Pinocchio's Daring Journey

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Pinocchio's Daring Journey
Locations and Opening Dates
Disneyland May 23, 1983
Tokyo Disneyland April 15, 1983
Disneyland Paris April 12, 1992
Disneyland Park Attractions
50th Anniversary
Year of a Million Dreams
Main Street, U.S.A.

Main Street Vehicles

  • Fire Engine
  • Horse-Drawn Streetcars
  • Horseless Carriage
  • Omnibus
Fantasyland
Tomorrowland
Frontierland
Adventureland
New Orleans Square
Critter Country
Mickey's Toontown
Entertainment

Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris theme parks. Located in Fantasyland, this ride is based on Disney's animated film version of the classic story, which was the studio's second animated feature film. This is the first attraction created by Disney to use holographic technology, which appears in the scene where the boys turn into donkeys on Pleasure Island.

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[edit] History

This ride's history actually begins in 1976, when it was decided to remove the old Fantasyland Theater and shoehorn the ride into it. It was originally inteded for the guests to ride in cars designed to resemble Geppetto's wood-carved toys. However, it was all put in storage for a while before being revived for the opening of Tokyo Disneyland in 1983. It then came to Disneyland a month and a half later as part of the complete overhaul of Fantasyland. Sure enough, this ride is now the tenant of the building once occupied by the old Fantasyland Theater.

[edit] Attraction facts

[edit] Tokyo Disneyland

[edit] Disneyland

  • Grand opening: May 23, 1983
  • Designer: WED Enterprises
  • Maximum seating capacity: 4 per mine car
  • Show length: Approx. 2:00
  • Ride system: Dark ride

[edit] Disneyland Paris

  • Grand opening: April 12, 1992 (Opened with Disneyland Paris)
  • Alternate name: Les Voyages de Pinocchio (literally "The Journeys of Pinocchio")
  • Unofficial name: Pinocchio's Fantastic Journey
  • Designers: Walt Disney Imagineering
  • Maximum seating capacity: 6 per mine car
  • Show length: Approx. 2:00
  • Ride system: Dark ride

[edit] See also


Attractions at Magic Kingdom style parks
Main Street, U.S.A.: The Dapper Dans | Disneyland Railroad | Disney in the Stars | Disney on Parade | Fantasy in the Sky |
Main Street Electrical Parade | Remember... Dreams Come True | Walt Disney World Railroad | Wishes | World Bazaar
Fantasyland: Cinderella Castle | Dumbo Flying Elephants | King Arthur Carrousel | Mad Tea Party | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Matterhorn Bobsleds | Mickey's PhilharMagic |
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride | Peter Pan's Flight | Pinocchio's Daring Journey | Skyway | Sleeping Beauty Castle | Snow White's Scary Adventures | "it's a small world"
Tomorrowland: Adventure Thru Inner Space | America Sings | Autopia | Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters | Captain EO | Carousel of Progress | Delta Dreamflight |
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage | Honey, I Shrunk the Audience | If You Had Wings | Innoventions | PeopleMover/Tomorrowland Transit Authority | Magic Journeys |
Rocket Jets/Astro Orbitor | Rocket Rods | Space Mountain | Star Tours | Stitch's Great Escape! | The Timekeeper
Frontierland/Critter Country: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Country Bear Jamboree | Pinewood Indians | Splash Mountain | Rivers of America
Adventureland: Indiana Jones Adventure | Jungle Cruise | Raging Spirits | Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room
Liberty Square/New Orleans Square: The Haunted Mansion | Rivers of America | Pirates of the Caribbean
Other: Club 33 | Fantasmic! | Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
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