Submarine Voyage (Disneyland) Part 2 of 2

The Submarine Voyage attraction at Disneyland that had been closed for 8 years and will reopen next year as 'Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.'

[@772pilot]

I like how a 6-minute video brings back YEARS of memories!

[@Teeleesom5]

I was 26 yrs old in 1991 when I took the one and only trip to Disneyland and consequently, rode this ride. I enjoyed the heck out of it!

[@crazysingingchick]

Having said that - I must say that the person who taped this did a GREAT job... the fact that you can TELL that the mermaids are worn out and can SEE strings proves the awesome quality of the vid.

[@alexisxhood]

its cool to see how different the ride is now, and how much technology has improved some of its aspects.

[@LeftoverPat]

As a cast member on this ride, I have old timers ride Nemo after riding it 40 years ago, and saying they love the new one way more. But I watch this and remember, there were a lot of parts on this Submarine Voyage that make me wish it was different today. The design in the line was better on that old ride, and the interior in the subs I think was way awesomer. Plus the costumes look more epic than they do today. But, it's Still my favorite ride in the park :)

[@amore004]

thanks for posting. brings back the memories!! i find the ship graveyard, mermaids and polar ice caps more gripping than the finding nemo overlay!!

[@puppetsandicecream]

thanks for posting the time of the mermaids...somehow i missed it. i agree about loving the worn out quality. you can still see it in the enchanted tiki room. some of the robots have one eye that won't move. but it's my favorite attraction next to small world. i wonder what that will look like when they are through with the renovation. when i was five (1978) the mermaids looked so real to me. it's all i remember about the whole experience! that and the treasure.

[@klsoslos]

There was definitely something special about this ride, especially after dark, when the air was cool, and the sonar sound effects were echoing and almost lonely in mood. The voice of the captain was like a relic from the '60s. I loved the attention to detail on both the audio track and on the underwater visuals. I think that adding the lighthearted Nemo characters make it less of an adventure, to be honest.

[@draconusfrigidus]

I always pondered if the sea serpent's cartoony look was intentional to make it more freaky. Just the way every other animatronic has a realistic look, it heads straight into the uncanny valley...and ironically is why I remember it most from the times I went on this ride.

[@goatprince1]

Nine-year-old comment aide, I'm fairly certain that the Imagineers simply wanted to build a funny, goofy-looking sea serpent, with the captain's line about being submerged too long having been included as a way of "excusing" how out of place the serpent looks next to everything else. Whether or not it was "real" in the context of the ride was up to personal interpretation.

[@misterhendersonD]

Why so much hate on Nemo? Walt's Sub Voyage was always loved and will always be a classic. After nearly 40 years, it just had aged a bit. Not only am I a bit biased being a crew member of the new Sub Voyage, but I honestly believe it's great that they breathed new life into the attraction. It's completely based on the original, from the spiels, narration, and tributes throughout. Same ol' subs presenting some incredible technology in -tomorrowland.- Be glad the subs are alive!

[@772pilot]

It rocks! It's got that old Submarine Voyage charm with a new technological twist! Also, if you really enjoyed the original SV, the ride makes little allusions to it. (re-used lines, sea serpent & mermaid sculpture, giant sea bass etc...)

[@DisneyDude]

Thanks. I'm surprised a constant video of the ride is out there. Usually people only include fragments from the ride.

[@srvfan42]

That sea serpent is so cool!

[@chumbersdee]

I agree, all the new rides that come out try to be so slick to satisfy the short attention span of the kids today. Disneyland had so much more heart back then. The begin of the downfall was when they replaced Adventures thru Innerspace with Star Tours.

[@crazysingingchick]

We're not too far apart in age... those are what I remember most clearly as well. It still seems like the serpent was much closer to my porthole though. Maybe he scared me so much that it SEEMED closer, lol!!! I remember shaking for a few minutes after my first ride. :D

[@jimbodeek]

Even though I've never been on the original, I can imagine that it must've been pretty fun to ride. The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage can be fun, if you're part of the new generation of kids who are more familiar with the newer Disney movies and the Pixar movies.

