20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage

It was his first project with his mentor, Claude Coates.

Baxter and Coates worked together on a large rebuild of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea attraction in 1974.

And Baxter was handed larger and larger assignments and then got to lead the team on the rebuild of Disneyland's Fantasyland.

Baxter designed his designs for this realm on the work of Herb Ryman, Dorothea Redman, and Claude Coates.

So, yeah.

Meanwhile, in the 1990s and the Magic Kingdom, two of the scary attractions in Fantasyland were significantly changed.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with its scary giant squid attack was closed.

That's a significant change.

Combining Halloween imagery with Christmas themes, the film eventually became a beloved holiday favorite.

October 14, 1971, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom opened 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a submarine voyage in Fantasyland.

Featuring 12 submarines inspired by Captain Nemo's Nautilus, the attraction took guests on an underwater adventure filled with aquatic scenes and imaginative encounters.

It closed on September 5, 1994, after nearly 23 years of operation.

fantasyland all right this these are good ones ready during the fantasy expansion right so that was just uh what in 2011 i believe expansion yeah new fans new fantasyland expansion there were originally plans for an area and an attraction based on the chronicles of narnia film series 2.

20,000 leagues under the sea.

The submarines were regularly moved around to different locations in Disney World for several years until being stripped and buried in a landfill in 2024.

Three vehicles were saved from the fleet's demise.

So we got one is the Fantasyland expansion.

It was originally going to have Chronicles of Narnia.

Two is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

And three is Winnie the Pooh and Mr. Toad.

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Pete, as many of you know, can be heard as the voice of Henry the Bear in the Country Bear Jamboree, President Lincoln in the Hall of Presidents, and Captain Nemo in the now extinct Walt Disney World attraction 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Of course, Pete's credits don't just stop there.

I could actually fill the show just talking about the guy's resume, but let's not get off track.