Submarine Voyage (Disneyland) Part 1 of 2

[ricofojas2011]

i went on this. ride

[1privatepop1]

Great video. Love the music.

[TASCmedia]

I'm not too crazy about the Nemo version, watching this makes me remember just how better the old version was.

[tamisweetie]

If they had the fish hanging by strings in the lagoon, how did they do that if there is nothing above the water to hold it with? Does my question make any sense?

[PHAEDRIDER]

@tamisweetie really? no, the question doesn't make any sense. seriously, unless you were making a joke...

[tamisweetie]

@PHAEDRIDER I thought the fish in this ride were held by strings, right? How did strings hold the fish in the lagoon if there is nothing above the water to attach the string to. I guess I am just not making sense. Thank you for trying to help : )

[PHAEDRIDER]

@tamisweetie it really doesnt, it is really hard for me to believe that someone would seriously ask that question , but the fish FLOAT , they are tied to the BOTTOM of the lagoon so they wont float to the surface..

[tamisweetie]

@PHAEDRIDER I see. I never thought of that!! I am a slow person in general, but thanks for hurting my feelings. I wonder, when there were " live" mermaids in the lagoon, they must have had trouble swimming with all the string every where : )

[PHAEDRIDER]

@tamisweetie i had no intention of hurting your feelings. i am sorry nonetheless. it was wrong for me to assume you were joking. i'm not sure how close they let the mermaids close to where that actual ride was, but danger like that might have been why they stopped the practice.

[tamisweetie]

@PHAEDRIDER It is ok. That very well could have been a reason why the mermaids stopped swimming in the lagoon. : )

[tamisweetie]

Has anyone ever seen a scuba diver in the lagoon while they are riding the ride?

[VickyTyler]

Where are the mermaids at?

[VickyTyler]

I still can't believe they took it off :(

[supernuke]

I loved this ride back in the day!

[steverox87]

Thank you for posting this!! I love the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, but I will always miss the original!

[BTTFBoyGoes88mph]

do u hav an adventure through inner space pov video?

[bomberguy06]

they should have kept the old theme but with nemo effects. so instead of a CG talking fish there would be a CG sea serpent and mermaids. oh & better animatronics.

[Xenomorph237]

my father's favorite ride. this and jungle cruise. But he will go on Space Mountain

[WumWip]

Man, I remember riding this... good times.

[GregorytheImpaler]

Man, I miss the original version so much. As a child, this was the pinnacle of every trip to the park. I'm glad it's back, since the Nemo version is mostly the same, with the CG stuff added in, and new models for the sea-life.

[tamisweetie]

oh and where did you get the melody in the begining??? i love it!!!

[tamisweetie]

this might sound kind of random, but do you think they have cat walks inside the cavern incase something happened, or for any other reason????? i am just wondering if something were to happen, would there be a safe way out?! has anything happened before on this ride? sorry for all the questions!!!

[GregorytheImpaler]

@tamisweetie Both of my parents used to work there back in their college days; and my dad worked the Subs. Yes, there is a catwalk for maintenance and emergencies. (though, of course, that was a long time ago, and may have changed - though logically, it would simply be upgraded.)

[AnnieDisneyFan]

i was two wen i went on this ride and i still remember it i luved the mermaid part!

[Fallen2grace]

I remember when I was little, seeing the subs sitting in the lake. I always wanted to go on them. Thank you for posting this. I haven't been on the new Nemo one yet. (Last time I went it was the grand opening. People were camping out in line.) I'm sure it's not as good as this one!.

[MrNightOwl88]

I miss this ride so much

[TutsuoAikido]

Octopus grabbing shark at 7:40.

[jocstripe]

i have been on its awesome my nephew loved it

[themikester06]

imangine if someone farted hahahaha that will stink up the whole sub hahahaha that would sooo funny XD

[Someotherguyuser]

@themikester06 How old are you?

[themikester06]

@Someotherguyuser why u wanna know ?????

[goldclock02]

my favorite part of this ride is the giant squid

[WDI2008]

Isnt the lagoon portion of Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage still similar to the original ride ?

[XtremeGz]

Ive noticed that Disney's recent rides have a familiar face to back it up. Nemo's Subs. Toy Story Mania. whatever happened to old fashion imagineering ingenuity? There most recent is Expidition everest so at least thats a nice addition to Disney Rides that do not promote they're characters.

[hauntedshore204]

what if they added eddie murphy to the haunted mansion?

