20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a dark ride attraction at Tokyo DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. It is a submarine-type attraction and is based on the Jules Verne novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and its 1954 Disney adaption.
History
The attraction has a narration and is quite unique in many ways to other submarine-type attractions in other Disney parks. After all, the ride vehicles are suspended from an overhead track and does not actually travel underwater. The double pane glass dome windows, contains the water and the bubbles to create the illusion of the submarines diving deep into the ocean.
Summary
Queue
Guests can see Captain Nemo's Nautilus and the entire fleet of sub 157 "Neptune" hanging from a crane beside the spiral portion of the outdoor queue which is the vehicle-type for the main ride.
The inside queue takes guests past diving gears, Captain Nemo's planning equipment and offices.
Main ride
Inside the Neptune submarines, guests sit on small benches, each with a view from its own porthole, as Captain Nemo and his crew narrate the journey. The low light of the ride means the submarines are equipped with searchlights guests can use to better reveal the mysteries of the sea.
The Neptune submerges to explore a coral reef before a volcanic vent signals the entrance to Kraken Reef, a ship graveyard where sealife now lives among the treasures and wrecks from across the centuries. Ascent to the surface is prevented by an attack from an incoming giant squid, but the crew quickly charge the Neptune's defences to repel it. Unfortunately, the use of the shock attack overheats the Neptune's system, forcing the crew to use a backup one as the submarine falls into Lucifer's Trench, a dark and mysterious abyss. Bioluminescent fish quickly give way to mysterious ruins at the bottom of the trench, featuring broken pottery, crumbling buildings, and a colossus lying in pieces across the seafloor. Vibrant murals reveal the ruins to be the remains of Atlantis, which has been rebuilt into a beautiful alien looking city by its new inhabitants, strange, humanoid creatures who initially hide in the shadows as they watch the Neptune pass by. They decide to assist the Neptune and bring it up to the surface, saving the crew and the guests, and marking the conclusion of the ride.
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