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Me at age six, at Star Trek: The Experience (startrek.website)

submitted 5 months ago by hopesdead@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

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Here is me at Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Hilton. This was 1997 (spring or summer). I got to go on The Klingon Encounter (which may have been the only ride-type attraction at the time). The line to enter was lined with status of Borg (First Contact had just come out the previous November).

This is a memory that I hold dear. It made a huge impact on me. Getting to see a recreation of the Enterprise-D bridge, go on a turbolift, use a transporter (just a rotating wall and lights) and the shuttlecraft (think Star Tours) was so awesome. My mom remembers when we were on the transporter pad, having her hand on my chest and feeling my heart rate increase.

The whole attraction was a mix of video featuring TNG cast and live actors.

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[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 33 points 5 months ago

Are you the one on the left or the right?

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

Sarcasm?

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 5 months ago

Smiling

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

I don’t understand these replies.

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

Yes, it was sarcasm, and Riker smiles upon you.

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

lol, This is Riker smiling.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 13 points 5 months ago

So cool, thanks for sharing.

[-] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I went there too. I think you're underselling the transporter. They acted like you were about to get on like a motion sim or something, lined everybody up on those rows in front of the doors, then everything went black, sparkles coming from everywhere, a giant rush of wind upward is what it felt like - very confusing - and then BAM, the lights came on and you were on the bridge of the Enterprise-D.

Hell of an effect and something I'll never forget.

And Quark's bar man. It was so cool.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

You were a Klingon warrior at six?

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I always wanted to be a Klingon warrior when I grew up, and this mfr had it clinch at six....smfh

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago

This is a memory that I hold ~~dear~~ with honor and glory.

FTFY

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 5 months ago

I didn’t think about it that way.

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

You're HUGE for a 6 yea r old!

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I wish I had a chance to go to that before it shut down.

[-] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The full size Enterprise D bridge was amazing.

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago

The Sci-Fi World Museum in Santa Monica, was supposed to open yesterday. Short story, major management shakeup and issues with the city have indefinitely delayed the opening.

They were going to have a Trek exhibit that included a recreated Enterprise-D bridge (I believe included some parts from Vegas) and the construction was overseen by people who worked on the show. Bummed that my ticket was cancelled. Maybe someday I’ll get to go to this museum.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

That klingon looks dead inside lol

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

Don’t you mean happy? lol, assuming they die in battle.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

God I wish I could've seen this!

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