re: Who else is old enough to remember the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride at Disneyworld

It apparently was a 20 minute ride. Find that now.

The adventure began as the guests made their way down into the back of the submarine, bending to miss the low-level raised rear hatch, and finding a place on board. Throughout the voyage, 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, in the voice of Captain Nemo, would begin.

With the submarine clear of the dock, the diving sequence would begin, with hundreds of air bubbles filling the porthole view, creating the illusion of descent. Once clear, the Captain introduced himself to his passengers, and then introduced them to the underwater plains around Vulcania. In the lagoon, guests could see moray eels, crabs, lobsters, sea bass, clams and turtles as well as a host of smaller tropical fish.

Minutes later, in another tribute to the Disney film, an "underwater party" of divers would come into view, as animatronics wearing replicas of the Harper Goff-designed deep sea diving equipment worked kelp beds and wrangled with rebellious turtles.

With the bubbles from the waterfall at the cavern entrance simulating a surface storm, the Captain would order the submarine down into the depths as a precaution, and the guests enter the show building section of the attraction. Within minutes, the devastation such natural phenomenon can create was made clear with the ominous Graveyard Of Lost Ships, with shipwrecks from various centuries littering the sea bed, guarded by the silent, gliding figures of sharks.

Leaving the destruction behind, the Nautilus would reach the North Pole, circumnavigating the Polar Ice Cap from below the surface, and narrowly avoiding large icebergs stabbing through the water. Venturing deeper, the Nautilus entered the eerie world of the Abyss, where guests viewed examples the many weird and strange species of deepwater fish that thrive in such an environment.[4]

Rising slightly, one of the final discoveries made is the ruins of Atlantis, along with a typical Disney-fied two-armed sea serpent, accompanying mermaids that can apparently tame it, and a treasury bursting with jewels and gold. With the ruins of the ancient civilization soon left behind, the Nautilus would enter the final phase of its journey, with a tribute to the most iconic and memorable part of the 1954 Disney film: the attack of the giant squid. After seeing a much smaller sister Nautilus trapped in the clutches of one such creature (curiously marked XIII on the tailfin), the passenger submarine would be attacked itself by long, thrashing tentacles.

With a final push to the surface, the Nautilus would clear the caverns of the dangerous squid, and enter the safety of the tropical lagoon, on its way towards the dock.

They are not? In Disneyworld? I was on both them when they said they were shutting them down. Did they bring them back ?

Those lying mfers. We were apparently at DW when the fire happened with the Tiki birds, but they were apparently totally ducking with us on Jungle Cruise. Well done Captain Dick. Lol

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tiki hut birds are gone now

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this better not be true

I think my first Disney world trip was around 1987.

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Who else is old enough to remember the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride at Disneyworld

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First experience on it was when I was about 8 years old and when I realized that it didn’t actually go down I was so broken hearted. My dad said that it would have been cool if it actually did but I was right it just had bubbles to make it look like it had gone deeper.

Yes, rode at DisneyWorld. Great ride from what I vaguely remember.

I rode it as a small kid and remember being very disappointed. Couldn't see shite and it was crowded.

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The jungle ride Boat Captain told us they were shutting it down in a few weeks as it wasn’t PC enough anymore. (He was just fricking with us but the angry African natives attacking the boat were removed )

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The ride doesn’t even make sense now. Things have been moved or entirely removed and there’s just a barren riverbank in spots where animatronics were removed.

We went to WDW shortly after it opened and went back a few more times. I thought the 20,000 Leagues ride was great. The Haunted Mansion might have been my favorite though. We’d ride it and then want to ride it immediately again. There were so many things to see and each trip had some new discovery. I took my kids a few years ago; one trip through the Mansion was enough for them. They preferred the roller coasters.

I rode it. I remember the windows were small.

Ha!

I made my wife watch 20,000 leagues under the sea a couple weeks ago because that ride is one of the earliest memories I have.