Always my favorite ride as a kid...I'm still sad it's gone. Thanks for posting! Incidentally, I always thought the event at 3:38 was ridiculous, until I saw the now-famous Octopus vs. Shark video that's going around lately.
The Nemo Submarine ride is at Disneyland in California. The ride being showcased here is 20K Leagues under the Sea, at Walt Disney World. The ride at Disney World was completely destroyed, and removed from the park to be replaced by a lovely playground.
Thanks for this video! I live in central FL and had season passes as kids, so I've been to MK a million times. But I'm claustrophobic and deathly afraid of water so this is the one ride I never went on. Always wondered what it was like though, and now I know! Awesome, thanks!!
I remember going on this ride in 1989 , me and my family had season passes . As a young kid i didn't understand the point of the ride at all but it was fun !
8:19 - Up close like that? That's freaking scary! Some of the things on this version of the ride blow the Disneyland one away, but I think the sea serpent in this ride is not as good.
Video quality is amazing for something from the 90's. Everything in the video brought back old vivid memories of my childhood... I was 4 when I was in that ride... 16 years have passed and I still remember all the little details of it. My favorite ride from WDW.
watergale, you're right. Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World had 20,000 Leagues. Disneyland's is now the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, and Disney World's is now the Pooh's Playful Spot. But this video is the Disney World ride.
The ride in California was not called 20K Leagues under the seas. It was called The Submarine Voyage. Similar rides, but slightly different in concept and execution. However, to answer your previous question the Submarine Voyage in California has been converted into a Finding Nemo attraction. The one in Disney World was destroyed and will never return.
I rode this IN 1990!!! I was 3 and remember the mermaids. I also remember King Tritan being down there too... but you know since it's not in this video I think my imagination just made that up! This was weird to be in as a kid.. dark.. being underwater kinda brought a sense of danger. But also incredible for a child. Thanks for this video.. I get to relive this ride AND THE YEAR I was there too!
After college, I took a lady friend to Disney World (FL). She'd never been to any Disney park. We went on the ride and she completely bought into the illusion. At one point she actually asked me, "How deep do you think we Are?!?". I have to tell you, it was a "Disney magic" moment. I have always treasured that moment as if she were my child...... You can't imagine how heartbroken I felt when I heard that the ride was disassembled to make something for "The Little Mermaid" :(
It's not really a truth to say it was disassembled for something Little Mermaid related. It was a very high maintenance attraction and was shut in '94 I think, but the lagoon was around for a number of years after. Eventually it was made into a playground area and the Little Mermaid attraction wasn't created until relatively quite recently.
I just wish I could have experienced this ride one more time before they destroyed it. If only I would have known then what was going to happen to it. I hope they will bring it back someday.
@disfigurehead Agreed!. I miss it terribly. i was just 10 yrs old last i rode it, but i remember it like it was yesterday,lol. I was saddened that they leveled it and left most of the subs to rot in the florida sun. Now the majority are in a landfill.Some were cut up and sold on ebay in parts and a few survived to be used for a few displays :( (sigh)
at 6:43 Nemo refers to "Mr. Baxter", which pays homage to (recently retired) WDI VP Imagineer, Tony Baxter (who was also the driving force behind Disneyland's proposed land, "Discovey Bay", circa 1975).
@Hotshotmech38 Actually, 20k's lagoon has been filled in for years now, and the plot where the show building was is now home to Ariel's Undersea Adventure in the new Fantasyland. Nemo's over at EPCOT, which was a retheme of The Living Seas pavillion.
There is no "Ariel Meet And Greet" in the 20,000 Leagues spot any longer. The lagoon was bulldozed over in 2004 (after ten years of idleness) and now they put a "Pooh Playground" in the site. Bad enough that Pooh evicted "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" across the way from 20K with an inferior ride, that they now had to turn what was once the sole E-Ticket attraction of Fantasyland into a glorified playground. An absolute disgrace.
My only problem with them taking out this ride is that they havn't really done anything worth while with the space. They just threw in a playground. I don't mind the playground, I think it's a great place for the young ones to blow off some steam after waiting inline for Peter Pan's flight for 45 minutes but there's TONS of space behind it they could use. I hear they're planning a Fantasyland expansion though. I hope that's true
@Thoralmir Hey -are you referring to one of the islands in the Seven Seas Lagoon? Names? Beach Comber, Castaway Cay, Blackbeard's Island? I always remember these were the names -right?
