Peter Pan's Flight, Suspended dark ride in Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, United States
Peter Pan's Flight is a suspended dark ride in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom. Riders board three-passenger miniature galleons hung from a ceiling track, which leave the loading area and pass through the Darlings' nursery, where Nana the Saint Bernard sits beside toy blocks spelling "D1SN3Y" backwards. The ships then fly out the nursery window over a moonlit London with miniature St Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, Tower Bridge and the River Thames.
The ride opened in 1955 at Disneyland and was later replicated in other Disney parks around the world. A major renovation in 1983 introduced moving figures with improved mechanics into the scenes.
The 2024 update to the Magic Kingdom ride kept Tiger Lily but replaced the film's other Indian characters, including her father, with a new group of "less caricatured" figures such as Tiger Lily's grandmother, dressed in modern outfits.
The ride lasts just under three minutes and starts in a recreated nursery before guests glide through the window into the night sky. Wait times tend to grow during afternoon and evening hours, while mornings are generally quieter.
Black light and fiber optics create the impression of soaring above lit cityscapes, with Big Ben and the Thames visible below. In the nursery scene, building blocks spell out hidden messages reading Disney and P Pan.
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