Can we just take a minute to recognize how awesome Paul Frees is?

I remember this ride. I tripped out on the miniaturization window that showed guests in tiny size. I tripped out at a kid, actually thinking people were shrunk in size. Later I realized it was an optical illusion. Later that ride became Star Tours. I remember when they shut it down and put Star Tours under construction in the 80's.

Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s in a broken home with a dead-beat dad I never had the chance to go to Disneyland. Mom couldn’t afford it. These videos bring back the memories I should have had. 😢

Wish I could go back in time to spend a day at Disneyland in the 50's or 60's.

Up until 1982, most every attraction at Disneyland (and eventually Disney World) required a ticket. "A" tickets were the cheapest, "E" tickets the most expensive. "Adventure Thru Inner Space" (as well as "Great Moments with Mr Lincoln") were FREE attractions - they didn't require a ticket. Which made it very popular. That, and the fact that there was rarely if ever a line! Those ride vehicles, also used on the Haunted Mansion, were great. Adventure Thru Inner Space lasted from 1967 - 1985. Thanks for posting this.

My favorite part was the little tube that people to waiting the board the ride could see. It was in a straight line with the scars entering the ride, and showed the cars and their occupants already reduced to about 1/5 their size. Of course, if you looked carefully, you'd notice the occupants of the real ride didn't match up with the ones on the "miniaturized" ride. Still a fun illusion.

I loved this ride as a kid. I was too young to understand it, but it was air conditioned, you got to sit down for awhile, no ticket required and the "things" inside were cool to look at. Loved the eye.

I loved that ride as a kid. I actually thought we did shrink.

The eye looking at you at the end always freaked me out.

I remember being in the line as a little boy for this ride, seeing those people getting into that tube thing and thinking they were really shrinking, and FREAKING THE HECK OUT. My poor dad had to leave the line with me, I was all "NOOOOOOOO I DON'T WANNA!!!!!"

This ride was the thing that sparked a lifelong love for science in me. I hold this memory dear to my heart.

I’m 54. I went on that ride . It was totally 1960s for me even in the 1980’s. I wouldn’t dare go there today but I’m glad I went then.

First rode this at 9 years old in 1969. It was always one of my favorites and I was sad when I went back one time and it was gone...😥

I love this! It brings me fond memories of my grandmother. She loved this ride, and would love telling us that we were shrinking. Disneyland was a beautiful and wonderful place. Oh, to have one day to spend with my grandmother one more time it would be at Disneyland in 1969.

Went on this ride back in the 60's with my father and grandmother. She never went beyond the 6th grade. When we were on this ride she just freaked she was so scared. It took awhile to settle her down a fter wards. Memories

I remember this ride. When I was a kid I had nightmares about that fricking eye. I had those nightmares about being smaller than everything until I turned 13.

I LOVED that ride! So calm and cool.......a good place to rest after walking in the heat.

Voice is Paul Frees. Also haunted mansion, pirates, rocky bull winkle...

Out of all the rides this one scared the heck out of me when i was a kid, I was 6 or 7 when i rode that thing back in 1969.

This was my favourite Disneyland attraction when I was a kid. I was already a big SciFi fan anyway, one of my favourite movies at the time was _"Fantastic Voyage,"_ and so going on this ride was for me almost the next-best thing to re-enacting the movie.

My family came here in 1969 when I was only 8 years old. This was my favorite ride. I actually thought the ride shrunk us for real ! ! !

This was my favorite ride as a child, the eye looking at us through the microscope convinced me we'd shrunk! Never have been on a ride that I loved more.

It's been 30 years since it closed. I really miss this ride. Wish I could ride it one more time.

"The attraction was narrated by Paul Frees (sounding like Orson Welles), who also lent his voice to the Haunted Mansion attraction"

My first introduction to physics. And who can forget that big eye at the end of the ride.

I was about 7 years old when this ride was introduced and it scared the padoodle out of me. I thought we were really shrinking!!!

lmao those little kids are like parents now, and then teens are grandparents😂😂

This and the Carousel of Progress are the two rides I miss most from the "old" (1960s) Tomorrowland...

Many people don't know that the voice of the narrator of the ride's sound track was Paul Frees. He was also the voice of Boris Badanov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Paul Fees also is the voice if the "Ghost Host" in the Hunted Mansion ride.

The first time I rode this I was terrified at the idea of getting shrunk down - I totally believed the visual effect of the shrinking device!

This was the best making-out ride in the park, it was slow and very dark and when you were with your girlfriend very convenient to cuddle up and smersch, its been known for decades as Adventures Thru Her Inner Space.

This was a great ride for the times! It was also a ride that did not require a ticket along with America the Beautiful and General Electric's Carousel of Progress. Great memories. Thanks for posting this!

Seeing and hearing Inner Space again, I am reminded that the best part was the fantastic narration. Always enjoyed this ride as a kid.

