Guest Said She Felt Neck, Back And Shoulder Pain After The Ride Came To A Stop.

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Story Line:

Peter Pan, a fabulous boy summoned rather than invented by Wendy, the adolescent daughter of the Darlings of London, actually appears to her and her brothers, John and Michael, on the eve of Wendy's "last day in the nursery" and teaches the children to fly. Within the hour, they are on their way across the rooftops to a far place of enchantment, Never Land.

Here their strange and exciting adventures begin when Capitan Hook, leader of a band of scurvy pirates, tries to blast Pan and his fellow voyagers out of the sky. This forces them into an emergency landing. Hook and his bosun, Smee, then plot the capture of their mortal enemy, Pan.

In the meantime, Wendy is escorted to the wonders and delights of Never Land by Peter who is familiar with all its inhabitants, including a glamorous bevy of mermaids. These are Wendy's favorites, but they, like Peter's tiny pixie friend Tinker Bell, are jealous of Pan's attentions to the strange girl from overseas.

John and Michael, and Wendy, are then captured by a band of Indians whose princess, Tiger Lily, has been kidnapped by Hook and his first mate Smee. The Lost Boys, a tatterdemalion band of motherless waifs, also are rounded up by the Indians. Pan saves the prisoners from the stake and by freeing Tiger Lily earns the Chief of the Redmen's gratitude.

In order to discover Pan's secret headquarters, Hook traps Wendy and Pan's pixie friend, Tinker Bell. Both unwittingly give Hook clues to Peter's whereabouts, but Pan continues to outwit the vile buccaneer with the steel hook for a hand.

Hook is in turn pursued by a hungry Crocodile who is responsible for his missing hand.

As a last attempt to destroy Peter, Hook plants a time bomb in his underground home, the whereabouts of which Tinker Bell has thoughtlessly betrayed. In remorse, Tink seizes the bomb just as it explodes. She almost dies, but Pan revives her by telling the jealous little sprite that she means more to him than anyone else in the world. Tink then reveals that Wendy and her brothers have been taken captive by Hook and are about to walk the plank.

Pan is able to rescue the prisoners only after a terrific battle with Hook and the rest of the pirates. During the fight Hook falls into the sea and almost into the jaws of the ravening Crocodile, but through sheer terror manages once more to out swim the hungry monster. Peter and his staunch comrades then take charge of the pirate ship. Wendy, however, is now ready to go back home, and be grown-up. So Peter hoists the sails and steers a course back to the Darling residence. When Father and Mother Darling return from an evening out, they find Wendy kneeling by the window, and John and Michael snug in bed. Wendy says she's watching a ship in the sky which is taking Peter and the Lost Boys back to Never Land. And that she's glad she's home again -- willing to grow up.

Puzzled at first, the father peers out into the night sky, "You know," he says, "I have the strangest feeling I've seen that ship before... when I was very young," and Mother Darling says she's very glad to hear him say it. The ship finally appears as a receding shadow amidst the bright stars.

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VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:

The vehicle is designed as a miniature flying pirate ship, with the present conveyance system consisting of an overhead track from which the vehicle is suspended. It is operated electrically.

Ride Information:

Capacity/Hour : 900 (THC) 683 (OSC)

Seating/Vehicle: 2.45

Number Vehicle: 12 (THC) 11 (OSC)

Length Of Ride: 486 Feet

Trip Time Of Ride: 1 Minute 49 Seconds

Speed Of Ride: 4 Feet Per Second

Dispatch Time: 12 Seconds

Minimum Turn Radius: 6 Feet

Incline: 15 degrees Maximum

Size Of Vehicle: 5 feet x 7 feet 5 inches x 6 feet 8 inches High

Type Of Loading & Unloading: Stop-Unload-Jog-Stop-Load-Ready Dispatch

Cycle Time: 2:24

Vertical Curve Radius: 20 Feet

Number of A.A Figures:42

In Wendy, Michael, and John's nursery, the blocks on the floor spell out "Disney." (One stack reads D-I-upside-down 5-N, and the blocks next to it read Y-E.) There are also blocks that say "P Pan."

You can hear the voices of Wendy, Michael, and John playing in the upstairs nursery from outside Peter Pan's Flight.

