Frozen Ever After

Frozen Ever After

Attraction entrance
Epcot
Area World Showcase, Norway pavilion
Coordinates 28°22′15″N 81°32′47″W / 28.37083°N 81.54639°W / 28.37083; -81.54639Coordinates: 28°22′15″N 81°32′47″W / 28.37083°N 81.54639°W / 28.37083; -81.54639
Status Operating
Opening date June 21, 2016[1][2]
Replaced Maelstrom
General statistics
Attraction type Boat voyage
Manufacturer Intamin
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme Frozen
Frozen Fever
Drop 28[3] ft (8.5 m)
Length 964 ft (294 m)
Capacity 1000 riders per hour
Vehicle type Boat
Riders per vehicle 12
Rows 4
Riders per row 3
Duration 5 minutes
Lift count 1
Number of drops 2
Fastpass+ available
Must transfer from wheelchair
Assistive listening available

Frozen Ever After is a dark water ride attraction in Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort. Part of the Norway Pavilion of the park's World Showcase section, the attraction features scenes inspired by Disney's 2013 animated film Frozen as well as the 2015 animated short Frozen Fever. It opened on June 21, 2016 and replaced the former Maelstrom attraction, utilizing the same ride vehicles and a similar track layout.

History

On September 12, 2014, Walt Disney World officials announced that the Maelstrom attraction would be replaced by an attraction based on Frozen.[4][5][6] Maelstrom's final day of operation was October 5, 2014.[3]

In June 2015, then-Disney Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs revealed that plans for a Frozen attraction were discussed prior to the film's release, but were accelerated after the film's worldwide success.[7] On responding to whether converting a portion of the Norway pavilion into an attraction based on a fictional place was appropriate for World Showcase, Staggs stated: "If the goal is to give people a taste of something like Scandinavia with the Norway pavilion, then Frozen would only increase the extent to which people would be drawn to it. To me it doesn’t seem out-of-character at all."[7]

Disney also released the first details on the new attraction and revealed its final name, "Frozen Ever After".[7] The attraction uses the same ride vehicles and course that was used for Maelstrom.[7] The Audio-Animatronics figures for the attraction feature improvements in facial animation that were first used on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, which opened in 2014 at the Magic Kingdom.[7] The Audio-Animatronics are also the first ever all-electric Audio-Animatronics, with previous Audio-Animatronics using either pneumatics or hydraulics.[8] While there are no new songs in the attraction, some of the original songs from Frozen have revised lyrics written by the original composers.[7]

On May 20, 2016, Disney Parks revealed that the attraction would open June 21, 2016.[1][2]

Ride experience

A scene from the ride

As part of the June 2015 reveal of the attraction, Disney officials described some of the key sequences of "Frozen Ever After". Riders arrive in Arendelle during its summer season, when the residents celebrate the Winter Festival.[7] After passing Wandering Oaken's Trading Post, riders board their boats and encounter Olaf and Sven as they prepare for the festival.[7] Grand Pabbie tells the story of how Anna and Kristoff met; then the boats ascend to find Anna, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf together and enjoying the winter weather.[7] Riders next see Queen Elsa in her ice palace, then Marshmallow and his mini-snowman friends, the Snowgies, that were first seen in Frozen Fever.[7] Riders return to Arendelle through a cloud of mist and experience a fireworks finale and a send-off from Elsa, Anna and their friends.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fickley-Baker, Jennifer. "Frozen Ever After Attraction Set to Open at Epcot in June". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Fickley-Baker, Jennifer. "Frozen Ever After Attraction & Royal Sommerhus Set to Open at Epcot June 21". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Maelstrom". disneyworld.com. Disney Parks. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Tom Staggs (September 12, 2014). "'Frozen' Attraction Coming to Epcot". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ McNary, Dave (September 12, 2014). "Disney Adding 'Frozen' Attraction at Epcot". Variety. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Pallotta, Frank (15 September 2014). "Yet another 'Frozen' spinoff: An Epcot theme park attraction". CNN Money. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fritz, Ben (June 9, 2015). "'Frozen Ever After:' An Exclusive Look at Disney's Upcoming Attraction". wsj.com. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Porges, Seth (October 13, 2016). "9 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Disney's New 'Frozen' Ride". Forbes. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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