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Peter Pan's Flight is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
 
{{Infobox Disney ride |
| image=PeterPanmainteacup.jpg| caption='''The exterior of Peter PanMad Tea Party in Fantasyland's Flight.'''| opened=October 3rd, 1971| durationland=3:00Fantasyland
| park= Magic Kingdom
| landopened=FantasylandOctober 1, 1971| vehicle_typetheme= Aerial GalleonUnbirthday Party
| custom_label_1= Based on
| custom_value_1= Disney's Peter PanAlice in Wonderland| duration=1.5|custom_label_2= FastPass +|custom_value_2= Yes}} The Mad Tea Party is an attraction located in [[Fantasyland]].
==Attraction History==
Although always envisioned as an attraction based on the "Unbirthday" scene from Alice in Wonderland, the original plans for the Mad Tea Party were drastically different from the final result. Early designs for the attraction called for guests to enter a "Mad Tea Party" that the Mad Hatter and March Hare were throwing. Guests would enter their tea cups (walking past giant depictions of the Cheshire Cat and the Caterpillar) and spin around a giant Unbirthday table, while the Mad Hatter and March Hare sang the "Very Merry Unbirthday" song <ref> http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/jeff_lange/archive/2005/05/27/1484.aspx </ref>. When the Mad Tea Party opened on Disneyland's opening day however, its scale had been drastically reduced. Gone from the attraction were the Mad Hatter, March Hare and the "Unbirthday" party. Instead guests twirled around inside psychedelically colored tea cups.
Although Peter Pan's Flight Due to its popularity in Disneyland, a version of the Mad Tea Party was not an recreated for the opening day attraction in of Walt Disney World's Fantasyland, it did open two days later . Opening on October 31, 1971. The ride , the attraction was an expanded version exact copy of the Disneyland's Peter Pan attraction which had opened in 1955. Unlike other dark rides, Peter Pan's Flight let guests "fly". To give guests this feeling, Imagineer Marvin Davis came up with a new ride system. Instead of having Shortly after the vehicles run on a ground trackMad Tea Party opened however, the ride vehicles are connected by a large rod canopy was added to a track on the ceiling. The original Disneyland version of give the ride was made so that guests would see some cover from the story of Peter Pan, through his eyesFlorida elements <ref name= "dated"> http://waltdatedworld. Because of this, Peter Pan himself was nowhere to be seen on the attractioncom/id252. Guests would board ride vehicles and go through the story as if they were Peter Panhtm </ref>. Despite Imagineers best effortsAlso added at this time, many guests did not understand the rides premise, and they were confused as to why Peter Pan was not in an attraction which was named after him.  When Walt Disney World was originally being designed, there were no plans for a Peter Pan attraction to be built. Instead, large teapot (housing the attraction would have been replaced by a Mary Poppins ride that took guests “flying” through various scenes Dormouse from the movie. Eventually however, due to either film) which the coast of creating the new attraction, or guest expectations for a similar Fantasyland, it was decided to include an expanded version of Disneyland's Peter Pan's Flight in Walt Disney Worldteacups now rotated around <ref name= "dated"/>. Although After the basic idea addition of guests flying over scenes from Peter Pan was kept intact, the storyline was changedcanopy, so that it included Peter Pan as a main character. Other changes to the attraction included the addition of Audio Animatronics, which remained unchanged until 1992 when Japanese lanterns were not present in 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 were also added to the Disney World version<ref> http://www. The final difference between the two attractions was the way that guests loaded into their ride vehiclesflorida-project. Instead of stopping com/walt-disney-world-photos/magic-kingdom/fantasyland/mad-tea-party </ref>. At this time, the ride vehicles to load Mad Tea Party also received a new color scheme and unload guestsnew music. In 2010, Peter Pan's Flight in Disney World uses an Omnimover system, similar to the one used in the [[Haunted Mansion]]. [[Imageattraction was once again repainted <ref> http:Peterconstruction//www.jpg|thumb|200px|A Disney Imagineer working on the Tickorlandoparksnews.com/2010/11/mad-Tok Crocodile and Michael Audio Animatronicstea-party-has-reopened.]] Although Peter Pan's Flight hasn't seen any major changes since it opened, the attraction is expected to get an interactive queue in the near future. The queue will extend out to the former location of the Fantasyland [[Skyway]] station, which had been used for restrooms in recent yearshtml </ref>.