[steel4eva]

hey cool 1998, went on this on Gradnight

[jish55]

I remember the last time I went on this ride. It was night time, so you couldn't see the lagoon itself, so you had to wait till you got into the cave, but oh well, this ride was always a must when my family and I went to disneyland. Now it's replaced with finding nemo, and all tho the ride's alright, it's not as good as the original, especially when having to wait an hour in line just to get on.

[JayFoxFire]

Thanks for sharing! It made me feel like I'm there

[ztslovebird]

Survey; if they remade the counterpart of this ride in Walt Disney World (with a Little Mermaid theme instead of a Finding Nemo theme, or maybe a different underwater Disney theme), should it be put in Magic Kingdom, Epcot, or Animal Kingdom?

[BuryMeInBlack1313]

thank you so much for putting this up

last time i rode this i was waaaay to young to remember and ive always wondered what the original was like :]

i wish they would have kept this ride instead of putting in nemo...seems like there's hardly anything left in the park that is original :[

[australianmade74]

thats the same reason i looked it up, same as universal studios

[M1CK3Yanimation]

really pixar is starting to take over the parks and its not making me happy. the only pixar movie i like is toy story because its the first but what happened to cartoons? i dont see any disney cartoons anymore

[sonic619760]

@M1CK3Yanimation Same here, Toy Story is awesome, but IMO alot of other Pixar movies are eh. A recent Disney movie that came out that I liked is The Princess and the Frog. It kinda bugs me that they consider this ride a tomorrowland ride and not a fantasyland ride. Also I think The Little Mermaid should have been build here, thats a classic disney movie.

[sushilll111]

@M1CK3Yanimation

Pixar makes fantastic movies besides Cars, I don't know what youre on about

[SoCalDork]

@M1CK3Yanimation They're not taking over. There's 5 stand-alone attractions and 1 teeny-tiny-itsy-bitsy incredibly detailed themed land devoted to Pixar. Considering that's out of 88 total attractions between both Theme Parks...

yeah..

[Wakkosgirl]

@SoCalDork Yeah, but why mess with a classic. Have you noticed that folks think the sea creatures pushed up by the tsunami in Japan are radiation influenced?? I got an email and pics in it included an angler fish, a moray eel and the crab with extra legs and sharp spineys. This ride was entertaining but it was also educational. All the good parts got taken out. I don't like it anymore. And before you say it, yes, I already don't ride it anymore because of this.

[SoCalDork]

@Wakkosgirl Actually, I agree with you. The new version with Nemo & friends sucks. If I want to watch "Finding Nemo", I'll do it from the comfort of my couch- not in a sardine can. ;)

I loved the original Submarine Voyage growing up, and I still lament the lost opportunity Imagineering had to renovate the Subs, keeping the original storyline but updating all of the effects. Can you imagine how amazing the Subs would be if they were done with today's technology? :D

[ArtAndSuch]

@M1CK3Yanimation PIXAR is DISNEY. Pixar is like Disney's main animation studio now. The guys that started pixar OWN the original disney animation studio now, and the people who used to work at disney now work at pixar. It's all the same people. So FINDING NEMO as well as any other disney-pixar film 100% belongs in the parks. Besides even if pixar was some sort of separate company taking over... that would be alright, because pixar films are INCREDIBLE!!!

[brickman409]

you do know that this ride was based off the disney movie 20,000 leagues under the sea right, but yeah atleast in this one the charachters arent just slapped everywhere just so m,ore people would ride it

[dogtherock]

It is slightly based after 20,000 Leagues. The idea came from the movie and one of the submarines is named the Nautalis but other than that there were not many references. But you make a good point. Nemo is all there for self promotion. Disney is king at that.

[anndizzle13]

I hate the finding nemo ride. its so stupid

[4eva2cool]

One of the best rides!

BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL!.

[shiika1228]

i know right, the nemo version sucks ass

[BrickstarRunner]

I know the new version is bad, but at least be greatful that they brought the subs back unlike WDW's fate (got covered in concrete and had a playground placed on top of it)

[ddude924]

Your right, Disneyland is lucky enough to still have a submarine ride. I wouldn't say the Nemo subs are bad...they just don't hold the same magic as the original subs. I still ride the nemo subs on occasion, but if there's an hour wait, forget about it.

[cheapcape]

Yeah I agree. The original is best but the Nemo ride is way better than no submarine at all.

