The Legend Of The Wendigo
A Trackless Dark Ride By Cdunlap Based On The Mythology Of The Algonquian Tribes Of North America
Guests enter a longhouse located to the left of The Haunted Mansion belonging to a local Algonquian tribe. Behind the longhouse is a forest of pine. (In actuality, this serves to hide the show building.)
Guests queue through the longhouse as a loop of traditional Algonquian music plays. Guests load their vehicles, themed to look like they’re made of birch bark or buckskin, in a dark forest as the Algonquian tribe’s medicine man delivers the safety spiel, “Kwe-kwe and welcome to the land of my people, the Algonquians. I am the medicine man and I shall be your guide through these woods. We ask that you keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the vehicle at all times. We also ask that all parents watch their children. Finally, beware of the Wendigo. It is greed and corruption incarnate and it hungers eternally for human flesh. The Wendigo attacks any who call its name. A man can transform into a Wendigo if they get too greedy.” With this warning out of the way, the vehicles slowly glide into the first show scene, a dark forest filled with hooting owls, considered omens of death in many Native American cultures including the Algonquian cultures. The medicine man says, “The owls are here, so death must be near!” The vehicles spin and run through this forest.
The next scene is the Algonquian’s village, where the Medicine Man can be seen performing a ritual in a wigwam located besides a few longhouses.
The next scene is the first encounter with the Wendigo. The medicine man says, “Oh no! I sense corruption, greed, and a hunger for human flesh. The Wendigo is near!” Guests then witness the Wendigo, concealed in shadow, transform into its latest victim, an Algonquian hunter. There are some inhuman qualities to this man, such as his pure white eyes and blue veins that show through his skin. He continues into the woods and soon we come upon the Wendigo in his true form. Guests see an evil spirit with dark blue skin, black fur, an exposed ribcage, a tail, a deer's skull and legs, glowing red eyes, and a heart of ice. Vehicles make a quick getaway.
The next scene, in an homage to 1971’s Snow White ride, features trees with evil faces attacking guests. The medicine man says, “The Wendigo’s influence has corrupted the trees!”
Guests then see the Wendigo being pursued by Algonquian hunters and their wolves. They hold the Wendigo at spear point and try to attack the Wendigo but their attempts are futile and they are implied to be dead. The medicine man says, “The hunters cannot capture the Wendigo for he is too powerful!”
Guests then enter a room where lightning bolts are flashing and thunder is roaring. Guests encounter the Wendigo one last time and he swipes his claw at guests as the room fades to black.
Guests unload in the dark forest and exit through the same longhouse they entered from.
A Trackless Dark Ride By Cdunlap Based On The Mythology Of The Algonquian Tribes Of North America
Guests enter a longhouse located to the left of The Haunted Mansion belonging to a local Algonquian tribe. Behind the longhouse is a forest of pine. (In actuality, this serves to hide the show building.)
Guests queue through the longhouse as a loop of traditional Algonquian music plays. Guests load their vehicles, themed to look like they’re made of birch bark or buckskin, in a dark forest as the Algonquian tribe’s medicine man delivers the safety spiel, “Kwe-kwe and welcome to the land of my people, the Algonquians. I am the medicine man and I shall be your guide through these woods. We ask that you keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the vehicle at all times. We also ask that all parents watch their children. Finally, beware of the Wendigo. It is greed and corruption incarnate and it hungers eternally for human flesh. The Wendigo attacks any who call its name. A man can transform into a Wendigo if they get too greedy.” With this warning out of the way, the vehicles slowly glide into the first show scene, a dark forest filled with hooting owls, considered omens of death in many Native American cultures including the Algonquian cultures. The medicine man says, “The owls are here, so death must be near!” The vehicles spin and run through this forest.
The next scene is the Algonquian’s village, where the Medicine Man can be seen performing a ritual in a wigwam located besides a few longhouses.
The next scene is the first encounter with the Wendigo. The medicine man says, “Oh no! I sense corruption, greed, and a hunger for human flesh. The Wendigo is near!” Guests then witness the Wendigo, concealed in shadow, transform into its latest victim, an Algonquian hunter. There are some inhuman qualities to this man, such as his pure white eyes and blue veins that show through his skin. He continues into the woods and soon we come upon the Wendigo in his true form. Guests see an evil spirit with dark blue skin, black fur, an exposed ribcage, a tail, a deer's skull and legs, glowing red eyes, and a heart of ice. Vehicles make a quick getaway.
The next scene, in an homage to 1971’s Snow White ride, features trees with evil faces attacking guests. The medicine man says, “The Wendigo’s influence has corrupted the trees!”
Guests then see the Wendigo being pursued by Algonquian hunters and their wolves. They hold the Wendigo at spear point and try to attack the Wendigo but their attempts are futile and they are implied to be dead. The medicine man says, “The hunters cannot capture the Wendigo for he is too powerful!”
Guests then enter a room where lightning bolts are flashing and thunder is roaring. Guests encounter the Wendigo one last time and he swipes his claw at guests as the room fades to black.
Guests unload in the dark forest and exit through the same longhouse they entered from.