@Andrew Goddard the "fleet" of submarines at 20k consisted of all of twelve subs - up to nine in operation at any given time and 3 "spares" to allow for maintenance. there is no way they were the largest fleet anywhere in the world - the United States has 71 currently in commission
@zoo1619 Thanks for this! Lets hope at least a couple have been saved. Read somewhere, that when open, WDW Officially had the largest fleet of Submarines, anywhere in the world, as they were aparently commissioned by a genuine Sub factory?
Ah, the fond memories... It's too bad they got rid of this, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and the little water sprite boats. It seems like the only ride left that I loved from my childhood is the Haunted Mansion. Ariel and Pooh can kiss my hairy ass. How can you not love a ride about an anti-imperialist ship captain who goes around in a tricked out submarine fighting giant squid, ramming warships, and electrocuting cannibals? Now THAT'S a hero for children!
This was an amazing ride, I enjoyed it very much when I was little! Why did they remove it?? Who knows, that area was unused for years... you could see the lagoon and the tracks but now it's completely closed off. COMPLETELY. How come Disneyland at least got to keep their submaries? Sure, they changed it to Finding Nemo but they at least kept their underwater submarine ride.. =(
That's probably the loudest ride I've ever heard. Sounds like a diesel tank engine! It sort of ruins the effect. Never been to Disney World, so I've never been on this ride. Probably would have liked it as a kid though. Wouldn't have been my favorite though.
Awesome video! Someone tell that obnoxious kid in the background to shut up, though. He's probably grown up to be that guy who talks on his cell phone through Haunted Mansion and Soarin'.
The reason was probably Michael Eisner being a prick. He seemed to get rid of all the best rides or alter them beyond recognition. He wasn't thinking about the people and the fact that they enjoyed them.
ALSO F FINDING NEMO SCREW THAT MOVIE SCREW THE FACT THAT IT TOOK AWAY THE GIANT SQUID IT WASNT A GOOD MOVIE THE MOVIE IS GIVEN AWAY IN THE TITLE I DONT CARE ABOUT IT TOY STORY WAS THE ONLY GOOD PIXER MOVIE THE SMOKING CAP IS NOW ON!
Always my favorite ride as a kid...I'm still sad it's gone. Thanks for posting!
Incidentally, I always thought the event at 3:38 was ridiculous, until I saw the now-famous Octopus vs. Shark video that's going around lately.
From beginning to end, the best 20K video on CZcams!
This was one of my three favorite rides !
I still remember it like if it was yesterday !
i wish i was alive to go on that
The Nemo Submarine ride is at Disneyland in California. The ride being showcased here is 20K Leagues under the Sea, at Walt Disney World. The ride at Disney World was completely destroyed, and removed from the park to be replaced by a lovely playground.
Thank you so much for the upload!
Thanks for this video! I live in central FL and had season passes as kids, so I've been to MK a million times. But I'm claustrophobic and deathly afraid of water so this is the one ride I never went on. Always wondered what it was like though, and now I know! Awesome, thanks!!
I remember going on this ride in 1989 , me and my family had season passes .
As a young kid i didn't understand the point of the ride at all but it was fun !
8:19 - Up close like that? That's freaking scary!
Some of the things on this version of the ride blow the Disneyland one away, but I think the sea serpent in this ride is not as good.
What good quality! This video is truly a treasure. :) It made my day to come across it.
Simply awesome! Great quality! jUST AS i REMEMBER IT!
This is my strongest memory of Disney World and we went in 1990! I was 3 (born in 1987) so thank you to your family or whoever recorded this.
Thank you for posting this ride!
Video quality is amazing for something from the 90's.
Everything in the video brought back old vivid memories of my childhood... I was 4 when I was in that ride... 16 years have passed and I still remember all the little details of it.
My favorite ride from WDW.
watergale, you're right. Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World had 20,000 Leagues. Disneyland's is now the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, and Disney World's is now the Pooh's Playful Spot.
But this video is the Disney World ride.
OMG! I saw this as a kid and live it again it's just awesome!!! :D
Thanx 4 the uploading! 100/100
I miss this ride
The ride in California was not called 20K Leagues under the seas. It was called The Submarine Voyage. Similar rides, but slightly different in concept and execution. However, to answer your previous question the Submarine Voyage in California has been converted into a Finding Nemo attraction. The one in Disney World was destroyed and will never return.
