20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Starboard Ride-through 1994 high resolution 

This ride terrified me as a kid. One of my earliest memories is standing near the lagoon after they shut it down, but when the lagoon was just sort of this dead space with the tracks visible in the still water below. Sort of like a waiting area, I think; not sure what the area overlooking the lagoon was functioning as during that time. But horrifying. will never forget the eeriness of the still, quiet lagoon with those old tracks visible in the water down below. Ugh. Gives me the creeps.

I'll never forget how sad I was when I found out this ride was gone. I still remember the air conditioning vents above every porthole, and the excitement of being inside the Nautilus, my childhood fantasy come true. It's such a forlorn feeling watching this. feels like I'm a kid all over again.

Wow, so that's why this ride is sorely missed. It seemed like such a great ride.

I went on this ride in 1986 when I was 8. I was terrified! When I went back in 1996 I was ready at 18 to face my fear, and to my disappointment the ride was closed and a king posiden (?) A.k.a ariel's dad statue was there instead.

I worked 20 000 leagues under the sea in '92

Considering I was born in 1999 and live in California I've never witnessed this ride nor did I even know it existed until being on tumblr and seeing a post in memorial of it. Looks like a great ride. I have passes to disney California and let me tell you this ride looks better than the finding memo adaptation. Rip 20k leagues under the sea.

The music makes it sound like a Count Dracula ride.

Defunctland made a full VR version of the ride for those of you wanting the ride experience

You are by far one of the best in preserving Disney World's past

I absolutely adore the fitting reference to Tony Baxter. If you listen to the on-ride audio around the 7:14 time point, you will hear a reference to 'Mr. Baxter'. As a huge 'Nautilus' fan, and one of the Imagineers who worked on the installation of this Attraction at Walt Disney World, it is a fitting nod. He must have been thrilled!

One of my original four favorite rides (along with Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Mr Toad's Wild Ride).

May I use this footage in a video I'm making about underwater animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.

Looks like half the animatronics aren’t working (clams, eels) emphasizing the fact that fixing them wasn’t high priority at this point.

Why do all the best rides have to go? :(

they are auctioning off the sea serpent and one of the mermaids at the "That's from Disneyland Pop-up Action" this month

20, 000 leagues under the sea was my favorite live action Disney movie as a kid

This ride is one of my first early memories. Ever. Rode it when I was 3 or 4 (1984 or 85, maybe 86) It imprinted on me, I guess. I was mesmerized.

Got to ride this one last time in 1989 and it was one of my favorites. A truly immersive experience that no screen-based ride could ever duplicate.

I honestly was heartbroken when I went to Disney in 2013 to see the ride completely gone. I hadn't been since I was 11, in 1989, and had no idea the ride had been closed. Thank you for this video! The ride was as great as I had remembered.

Really cool video. Sadly, what now stands in place of 20,000 leagues is Pooh Corner. They covered the whole ride in dirt. Kinda like a grave.

It's so sad most of these subs were buried in a landfill. R.I.P. :(

I remember this ride from when I was really little.. I remember going back to Disney world in hs and they said it had been shut down. I was super sad.. But I saw pictures of the subs when I google searched Tokyo Disney sea.. Not sure if they reopened the ride there but if I were able to go on this ride again I think it would blow my mind

Man they need to do a new ride. Can only imagine with the technology today to make a kick ass ride.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was one of my favorite movies as a kid, so I loved being able to ride the Nautilus and share in the adventures. Got to ride it one last time before it was closed down for good, and it'll always be among my favorite Magic Kingdom rides.

I loved this ride. Always wanted my own sub after riding on this one.

Damn I wish I could have gone on this ride while it was active... I fucking love Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Their Design of the Nautilus is hands down the coolest looking out of all the many incarnations. With the one from League of Extraordinary Gentleman's being a close second.

I liked how Captain Nemo said Welcome aboard the Nautilus! It sounds so similar to Devon saying Welcome aboard the Knight 2000 to Michael Knight. :-) Yes, 20K Leagues & a Knight Rider fan here. (: Great video! Wished I could had ridden it. Maybe Disney will bring it back one day? Who knows?!

