This unique piece was in with the Monsanto items. I think it may have once held keys to doors and to the attraction operating system and board.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Souvenir Friday- Monsanto Adventure Through Inner Space Triviia 1977
It appears that Disneyland ride operators for the Adventure Through Inner Space ride had lots of time on their hands as they created a 15 page trivia sheet about the ride. This sheet is the June 8, 1977 revision and it includes not only the ride spiel with the number of letters and words, but also all the signs, rivets, lights, doors, mats, and anything else you may want to know. I think this was used to settle bets in regards to trivia. Nevertheless, the document is a very interesting read and filled with information for those who love the Adventure Through Inner Space.
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You're not kidding about the level of detail on this trivia sheet. Stuff like this is right up my alley. Thank, Matterhorn.
Fantastic! Some notes:
p5-Is the lyric "infinity a-twirl" or "infinity unfurled"? I always thought is was the latter. I'm pretty sure it is "treasures more than mane can ever *spend*".
p13-The ride cycle time is listed as 6:06, but this was the optimal time. Since the Omnimover system used multiple in-line motors the was variable; in fact, Mansion can increase the motor speed on peak days to increase capacity.
I think that may be a tag from a tag-out board. It was probably located in the service area, next to the main ride system control panel. If you went into the ride you would take a tag to tag-out and all tags would need to be on the board to restart the ride system.
If we were playing Final Jeopardy, and the answer was "The man who wrote this trivia sheet", then my question would be "Who is Earl Archer". A wild guess.
Page 13 has your artifact listed in the Service Area as item L!
Wow, this is going to take some time to go through! Thanks for sharing this rare artifact from one of my very favorite rides.
What a great item, Patrick! Love this stuff.
That tag with the number 3 on it was from a board that would have been kept in the control room. Anytime an employee went out into the attraction no matter if the park was open or closed, they were required to "tag out" first. They would grab one of these and write their name on the dry erase board in the space that the tag normally occupied. Under no circumstances would the ride be restarted until all tags (employees) were back on the board and accounted for. They did the same thing on Big Thunder Mountain RR when I was a trainer and foreman there in the early 90's.
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