Very cool! Last time I rode this was probably in the mid-80's as a kid. Fun to see it again, as I had no recollection of the scenes in the ride!
I rode this IN 1990!!! I was 3 and remember the mermaids. I also remember King Tritan being down there too... but you know since it's not in this video I think my imagination just made that up! This was weird to be in as a kid.. dark.. being underwater kinda brought a sense of danger. But also incredible for a child. Thanks for this video.. I get to relive this ride AND THE YEAR I was there too!
THE GIANT SQUID PART AS A KID BLEW MY MIND
8:16
giant squid part scared the hell out of me as a kid, and makes me have chills when i think about it. i miss this ride
That was awesome! Thanks so much for posting this.
That is still my favorite ride in Disney World even though it's not there any longer.
After college, I took a lady friend to Disney World (FL). She'd never been to any Disney park. We went on the ride and she completely bought into the illusion. At one point she actually asked me, "How deep do you think we Are?!?". I have to tell you, it was a "Disney magic" moment. I have always treasured that moment as if she were my child...... You can't imagine how heartbroken I felt when I heard that the ride was disassembled to make something for "The Little Mermaid" :(
It's not really a truth to say it was disassembled for something Little Mermaid related. It was a very high maintenance attraction and was shut in '94 I think, but the lagoon was around for a number of years after. Eventually it was made into a playground area and the Little Mermaid attraction wasn't created until relatively quite recently.
Many thanks for posting. Never got to see ride but always wanted to.
...A ride I so wishto go on but never will...
(Cries in corner)
Rumor has it that one of these subs lies at the bottom of the sea near Castaway Cay.
I just wish I could have experienced this ride one more time before they destroyed it. If only I would have known then what was going to happen to it. I hope they will bring it back someday.
this was one of my faves as a kid
oh, i wish this were still around! it's better this way than the Nemo version.
Two of them are in the snorkeling lagoon on Disney's Castaway Cay
I loved this ride, but it scared the shit outta me every time
@disfigurehead
Agreed!. I miss it terribly. i was just 10 yrs old last i rode it, but i remember it like it was yesterday,lol. I was saddened that they leveled it and left most of the subs to rot in the florida sun. Now the majority are in a landfill.Some were cut up and sold on ebay in parts and a few survived to be used for a few displays :( (sigh)
at 6:43 Nemo refers to "Mr. Baxter", which pays homage to (recently retired) WDI VP Imagineer, Tony Baxter (who was also the driving force behind Disneyland's proposed land, "Discovey Bay", circa 1975).
Very similar to our own Submarine Voyage here in California, though the sea serpent and mermaid scenes were much better in the 20,000 leagues version!
actually they did not put the nemo ride there. the nemo ride is at epcot, in place of this ride is winnie the pooh's playful spot
@FalconKPD A version of Jules Verne's vision is still up and running at Tokyo Disney.
One of my favorites as a kid
This brings back memories!
God, that damn kid going "SHOOAKS" kinda ruins in
@andrewandlee yeah, if you seek out a web site about the ride they got some pictures. And they used to have one over at MGM.
The ULTIMATE “you had to be there”.
grrrreat quality!
Thank you!! Love the vid and your website!!!!
When was this filmed??
@Hotshotmech38 Actually, 20k's lagoon has been filled in for years now, and the plot where the show building was is now home to Ariel's Undersea Adventure in the new Fantasyland. Nemo's over at EPCOT, which was a retheme of The Living Seas pavillion.
There is no "Ariel Meet And Greet" in the 20,000 Leagues spot any longer. The lagoon was bulldozed over in 2004 (after ten years of idleness) and now they put a "Pooh Playground" in the site. Bad enough that Pooh evicted "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" across the way from 20K with an inferior ride, that they now had to turn what was once the sole E-Ticket attraction of Fantasyland into a glorified playground. An absolute disgrace.
