Before the title "Mission to Mars" was used to make a simply
awful movie, "Mission to Mars" was one of the cooler attractions at
Disneyland.
The Mission to Mars attraction was located in Tomorrowland and designed as a hybrid between the interior of a Mars bound rocket and a theater. Several rows of seats were arranged in a circle. Two circular screens, one on the floor and one on the ceiling showed the "view" out the back and front of the ship, respectively. The screens and an audio narration combined to take the audience on a simulated, well, Mission to Mars. The theater was equipped with vibrating seats that activated when the "ship" fired its rockets.
During the 80s, the Mission to Mars attraction was removed and the space it had formerly occupied was used to house the new Captain EO attraction.