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Walt Disney World 1966 - Vol. I
- Thread starter MonorailRed
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20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea
(Adventureland Dark Ride - Opening 1976 as an E-Ticket, later goes to a D-Ticket)
(Adventureland Dark Ride - Opening 1976 as an E-Ticket, later goes to a D-Ticket)
Exterior
Found in the moat near the Adventureland park icon lies a fleet of summaries led by Captain Nemo. Guests enter using a set of stairs to load into the Nautilus, similar to it's Disneyland Cousin (Elevators to the Pre-show are used for Wheelchair). Guests make their way down into the back of submarine, bending to miss the low-level raised rear hatch, and finding a place on board in standing room. Instead of the attraction, the submarine is a constant pre-show, leading to the dark ride.
Throughout there-show, an eerie organ version of the Disney film's main theme would play on a never-ending loop, allowing for a narration backing as well as a piece of stall music if required. Following the standard Disney-style introduction and safety notes from the helmsman, the narration of Captain Nemo begins.
Found in the moat near the Adventureland park icon lies a fleet of summaries led by Captain Nemo. Guests enter using a set of stairs to load into the Nautilus, similar to it's Disneyland Cousin (Elevators to the Pre-show are used for Wheelchair). Guests make their way down into the back of submarine, bending to miss the low-level raised rear hatch, and finding a place on board in standing room. Instead of the attraction, the submarine is a constant pre-show, leading to the dark ride.
Throughout there-show, an eerie organ version of the Disney film's main theme would play on a never-ending loop, allowing for a narration backing as well as a piece of stall music if required. Following the standard Disney-style introduction and safety notes from the helmsman, the narration of Captain Nemo begins.
Preshow
Script
Captain Nemo: Stand by to dive!
Mr. Baxter: Diving stations. (Bosun's whistle sounds)
Captain Nemo: Dive! Dive! (Diving claxon sounds)
Mr. Baxter: Diving stations. (Bosun's whistle sounds)
Captain Nemo: Dive! Dive! (Diving claxon sounds)
Mr. Baxter: Trim bow on diving planes. Three degrees down. (A stream of bubbles from the Hydrolators indicates diving has commenced)
Captain Nemo: Take her to ten fathoms.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: Steady as she goes.
(Captain Nemo now addresses the passengers)
Captain Nemo: Take her to ten fathoms.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: Steady as she goes.
(Captain Nemo now addresses the passengers)
Captain Nemo: This is Captain Nemo speaking. Welcome aboard the Nautilus. To accommodate all passengers, we will be giving you your own submarine pods, ready to be submerged into the sea once boarded. We are proceeding on a course that will take us on a voyage through the depths of liquid space seldom seen by man - We will be traveling 20,000 leagues under the sea.
(A door opens in the Natilus, leading to the boading station of the Submarine Pods, similar to Tokyo DisneySea’s vehicles, with a track similar to Peter Pan’s Flight.)
Captain Nemo: Stand by to board!
Mr. Baxter: Boarding positions. (Bosun's whistle sounds)
Captain Nemo: Dive! Dive! (Diving claxon sounds)
(Once the subs are boarded, a diving effect similar to Journey into the Little Mermaid is given with screens, projections, and fog.)
Captain Nemo: We are now en route; we will pass beneath the Polar Ice Caps and then probe depths seldom seen by man. So make yourselves comfortable, but please, remain seated in the pods at all times.
(Fog clears to the first few scenes, where Sea Turtles, eels, and many different types of fish are swimming in the water using projections and animatronics)
Captain Nemo: Here among the reefs, you will see many familiar inhabitants of the undersea world. The great green sea turtles for instance, are the reptilian patriarchs of the deep. These amphibious descendants of the dinosaur have changed little in the past 200 million years. Groupers, or giant sea bass, roam the coastal bottom in search of food. The giant clam obviously is quite safe from such marine predators.
(A giant clam is seen opening and closing.)
Captain Nemo : The fish world has always been considered a silent habitat, but through our sonar hydro phones, we've discovered that fish actually talk! Listen.
(The sounds of fish "talking" fills the sub. Several moray eels can be seen poking their heads through the coral formations)
Mr. Baxter: Undersea party ahead, sir. Divers to port and starboard.