[ComplexImageBIZ]

@4eva2cool Original is better .

[bomberguy06]

The technology for nemo is good but the overall theme and story of the original is 10x the best.

[Sammytucan1000]

where they real people being the mermainds

[LittleOrca]

In the 70's/60's/Around that time, they did have women who would put on mermaid tails and swim in the pool as well as sit on the rocks up top and wave at people, but the ones I remember seeing when I was little were large "dolls."

[SOHASDEAD]

OMG flashbacks..i used to be SO SCARED of this ride

[princesslimon1]

me too :O (I am 9 don't call me a scardy cat or you will regret it >:(

[ghomicide]

Holy shit, flashbacks

[kwdog]

This was the best ride at Disneyland ever! The last I rode the subs was in the summer of 1998, before it closed. I just turned 9 years old when they closed it. I actually rode on it 5 times. After the shut down, I became a really big fan to this ride, and I started to know more about this ride and why it closed. In 2005 I went to the Disney Galley and managed to buy a mini poster to this ride and I own two homemade videos to this ride. I will always be a big fan to this ride.

[8thmonth]

If you watch this video long enough, afterwards, your computer monitor will appear to move to the right.

He he.

[8thmonth]

I liked this ride, but the mermaids were too creepy. Imagine swimming in there...in the dark.

[RoyStorey]

Wasn't that much different in the dark, from what I remember. That giant squid used to always get on my nerves for some reason, though.

[PlutoEmmaloo]

where did you get this music?

[hooeytoo44]

they should've recycled the story of the old ride with new the technology

[ctennis21]

This was my favorite ride at disneyland as a kid.

[MANEATINGWREATH]

I'm not real happy with all Pixar rides but listen, just be glad we have the subs back! I for one am very happy to have them up and running Nemo or not.

[bmnaproductions]

Pixar movies are not crap! I agree that some are worse than others, but Wall-e actually felt like classic disney movie at the end. however I will agree that computer affects should not have been in this ride, it would have been fine with animatronics.

[KelseyDuke]

out of all the pixar films wall-e is the best the ending was cute.

[Danzigadoo666]

Yeah, Pixar will take any idea thrown at them, regardless of whether it's crappy or not. I've given up on those movies too.

[KelseyDuke]

atlantis would of been awesome. i didnt think of that, it needs way more props then it got/gets. nemo is stupid yet you cant help quoting it.

[poomoochoo00]

Wow i wish that ride was still open when i went to disneyland..

Wooah 2 hours in line im started to feel sorry for my mum, when i went to disney land my mum was to sik to go on rides so she just stood in line for us man im a horrible person

[flamedame007]

I cannot believe they replaced this wonderful classic with Nemo! Blasphemous I tell ya!!!

[metroid567]

it was going to be atlantis but the box office sales were bad so they changed it

[guylovesme]

this ride is so much better then the finding nemo ride... ;-; at the end of the finding nemo ride they make this mean joke "oh we better pull up before we see a sea serpant or a mermaid" dude i started crying and then the people where like "why are you crying" and i said "i miss the old ride"

[iloveleointhe90s]

You were crying? I think you need to grow up. And a lot of people must like the new ride because the line was rediculously packed yesterday, and it was well worth the wait.

[Leozerolunaedge]

why in the fuck damn nemo they were planning on making it atlantis the lost empire like it would be damn awesome and they messed it with a stoopid fish! Good game Disney...

[772pilot]

Yep, the subs definitely moved faster back then.

[Fatmaninalilcoat209]

The Ride was great also the line isnt as long as it is now 2 hours to see GOD DAMN NEMO i miss this ride

[hypnodude]

If it wasen't for the imagineers thinking of the new Nemo idea, the subs would NEVER have come back.

When it closed in 1998, it was considered "the end" for the subs at that time.

[Ken82559]

I don't know why they removed 20,000 Leagues from the Magic Kingdom. It was one of their key attractions and the MK has never been the same or as good without it. Its demise probably made Mike Eisner's bonus a little bigger though.

[hypnodude]

Ken82559--

I hear that it was because they didn't want to spend the money to maintain it.

[KeikoTeddy]

God, I miss this ride.... I can't stand it when fat people go one and freak out cuz its a small space...

[tlo2313]

I was on this in 1977. There was a real MERMAID girl that would suddenly swim past the windows unexpectedly. It was great as a kid thats why I remembered it! Wow...what memories...thanks god for WALT DISNEY!

