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{{Infobox Disney ride
| image=Poohentrance.jpg
| park= Magic Kingdom
| land=Fantasyland
| opened= June 155 (or 4th depending on the source), 1999
| vehicle_names=Honeypot
| guests_per_vehicle=4
| custom_value_1= Disney's Winnie the Pooh series
| type=Dark Ride
|custom_label_2= FastPass Disney Genie +
|custom_value_2= Yes
}}
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
==Attraction History==
The idea of a dark ride based on Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise began in the late 1970s. Following the popularity of the Winnie the Pooh movies, Imagineers began to make plans for a Winnie the Pooh attraction to be added to Disneyland's Fantasyland. In fact Disneyland's 1976 long range master plan noted that "a new dark ride type attraction, possibly a Pooh theme with 900/hour capacity would be added near Casey, Jr." <ref name= "hill"> http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2003/08/04/168.aspx#sthash.3HtXHepG.dpuf </ref>. With Fantasyland scheduled to go under a significant renovation soon, and it was assumed that the Winnie the Pooh dark ride would be added then. When Disneyland's Fantasyland re-opened in 1983 however, there was no Winnie the Pooh ride present.
Although the attraction was not built, the idea of a Winnie the Pooh dark ride was not dead. In the late 1980s, Imagineers once again began making plans for a Disneyland Pooh ride. This time , the attraction was going to be located in Disneyland's Mickey's Toontown Fair. The new Winnie the Pooh ride would have allowed guests to travel through what were deemed the three best scenes in the movies in a spinable honeypot <ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=XqaWtV6Om1sC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=1970s+Disneyland+Winnie+the+Pooh+attraction&source=bl&ots=IS3Z7p_e-P&sig=wo0q7AUXQ9ZSGIrA-wxJeQXLLPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjY8-Sl2ovKAhUJPCYKHdsoAf4Q6AEITzAM#v=onepage&q=1970s%20Disneyland%20Winnie%20the%20Pooh%20attraction&f=false </ref>. Once again however, the attraction never came to fruition, as the location earmarked for the Pooh attraction would instead become home to Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. <ref> http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-20/news/ol-18247_1_toon-spin </ref>
Several years after the last attempt at a Winnie the Pooh dark ride, Imagineers once again pitched the idea. This time, they wanted to build the attraction in Walt Disney World. Although Walt Disney World's [[Fantasyland ]] had enough space to build the new attraction, it was eventually decided to replace that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride would be replaced, and reuse its show buildingreused. Although an official reason for this decision was never given, it has been widely accepted that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was chosen for replacement due to the fact that Pooh would be a more marketable character than Mr. Toad <ref> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/mtwr.htm </ref>. Despite Mr. Toad fan protests (as well as some bad publicity) <ref> https://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/toad/ow/ow971218.html </ref> Disney closed Mr. Toad's Wild Ride on September 7, 1998 <ref> http://allears.net/tp/mk/toad.htm </ref>. Mr. Toad's show building and ride structure were then reused, and on June 5, 1999 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh officially opened <ref> http://allears.net/tp/mk/mk_pooh.htm </ref>.
On November 23, 2010 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was given a new interactive queue. Sections in the new queue included: Tigger’s Bouncy Place, Rabbit’s Garden, Eeyore’s Gloomy Place and Pooh’s Hunny Hives <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/11/behind-the-scenes-the-many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>. At this time, the large tree that serves as Pooh's house was relocated from the recently closed [[Pooh's Playful Spot]] to the entrance of the queue <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/the-many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/news/29apr2010-pooh's-playful-spot-tree-now-installed-in-the-many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh-queue.htm </ref>. Almost as soon as the new queue was installed, Disney decided to close the Tigger's Bouncy Place due to safety concerns. In January 2011, the area was eventually reopened with new bounce pads and a softer surrounding area <ref> http://thedisneyblog.com/2011/01/23/tiggers-bouncy-place-opens-at-winnie-the-pooh/ </ref>. Eventually however , Disney decided to do away with the pads altogether, and in March the area was walled off for refurbishment <ref> http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/pooh-queue-rumor-tigger-bounce-spot-to-be-removed.684076/page-7 </ref>. That area remained closed until it was later repurposed for a Pooh meet and greet.