Incredible footage! You've certainly fulfilled many dreams of those wanting to see actual footage of this ride for ages. Thanks!

Bring back the good ole days with these Wonderful rides 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

I was lucky enough to get to ride this awesome old school Disney ride just before it closed in 1984 😊

I sure do miss this ride, wish they would bring it back.

This ride caught on fire, I remember exiting the ride mid way through and having to walk on the rail to exit. The smell was horrible, burning plastic. It was in the mid to late 80's I do not remember if it ever opened again or if Star tours was made.

A great ride to get to second base.

The guitarist Buckethead played audio from this ride before he played at a recent show, it was pretty awesome.

Adventure thru inner space was one of my favorite rides. I wish I could go back in time and visit Disney Land again.

I so remember that !!!! I’m 52 & remember that as a little kid on a Disney trip. Wow.

What a gem. Great video. We thought Monsanto was the greatest company back then. Sponsoring a ride at a Disney park can do wonders for your PR.

I remember going on this attraction when I was a kid. I remember liking it. I also thought that the display at the beginning of the attraction, showing people shrinking, was real.

Wow! From this 44 year old's inner 5 year old, thank you for this!! I was always scared of this ride and had no idea what was inside, because someone told me you got shrunk and travelled through a needle. Or perhaps that's just how my 5 year old brain imagined a microscope... in either case, i thought it was real and didnt understand how it was possible! It spooked me and i never got to see it. My curiosity is satisfied! Much of Tomorrowland when I saw it as a kid had this 60's vibe. I do miss that. I feel like it could still work and fit the theme of Tomorrowland, even if they adjusted the attractions.

I grew up in Whittier.. And went to Disneyland many times. We called this ride simply Monsanto.

Brings back so many memories, and how could you forget that big eye at the end of the ride.

That scientist’s eye at the end meant everything was going to be okay soon. I was 7 when I rode this the first time. It was 1984. Little did I know that it would be my last time. Well thanks to that, I asked Santa for a microscope. One of the best presents I ever had as a kid and all thanks to this attraction.

I loved this ride when I was a kid!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Thanks! for posting I got to go on this ride when I was a teen! now I am 59, time goes fast, David a Big! Big! Big! Disneyland fan!

Wow. My mom was able to tide this during a high school trip, she really didn't care for it, but wow, she actually got to ride a piece of Disney history. I love hearing her stories of old, vintage, classic Disneyland. I of loved to experience this. Thanks for this! I did another one, but you couldn't see much. This is so clear!

My uncle told me that it was the perfect makeout ride because it’s dark. I believe him.

I’m lucky enough to have ridden this ride!! I feel lucky!!

Nice job. I was born in 1961 in San Diego and I remember this very well! I got a tape recorder for my ninth birthday and took it to Disneyland. I recorded this and the peoplemover and America sings and other rides. Im glad some folks filmed and recoreded it. Thank you very much!

i loved this as a kid. o always remember there being a huge line, and i spent lots of time trying to match what the people in line were wearing to what the tiny little people going through the plastic tube of the microscope in the little atomobiles.were wearing. also, high marks for all of the view master reels of disneyland that came out at this time - spent many hours looking at them and then hundreds of dollars in my adulthood trying to find them again on ebay. they still rock

The Monsanto ride did have value in imagineering’s grander scheme, providing a proof of concept for the OmniMover, which finally enabled the opening of the Haunted Mansion!

I remember my dad taking me one time and ATI was my favorite ride then. I had a toy pistol I bought at the park and pretended to shoot it on the ride. Unfortunately, I dropped it into "deep space". Nevertheless, I enjoyed every moment. I have no question that Disney parks were a lot better in the 70's and 80's.

This is the Disneyland I grew up with and loved as a kid. I loved the Mighty Microscope, the People Mover, the Rocket Ride and all the futuristic things they showed off. Why, a phone with a grainy videoscreen where you could actually *see* the person you were talking to? Amazing!

For Disneyland fanatics, theres a gargantuan easter egg in 2010's Iron Man 2. All the Howard Stark scenes are clearly rifts on the Walt Disney appearances of the 1960's (as his Stark Expo is clearly his version of Tomorrowland), and the song played over the end credits is an obvious rift of "Miracles from Molecules."

I remember riding this when I was a kid back then. Every one of those rider pods had their own sound loop with the narration. One time I remember standing near where the pods would unload riders, and as each pod reached a certain point, you would hear, “This is Monsanto” over and over.

The Narrator is Mr. Paul Freese. He was a voice actor for many movies and cartoons. even the voice of Boris Badenov (from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show).

This was fun to watch. But I was so scared of this ride because that eye would creep me out every time....lol

What a classic my family where together than and happy so much memories and fun.

This was my favorite ride back in the day. Thank you for this. ROCK ON!!!!