That was fun! Do you want to head over to Carousel of Progress or get Dole Whip? Seriously, I'm so glad you recorded this. Wish I could have seen it in person.

I remember hearing of this ride from many of my family members who did get to experience that and as someone who was a FANATIC of the book, I always wished to go there. To my dismay, when we finally got to go there, there was a little mermaid ride in its place.

I wanted to ride this so bad as a kid and it was down for maintenance the first time I went. I was excited to try again a few years later, but I was too late. I'm grateful for the opportunity to see what 5 year old me missed out on. Thanks!

Great upload and thanks so much for going and filming it just before it went! It's funny that at around 11:07 the guy says 'you need to get it from the other side' - I think the ride experience was designed so guests on both sides saw the same stuff, right?

Thank you for posting this treasure! I wish they would bring it back. We don’t need televised rides at the park. Universal did that to their rides and I wished I had just stayed home to watch tv instead.

Yallzes done been lucky to ride this ride. I cannot express how much i love this ride and the history and mystery (for me) I was not born yet when any of these rides were open but i am making it my mission to learn as much about it. I swear in some past life I was an engineer or something on this ride

It's a shame that this ride was demolished. Apparently it was too difficult and expensive to maintain as whenever anything needed to get done (like an animatronic needing cleaning or repairs) the technician had to scuba dive. Interesting fact, much like the circling sharks in the Graveyard of Lost Ships scene, it was originally planned for there to be circling dolphins somewhere on the ride.

Thank you so much. I grew up dreaming of riding 20,000 Leagues. I was heart broken as I aged and found out that it had long been gone by the time I was even old enough to know of it. Thank you for sharing this and letting me experience it at least somewhat. I was awestruck even watching this!

Wow, never realized how shallow the tank this ride was set in is. Kinda ruins the illusion when you can see the surface of the water is only a few inches above the animatronics at all times.

Loved that ride, so sad when they got rid of it. Loved how they made you feel like the sub was diving down deep but never moves downward at all.

@6:11 Aurora Borealis, at this time of year at this time of day in this part of the country localized entirely within this Disney Ride?

This ride had people dressed as mermaids that would swim around and stuff for a while.

Thanks for sharing this. I went on this ride as a really little kid. I remember just parts of it and was amazed! I really wish they didn't have to shut it down. To have to scuba dive to fix and maintain this ride was probably extremely difficult, along with unpredictable weather and the sun going down the darkness would keep you from seeing certain part's of the ride not in those tunnels. Not to mention how difficult it was to get in and out of the ride so those with disabilities could not ride it. I am glad I got to experience it. Tokyo still has a version of this ride that looks like it's under water and is just water and bubbles between two sheets of glass.

Thanks for posting. My dad talked about this ride all the time, but by the time I got to go to Disney World, they had closed the ride. Nice to see what all he was talking about.

Great ride. Saw it as a kid. Went back to take my own kid on it and it was shut down. The movie was before my time (1954) but the ride made me see the movie... and the movie is just like the ride. Same sound track, voices, etc. Well done.

This was my favorite ride as a kid :(

I filmed this exact video, just with a few quick glances inside the submarine as well so you can get context of what is around you as you see this. Good times.

The finding memo ride is so boring, I was never born when they had this ride :'(

Well, at least we still have the only one left at Tokyo DisneySea

I heard rumors that sometimes they had problems like the giant squid would not work properly. That happened with the jaws ride the original version of the ride were the shark was blown up and not electrocuted. Malfunctioned so badly so often universal sued the people that designed it and rebuilt it.

I needed that today, great memories. Thank you for posting

Thank you so much for the upload!

It's crazy to think that for so much of the lifetime of Magic Kingdom, this ride was there, where New Fantastyland stands now, and so many people never knew it existed. I was never able to witness it myself, as I have been a huge Disney fan for my whole life, but was born in 2002, after this ride was demolished, but it looks like it was fantastic.

