Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Mr. Toads Wild Ride was a great little ride that took guests on a wild and crazy trip through the 1949 Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod Crane and Mr. Toad". It operated from The Magic Kingdom's grand opening on October 1, 1971 to September 7, 1998, and is being replaced by "The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh". During the three-minute ride, Guests sat in old motor cars as they crashed through Toad Hall, barns, a gypsy camp, haystacks, and eventually a train, to end up in a very hot place. The ride also had encounters with all your favourite Mr. Toad characters including Ratty, Mole, Badger, the Weasels, and even the villainous bartender Winkie. One great thing about this ride, was that it had two completely different tracks (which they used on busy days) on which you saw completely different scenes! So, it was actually like two rides in one. Even though this ride was very low-tech, using black-light and mostly 2-D characters, it was still one of The Magic Kingdom's most popular rides, and will always be remembered.
Memories
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The following memory is from Blake Tyson:
It was truly a classic ride and I
can't beleive they got rid of it. I rode it many times, from the time I was
six through my mid-twenties. Sure it was outdated and a little silly, but
most importantly it was great fun. On my most recent visit to the park I was
shocked to see it boarded up. I realize that change is inevitable, but they
should have kept Mr. Toad. He's not just a ride, he's a legend. Let's hope
they bring him back soon. There's plenty of room in Disney World to put it
somewhere. In the meantime, best wishes to Winne the Pooh and all of his
friends on their new attraction.
The following memory is from Debbie Maguire :
The first time I road this attraction with my children was in 1995 ( I
had been there previously bc -before children). My two sons Tom and Tim
especially enjoyed the ride because the year before they had appeared in
a professional production of The Wind in the Willows at Western Illinois
Summer Music Theatre. One was a bunny and the other a weasel. They
loved it and it still remains their most personal experience of all the
trips we have made to WDW as a family. We really missed it last
November 1999 when we
walked through Fantasyland.
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