Captain Nemo: Witness the crew from one of our satellite ships. They are harvesting their abundance that nature has sown here beneath the sea. Kelp beds are cultivated. Sea creatures corralled and protected from predators. Just as terrestrial shepherds protect their flocks from ravenous wolves.
(We see a diver tethering a sea turtle to keep it from escaping)
Mr. Baxter: Surface storm ahead, sir.
Captain Nemo: Weather alert! All controls, eight degrees down. (Diving bells ring) Hold her at 80 fathoms and proceed on course.
(A new stream of bubbles erupt to indicate we have dived deeper. The next scene appears and it is now becomes dark as the "surface" light no longer penetrates our field of vision. )
Captain Nemo: The Nautilus can dive safely below the violence of ocean storms. Surface vessels are not so fortunate.
(The crumbling wreckage of mostly 18th and 19th century sailing ships now come into view, some pirate skeletons and ships are taken from the Pirates of the Carribean attraction nearby to flow the story of the park)
Captain Nemo: Witness the evidence of their fate. The graveyard of lost ships. For ages, these rotting holds have kept their secret treasures, safeguarded by silent sentinels of the deep. Man-eating sharks. Nature's most unpredictable predators of the sea.
(Various Sharks glide by our field of vision)
Mr. Baxter: We've reached the Polar Ice Cap, sir. There's a clear channel at 40 fathoms.
Captain Nemo: Steady as she goes.
(We see the submerged lower sections of icebergs. Sonar pinging emits.We see the aurora borealis above us.)
Captain Nemo: In this region of the Polar Ice Cap, you are witnessing a rare visual phenomenon.
Mr. Baxter: Ice wall breaking, sir.
Captain Nemo: Take her deep! (diving bell rings) And keep an eye on the depth gauge.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: We have past beneath the North Pole, and are now descending into that region in deeper water where the sun has never penetrated. Here, in this realm of eternal darkness, nature has provided her creatures with their own....eerie luminescence.
(Several deep sea fish, one with jaws open, can be seen. The alert bell rings)
Mr. Baxter: Warning light, sir. We've reached maximum depth limit.
Captain Nemo: Take her back up to 80 fathoms!
Mr. Baxter: Eight-zero fathoms, aye, aye.
Captain Nemo: There are limits beyond which man and his puny efforts cannot survive. We have almost exceeded those limits.
Mr. Baxter: Unusual formations to port and starboard, sir.
(Elaborately carved classical structures come into view. The remains of a Greco style city. There are temples and the collapsed remains of giant statues, their faces staring upward. Mermaids swim throughout the city.)
Captain Nemo: Ah, these crumbling heaps of stone betray the hand of man. I believe we've made a startling discovery! These...classic ruins could very well be the legendary lost continent of Atlantis. Some scholars theorize that a remarkable civilization was destroyed by a tremendous volcano. Others treat any concept of Atlantis as pure fantasy, along with legends of sea serpents and mermaids.
Mr. Baxter: Begging your pardon, sir. But, did you say sea serpents are mere fantasies?
Captain Nemo: Belay there mate! Anyone in his right mind knows there's no such thing as a sea serpent or mermaids. Mr. Baxter, if you think you're seeing mermaids and sea monsters, you've been submerged too long!
(We pass the sight of a giant sea serpent amidst the ruins of Atlantis. There is no comment from Captain Nemo on this.)
Mr. Baxter: Captain Nemo, sir! We're experiencing unusual turbulence. It's a ruddy underwater volcano, sir!
(The scene outside grows more violent and darkens to a reddish glow. Numerous columns are teetering as a result of the turbulence)
Captain Nemo: By Neptune's flippers! This confirms it. That seething mountain still denies rest to the civilization it submerged thousands of generations ago. Helmsman! Steer clear of the tottering columns.
Helmsman: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: Red alert!
Mr. Baxter: Red alert! (Bosun's whistle blows) All hands to stations.
Captain Nemo: Trim the tanks! Steady as she goes.
Crewman: Captain! Giant squid dead ahead. It's disabled a submarine, sir.
Captain Nemo: Good Lord! It's one of ours. It's hull has been crushed like an eggshell.
(The tentacles of a giant squid have ensnared a sister submarine pod from the Nautilus.)
Crewman: Another monster's attacking forward, sir!
Captain Nemo: Full repellent charge!