Awesome video. Those snowflakes are so Brutalist architecture! I remember how huge they were and I thought we were truly shrunken amidst gigantic snowflakes. I was so glad to get back to normal size and go about the rest of my day at Disneyland.

..MONSANTO.

Wish I could go back in time...see this ride, ON ACID!✨🙁✨

Omg. So many memories. 70s went to a Catholic School in Laguna Beach. Spent many days at Disneyland. I have to admit, this was a ride that we had our make out sessions on 😂 😂. Paul Frees voice makes it. We would go on it a lot bc there was never a long wait. Oh those days. Wonderful

I rode this ride many times as a kid. Decades later, I am just now learning that we did not actually shrink on the ride.

I remember being on this ride as a kid when we first visited Disneyland!!! This and the Nautilus were my favorite rides...

Ah, the outstanding narration of the late Paul Frees! No one came close to his talent.

Loved that ride. As a youngster I actually believed we were shrunk down. 😂

This is or was a retro ride at the Original Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA. This ride was from Saturday, August 5, 1967 to Monday, September 2, 1985.

I was at Disneyland in 1969 with my family when I was 10 years old, and it was wonderful. Such good memories! I remember this ride very well because it made such a huge impression on me. I also remember the park as being more open back then and not overly crowded. We also bought & used the tickets to go on the rides Instead of paying one admission fee. I went to Disneyland again in 2017 and had about the worse da of my life. I was soooo disappointed I wanted to cry. The park was overcrowded, the open spaces were gone, stuff was crammed in everywhere, rides were closed down, and I'd paid over $100 to go on only 4 rides and walk myself into exhaustion. I don't know if I'll ever go back. It's nice to be able to see the old park on KZfaq though. Thanks for this channel!

Presented by Monsanto? That ride would be seriously boycotted today!

THE EYE USED TO SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE! ONE OF MY FAV RIDES THO..NOW MONSANTO SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME!

I was hoping to see that oh so famous EYE! haha Miss the younger years when times were easier, friendlier, innocent.

I remember going on this ride as a kid around 1980....was like 3 years old. It became Star Tours later!

Thanks for uploading this. The ride closed when I was a kid so I never got a chance to see it,

When I was a kid my mom took me to California for a week and we spent several days at Disneyland. For all the A - E tickets she bought, I went on this free ride more than anything else. I must have gone on that thing 20+ times that week!

Back in '87 I was 15, me and my cousins met some girls at Disneyland and I scammed on one of them on this ride...got to 2nd base with her in some tunnel on Tom Sawyer Island....memories...

I miss this ride

I remember when this ride caught on fire because a kid threw a fire cracker into the ride. It stayed open without repairs because it was not that popular anymore. People could see actual melted snowflakes on the ride. It was closed down later to make room for Star Tours.🏰🏰

I remember this ride. It seemed so realistic and exciting to me as a young boy in in the early 1970’s

I vaguely remember this attraction. I think I rode it in 1983 when I was 2.5years old. I remember the snowflakes and the big eye ball.

I really wish they'd do an updated ride if this. I mean science has com a long way. They could show things like dust mites. Then shrink down to amoebas, then single cell creatures like bacteria and so on.

I got high on this ride so many times in the early 80's. I really loved that ride man.

Back before movie ratings, my parents took me to see "Fantastic Voyage" when I was quite small-and I was terrified by the dangers awaiting those who dared to shrink themselves to microscopic size. Then, not long after, we went to Disneyland...and as soon as I saw the giant microscope and the apparently shrinking riders, I completely lost it-and kept hollering "I DON'T WANNA BE SHRUNK!" until they wisely decided to leave that ride for another day!

Wish I'd had the chance to experience this.

That voice really takes me back! "Now your adventure into inner space has begun...."

I went on this before it closed. loved it. Thank you for this blast to the past.

Ladies wearing hats and dresses. Men in suits. My how times have changed!

I remember the Monsanto Ride at Disneyland. I went there with my cousins & my parents in the early 70's. Wish that ride was still going as it really fascinating. 😊

I fell in love with the microscope ride as I called it (Adventure Thru Inner Space) and the voice-over actor/narrator during the ride. Very educational and old school rides. Miss it, wish they'd bring it back. Ty for the good memory.

I rode this in the summer of 1969. I still remembered the details of the ride even before I watched this video. It was great to relive the experience again.

I always enjoyed this ride when visiting Disneyland, but absolutely loved the house of the future. I was really upset when it was removed from the park.

This was one of my favorite rides, as a kid. I was very sad when it became something about Flight, and then replaced entirely with that Star Wars simulation ride.

This is awesome, the best footage to date! Congrats to a well done video tribute.

When I watch something really sticks out. People where so much thinner then than now. Grew up with the rides we went all the time when relatives came to visit.

I imagined another version of this ride where people ride similar vehicles into shrinking machine but are transported through a journey into the interior of a computer with gadgets & wires & eventually enlarging numbers that eventually become so large they become strobe lights.