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Maelstrom permanently closed on October 5, 2014 in order to make way for a new attraction titled [[Frozen Ever After]] <ref> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/the-daily-disney/os-farewell-to-norway-maelstrom-ride-at-epcot-20141005-story.html </ref>.
===Imagineers===
Imagineers that worked on the development and creation of Maelstrom included:
'''Randy Carter'''- Producer <ref name= "mouseplanet"/>
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* The large troll that emerges in Maelstrom was inspired by Theodor Kittelsen's painting "The Monster of the Lake" <ref> https://twitter.com/EpcotLegacy/status/1544477274023645186/photo/2 </ref> * The boats used as ride vehicles in Maelstrom were designed to look like those from in the time of Eric the Red <Ref name= "parksblog"/>.
* As guests went down the attraction's largest drop, they could see a cruise ship sailing nearby. This was there due to the fact that Norwegian Caribbean Lines was once one of the pavilion's sponsors <ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/01/norway_pavilion_part_two.html </ref>.
* The trolls in Maelstrom were also sculpted by Peter Kermode <ref name= "part2">https://www.mouseplanet.com/7132/Walt_Disney_Worlds_Maelstrom_Part_2 </ref>.
* When Maelstrom opened, it featured Disney’s Walt Disney World's largest smoke machine system used to date <ref name= "Martin"/>.
* 5.7 million people rode Maelstrom in its first year of operation <ref name= "book"/>.
* Some of the Viking Audio-Animatronic figures were reused models molds from other [[EPCOT Center ]] attractions such as [[Spaceship Earth]] and [[World of Motion]] <ref name= "part2"/>.
* The Maelstrom boats were some of the last work done by Imagineer Jack Ferges before his retirement.
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