==Attraction Plot==
 Peter Pan's Flight is a dark The Mad Tea Party begins with guests boarding their teacup ride attraction that takes guests "flying" through the story of Disney's Peter Panvehicles. After walking through a covered queue, guests reach Once the loading area. Hereattraction starts, guests board "aerial galleons" as they move forward into the show building. Behind themfestive music begins playing, a large mural of scenes from to give guests the movie can be seen. Before entering the building, the galleons feeling that they are sprinkled with pixie dust, which causes them to begin to flyat an Unbirthday Party. After ascending into Although each of the air, the first scene turntables that guests see depicts Wendy reading to John and Michael as they go to sleep. In the backgroundcups sit on spin at a constant speed, guests can hear nursery music playing. Riders then hear Peter Pan say, "Here we gooooooo" as he and choose the Darling children fly out the windowspeed of their individual teacup. As the children fly off into the nightTo do this, below them riders can see Nana (the family’s dog) barking. The galleons then fly over London, swooping just over Big Ben. As they soar over spin a wheel in the city, riders can hear the song "You Can Fly" playing. If guests look closely at the moon as they fly by, silhouettes center of Wendy, John, Michael and Peter can be seen. After flying over London, the children fly into Neverland. Below, Captain Hook orders his crew to fire upon Peter each cup (and spinning the guests). As the galleons continue over Neverland, guests can see the Mermaid Lagoonwheel faster, increases the Lost Boyteacup's Camp and Tiger Lilly's tribe far belowspeed). The next scene guests enter brings them up close to Captain Hook's ship, where they discover that Hook has taken Wendy, Michael, John and As the Lost Boys captive. Nearbycups spin around, guests can see the Tik-Tok Crocodile floating Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland will pop out of the water. Peter Pan then arrives and battles Hook aboard his ship. After defeating large teapot in the pirate and taking control center of the ship, Peter and the Darling children are shown celebratingattraction from time to time. In the water, the Tik Tok Crocodile can be seen trying to eat Hook, as the captain calls out The Mad Tea Party lasts for Mr1 minute and 30 seconds <ref> http://www. Smeewdwinfo. The final scene in the attraction depicts Peter flying the Darling children back to London aboard Captain Hook's shipcom/wdwinfo/guides/magickingdom/fan-teaparty. Guests then arrive back at the loading areahtm </ref>, and exit before the attractionstops spinning and guests disembark==Cast== [[Image:Peterwinmadteaconcept.jpg|thumb|200px400px|Peter Pan and Concept art for the Darling kids celebrating their victory.Mad Tea Party]]* '''Peter Pan'''- Ronnie McMillan * '''Wendy Darling'''- Kathryn Beaumont * '''Indian Chief'''- Candy Candido * '''Captain Hook'''- Corey Burton * '''Mr. Smee'''- Corey Burton ==See the Attraction!== {{#ev:youtube|lNOIoNCUAVc|420}}
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* Big Ben reads 7:15 on The canopy over the mural of LondonMad Tea Party lights up at night, located in giving the loading areaattraction a very different look.
* The mural was painted by Doormouse only appears in the Walt Disney Imagineers Ken Anderson World and Claude CoatsTokyo Disneyland versions of the Mad Tea Party.
* Although forced perspective makes it seem higher, guests are actually only seventeen feet above If you want to see an image of the scenes in Peter Pan's Flight.Mad Tea Party before it got its canopy check out:
* Famous locations that can be seen on Peter Pan's Flight includehttp: the Thames River, St//land. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower Bridge and the Parliament Buildingallears.net/blogs/jackspence/2008/05/1972_magic_kingdom_walt_disney.html
==References==
 
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/peter-pans-flight/
 
http://allears.net/tp/mk/pan.htm
 
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/magickingdom/fan-flight.htm