[@SachikoisGREATO]

I went on that ride when I was little and it was so cool. I kind of remember seeing the mermaids on the ride and I miss it. But I went on the finding nemo one though and it was fun even when your 22

[@Sjsharksgirl]

Ah memories!!!!

[@ilovewaltdisney]

i didnt remember the sea serpent being so goofy looking :D ....so cool that the whole ride was "under" real water

[@crazysingingchick]

I can't wait to go on it someday (although I may HAVE to wait from what I'm reading... 2 hour lines lol). I think everyone should give DL credit for bringing anything back in sub ride form. Some people are way too picky!

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

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

[@jar0fdirt63]

wow thanx for the info!

[@ameemom]

this ride scared the crap out of me as kid.. but I'm glad its coming back.

[@ParkHopper]

The theme from Disney's 20,000 Legues Under the Sea, a 1955 film version of Jules Verne's novel staring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, and Peter Lorie (sp?).

[@powerpup97]

1:55 is when that hideous-looking giant squid makes the scene! I gotta say, in that huge and really dark area, that big red mollusk really did stick out like a sore thumb!

[@Wakkosgirl]

@pineapplewhipaddict Yeah. The mermaids were playing with the treasure. I remember that much about their part.

[@forestspectre]

@ParkHopper Obviously they want to know why the ride is gone... But to answer their question, it's not really gone. It was just changed to a Finding Nemo themed ride.

[@Wakkosgirl]

@tdifan12346 You could really only see one of them. Best shot is about 2:40. Quality of video cameras to record in dark light/shadow w/o a spotlight was minimal in '98.

[@puppetsandicecream]

Okay, since we have similar memories can you tell me if you remember a Bonanza-style shooting game at DL around 1978? I have this crazy, vague memory of these carnival-type cowboy-themed gun shooting games near the exit. Did I dream this?

[@Wakkosgirl]

@ParkHopper His last name was actually spelled Lore. "- ) The song is actually on the Sing A Long Songs Videos. God save me considering all the times I've watched it w/ my daughter when she was little but I cannot remember the title! "- (

[@calif1mc]

AMEN to that!

[@newguy90]

God, how awesome this ride would have been if they had just updated this with modern knowledge of the ocean floor. Geothermal vents with giant tubeworm colonies as thick as forests. Cold seeps that resemble underwater lake shores. A blue whale fighting a giant squid using the Nemo underwater projection technology.

[@crazysingingchick]

Those mermaids always scared the crap out of me AND STILL DO!! I'm 31!! LOL

[@tubejohnny2006]

Disneyland was a much different place in the '50s. Originally, most of the attractions were live actors having cowboy/indian battles, or pirates taking over the ship. It was more emphesized on experiencing what life was like in different places and eras. Now it's obviously centered on rides and thrills. It was more about imagination. With this gone, the last real original attraction like it is the Dinosaur exhibit on the train between Tomorrowland and the front entrance.

[@jtomally9681]

I will go on the Nemo ride next time I go to Anaheim. It looks better than this original one. This one was so boring to me as a kid.

[@powerpup97]

The subs went through the waterfalls that went into caves, and there was a path they went through underground. The red light, I don't know what that is either.

[@amyrosefan926]

that mermaid scared the crap out of me. idk why

[@andreapatane4204]

Maybe you thought that she came alive and wanted you to interact with her or something.

[@Lagzlot]

Off the top of my head I thought this ride would be about as laughable as Jungle Cruise. Seeing this shows that good lighting and angles can make even a 40 year old setpiece still look good (other than sea derpent) and makes me miss the old submarines. Also that narration.

[@equilibrium1736]

Sad how much effort it takes to actually impress people these days. If you aren't impressed by this attraction I don't think anything will. For an attraction that was not being taken care of and was built in 1959 it was by far one of the best at Disneyland for lasting so long.

[@mlomiller324]

They are the exact same subs. Also, Walt Disney did not believe in keeping things the same just for the sake of doing so. He was an innovator and was constantly looking for ways to change his beloved park. The update to the submarine voyage does both help age to relive fond memories of the past and allow the youth to savor the promise and challenge of the future.

[@tamisweetie]

Great Video!! What is that dome on the right at 6:38?

[@mlpMerriweather]

I miss this ride. It used to be my favorite at the park. Video of Nemo projected at me is not the same, imo.

