
If You Had Wings You Could Do anything the rides modo
This had to have been the most projectors used on a ride for decades!
Why is the Dreamflight song so amazing??
Just in general, I feel like Disney's 80 theme park music/themes were almost always amazing.
From:
www.wdwradio.com/2018/03/the-musicians-behind-the-music/
Another name you’ve probably heard is Xavier (X.) Atencio, who started out as an animator for Disney before becoming an Imagineer and then finally writing songs for two of Magic Kingdom‘s most iconic attractions: Yo Ho Yo Ho in Pirates of the Caribbean (written with George Bruns) and Grim Grinning Ghosts in Haunted Mansion (written with Buddy Baker), as well as the gone-but-not-forgotten If You Had Wings from the attraction of the same name (written with Buddy Baker).
Yass
@Alex Stein I know right. All the songs from decades ago where so amazing now songs today are just I don’t know.
Jason Blalock I can agree with you.
We visited in '86 then again in '90, so we entirely missed "if you could fly" and...I'm kinda glad. It sounds like an incoherent jumble, and would've ruined my happy memories of so many joyful & relaxing trips through "if you had wings".
This brings back so many memories. I loved this ride it was so fascinating, especially for the graphics at the time, plus I liked the carousel of progress, the tiki room and the haunted mansion.
If you pay attention in space ranger spin the chickens in the barnstormer scene are still there
I was about 4-5 years old when I went on Dreamflight, I remember reaching my hands out towards the models in the first scene with the biplanes and circus tents thinking they were toys I could play with, lol.
I miss that kind of music in Disney Parks today.
I really enjoyed the ‘72’ version the best. I think the musical score was catchy.
It was just awesome to Board an Eastern 1011 in Pittsurgh and fly to MCO in 1-1/2 hours back in the mid'70s only to encounter "If You Had Wings" at Magic Kingdom Narrated by Orson Wells no less (those were the days. Yeah I'm gettigold, but some of these calmer cororate-sponsored attractions were quite inspiring back in the day...
This is so great!! Thank you for posting - I remember this ride from when I was young!
This was great...thank you!
love this detailed video about my childhood favourite rides! And how cool to synchronise the different themes over the years using the same ride track! Brilliant work Martin!!
Ahhhhh 1975 all over again. What memories.
The comparison was awesome!
What a great job you did making this video! Thanks!
Wow! What a great video! So interesting to see the map and the 3 incarnations as it went along, thank you!
@MartinsVidsDotNet I love these videos! I'm old enough to remember If You Had Wings. The song really gets stuck in your head! I remember we would ride this in the afternoon, then Wedway then Carousel of Progress. That way, you were in nice air conditioning for a couple of hours during the heat of the day. Are you going to do videos for another land? I'd love to see individual videos for Fantasyland or an update to the transportation video including the railroad around Magic Kingdom.
33:35 sounds like an alarm clock lol 😊
kind of the predecessor of soarin and spaceship earth ,
I got to go on Space Ranger Spin twice, a couple of weeks ago (I finally got Galactic Hero!), and some of the theming seems like it's in dire need of an update. The Viewmaster in the queue in particular is still using worn-out 1998 CRT screens and is looking like the video on them is running from an old VHS, scanlines and sync issues and all.
I got galactic hero too! Got it TWICE IN ONCE DAY! 🤣
@@disneyparksstarwarslover7638 Nice!
Hi Martin, this is a really good compilation of the history of this ride. Although the Space Ranger Spin is great for today's modern era, the Dreamflight still holds near and dear to my heart.
I did see that you used my upload as part of this compilation, which I do appreciate since my grandfather (who was the one who recorded at that time) did occasionally stop the recording. I don't know if it was the camcorder back in the day or what since it was 1991, but the recording is as you had seen it. I do appreciate the credit, but just to clarify my username in case anyone has tried to look up my Dreamflight video, there is a 2006 at the end of my username handle. But regardless, great video and great compilation of a very good ride at Disney World. Thanks again!
I remember riding "If you had wings" in the late 70s. the song would then be stuck in your head all day. Thanks for you work, Martin!
loved that ride
My favourite of the three is Delta Dreamflight.
Dreamflight was definitely the best incarnation by far, although I think If You Had Wings had the most iconic soundtrack out of them all. Buzz Lightyear just feels like a cheap haunted house from an old amusement park with all the cheap blacklight sets. Buzz is definitely the worst version of this ride.
Anybody else notice the clouds from the final scene at 39:02 are just the repainted ones from delta dreamflight?!
LOVE IT!
Sigh want to go back in time🤗
22:06 ❤❤❤❤☁️☁️☁️✈️✈️✈️
22:06 ❤❤❤❤❤
memories
This was one of the ‘free’ rides in the mid 70’s when you ran out of D and E tickets. My mom would take us to Tomorrowland Terrace, The Wedway Peoplemover and ‘If You Had Wings’ for that amazing air conditioning without having to spend a park ticket to get in.
Great video! Loved the quadruple comparison at the end.
Sounds like Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget in Buzz Lightyear at the end
You know, while I generally disliked it when they did a major revamp of an older ride to paste on a movie tie-in... the Buzz Lightyear ride was way better than anything that came before. (Although Dreamflight had a better theme song. ;->)
Buzz Lightyear's sets look cheap and shoddy compared to Dreamflight. It was definitely a step backwards -- and Men In Black is vastly superior to Buzz it in everyway.
so, before it was a big ad for Buzz Lightyear it was a big ad for Eastern and then Delta Airlines? Interesting. It's also kinda ye old Soarin'.
1973 was 'my year'
Excellent work as always. Thank you Martin!
If you had money, had money, had money
Calling Buzz Lightyear! Come in, Buzz Lightyear! This is Star Command! Buzz Lightyear, do you read me?
Don’t forget Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin later in the video!
the music around 19:45 sounds like an Epcot song
It does doesn’t it! It was from the Tomorrowland BGM circa 1989
I was around back in the 80’s, and I don’t remember everything I watched being so freakishly blurry like this.
Thank you!
22:30
(This is for me)
Clem Transinsion 29:06
This is one of my favorite memories from park visits as a kid. This was my favorite rides and I absolutely love the soundtrack, thank you Martin!
you don't know jack Sorin our Kearns again 26:02