Mr. Baxter: Repellent charge, aye, aye. Maximum voltage.
(Lights flash around us to indicate the use of the electrical charge against the giant squid)
Captain Nemo: All ahead!
Mr. Baxter: All ahead, aye. She won't answer the helm!
Captain Nemo: Emergency maneuver! All engines, stand by to surface! Surface!
Mr. Baxter: Surface! Surface! Surface! (A stream of bubbles indicates the surfacing procedure and then when they clear away the "surface" light is streaming through once again) We've reached Vulcania, sir.
Captain Nemo: Proceed on course. All ahead.
Mr. Baxter: All ahead, aye, aye.
Captain Nemo: Station the maneuvering watch.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir. All hands to stations.
Captain Nemo: Ladies and gentlemen, in just a few moments we will be docking at Vulcania, our home port. It has been a pleasure having you aboard the Nautilus, on this memorable voyage that has taken us 20,000 leagues under the sea. Captain to bridge. Reduce speed and proceed to number four berth. Stand by to dock.
Mr. Baxter: Bridge, aye, aye. All ahead one-third. Stand by for boarding.
Captain Nemo: Thank you for sailing with us 200,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And now, when the cabin lights come on and a crewmember unlocks your submarine pod, stand by to disembark. Gather your belongings, take small children by the hand, and watch your step.
(Guests return to Load/Unload)
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spacemt354
Chili's
20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea
(Adventureland Dark Ride - Opening 1976 as an E-Ticket, later goes to a D-Ticket)
Exterior
Found in the moat near the Adventureland park icon lies a fleet of summaries led by Captain Nemo. Guests enter using a set of stairs to load into the Nautilus, similar to it's Disneyland Cousin (Elevators to the Pre-show are used for Wheelchair). Guests make their way down into the back of submarine, bending to miss the low-level raised rear hatch, and finding a place on board in standing room. Instead of the attraction, the submarine is a constant pre-show, leading to the dark ride.
Throughout there-show, an eerie organ version of the Disney film's main theme would play on a never-ending loop, allowing for a narration backing as well as a piece of stall music if required. Following the standard Disney-style introduction and safety notes from the helmsman, the narration of Captain Nemo begins.
Preshow
Script
Captain Nemo: Stand by to dive!
Mr. Baxter: Diving stations. (Bosun's whistle sounds)
Captain Nemo: Dive! Dive! (Diving claxon sounds)
Mr. Baxter: Trim bow on diving planes. Three degrees down. (A stream of bubbles from the Hydrolators indicates diving has commenced)
Captain Nemo: Take her to ten fathoms.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: Steady as she goes.
(Captain Nemo now addresses the passengers)
Captain Nemo: This is Captain Nemo speaking. Welcome aboard the
Nautilus. To accommodate all passengers, we will be giving you your own submarine pods, ready to be submerged into the sea once boarded. We are proceeding on a course that will take us on a voyage through the depths of liquid space seldom seen by man - We will be traveling 20,000 leagues under the sea.
(A door opens in the Natilus, leading to the boading station of the Submarine Pods, similar to Tokyo DisneySea’s vehicles, with a track similar to Peter Pan’s Flight.)
Captain Nemo: Stand by to board!
Mr. Baxter: Boarding positions. (Bosun's whistle sounds)
Captain Nemo: Dive! Dive! (Diving claxon sounds)
(Once the subs are boarded, a diving effect similar to Journey into the Little Mermaid is given with screens, projections, and fog.)
Captain Nemo: We are now en route; we will pass beneath the Polar Ice Caps and then probe depths seldom seen by man. So make yourselves comfortable, but please, remain seated in the pods at all times.
(Fog clears to the first few scenes, where Sea Turtles, eels, and many different types of fish are swimming in the water using projections and animatronics)
Captain Nemo: Here among the reefs, you will see many familiar inhabitants of the undersea world. The great green sea turtles for instance, are the reptilian patriarchs of the deep. These amphibious descendants of the dinosaur have changed little in the past 200 million years. Groupers, or giant sea bass, roam the coastal bottom in search of food. The giant clam obviously is quite safe from such marine predators.
(A giant clam is seen opening and closing.)
Captain Nemo : The fish world has always been considered a silent habitat, but through our sonar hydro phones, we've discovered that fish actually talk! Listen.
