Though it was visible on opening day Rocket To The Moon in Tomorrowland didn't truly open for 5 more days. When it did debut guests boarded inside hemispherical buildings that look something like observatories.The location for the attraction was located behind the imposing Moonliner Rocket.Rocket To The Moon was sponsored by TWA but Douglas aircraft took over sponsorship from 1962 to 1966
The attraction operated like a low-tech flight simulator guests sat in one of the two steeply raked 104 seat theaters named Diana and Luna inside each cylindrical theatre large circular screens were mounted on the center of the floor and in the center of the ceiling.For 15 minutes the bottom screen displayed views of the ships previous location the bottom screen began with footage of the launch pad and morphed into a receding Earth and t's approaching target the top screen showed oncoming moon all described by an informative narrator.Rocket To The Moon also had scales to measure your weight on Mars, Mercury, Moon and Jupiter
Specs Capacity 810 per hour -- Capacity per ship 162 -- Cycle Time 18:00 -- Load Time 1:30 -- Unload Time 1:30 -- Trip Time 10:00 -- Dispatch Interval 12:00 -- Trips per hour 5