[seanbrown13]

Live mermaids left in the late 60's. There were NO live mermids in the 70's. I know. I work there.

[fbunny074]

how did they real mermaids breath underwater??

oh yeah cool vid ^_^

[churchgal2012]

they had real mermaids? i thought that mermaids WEREN'T real???

[thekat3]

Is this the old one? Is it the one b4 the new nemo one?

[ParkHopper]

Yes.

[KeikoTeddy]

yes.. read the intro...

[Wiiicked2007]

I am obsessed with that sea serpent i love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dukeyflyswatter]

thanx for posting. I was 5 when I first rode this in 1959 and it was considered so high tech and amazing.You couldn't have real fish because of the upkeep and beause it would be too hard to frame a story with live aquatics.Walt would never expose kids to the inevitable floating fish! LOL Good times. Looking forward to the new ride.

[DarkHawk090]

duude... i remember riding this one also, and i rode the new one last week..

its amazing, its actually better than the old one and things look more real.

[LolaRose07]

Am sooo going on this!!

Disney in 8 days!!! WOOOOO!!! :-)

[772pilot]

You can't go on this...it closed 9 years ago. You can go on Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage though.

[LolaRose07]

lol That's wat i meant! lol =)

[PhoenyxFire]

Wow! Thanks! My dad was telling me all about the original ride, and I never got to ride it...Now I know what it was like! My dad used live right next to Disneyland, and he would go there every day...this was one of his favorite rides...at least I'll be able to actually ride the Finding Nemo version!

[772pilot]

THANKS SO MUCH! I couldn't get enough of this ride when I was young...I just remember that one time I went to Disneyland, and the subs weren't there...I was just like, "oh well"

[772pilot]

Hmm...301. You were onboard the Nautilus weren't you?

[Phantomluver]

I miss this ride. I could remember it very briefly bc i have a pin or two and it pops up in my dreams. I was like or 3 or 4

[JOWAL5]

haha oh man i remember this i went on it when i was 6 or so which would have made it 1997

good times

[DisneyFreakToTheMax]

i guess your a disneyfreak like me except i dont even know that. thanks for the info. it wouldve been really cool to see that ride even if i did i'd probably be like 4 considering it closed 1998.

[hypnodude]

No problem.

I admit that after the original subs closed the imagineers did play around with some ideas for what to do with the lagoon, because they wanted it to come back in some form, but those early ideas didn't work out and it wasn't until Finding Nemo came out that they got inspired again. So in 2004 they set up a test site at the lagoon and thankfully it got approved so now the subs are finally back. :)

[DisneyFreakToTheMax]

and if you want to see the lagoon after remodeling 1 week after the nemo ride opened, check out my video.

[LolaRose07]

Does anyone now howcome none of the marine life is real? Like none of the fish or turtles are moving!!

[772pilot]

No the turtles were moving...but NONE of the marine life is real.

[DisneyFreakToTheMax]

this is so old. why did they have to replace it. Nemo is still good though. worth 3 hours waiting

[hypnodude]

When the ride closed in 1998 they had no intention of replacing it, it would have stayed closed forever of they hadn't thought of the Nemo idea.

The Nemo sub voyage is a lot of fun! Its really cool!

[blinkAsthenia182]

Damn, I never got to ride this. :(

[Elementsking]

omg this music sounds so evil at the begining but the ride looks so awesome

[daniohs]

LOOK AT ALL THOSE FANNY PACKS!!! I can't believe I never rode this...

[Nytyngayl]

I remember that I rode this at least once when I was little. The sea serpent freaked me out.

Suddenly I'm glad that I got to ride it when I did, though.

I'm that way with a lot of the rides they took out.

Like the Skyway. I miss the Skyway...

[VOLCOM14incali]

it looks like thers no room or sumthin

[TangoMaureen07]

i never got to go on this ride they closed it before i came to disneyland and now it's finding nemo submarine adventure..

[Kitsune1282]

Aaaah, nostalgia. This is awesome.

1998! Dang, it dosen't seem that long ago, but that's almost 10 years!

[namtrac98]

Thanks for posting this video. Last time I rode in the submarines was in Disney World about 2 years before they shut the ride down and it's the one ride that I truly miss.

[ParkHopper]

I have also posted the Disney World version. Check out my channel.

[klpeekl2000]

I ride the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage TONIGHT!!!!!!!

