ATLAS enclosure for Disney attractions

The Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, or ATLAS, is a large hydraulic motion simulator. It was designed, as the name implies, for the theme park industry. The ATLAS is a product of Rediffusion Simulation in Sussex, England. The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ... Simulator seating St. ... Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The ATLAS was derived from military flight simulation technology. It uses six hydraulic actuators to provide a broad range of movement.

In the later half of the 1980s, Disney used this technology for two amusement rides, Star Tours at Disneyland (and later Disney-MGM Studios, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris), and Body Wars at EPCOT Center. The Disney attractions feature large, 40-person cabins hidden from outside view, arranged lengthwise with four or six simulators per installation. There are four simulators at Disneyland's Star Tours and EPCOT's Body Wars, while the remaining Star Tours installations have six. Body Wars is now defunct and planned for removal with the closure of the Wonders of Life pavilion. Star Tours is a simulator ride located in many of the Disney theme parks, including Disneyland in California, Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, Disneyland Park in Paris, and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. ... Disneyland Park, formerly referred to simply as Disneyland from 1955-1998, is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, USA (28 miles from Downtown Los Angeles). ... Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA. It opened on May 1, 1989. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ... Spaceship Earth, as seen from outside the vistors entrance. ... The Wonders of Life Pavilion is an attraction at the Epcot theme park part of Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida that is open seasonally. ...