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Me at age six, at Star Trek: The Experience (startrek.website)
submitted 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you the one on the left or the right?

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sarcasm?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Smiling

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t understand these replies.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

lol, This is Riker smiling.

[–] themoken@startrek.website 13 points 1 month ago

So cool, thanks for sharing.

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

You were a Klingon warrior at six?

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

You're HUGE for a 6 yea r old!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

FTFY

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

I didn’t think about it that way.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That klingon looks dead inside lol

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The full size Enterprise D bridge was amazing.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

God I wish I could've seen this!