Mission to Mars (attraction)

Mission to Mars
Disneyland
AreaTomorrowland
StatusRemoved
Opening dateJuly 22, 1955 (as Rocket to the Moon)
July 2, 1967 (as Flight to the Moon)
March 21, 1975 (as Mission to Mars)
Closing dateNovember 2, 1992
ReplacedFlight to the Moon
Replaced byRedd Rockett's Pizza Port
Magic Kingdom
AreaTomorrowland
StatusRemoved
Opening dateDecember 24, 1971 (as Flight to the Moon)
June 7, 1975 (as Mission to Mars)
Closing dateOctober 4, 1993
ReplacedFlight to the Moon
Replaced byExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
Ride statistics
Attraction typeShow

Mission to Mars was an attraction located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland and at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It originally opened as Rocket to the Moon at Disneyland in 1955, and as Flight to the Moon in Walt Disney World on Christmas Eve 1971, before it was retooled to the Mars version in 1975. It then closed down in 1992 and 1993, respectively. The attraction simulated taking guests on a space trip to the Moon or Mars.

The attraction was adapted by Disney into a feature film in 2000, eight years after the ride closed.[1][2]

  1. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (March 17, 2000). "Mission to Mars". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Bacle, Ariana (April 23, 2014). "Theme park ride-based movies: Will 'Small World' follow the trend?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 28, 2017.