(The sounds of fish "talking" fills the sub. Several moray eels can be seen poking their heads through the coral formations)
Mr. Baxter: Undersea party ahead, sir. Divers to port and starboard.
Captain Nemo: Witness the crew from one of our satellite ships. They are harvesting their abundance that nature has sown here beneath the sea. Kelp beds are cultivated. Sea creatures corralled and protected from predators. Just as terrestrial shepherds protect their flocks from ravenous wolves.
(We see a diver tethering a sea turtle to keep it from escaping)
Mr. Baxter: Surface storm ahead, sir.
Captain Nemo: Weather alert! All controls, eight degrees down. (Diving bells ring) Hold her at 80 fathoms and proceed on course.
(A new stream of bubbles erupt to indicate we have dived deeper. The next scene appears and it is now becomes dark as the "surface" light no longer penetrates our field of vision. )
Captain Nemo: The Nautilus can dive safely below the violence of ocean storms. Surface vessels are not so fortunate.
(The crumbling wreckage of mostly 18th and 19th century sailing ships now come into view, some pirate skeletons and ships are taken from the Pirates of the Carribean attraction nearby to flow the story of the park)
Captain Nemo: Witness the evidence of their fate. The graveyard of lost ships. For ages, these rotting holds have kept their secret treasures, safeguarded by silent sentinels of the deep. Man-eating sharks. Nature's most unpredictable predators of the sea.
(Various Sharks glide by our field of vision)
Mr. Baxter: We've reached the Polar Ice Cap, sir. There's a clear channel at 40 fathoms.
Captain Nemo: Steady as she goes.
(We see the submerged lower sections of icebergs. Sonar pinging emits.We see the aurora borealis above us.)
Captain Nemo: In this region of the Polar Ice Cap, you are witnessing a rare visual phenomenon.
Mr. Baxter: Ice wall breaking, sir.
Captain Nemo: Take her deep! (diving bell rings) And keep an eye on the depth gauge.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: We have past beneath the North Pole, and are now descending into that region in deeper water where the sun has never penetrated. Here, in this realm of eternal darkness, nature has provided her creatures with their own....eerie luminescence.
(Several deep sea fish, one with jaws open, can be seen. The alert bell rings)
Mr. Baxter: Warning light, sir. We've reached maximum depth limit.
Captain Nemo: Take her back up to 80 fathoms!
Mr. Baxter: Eight-zero fathoms, aye, aye.
Captain Nemo: There are limits beyond which man and his puny efforts cannot survive. We have almost exceeded those limits.
Mr. Baxter: Unusual formations to port and starboard, sir.
(Elaborately carved classical structures come into view. The remains of a Greco style city. There are temples and the collapsed remains of giant statues, their faces staring upward. Mermaids swim throughout the city.)
Captain Nemo: Ah, these crumbling heaps of stone betray the hand of man. I believe we've made a startling discovery! These...classic ruins could very well be the legendary lost continent of Atlantis. Some scholars theorize that a remarkable civilization was destroyed by a tremendous volcano. Others treat any concept of Atlantis as pure fantasy, along with legends of sea serpents and mermaids.
Mr. Baxter: Begging your pardon, sir. But, did you say sea serpents are mere fantasies?
Captain Nemo: Belay there mate! Anyone in his right mind knows there's no such thing as a sea serpent or mermaids. Mr. Baxter, if you think you're seeing mermaids and sea monsters, you've been submerged too long!
(We pass the sight of a giant sea serpent amidst the ruins of Atlantis. There is no comment from Captain Nemo on this.)
Mr. Baxter: Captain Nemo, sir! We're experiencing unusual turbulence. It's a ruddy underwater volcano, sir!
(The scene outside grows more violent and darkens to a reddish glow. Numerous columns are teetering as a result of the turbulence)
Captain Nemo: By Neptune's flippers! This confirms it. That seething mountain still denies rest to the civilization it submerged thousands of generations ago. Helmsman! Steer clear of the tottering columns.
Helmsman: Aye, aye, sir.
Captain Nemo: Red alert!
Mr. Baxter: Red alert! (Bosun's whistle blows) All hands to stations.
Captain Nemo: Trim the tanks! Steady as she goes.
