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Peter PanBesides coming up with the ride's Flight general layout, Marvin Davis was an opening day attraction in Disney World's Fantasyland. The attraction was an expanded version of Disneyland's Peter Pan attraction which had opened in 1955. The original Disneyland version of also responsible for the unique ride, was made so system that guests would see the story of Peter Pan, through his eyesattraction used. Because Instead of thishaving the vehicles run on a ground track, Peter Pan himself was nowhere the ride vehicles were instead connected by a large rod to be seen a track on the attractionceiling. Guests would board ride vehiclesBy late 1954, which were suspended from a ceiling test track, and go through the story as if they ride mock-up were Peter Pan. Despite created by Bob Mattey and other Imagineers best efforts, many guests did not understand in the attractions premise, and they were confused as to why Peter Pan was not on an attraction which was named after himSpecial Effects shop building at the Walt Disney Studios <ref name= "walt"/>.

When Walt Disney World was originally being designedIn early 1955, there Imagineers and artists Ken Anderson and Claude Coats were no plans for a Peter Pan attraction. Instead, charged with painting the attraction would have been replaced by a Mary Poppins ride. Eventually however, and getting it was decided to include an expanded version of ready in time for Disneyland's opening day. According to Anderson:[[Image:Peterconstruction.jpg|thumb|400px|A Disney Imagineer working on the Tick-Tok Crocodile and Michael figures for Peter Pan's Flight in Walt Disney World. Although the basic idea of guests flying over scenes from | Imagineer Peter Pan was kept intact's Flight]]{{Quotation| There wasn't time for a lot of preliminary planning, we just went in there and did them! We had already done the storyline was changedfeature films, so that it included Peter Pan as a main character. Other changes to the attraction includedlook, the addition of Audio Anamatronicsstory, which were not present in even the Disneyland version of the attraction. Scenes depicting Peter fighting with Captain Hook, aboard his 48 foot long ship, and then Peter celebrating with the Darling children key scenes were also added to the Disney World versionalready thought out. The final difference between We knew the attractions is that instead of stopping the ride vehicles to load theme and unload guestswe knew how much space we had, Peter Pan's Flight so we just started in Disney World uses and Omnimover system, similar to the one used in the [[Haunted Mansion]]<ref name= "walt"/>.}}

Although Peter Pan's Flight hasn't seen any major changes since it (as the attraction was eventually named) openedin Disneyland on July 17, 1955 <ref name= "allears"> http://allears.net/tp/mk/pan.htm </ref>. Although very popular, initially Disney did not want to create a version of the attraction is expected for the unbuilt Walt Disney World. Instead, Peter Pan's Flight was to get an interactive queue in be replaced by a Mary Poppins ride that took guests “flying” through various scenes from the near futuremovie <ref name= "Korkis"> https://www. The queue will extend out mouseplanet.com/10436/Mary_Poppins_Fun_Facts </ref>. Eventually however, due to either the former location cost of creating the Fantasyland [[Skyway]] stationnew attraction, which has been used or guest expectations for restrooms a Fantasyland that was similar to Disneyland, it was decided to include an expanded version of Disneyland's Peter Pan's Flight in recent yearsWalt Disney World <ref name= Korkis/>.

With this task in mind, in February 1971, Imagineers Bill Justice and Bill Martin completed drawings for the Magic Kingdom version of the attraction <ref name="walt"/>. Unlike the original Disneyland version where guests played the role of Peter Pan, in Walt Disney World's version guests would fly over various scenes from the movie. To this end, Audio Animatronics of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, various pirates, and Indians were created for the Magic Kingdom version of the attraction. Scenes featuring: Wendy reading to the boys in the nursery, Indians in their camp, and a climatic duel between Captain Hook and Peter Pan were also added to the new attraction. Also included in the Florida version, was Captain Hook's 48 foot pirate ship where the duel takes place <ref name=Attraction Plot="walt"/>. One final difference between the two attractions is that unlike Disneyland's Peter Pan's Flight, the ride vehicles in Walt Disney World use an omnimover ride system similar to the one used in the [[Haunted Mansion]] <ref> https://www.mouseplanet.com/guide/148/Walt-Disney-World/Magic-Kingdom/Fantasyland/Peter-Pans-Flight </ref>. Peter Pan's Flight eventually opened on October 3, 1971, two days after the Magic Kingdom's grand opening <ref name="allears"/>.