==Attraction Plot==
[[Image:Honeyscreen.jpg|thumb|200px|The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a dark ride attraction that takes guests into the world of interactive honey wall found in the 100 Acre Woodsqueue.Photo Credit: Disney]]
===Queue===
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh's queue, is themed to be Chapter One of the story that guests are about to enter. Pages from a Winnie the Pooh book are used to give guests the attraction's backstory as they walk through the line. The queue begins with Winnie wondering what he will do today. A map of the Hundred Acre Woods is present, showing the various places that Pooh (and guests) can go. The Hundred Acre Woods begin with guests passing Pooh's house which is inside a large tree. Hanging off of the tree are two signs. The first reads "Mr. Sanders" and can can be found above the front door. The second sign is the attraction's entrance sign, which marks the beginning of the attraction. As part of the attraction's new interactive queue, guests can go into Pooh's house and see how the bear lives.
===Main Attraction===
As Chapter Two begins, guests enter the Hundred Acre Woods on blustery day. As the wind howls around them, Piglet and Gopher can be seen on the left, being blown around in a garden. Next to them, Pooh is holding on to a balloon and using the wind to try and get into a beehive. Back on the ground, Eeyore looks on, commenting that Pooh will never get the honey and across the room, Rabbit can be seen lying in his garden underneath a pile on unearthed carrots. Next to him is Kanga, who is desperately trying to hang on to Roo who is up in the air and holding onto the other end of a scarf. As Kanga pleads with him to hold on, Roo says, "Look mama, I'm a kite!". Riders then go through a door and into Owl's House.[[Image:PoohtoadHoney.jpg|thumb|300px350px|The painting Pooh happily eating his honey at the end of the attraction.]]Inside Owl's House, everything has been disorganized by the storm. On the right, guests can see a picture of J. Thaddeus Toad (Mr. Toad ) handing the deed over a deed to Owl.]]Another picture on the floor shows Moley (Mr. Toad's sidekick) and Winnie the Pooh together. Both of these pictures are subtle references to the fact that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride once was located in the current location of the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. After passing through Owl's House, guests enter the next scene through a sliding door.
As guests follow the bear into the next room, they enter a bizarre scene. All around the honeypots, Heffalumps and Woozles manically sing. Strange creatures such as Woozles with jack-in-the-box necks surrounded guests. One Woozle even seems to light the end of a Heffalump on fire, causing a smoke ring to come out of the Heffalump's trunk, which hits guests. After passing through a large hole in a Heffalump, guests can see room’s exit. Before exiting however, the honeypots travel under "watering can" shaped Heffalumps, which transition them to the next scene.
==See the Attraction!==
[[Image:Poohtoad.jpg|thumb|300px|The painting of Mr. Toad handing the deed over to Owl.]]
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==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* A small carving of a submarine can be found on a rafter in Pooh's House. The FastPass machines for submarine is a subtle tribute to the closed Fantasyland attraction [[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]] <ref> http://www.hiddenwdw.com/20000-leagues-under-pooh/ </ref>. Pooh's House was originally a part of Pooh's Playful Spot, which sat on the location that once housed 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/poohs-playful-spot.htm </ref>. When the playground closed, the tree was moved to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, are located near Mickey's PhilharMagicqueue <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/poohs-playful-spot.htm </ref>.
* A small carving of a submarine Guests can be found on a rafter in smell honey as they exit The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh's house. The submarine is a subtle tribute to <ref> http://orlandoinside.com/the closed Fantasyland attraction [[20,000 Leagues Under -many-adventures-of-winnie-the Sea]].-pooh-ride-review-at-disney/ </ref>
* From 1999 until 2010 the gift shop that guests exited into after riding The FastPass return clock for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh features a small was known as Pooh "Cuckoo"'s Thotful Shop. * Guests can smell honey as they exit The Many Adventures of Winnie the Poohstore was given its new name in November 2010. <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/guide/1046/Walt-Disney-World//Fantasyland/Hundred-Acre-Goods </ref>
==References==