[@crazysingingchick]

In this video you mean? They're there...at 2:44... they look kinda dead to me though. They don't look like they were swimming anymore at this point, which is sad. You can see the strings on the "swimming" one's head lol!!! I miss this ride, too, but am grateful to at least go on SOME form of it again. My children will love it, so I'm not going to be selfish even if I DO want my mermaids and sea serpent back! ;)

[@andreapatane4204]

I know how you feel, but you can’t control the magic and fantasy for the Submarine Voyage yourself. Please feel free to write a petition.

[@ufia]

Great vid, thanks for uploading. If I remember correctly, when I took the ride as a kid, one of the giant squid attacked our sub. Did they remove that part? Or maybe I'm wrong and just confusing with a different memory.

[@MANEATINGWREATH]

Oh ya, the thing at the end that read 1959-1998, was kind of sad, like someone actually died. I shed a tear.

[@Torahamutaro13]

I liked that ride much better than the new one. Nemo is cute, but the ocean isn't really supposed to be seen that way. R.I.P. Submarine Voyage. You are missed.

[@Legofilms101]

I kope they have this in tokto disneyland, like how they still have the original haunted mansion

[@MermaidMerlissa]

When it first opened they had real girls in mermaid tails on occasion waving at the people around them and swimming in the fake reefs.

[@rextony22]

cool thanks.

[@powerpup97]

Are you talking about the giant squid or the sea serpent?

[@xxCurlyxx]

From personal experience, and it being and old video, it may have been the video camera itself. Ya know, the red lights that means 'recording'?

[@hauntedshore204]

ouch, id rather have nemo than a playground. i didnt know that

[@andreapatane4204]

I didn't have problems when boarding this ride back in the old days of my life, because I didn't seem afraid of any of the Audio Animatronic sea creatures at all. I liked the mermaid scene back then, because they were an imaginary inspirational metaphor of what I dreamed about being when I took swimming lessons since 1st Grade. This was the case that I didn't have the language to ask my parents what these animals were. I was quite observant back then. Thumbs up if you have kids that felt the same way I did when I was their age.

[@superaprilcot]

@ParkHopper what dont you understand about that?? they wanna know why the did away with the ride

[@Onagalord]

hey what you know its Ariel in a bad mood? he he

[@nejixnaruto]

Hey park hopper this seems too long for the lagoon does it run under all of Dland or what? That and what was that red light?

[@MANEATINGWREATH]

When or if I become an Imagineer I am going to remake this ride at Animal Kingdom and place it in Dinoland U.S.A. and make the subs time vessels that travel thru time and take guests to the fantastic prehistoric underwater worlds, and face off with giant crocodiles a plesiosaurus, and of course the sea serpent.

[@SnakeCraftIsMagic]

I really wish this had been updated instead of completely changed into Nemo. I was pretty disappointed in the new one... especially with that long wait.

[@hauntedshore204]

"great scott!, your right"- captn. kirk?

[@jar0fdirt63]

omg a sea serpant Why"d they get rid of the live mermaids?

[@firegoddess1]

its not creepy music its the "radar"

[@ParkHopper]

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

[@ArtAndSuch]

@PlutoEmmaloo how did they plus it wrong?

[@goldclock02]

my favorite part was the giant squid

[@direfilms]

What song is used at the beginning and end of this film ?

[@chazz1515]

since when is there one in d-world?

[@BAS1630]

Nemo is okay, but I WANT MY MERMAIDS. *sob* :(

[@M80sgirl]

i went on the nemo ride once and had high hopes cuz i had been on the original sub as a kid...i have never been on it again. the nemo ride is a waste

[@andreapatane4204]

That’s funny you said that, because my parents and I went on the Nemo Submarine ride twice when I was a teenager at my former high 🏫. We boarded the “Scout” submarine back then. I told a cast member named Robert about it and he was I shock that day.

[@puppetsandicecream]

where are the mermaids???

[@andreapatane4204]

Invisible! Why?

[@hauntedshore204]

that mermaid is hot

[@calif1mc]

They may be alive, but they aren't living.

[@amidalah78]

Check out 4:29. Ahhhhhhhhhh! lol

[@yandel36]

que chafa