Although Peter Pan's Flight hasn't seen any major changes since it opened, the attraction did debut a new interactive queue on January 29, 2015. Following the refurbishment, the queue is a dark ride attraction now themed so that takes guests "flying" through enter the story of DisneyDarling children's Peter Pannursery. After walking While going through a covered queue, guests reach the loading area. Herenursery, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell pay guests board "aerial gallons" (their ride vehicle), as they move forward into the show buildinga visit <ref> http://www. Before entering the building, the gallons are sprinkled with pixie dust, which causes them to begin to flywdwmagic. The flying effect is enhanced by the fact, the ride vehicles are attached to a track on the ceilingcom/attractions/peter-pans-flight/news/29jan2015-video---peter-pans-flight-debuts-new-interactive-features-in-expanded-queue-area. With nothing below them, guests get the feeling that they are really flyinghtm </ref>.

After ascending into the air, the first scene that guests see, depicts Wendy reading to John and Michael as they go to sleep. In the background, guests can hear nursery music playing==Attraction Plot==[[Image:Peterwin2. Riders then hear jpg|thumb|400px|Peter Pan say, "Here we gooooooo" as he and the Darling children fly out the windowkids celebrating their victory. Guests then fly with the children out of the house. Below them, riders can see Nana the families dog barking, before they continue on. The gallons then fly over London, swooping just over Big Ben. As they fly over London, riders can hear | alt= Peter Pan Flight Darling Children]]Peter Pan's Flight is a dark ride attraction that takes guests "You Can Flyflying" playing. If guests look closely at through the moon as they fly by, silhouettes story of Wendy, John, Michael and Disney's Peter can be seenPan.

After flying over London, guests fly walking through a covered queue that takes them into Neverland. Below, Captain Hook orders his crew to fire upon Peter (and the guests). As the gallons fly over Neverland, guests can see the Mermaid Lagoon, the Lost BoyDarling children's Camp and Tiger Lilly's tribe below. The next scene guests see shows's Captain Hook's ship. Hook has taken Wendy, Michael, John and the Lost Boys captive. Nearbynursery, guests can see reach the Tik-Tok Crocodile floating in the waterattractions loading area. Peter Pan then arrives and battle's Hook aboard his ship. After defeating the pirate and taking control of the shipHere, guests can see Peter and board "aerial galleons" as they move forward into the Darling children celebratingshow building. In the waterBehind them, a large mural of scenes from the Tik Tok Crocodile movie can be seen trying to eat Hook, as the captain calls out for Mr. Smee. The final scene in Before entering the attraction depicts Peter flying the Darling children back to Londonbuilding, aboard Captain Hook's ship. Guests then arrive back at the loading areagalleons are sprinkled with pixie dust, and exit the attractionwhich causes them to begin to fly.

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==Fun Facts and Trivia==[[Image:PeterPanlOnd.jpg|thumb|400px| Soaring over London on Peter Pan's Flight. Photo: Disney| alt= London Peter Pan Flight]]* Big Ben reads 7:15 on the mural of London that is located in the attraction's loading area <ref> http://allearswww.disneytrivia.net/tp/mksearch.php?searchin=question+answer&keyword=peter+flight&operator=AND&catID=&search=Search </panref>.htm

* The mural was painted by Disney Imagineers Ken Anderson and Claude Coats <ref name= "walt"/>. * Although forced perspective makes it seem higher, guests are actually only seventeen feet above the scenes in Peter Pan's Flight <ref> http://www.wdwinfodisneyfanatic.com/wdwinfo7-impressive-facts-peter-pans-flight/guides</magickingdomref>. * Famous locations that can be seen on Peter Pan's Flight include: the Thames River, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower Bridge and the Parliament Building <ref> https:/fan-flight/www.htmyoutube.com/watch?v=lNOIoNCUAVc </ref>. * A barrel in the exit of Peter Pan's Flight is labeled "Fire Chief Richard LaPere Jr., Lost Boys Fire Brigade" this is a reference to the fire chief of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which provides service to Walt Disney World <ref> Yee, Keven. Walt Disney World Hidden History Second Edition. N.p.: n.p., 2014. Print. </ref> ==References==