YES! I remember riding this in 1995. When we went to Hell at the end, my neighbor said, "So, you whizzed on the electric fence, didn't you?" (a reference to Ren and Stimpy.) I died laughing. Oh, and during the train scene, she yelled "OH, LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT...!" (a reference to a 1976 Saturday Night Live episode where the female cast members were singing a song and Laraine Newman uttered this during the song's spoken interlude.) When we went back in 1999, it'd been replaced by Pooh. But both of us didn't mind; the Heffalumps and Woozles were like LSD to us.
My Dad convinced me that i was actually driving that car. I was always mortified but tried my best. 😂 Ducked completely when we had the train track. 😣🚆😂
Mike, this is perhaps the best Toad video I have ever seen in terms of clarity and brightness (and I have seen probably a dozen different ones over the years). I saw a lot of interior details that had only been dark and fuzzy before. Well done, my friend!
Thanks for a great video. Mr. Toad may not have the glitz and glamour of Soarin' or Test Track, but it was a cool ride. My family and I always reminisce when we see him at HM.
Hope we'll be seeing Track B too! Now that the Virtual Toad project alas looks kaput forever, seeing greater quality video like this is the only real way we'll ever get to re-experience this ride.
This ride was brilliant two adventures that at points look about to collide, you never knew where the track was going because the doors were indistinguishable from things in the rooms. All the while you can hear the ominous train whistle foreshadowing the inevitable. And if thats not enough your driving is so reckless both jail and hell spat you back out.
We should create a petition to replace that stupid princess meet and greet building in the Magic Kingdom with an updated version of Mr. Toads Wild Ride!
I had thr liberty of seeing some of these props in real life in person, outside of ride, including a Mr. Toad car, Satan, a few devils, and the clock with wall decorations.
Thanks Eric! My video capture hardware is crap but so was the camcorder I had back then. A few videos turned out pretty good. I'll look for Track B with the light mount next.
Luckily I had only one Chance to go Mr. Toads Wild Ride At Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom While going all the way Back to when I was in Middle School And While now sadly it’s gone and doesn’t exist anymore and that Ride was a Legacy with Walt Disney World’s Beginning In The Year 1971 !!!!!!!!!!!! 😉😉😉😉😉🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪
So this ride was dropped in favor of Winnie the Pooh; well, IMO the character certainly lives up to his name, if you get my drift. This ride was such a classic; Mr. Toad rules.
I vaguely recall a kid trying to walk on top of the queue handrails and an operator trying to get there before he fell off. It must have been this time. He would have had to do it quickly so there wouldn't be a car backup on his side of the ride.
Reference to "The Wind in the Willows" where in the beginning, an illustration can be seen of him hunting an animal. They most likely reused the cast from when they replicated the ride for the Magic Kingdom
On a Disney World special television type of event Kermit the Frog states that Mr. Toad is a cousin of his. I think it was a Christmas parade event from quite a few years ago.
@AnimeboiMarc And yet it remained a popular ride for its entire duration. The decision to take it out was a greedy one. It wasn't a high maintenenance affair (like 20,000 Leagues was). The Pooh ride is a great dark ride in its own right but it misses the creativity and charm of Toad. What other ride in the history of the world has you die and go to hell as its final movement?
About why I don't like the ride? Well, my Dad got me to ride it when I was six thinking I would like it but its fast, and chaotic nature proved to be too much for me on top of the fact that I didn't know this movie so the characters were not familiar at all. All this caused the ride to scare the crap out of me. My sister was on the other track at the same time and says I was screaming so loud she could hear me XD So I wasn't sad when this ride closed. I welcomed Pooh and like it way more
When I was a kid in the 60s-70s, the one at Disneyland was the scariest ride to me...even worse than The Haunted Mansion. And I knew the characters! I really thought I was gonna get hit by the train! :D Even seeing this version now at 58...I was just a little kid back then who didn't know any better; I got over that fear real quick.
the basic idea is that mr toad obtai,ed a motorcar and breaks the law by making chaos and driving it around. police attempt to stop you so you flea into the railroad tracks, get hit by attain and go to hell after your death. Not really like the movie
What you experience in the Magic Kingdom ride isn't actually real; it's Toad's dream after the Wind in the Willows, hence why Toad sees hell at the end.
@Dragonrider1227 Not trying to be mean here, but don't you know that the purpose of this ride is that you could experience a crazy adventure? II'm not saying that you should be changing your opinion, if you don't like it, just don't like it. I'm just saying, the ride was MEANT to be caotic.
I loved this ride when I was small. Too bad this was closed down to make room for the Pooh ride, which sucks compared to this classic. But fortunately I got to reexperience it when I went to Disneyland last spring break :)
The pixelverse It wasn't specifically for children, it was for anyone who wanted to have fun. Also, the original version at Disneyland is still there and is still popular after sixty years.
When Disney is closing Mr. Toads wild ride Fans: Save Mr. Toads wild ride now! Or I wasted my life! Riding tower of terror and splash mountain for photos When Disney is closing Winnie the Pooh ride Haters: Now what is it gonna be! Disney XD the ride! Shows its Mr. Toads wild ride Everyone: *FUVJGJEJGJVRJGIGENTIWJFJDFJEIUGJWJRVUEHUVHEIEJGUVWURU ITS BACK*
