Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
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Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California that is slated to open in May 2007. It replaces the Submarine Voyage attraction, which closed in 1998.
History
When Matt Ouimet became the president of Disneyland Resort, many noticed new activity in the lagoon, the former home of Submarine Voyage. Neptune, one of the eight submarines in the fleet, was moored in the old Submarine Voyage station for inspection by Walt Disney Imagineering in 2004. Rumors spread quickly over the Internet about an attraction based on the Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Nemo.On July 15, 2005, two days before the official 50th Anniversary of Disneyland, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage was officially announced at the new Turtle Talk with Crush attraction at Disney's California Adventure by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts president Jay Rasulo. The submarines had closed years earlier with an announcement that an Atlantis ride would be built.
The attraction
Although little is known of the finer details of the new ride, a couple of interesting things have leaked. The [Yesterland page] reported that new technology will be used to create the illusion of an undersea journey: Instead of underwater plastic fish on strings, each porthole will be a small effect box used to project images so that they appear to be moving through the water outside the boat. However, more recent developments have suggested that these 'boxes' will literally be small individual aquarium tanks, that are in fact dry inside, keeping the projection equipment, set pieces, and Audio-Animatronics dry. Because there will be a space between the glass walls of these dry tanks and the submarines, from the rider's perspective, are below the water level, the effect will appear as if the scenes are underwater as the guests look through the water to the scenes in the tanks. The Seagulls who yelp "Mine Mine" in the movie are also planned to appear in the outside queue area as brand new Audio-Animatronics. In addition to a brand-new loading station, an area providing wheelchair-bound guests who cannot ride the attraction due to the configuration of the subs (they are grandfathered as they were built before ADA requirements) will be built allowing those who cannot ride to view a video presentation of the experience.The official Disney press releases reveals a storyline that puts the guests as members of the sub crew. Guests will embark on an expedition to observe an active undersea volcano. But soon after departure, they will be delighted to discover their favorite fish friends getting into the swim of things right alongside their submarine! Nemo and his friends are able to go along for the ride thanks to the new projection technology described above.
With new use of the subs’ vintage "sonar hydrophones," Guests will hear the fish talk with the same personalities and humor established in the film. Guests will get to eavesdrop on the exploits of Dory (Blue Tang fish), Marlin (Clown fish), Crush (Turtle), Bruce (Great White Shark) and the members of the “tank gang,” and most importantly, take part in an ever changing adventure of trying to “find” Nemo throughout the voyage.
Along the way guests catch glimpses of Nemo in a variety of colorful undersea environments while joining Crush, Dory, Bruce and Marlin in the undersea search. There will be several moments when Guests aboard their submarine will be able to see Nemo while the other guests won’t! After surviving a sub-shaking volcanic eruption, the subs dive alongside a breathtakingly beautiful coral reef where Marlin, Nemo and all their friends gather to celebrate finding Nemo at last.
The vehicles
As with the old Submarine Voyage, the ride's submarines do not actually submerge; they are boats in which the passenger seating area is below the water level. For the Finding Nemo version of the attraction, four seats will be added to each submarine, bringing each sub's capacity up to 42 guests. This will be done by replacing the old entry staircases with less space-consuming staircases. It is unknown whether the submarines will be renamed or repainted for the new ride. The diesel fuel that powered the original subs has been scrapped and the subs will now be electrically powered.See also
References
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