[alexistrukov]

Man I remember that I used to be scared of some parts >.< it was a awesome ride tho I think it was the best

[patrickattack]

yea im sure nemo will be cool too i actually cant wait to ride it! but im just sad that it was gone and im sad that they didnt make it into a little mermaid submarine like they were originally going to do in the late 90's.

[DonnaCelta]

I remember riding that. Hard to believe it's been closed for so many years. :(

[PSYCLONA]

This ride was the shit. It felt sooooooo real. Loved the mermaids. This was the closest thing to an underwater fantasy world. Ahhhhhhh, all mental imagery now. Thanks for taking me waaaaaaay back.

I'm sure Finding Nemo will be cool too! =)

[patrickattack]

i got to ride it and i loved it and miss it :( its makes me sad that they put in a popualr movie (nemo) instead of real imagination.

[BulletShootingGuys]

Ya miss it, huh? Well, it's not fully gone! Thanks to ParkHopper, we've got the video of it! Now we all need office chairs to make it feel like we're actually moving!

[blinkAsthenia182]

I never got to ride this, but it looks so cool. I wish that I could of.

[jegdiok]

thank you soooo much for posting this. this ride was the closest i ever got to confronting my fears of the ocean. i miss this ride so much.

[poetworm]

never got a chance to get on this ride, but wow, was it amazing. it just felt so real, incredible.

[LouiePlaysDrums]

This brings a tear to my eye. I miss California and I miss Disneyland as it was. Thanks for posting this.

[WinterDuck]

Best ride at Disneyland.. EVER. Too bad they got rid of it..

[mdm1091]

How do they get handicapped people on this ride?

[ParkHopper]

The ride opened in 1959 before the disabled access laws. I belive the new version starring Nemo will have access for the disabled but I don't know how it will work.

[hypnodude]

*testing*

[AlexG8462]

i heard rumors that the windows r gonna b TV screens 4 the new finding nemo ride is that true?

[hypnodude]

Nope.

Although there will be some animated images outside of the portholes. But they will not be tv screens. They will still be real windows giving people a real underwater view.

[biffspiffygeekoid]

no theres an acutal envierment

[772pilot]

with talking fish that appear on queue? I don't think so...

[hypnodude]

Once again, great video!

And the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is officially opening on June 11th.

[MadMike858]

Not only that but the organ in the ballroom scene of the Haunted Mansion was actually used in 20,000 leagues under the Sea movie

[klpeekl2000]

i love the fact of the whole nemo thing, that its finding nemo and the old ride had captain nemo, they better tie that into the new ride somehow.

[hypnodude]

Well, actually, only WDW's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" had Captain Nemo. Disneyland's "Submarine Voyage" just had an anonymous Captain. However, Disneyland's ride DID have a sea craft on display in the queue that was named "Nemo"

[Telaria]

I miss this ride. :(

Thanks for uploading it.

[larrylease2006]

The new sub ride will feature Finding Nemo chumming summer 07

[requenabrian]

yeah i work at DL and i saw them putting in all the nemo things it is so cool man i cant wait to go on it and im sick DL

[slushxlush88]

omgosh,

what does it take to work at disneyland?

I would absolutely love to work there!

[requenabrian]

r u kidding they hire anyone right on the spot

[MetalUpYourAss602]

thank you so much, i live in vegas and we go to disneyland about 1-2 times a year. and i always see this big pond or lake and my mom told me about this ride when she lived in california and ive always wanted to know wat u do in this ride, ive been so interested in it i dont know why, do u know why it closed

[ParkHopper]

The ride was getting old. It was very expensive to maintain. It needed a major refurbishment that also would have been very expensive. The management team that ran Disneyland at the time felt the expense was not justified so they closed it.

Fortunately different people are running Disneyland now and soon the subs will reopen.

[MetalUpYourAss602]

thanks, and great job on all the other videos too

[pineapplewhipaddict]

They actually did have plans to re-open it into an Atlantis ride if the movie did well, but it flopped, so they abandoned all of the plans for it.

[Beatleslover13]

ParkHopper, I want to know, why did they make Space Mountain into Rockin' Space Mountain?

[ParkHopper]

It was a promtional gimic to try and get more people in the parks during the slow season.

[dafranky]

hey man, I'm from vegas too and I've been to D-land since I was young almost every year....I remember going on this ride when I was like 6 and it soooo freaked me out, I thought we were really under water!! It sux they took it out.