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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
 
{{Infobox Disney ride
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| park= Magic Kingdom
| land=Fantasyland
| opened= June 155 (or 4th depending on the source), 1999
| vehicle_names=Honeypot
| guests_per_vehicle=4
|custom_value_2= Yes
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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.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh's queue, is themed to be chapter one of the story that As guests are about to enter. Pages from a Winnie the Pooh book, tell guests a story as they walk continue on 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 (they pass both Eeyore's and guests) can go. The Hundred Acre Woods begin with guests passing PoohPiglet's house. His house is inside a large honey tree, and Storybook pages outside the words "Mr. Sanders" can be read above the front door. The attraction entrance sign actually hangs off of the honey treehomes, marking give a little background about the beginning of the attractionlocations. As part of the attraction's new interactive queueguests continue on, guests can actually go into Poohthey would formally come upon Tigger's house and see how also his bouncing place. Here, they could bounce on Tigger themed springs around a small area. In 2011 this portion of the bear livesqueue was removed.
As guests continue on through Next up in the queue, they pass both Eeyoreis Rabbit's and Piglet's househome. Storybook pages outside Here, despite his best efforts, gophers are tearing up the homesgarden. The gophers pop up and down, give interacting with guests a little background. As One section of the garden allows guests continue to stomp ona button, they come upon Tiggerwhich will knock the gophers back to down into their holes. Another part of Rabbit's house garden allows guests to spin giant sunflowers and also his bouncing placebeat (like a drum) various vegetables. HereAfter passing through Rabbit's garden, guests can bounce on Tigger themed springs around a small areacome upon the interactive "honey walls". The honey walls are large interactive touch screens that allow guests to smear and draw in the honey.
After passing Tigger's house, guests come to Rabbit's garden. Here, despite his best efforts, gophers are tearing up the garden. The gophers pop up and down, interacting with guests. One section of the garden allows guests to stomp on a button, which will knock the gophers back to down into their holes. Another part of Rabbit's garden allows guests to spin giant sunflowers and beat (like a drum) various vegetables. After passing through Rabbit's garden, guests come upon the interactive "honey walls". The honey walls are large interactive touch screens, which allow guests to smear and draw in the honey. At this point, guests finally come to the loading area. Here, another storybook page tells guests that chapter one Chapter One is ending but chapter two Chapter Two will start soon. As guests board their honeypot ride vehicles, the pages of chapter two Chapter Two line the back wall. At this point, guests then enter the story themselves, starting and the attractionbegins.
===Main Attraction===
[[Image:Poohtoad.jpg|thumb|300px|The painting of Mr. Toad handing the deed over to Owl.]]As Chapter two Two begins, guests enter the Hundred Acre Woods on blustery day. As the wind howls around them, Piglet and Gopher can be seen on riders’ 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. Across 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. Roo who is up in the air, and holding on to 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 houseHouse.[[Image:Honey.jpg|thumb|300px350px|Pooh happily eating his honey at the end of the attraction.]]Inside Owl's houseHouse, everything has been disorganized by the storm. On the right in the house, guests can see a picture of J. Thaddeus Toad (Mr. Toad) handing 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 houseHouse, guests enter the next scene through a sliding door.
In the next scene of the attraction, Tigger pops up across from ridersthe ride vehicles. He then invites them guests to "Come bounce with me!", as their the honeypot vehicles begin to bounce. As riders bounce around the room, Tigger can be seen all over the roompops up everywhere. In the background, the song "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" can be heard. As the honeypots stop bouncing, guests enter the next room (Pooh's house), House. Here they see Tigger pounced perched on top of Pooh (who is wearing his pajamas). Tigger warns him the bear to "watch out for Heffalumps and Woozles". He also tells Pooh that Heffalumps and Woozles will steal his honey, so Pooh decides to stand guard (holding a gun). Despite his best efforts however, Pooh falls asleep and magically floats into the next room.
As guests follow him the bear into the next room, they enter a bizarre roomscene. All around themthe honeypots, Heffalumps and Woozles manically sing. Strange objects 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 Heffalumps Heffalump's trunk hitting , 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.
The next scene takes place back in the Hundred Acre Woods, where a large storm is brewing. Here, Eeyore, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Tigger all team up to save Piglet from being washed down Floody Place Falls. On the other side of the forest, Pooh can be seen (apparently stuck), trying to get into a beehive. After the storm has ended, all of the characters (except for Pooh) can be seen celebrating at Rabbit's houseHouse. A little further down the track, Pooh can be seen found happily eating honey inside a the tree. After passing a beaming Pooh, a storybook page reads "The End", and guests can disembark from their honeypot. After unloading, guests exit into the [[Hundred Acre Goods]] store.
==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==
 
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh/
 
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/magickingdom/fan-pooh.htm