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Heeding Odin's advice, guests would then enter a scene which depicted a coastal Viking settlement, where various Vikings were shown preparing their boats. After seeing the settlement, the scope of the scene was expanded and guests witnessed various Viking ships sailing off into the distance, as a nearby man blew a horn to seemingly announce their departure.

After traveling through the Viking village, guests entered the next scene which depicted a Norwegian forest. As guests the boats traveled ahead, a large three headed troll emerged. The troll had been angered by guests intrusion in the forest (which he called Troll Country) and he then cast a spell on the boat, telling guests to go "Back! Over the falls!". At this point in the attraction, the boat began to move backwards and guests went down a small decent.

After the drop, guests found themselves in Norway's polar region. Here, guests the boats floated past a polar bear menacingly standing on its hind legs. Continuing backwards, guests headed towards the pavilion's exterior waterfall, giving them a view of World Showcase. Just as it seemed that the boat will boats would go plunging down the waterfall however, a large tree-stump troll rose up , and changed the direction of the boat boats once again. At this point, guests fell (forward) down a 28 foot drop, before finding themselves in the middle of a North Sea storm. As wind and rain howled around the boattheir boats, guests came dangerously close an oil rig. Eventually however the boats passed through the storm and arrived safely at a harbor in a small fishing village. Before unloading, guests heard one last narration which concluded that, "Norway's spirit has always been, will always be, adventure!”

When Maelstrom initially opened, after disembarking from the ride, guests would stay be held in an intricately themed nighttime plaza while waiting to enter the [[Spirit of Norway]] theater , which was located in the attraction's exit. In the years before the attraction closed however, the doors to theater had remained open, allowing guests to enter and exit the theater at will <ref> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/walt_disney_world/theme_parks/epcot/world_showcase/norway/ M</ref>. This also gave guests the option of skipping the film altogether.