When did 20,000 leagues close?

[crz4mm2]

Anyone know when this attraction closed? I can remember riding on it,but can't remember which trip it was.
THanks.
Cathy

 

[TheRustyScupper]

1994

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

DH is still VERY upset about this. I'm getting sick of hearing about it! LOL

 

[Tiggerlover91]

 

[MagicPrincess]

that ride is one of the only things my husband remembers of his trip back when he was a child.
Why did they get rid of it?

 

[Dznefreek]

Why did they get rid of it?

Rumor is too slow loading and unloading plus mounting maintenance issues.

I don't think I ever waited more than 25-35 minutes to board.

Others say because it was not ADA compliant.

I think it is one of those where we will never really know.

 

[danny1649]

I wish they would use the area for another attraction that would fit in with the present theme.

 

[SueM in MN]

Others say because it was not ADA compliant.

There are a lot of rides still open that are not ADA compliant (Examples: Peter Pan, Swiss Family Robinson treehouse, Tom Sawyer's island, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, plus a lot that are minimally accessible) so even though this is sometimes mentioned, they don't close rides just because they are not ADA compliant.
I do know that in the years before it officially closed, it was often closed temporarily for maintenance. It was an old ride with (what a CM told my FIL) a lot of pieces that had to be hand made if they broke (you can't just go to the hardware store and get submarine ride pieces). It was slow loading and didn't carry many people per hour. The first few years we went to WDW (1986 and on), we frequently didn't ride it because the waits were over an hour.

 

[Dan Murphy]

http://www.magicalmountain.net/WDWArchives/20000Leagues.asp

 

[DebbieB]

Looks like we just missed it, our first trip was October 1994.

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

What?! 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is closed?!!!



Just kidding.....totally reminded me of a Saturday Night Live skit they did about how nobody will forget where they were when they heard Kennedy was shot, and they were interviewing people about this on the 25th anniversary of JFK's assisination -- and the one guy jumps up in a panic and shouts, "What? The president's been shot!?"

I, too, miss 20,000 Leagues. I wish they'd bring it back....or put something really cool in its place -- Nemo, Little Mermaid....

 

[JACKNAG]

FYI

Here is a complete list some one made for the Magic Kingdom


http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/mklist.htm