My only problem with them taking out this ride is that they havn't really done anything worth while with the space. They just threw in a playground. I don't mind the playground, I think it's a great place for the young ones to blow off some steam after waiting inline for Peter Pan's flight for 45 minutes but there's TONS of space behind it they could use. I hear they're planning a Fantasyland expansion though. I hope that's true
dear god, this brings back happy times at disney land for me :D
@Thoralmir Hey -are you referring to one of the islands in the Seven Seas Lagoon? Names? Beach Comber, Castaway Cay, Blackbeard's Island? I always remember these were the names -right?
Did any of the WDW Subs Survive? If so, where are they?
Great Video Though. Went on this twice!! Once in 1979, and again in 1989
haha i liked how you put that lol! "waiting in line for peter pan's flight for 45 minutes" lol soooo ture
Great memories.
@DeepSixed300 the one in paris still stands but not used
Did port and starboard offer the same views (the sea monster, mermaids, Atlantean remains, and so on)?
I drew up plans out of boredom for a second 20K ride it included being attacked by a warship and ramming it.
I went on this ride in the late '70's. It was so well done. What is the official reason for axing this precious ride?
@watergale5 Yeah, they did in California - Disneyland.
@Andrew Goddard the "fleet" of submarines at 20k consisted of all of twelve subs - up to nine in operation at any given time and 3 "spares" to allow for maintenance. there is no way they were the largest fleet anywhere in the world - the United States has 71 currently in commission
@zoo1619 Thanks for this!
Lets hope at least a couple have been saved.
Read somewhere, that when open, WDW Officially had the largest fleet of Submarines, anywhere in the world, as they were aparently commissioned by a genuine Sub factory?
@DUDE22436 it's the same thing now..... If you haven't noticed........... Besides its not even this anymore.... It's Finding Nemo..............
Ah, the fond memories...
It's too bad they got rid of this, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, and the little water sprite boats.
It seems like the only ride left that I loved from my childhood is the Haunted Mansion.
Ariel and Pooh can kiss my hairy ass. How can you not love a ride about an anti-imperialist ship captain who goes around in a tricked out submarine fighting giant squid, ramming warships, and electrocuting cannibals? Now THAT'S a hero for children!
right, but this video is for disney world, not disneyland
Why for did Walt Disney World shut 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea down ?
This was an amazing ride, I enjoyed it very much when I was little!
Why did they remove it?? Who knows, that area was unused for years... you could see the lagoon and the tracks but now it's completely closed off. COMPLETELY.
How come Disneyland at least got to keep their submaries? Sure, they changed it to Finding Nemo but they at least kept their underwater submarine ride.. =(
Is this the Disneyland or Disney World version?
That kid's probably 20-30 years old now.
@BlackPearlGurl Yeah...In Tokyo
That's probably the loudest ride I've ever heard. Sounds like a diesel tank engine! It sort of ruins the effect. Never been to Disney World, so I've never been on this ride. Probably would have liked it as a kid though. Wouldn't have been my favorite though.
i never rode it but damn it bring it back, wdw is going in the wrong direction these days in entertaining,
is there no giant squid fight?
why did they have to replace it
nothing like a ride that smells like Mildew, BUt hey it was the shit back in the dayyyyyyyyy.
Awesome video! Someone tell that obnoxious kid in the background to shut up, though. He's probably grown up to be that guy who talks on his cell phone through Haunted Mansion and Soarin'.
@cmeza1985 I would have to agree.
THAT'S NOT JAMES MASON!
in the nautilus
COLLISION SPEED, FULL!!!
The reason was probably Michael Eisner being a prick. He seemed to get rid of all the best rides or alter them beyond recognition. He wasn't thinking about the people and the fact that they enjoyed them.
oh 1990, nevermind.
Are the animatronics creepy? I'm scared of some animatronics so please tell me
Yes. I was asking before I watched this. And this was 3 years ago lmao
BravaCentauriExpeditions yes I know but I was asking before I watched so that I didn't get scared. I'm really scared of animatronics for some reason
it wasn't friendly for people in wheelchairs trust me i had to be carried on to it and off of it and i was 7 i can jsut imagine if it was still around
this iz scary as shit to me
ALSO F FINDING NEMO SCREW THAT MOVIE SCREW THE FACT THAT IT TOOK AWAY THE GIANT SQUID IT WASNT A GOOD MOVIE THE MOVIE IS GIVEN AWAY IN THE TITLE I DONT CARE ABOUT IT TOY STORY WAS THE ONLY GOOD PIXER MOVIE THE SMOKING CAP IS NOW ON!