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{{Infobox Disney ride|
| image=DumbomainDumbonew2.jpg| caption='''Dumbo the Flying Elephant in it's its former location in Fantasyland.| alt= Dumbo the Flying Elephant Magic Kingdom'''
| land=Fantasyland (Storybook Circus)
| opened=October 1, 1971
| closed =January 9, 2012
|custom_label_1= Will ReopenReopened| park= Magic Kingdom|custom_value_1= March 12, 2012 (expectedFirst Dumbo) <br> June 22, 2012 (Second Dumbo)
| number_of_vehicles=16
| guests_per_vehicle=2-3
| custom_value_2= Disney's Dumbo
| type=Hub and Spoke
|custom_label_2= Disney Genie +
|custom_value_2= Yes
}}
Dumbo the Flying Elephant is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
==Attraction History==
The history of Dumbo the Flying Elephant began with an idea for an attraction in Disneyland. In the early 1950s, Imagineers began working on designs for a "hub and spoke" style ride based on the 1941 Disney movie "Dumbo". In this early incarnation, guests would have ridden the "Pink Elephants" that Dumbo hallucinates in the movie, with the working title of the attraction being "10 Pink Elephants On Parade" <ref> http://www.yesterland.com/dumbo.html </ref>. The Pink Elephants were initially chosen because, while there were going to be ten ride vehicles on the attraction, there was only one Dumbo <ref name= "nickle"> Gordon, B., & Mumford, D. (2000). Disneyland: The nickel tour (2nd ed.). Santa Clarita, Calif.: Camphor Tree </ref>. Walt Disney however, did not want his guests riding in alcohol induced elephants, and he ordered the ride vehicles painted grey <ref name="nickle"/>. The attraction's name was thus changed to Dumbo the Flying Elephant, and it opened in Disneyland in August 1955 <ref> http://www.davelandweb.com/dumbo/ </ref>.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant began as proved to be so popular in Disneyland that it was an attraction obvious choice for Disneyland, inclusion in the early 1950sWalt Disney World. The attraction is a "hub A replica Dumbo was built, and spoke" attraction based on the 1941 Disney movie, Dumbo. Original designs for the attraction showed guests riding in opened with the "Pink Elephants" that Dumbo hallucinates in rest of the moviepark on October 1, 1971 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/disneyworldgrandopening.html </ref>. The working title ride consisted of the attraction was 10 Pink Elephants On Parade. This decision was made, because while their were going to be ten ride vehicles, there was only one Dumbo. Walt Disney however, did not want his guests riding Dumbos flying around in alcohol induced elephantsa circle, and he ordered although two years after the ride vehicles painted grey. The attraction opened, Timothy the Mouse was changed added to Dumbo the Flying Elephantcenter hub <ref name= "florida"> http://www.florida-project.com/walt-disney-world-photos/magic-kingdom/fantasyland/dumbo-the-flying-elephant </ref>. Besides being the object that guests now flew around, Timothy was also holding a whip and it opened in Disneyland in October of 1955standing on a disco ball.
==Attraction Plot==
===Interactive Queue===
[[Image:DumboInteractive.jpg|400px|thumb|Inside the Dumbo the Flying Elephant queue. Photo Disney.| alt= Dumbo queue ]]
As part of Dumbo the Flying Elephant 's relocation, the attraction was given a "next generation" queue. The new queue allows guests to enter a big top tent, which houses a large playground based on the clown scene from the movie. Initially, when guests entered the tent they were given a card with a letter on it. When it was their turn to ride, a cast member would call them back to the entrance (by letter) and they would board the attraction. Subsequently however, the card system has been replaced. Now when guests enter the queue they are given a pager. When it is there turn to ride, the pager goes off and Timothy the Mouse tells them it is time to board Dumbo . ===Ride===Dumbo the Flying Elephant allows guests to board a Dumbo ride vehicle, and fly counter clockwise high above Fantasyland. The ride is hub and spoke attraction, with the Dumbo's extending from a center central hot air balloon. Timothy the Mouse stands on top of the balloon, holding Dumbo's magic feather. A joystick in the middle of the ride vehicle allows guests to move their elephant up or down. The ride Dumbo lasts for approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds, before the elephants descend back to the ground.
==See the Attraction!==
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==Fun Facts and Trivia==
*President Gerald Ford Harry Truman refused to ride Dumbo the Flying Elephant in Disneyland, due to the fact that the elephant is the mascot for the Republican Party<ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/08/dumbo-the-flying-elephant-celebrates-55th-anniversary/ </ref>.
*Before the attraction closed in January 2012, a ride vehicle was placed just outside the attraction. This allowed guests to board the vehicle and take pictures, without having to wait in line<ref> http://allears.net/dlr/tp/dl/dumbo.htm </ref>.
*Unlike every other version of Chris Edgerly voices Timothy the Mouse on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Walt Disney World<ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/10478/Voices_of_the_Disney_Parks </ref>. * During the attraction's Dumbo does not include a central water feature. This is because relocation, the untilidoors underneath statue of Timothy the Magic Kingdom made installing Mouse that once stood at the center of the original Dumbo ride was moved to the new attraction's marquee <ref> https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/dumbo-the necessary pipes impossible-flying-elephant/ </ref>.
==References==