Back in 1992, my family was looking for a place to take a vacation.  Hawaii was getting old after four years so we had to decide on something new.  Well, I was young, and very easily swayed by television commercials.  I had wanted to visit Walt Disney World for some time before that and when I saw the "One!...Two!......Three! Four!...etc" commercial, that's where I wanted to go.  After some successful lobbying with the parents, it was decided that Disney World was where we were headed.  We had heard rumors somewhere (I don't remember where) that the 20k Walkthrough from Disneyland had been moved to Florida so that was somewhat enticing for my father, who had been around to see the original attraction back in '55.

  At first, we didn't find the walkthrough.  Come to think of it, we didn't find it at all there.  What we did find among other things was a diver's helmet, a spear gun, an Oscar, and Emmy, a replica dive suit, and two eleven foot models...among other things.

  I also found this super cool ride.  At its core, the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction in the Magic Kingdom was nothing more than a repackaged version of the Submarine Adventure here at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, but it at least contained a theme with far greater longevity than that of cold war superiority expressed by the Anaheim attraction.  Now, don't get me wrong.  Disneyland's Submarine voyage was extremely entertaining, WDW's was just a more suitable theme.

  Anyhow, one of the more cool things about the attraction in Florida, was its que, which was perfectly Goffic in everyway, AND in the shade, AND had fans, AND had a music track from Leagues playing.  Talk about a perfect way to spend an afternoon at Walt Disney World.

  The ride itself is much the same as Disneyland with the exception that your journey is narrated by a person who does not sound entirely unlike James Mason.  You also see divers in horribly inaccurate diving suits wrangling a turtle.

  An interesting decision made by Disney for the ride was the fact that they show the giant squid attacking one of the ride subs and not the original Nautilus.  The giant squid is also far from "giant" at the Florida attraction unlike Anaheim where the squid/octopus had a definite amount of girth to it.

  And then, of course, at the end of the ride, was the wonderful and familiar cross-eyed Sea Serpent.

  Overall, the ride proved to be quite an enjoyable if familar experience and it will definitely be missed.  It is a great testament to the ride that these pictures were taken.  Sent to me back in 1997, I have since lost the name of the gentleman who sent them to me.  If you know who you are, get in touch with me and I will gladly give you credit since this is beautiful work.

  The ride subs were removed approximately 5 years ago due to maintenance and safety problems permanently.  What now resides next to the attraction is a "Meet & Greet".  Whoohoo!  I sho' am excited about that one.