Pinocchio's Daring Journey

Pinocchio's Daring Journey

Poster for Anaheim version
Tokyo Disneyland
Name ピノキオの冒険旅行
Area Fantasyland
Coordinates 35°37′52″N 139°52′50″E / 35.63106°N 139.8805°E / 35.63106; 139.8805
Status Under Refurbishment
Opening date April 15, 1983
Disneyland
Name Pinocchio's Daring Journey
Area Fantasyland
Coordinates 33°48′48″N 117°55′09″W / 33.8133°N 117.9193°W / 33.8133; -117.9193
Status Operating
Opening date May 23, 1983
Replaced Mickey Mouse Club Theater
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Name Les Voyages de Pinocchio
Area Fantasyland
Coordinates 48°52′25″N 2°46′30″E / 48.8735°N 2.7749°E / 48.8735; 2.7749
Status Operating
Opening date April 12, 1992
General statistics
Attraction type Dark ride
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme Pinocchio
Duration 3 minutes
Audio-animatronics Yes
Must transfer from wheelchair

Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a dark ride at Disneyland in California; Tokyo Disneyland; and the Disneyland Park in Paris. Located in the Fantasyland section of each park, this ride is based on Disney's animated film version of the classic story, which was the studio's second animated feature film. Stromboli's marionette show is also featured in the attraction, in which guests are inside a giant cage. The version in Disneyland was the first attraction created by Disney to use holographic material, which appears on hand held mirror, in the scene where the boys turn into donkeys on Pleasure Island. The Pepper's Ghost illusion (used extensively in the Haunted Mansion) is used when the Blue Fairy disappears, leaving a pile of fiber-optic fairy dust on the floor.

History

In 1976, it was decided to remove the Mickey Mouse Club Theater in Disneyland and shoehorn a Pinocchio dark ride into it. It was originally intended for the guests to ride in cars designed to resemble Geppetto's wood-carved toys. However, it was all put in storage for a while before being revived for the opening of Tokyo Disneyland in 1983. It then came to Disneyland a month and a half later as part of the complete overhaul of Fantasyland. Just as originally planned, the one in Disneyland is where the Mickey Mouse Club Theater originally stood, with a weathervane that looks like Monstro the Whale.

Summary

Guests board a wooden car and enter Stromboli's Marionette show. Pinocchio starts to dance and sing with the duo of puppets until the car goes into the backstage area. Stromboli has put Pinocchio in a cage and Jiminy Cricket yells, "Watch out!". Then, the car goes through Pleasure Island and past all the amusements. The guests then see Lampwick turning into a donkey, before the car passes the Coachman cracking his whip and caging the children who have become donkeys. The car follows the sign reading "To the Sea" and seagulls appear as Monstro pops up. The guests then see the star while an instrumental version of "When You Wish Upon a Star" is heard. Finally, Pinocchio turns into a real boy and the objects become alive in Geppetto's Workshop. Then guests exit the wooden car and leave.

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