Crewman: Captain! Giant squid dead ahead. It's disabled a submarine, sir.
Captain Nemo: Good Lord! It's one of ours. It's hull has been crushed like an eggshell.
(The tentacles of a giant squid have ensnared a sister submarine pod from the Nautilus.)
Crewman: Another monster's attacking forward, sir!
Captain Nemo: Full repellent charge!
Mr. Baxter: Repellent charge, aye, aye. Maximum voltage.
(Lights flash around us to indicate the use of the electrical charge against the giant squid)
Captain Nemo: All ahead!
Mr. Baxter: All ahead, aye. She won't answer the helm!
Captain Nemo: Emergency maneuver! All engines, stand by to surface! Surface!
Mr. Baxter: Surface! Surface! Surface! (A stream of bubbles indicates the surfacing procedure and then when they clear away the "surface" light is streaming through once again) We've reached Vulcania, sir.
Captain Nemo: Proceed on course. All ahead.
Mr. Baxter: All ahead, aye, aye.
Captain Nemo: Station the maneuvering watch.
Mr. Baxter: Aye, aye, sir. All hands to stations.
Captain Nemo: Ladies and gentlemen, in just a few moments we will be docking at Vulcania, our home port. It has been a pleasure having you aboard the Nautilus, on this memorable voyage that has taken us 20,000 leagues under the sea. Captain to bridge. Reduce speed and proceed to number four berth. Stand by to dock.
Mr. Baxter: Bridge, aye, aye. All ahead one-third. Stand by for boarding.
Captain Nemo: Thank you for sailing with us 200,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And now, when the cabin lights come on and a crewmember unlocks your submarine pod, stand by to disembark. Gather your belongings, take small children by the hand, and watch your step.
(Guests return to Load/Unload)
If anyone has any ideas or wants to write up for Pirates or any other classic attraction, That's be awesome!
I'll personally be taking the entrance/hotel/castle for the Fantasyland Park next.
I'll personally be taking the entrance/hotel/castle for the Fantasyland Park next.
brb1006
Well-Known Member
Can't wait to get more help with this idea. Maybe @MonorailRed could also join in if he likes later this week especially for what you guys would think a Bambi attraction starring Thumper or the meet and greet area would look like including some concept art.Awesome! Over the weekend I can help you with that!
spacemt354
Chili's
Absolutely!
spacemt354
Chili's
If I can get the Haunted Mansion rough draft up this weekend (hopefully) then I could try this. But maybe someone else would like it?If anyone has any ideas or wants to write up for Pirates or any other classic attraction, That's be awesome!
I'll personally be taking the entrance/hotel/castle for the Fantasyland Park next.
Also we should keep a tally so that we remember who is doing what.
brb1006
Well-Known Member
@spacemt354 @MonorailRed Hooray it's the weekend
spacemt354
Chili's
Was about to sit down and do this one for you!
"meet and greet including one for Flower" does that sound good?
Any particular location for the meet and greet?
spacemt354
Chili's
spacemt354
Chili's
brb1006
Well-Known Member
I'm picturing the Flower meet and greet location to be located past a pond where the area is surrounded by a flower bed which is where you can meet him. The indoor meet and greet can be located near a den where Flower was seen hibernating from the film during the days when it's raining. I thought of this idea after hearing a few characters that meet outside don't come out during days when it's raining or very wet outside.
spacemt354
Chili's
Will be up by tonight/early tomorrow!
Idea of the Day:
A Giant Island in the Bay Lake Area, that is completely Literature based with classics like Treasure Island, Jules Verne, ect.
Think Tom Sawyer's Island x100.
A Giant Island in the Bay Lake Area, that is completely Literature based with classics like Treasure Island, Jules Verne, ect.
Think Tom Sawyer's Island x100.
spacemt354
Chili's
Will be pushed to tomorrow- but will get done! Sorry about the delay!
DlpPhantom
Well-Known Member
An island of adventure. We can add potter some day right?
spacemt354
Chili's
DlpPhantom
Well-Known Member
So I have an idea for this island of literature. What if we had sections themed to the different parks. We could have a American area themed to Tom Sawyer, a fantasy area themed to potter and lord of the rings, an adventure section themed to treasure island and a future section with Verne.
DlpPhantom
Well-Known Member
Ok then we can just go with potter.