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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure is a dark ride attraction based on the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid, located in Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure and in Fantasyland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, where it is titled Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid . The ride opened on June 3, 2011 at Disney California Adventure, and on December 6, 2012 at Magic Kingdom.HistoryIn the early-to-mid-1990s, Walt Disney Imagineering attempted to develop a Little Mermaid dark ride for Disneyland Paris and Magic Kingdom parks. Early plans for Tokyo DisneySea and Hong Kong Disneyland also included this ride. None of these versions were actually built, although a computer-generated ride-through animatic was included on the Platinum Edition DVD of The Little Mermaid in 2006.Disney later went on to design and build a different version of the attraction for Disney California Adventure, as part of an effort to revitalize that park in the 2000s. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure opened on June 3, 2011 in an area of Paradise Pier formerly occupied by Golden Dreams.
The Buzz Lightyear attractions are a series of Tomorrowland shooting dark rides based on the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 2 at Disney Parks around the world. Although each ride may have a different name, all share the same plot and major characters. As each form of the attraction appeared, new technology has allowed the guest to better interact with the ride and even connect with personal computer users.The attractions use a third-generation Omnimover system, and are combination of a shooting gallery and a dark ride. The first ride featured laser guns that were not movable, but later versions featured the guns that are held in a holster and movable with the exception of a cord to keep them in the vehicle after the ride has ended. In 2005, the Walt Disney Company premiered a home version of the ride in the form of an internet video game that allows users to connect with guests at the parks. The scores of each guest from the dark ride are tallied with the internet gamer and increase the points won. There is also an attraction at Walt Disney World Resort's DisneyQuest with the name "Buzz Lightyear's Astroblasters," where players ride and control cars while shooting "balls" at each other. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin was named the 2004 Disney Magazine Reader's Choice Award winner for Best Magic Kingdom Park Attraction for Young Kids.
Het Walt Disney World Resort, in de volksmond bekend als Walt Disney World of Disney World, is een Walt Disney-vakantiebestemming in de buurt van Orlando, Florida in de Verenigde Staten. Het is de grootste en meest bezochte amusementsbestemming van Florida. Het park werd in 1971 geopend en trekt jaarlijks zo'n 25 miljoen bezoekers.Walt Disney World Resort bestaat uit vier pretparken, twee waterpretparken en twee winkel- en entertainmentgebieden. Naast de pretparken zijn er ook nog zo'n 27 Disney-resorts en hotels aanwezig. Op het sportcomplex Disney's Wide World of Sports kan men verscheidene sporten beoefenen. Het sportcomplex bestaat uit veel verschillende stadions en sportvelden. Walt Disney World Resort heeft tevens een eigen gratis vervoerssysteem.GeschiedenisNa de opening van Disneyland in Californië in 1955 wilde Walt Disney een tweede, groter park laten bouwen. In 1959 begon hij met het zoeken van een locatie. Hij kocht een stuk land in Lake Buena Vista met een oppervlakte van 111 vierkante kilometer (een gebied groter dan Manhattan). Dat hele gebied is gebruikt om Walt Disney World op te bouwen.