The Old "Dumbo - The Flying Elephant" (PART 2)
Welcome to PART 2 of this photo-gallery of the old "Dumbo - The Flying Elephant (PART 1 can be found here). Let's now continue to take a look at the attraction, starting from the attraction's loading area:
One of the two holding areas:
The "passports" used to assign a Dumbo to each group:
From there, you could get an even better look of the faded tents above the covered queue:
A look at some of the other elements present around the loading area:
The control booth:
Themed banners:
A look at the spinner itself:
Timothy Mouse was on top of the spinner(now, he's found on top of the attraction's sign):
Some theming elements on the spinner:
The water-less base:
The water-less base:
Here's a look at some of the former Dumbos (they don't look very different today):
Flying high in the sky:
A look at the attraction from the old Fantasyland area around it:
Notice the new yellow tent under construction in the background:
The old photo-op next to the ride's exit ramp:
The queue area:
More themed topiaries:
Flying toward new destinations...
And that is all. We hope you have enjoyed our look back to the past of one of Magic Kingdom's most popular attractions. Now, head over to our first Storybook Circus photo-gallery to remind you how beautiful the double Dumbo - The Flying Elephant attractions looks today, in its new home. Thanks for reading!
Do more of these things of old attractions, like test track or something else
ReplyDeleteActually, we have quite a few old Test Track photos to share very soon! Good guess! :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks so dated!! Well needd refurb well done disney!!
ReplyDeleteI remember you showing pictures of the old one being taken apart and left for the garbage. I wonder if anyone thought to keep some pieces for old times sake. I remember this ride fondly. It's nice it's been updated.
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