Journey to the Center of the Earth, Amusement ride in Mysterious Island, Tokyo DisneySea, Japan

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a ride in Mysterious Island at Tokyo DisneySea that sends its vehicles through caverns filled with glowing crystals, giant mushrooms, and underground laboratories beneath Mount Prometheus. The route passes through several chambers with moving figures and effects before ending in a rapid ascent through an open shaft.

The ride opened in 2001 together with the entire park and used technology originally developed for Test Track at Epcot. Engineers adapted the system to fit the volcanic setting and the Jules Verne narrative, creating a new kind of themed ride.

The name comes directly from Jules Verne's 1864 novel about explorers attempting to reach Earth's core through an extinct volcano. Visitors see instruments and notebooks everywhere that refer to the fictional Professor Lidenbrock's scientific expeditions.

Riders must be at least 117 cm tall and able to sit upright alone; children cannot ride on a lap. The attraction is not recommended for people with high blood pressure, heart, spinal or neck conditions, motion sickness, pregnancy or advanced age. The vehicles are computer-controlled and motor-driven, accelerating and braking sharply, and the track surface is coated with the same material used on aircraft carrier decks.

The final encounter shows a moving creature in a volcano chamber whose size and movements often surprise visitors expecting a calmer ride. Immediately after, an explosive escape section follows in which the vehicles shoot upward in seconds and reach daylight.