Alice in Wonderland (Disneyland attraction)

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Alice in Wonderland is a ride in Fantasyland at Disneyland park. Based on the animated Disney adaptation of the same name, the attraction resides next to a second ride, the Mad Tea Party, based on a scene in that same adaptation. The presence of two rides based on the film is unusual in that audience reception to the 1951 film was generally negative, and even Walt Disney himself said he regretted making it because it lacked a connection to the audience's hearts.

The ride follows the path of the movie, as the riders (as Alice) follows the White Rabbit down the Rabbit Hole into Wonderland. They spin through scenes in a madcap fashion, facing the wrath of angry flowers on a golden afternoon and dodging absurd creatures in the forest, with some questionable guidance from the Cheshire Cat. When the Queen loses to Alice at croquet, she threatens to chop off the innocent girl's head as she (and the ride vehicles) push their way through brigades of playing cards. The vehicles then leave the ride building's second floor (a rare occurrence in a non-thrill ride at a Disney park) and pass by people waiting in line before heading to the climatic scene at the Mad Tea Party. The White Rabbit ducks as a giant birthday cake with a dynamite candle explodes and the ride vehicles escape back to where they began. Alice herself is only seen in the singing flower garden hidden behind a leaf to the visitor's left.


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Attractions at Disneyland
Main Street, U.S.A.: Disneyland Railroad | Main Street Cinema | Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln | Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years
Main Street Vehicles: Fire Engines | Horse-Drawn Streetcars | Horseless Carriage | Omnibus
Fantasyland: Alice in Wonderland | Casey Jr. Circus Train | Dumbo the Flying Elephant | Fantasyland Theater
"it's a small world" | King Arthur Carrousel | Mad Tea Party | Matterhorn Bobsleds | Mr. Toad's Wild Ride | Peter Pan's Flight
Pinocchio's Daring Journey | Sleeping Beauty Castle | Snow White's Scary Adventures | Storybook Land Canal Boats
Tomorrowland: Astro Orbitor | Autopia | Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters | Disneyland Monorail System | Disneyland Railroad
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage | Honey, I Shrunk the Audience | Innoventions | Space Mountain | Starcade | Star Tours
Frontierland: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Tom Sawyer Island | Frontierland Shooting Exposition | Mark Twain Riverboat
Rafts to Tom Sawyer's Island | Sailing Ship Columbia | Big Thunder Ranch | The Golden Horseshoe Stage
Adventureland: Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room | Indiana Jones Adventure | Jungle Cruise | Tarzan's Treehouse
New Orleans Square: Haunted Mansion | Pirates of the Caribbean | The Disney Gallery | Club 33
Critter Country: Splash Mountain | Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey's Toontown: Chip 'n Dale Treehouse | Donald's Boat | Gadget's Go Coaster | Goofy's Playouse | Mickey's House
Minnie's House | Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
Entertainment: Walt Disney's Parade of Dreams | Remember... Dreams Come True | The Dapper Dans | Fantasmic!


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