I remember going on this as a kid with my dad once. It was fun because my dad liked the movie. I was sad when they closed the ride down for good. Those were good times.

I'm so blessed to be on this ride...... When I was little of course.

This really popped up after I watched the Defunctland VR version of this

The best of Disney World

Wait,if there are animatronic fish and stuff in that water,how do they not get wet and short-circuit? Or is what you see just like some movie thing???

well, this is interesting, a recommended video from over 8 years ago that is yet to go over 100k views, lets see how long until that happens.

For those wondering where in the park this was located, (since this was the Florida Location) it's located at the Little Mermaid Attraction. While it's not the same as the original, there is a little Easter Egg in the waiting queue in Memorial to 20k Leagues Under The Sea. Just before you enter the building queue (the long way around), there are a few ponds you'll pass by. And it's engraved onto the rocks, and hidden on the rocks on our blind side (we don't have visuals until you get around and into the shaded area that leads into the ride). And the last pond you'll pass, you'll be facing the north side(?) of the pond, and there, you'll find a small engraving of the Nautilus there (which will be on your left). and to your right, there is a small island where there are abandoned piece of look-out windows that I believe could have been apart of the nautilus (I do not know if this fact is true, but it's my own head canon and would be excellent in theory, if they were to salvage any parts from the ships and place them as props). Keep an eye out whenever you next go to Disney World and you're waiting on the Ariel Attraction.

the one in Tokyo that doesn't actually have to deal with water is pretty cool, but I notice that the ride time has been cut to less than half of this 10 minute ride.

i feel like this is the type of ride i would have gotten a panic attack on as a child lol

@widenyourworld: Do you still have the original not edited recording? Could you maybe upload it to a site like Google Drive or Mega?

I remember being on this ride briefly. I remember mermaids and some ducks above us and a shark?? Not sure what year it was, I had to be only 3-4?? Anyone know what rendition of this ride that was? Maybe the yellow subs?

Seems like a cool ride Sorry it shut down But I do find that pipe organ music in the background menacing

A pretty insane ride if you think about it

Why can't they do something with this ride already

My dad went on this ride as a kid

That monster scared me as a kid and then it was replace by Nemo...nice going Disney.

I thought that the giant octopus thing was suppose to attack you 😕

The sea serpent is cute but that giant squid is so goddamn creepy.

I want this ride and Mr Toad to return to Disney World. But put 20,000 Leagues at Animal Kingdom and kinda make it like the Tokyo Disneyland version to not be expensive to maintain and put Mr Toad at the uk pavilion at Epcot!

Everyone I talk to who went to Disney when this was open talks about how cheesy it was and that I wasn't missing anything...

I am so sad that they closed this ride. I am even more sad that it was replaced by some kind of Winnie the Poh ride. All told, I am one sad dude right now.

My dad went on this before!

loved that ride!! as a kid so sad its gone...

Lol the whole video was just darkness

I LOVED that ride..and the Film

the ride and narration was hokie but it has its charm. i still can remember it. at least, the ride provided a place out of the heat and a chance to cool down.

Only if the camera was down more!! Auhhhggg

bring this back disney, nobody understands japanese.

THEY ONLY HAVE THAT RIDE IN TOKYO!

High resolution. Puts up 1994 handycam 8mm video. Thanks for posting. But yeah.

captain nemo was voiced by peter renaday

I aways sat at the port side of the boat when I rode this ride so this was confusing for me.

Bruh what's a "surface storm"?

Most of it was too dark to see.

Is this James Mason's voice ?

This is dumb but can someone explain to me how this works? Like what are you sitting in is an aquarium just around u I’m so confused

@applejaxs88 It's King Triton, you goon!

I would be so fucking paranoid on this ride. I don’t like the ocean at all.

Did anyone else come here because of TPM vids or is it just me?

Thanks, I hate it

As boring as I remember it. This ride was meh meh meh.

I have wondered what the ride was like since several of my friends speak highly of it. I must say I am not impressed. It looks boring to me :/