In the ride you will see things, seem to glow in the dark. This is a simple black light effect. The idea is that a light puts out only Ultra Violet light. This is light that you can not see, but when it hits a substance that contains a fluorescent pigment, the light is seen. Causing that "Glowing" effect. A good black light will only put out UV light and nothing else.

Over 50 miles of fiber optics appear in Peter Pan's Flight.

Voices:
Peter Pan - Ronnie McMillan
Wendy - Kathryn Beaumont
Captain Hook - Corey Burton
Mr. Smee - Corey Burton

In the 1970's required a "C" ticket

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SCENE DESCRIPTION October 1981:

**LOAD AREA**:

STORY:
In the Load Area Guests board ride vehicles styled after Captain Hook's famous pirate galleon. Once aboard the ships take flight and steer a course toward Never Never Land

SET DESCRIPTION:
The facade consists of scenic of scenic flats that depict scenes from the Peter Pan Story, These flats are placed in the foreground of a muslin backing, 100' x 5' and paint to give the illusion of depth.

**NURSERY**:

STORY:
The pirate ships enter the nursery through an open window. Toys and building blocks are strewn about the hardwood of the floor of the room. On the wall are portraits of the Darling family and their Saint Bernard, Nana. Sitting in a rocking chair, in the center of the room, is Wendy reading to her brothers of the adventures of Peter Pan. John and Michael reenact the story as she reads, by engaging in a duel with make believe swords. Suddenly, all three stop and stare in amazement as Peter Pan appears, balancing on the window ledge.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Peter Pan leads the vehicles out the open bedroom window.

**GARDEN**:

STORY:
Peter Pan invites one and all to follow him through an adventure in Never Never Land. The ride vehicles move through the open window and into the night sky. Far below, bound by a chain and collar to the ground, Nana, the family's pet Saint Bernard is barking frantically.

SET DESCRIPTION:
The set diminishes in size to give the illusion that the ride vehicles are flying. Silhouettes of Wendy, John and Michael circle around Nana, who is chained to her dog house.

**LONDON TOWN**:

STORY:
As the ride vehicles follow Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, they climb higher and higher into the sky, and London slowly disappears from sight, lost beneath the gathering clouds of night.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Model pieces duplicate an aerial view of London. The model pieces will be scaled to give the feeling of ascent. The Thames River is painted directly onto the concrete flooring.

**INDIAN VILLAGE**:

STORY:
Breaking through the clouds, Guests can see the island of Never Never Land. Up ahead, is the mountaintop home of Princess Tiger Lily's tribe. She, along with her father, the High Chief, are holding a tribal council meeting around a blazing camp-fire.

SET DESCRIPTION:
As the fog slowly clears, a tiny island can be glimpsed. It leads to one main island which appears to be a series of odd shaped peninsulas and hills. An irregular path leads up to a plateau which is dotted with brightly painted Indian tepees.

**PIRATE COVE**:

STORY:
Far below the Indian Village on the other side of the mountain, a pirate ship lies anchored in a small bay. Aside the ship, ominously patrolling the waters in search of its next meal is a hungry crocodile.

SET DESCRIPTION:
This will be a dimensional set. A small pirate ship appears anchored in the back bay of the island. Beside the ship, a tiny crocodile waits with an ominous appetite.

**LOST BOYS TREE HOUSE CAMP**:

STORY:
In the distance, Tinker Bell is twinkling brightly and flying in excited little patterns. On a plateau of a nearby mountain, a large tree glows with the reflections of a burning campfire. Gathered around the fire are Peter Pan's friends and followers, the Lost Boys, telling stories, laughing and plotting their next adventure.

SET DESCRIPTION:
As the vehicles enter the host Boys' Camp, off in the distance softly twinkling vision of Tinker Bell. The center piece of the set is a large glowing tree with the host Boys sitting around nearby campfire.

**MERMAID LAGOON**:

STORY:
Leaving the Lost Boys' Tree House Camp behind, the vibrantly beautiful Mermaid Lagoon comes into view. Lazily perched atop the exotic rock work surrounding the shoreline, the enchanting lovelies primp and fawn with hand mirrors and combs.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Set pieces depict the rocky shoreline of a tropical island with one low waterfall.

**PIRATE SHIP**:

STORY:
Suddenly, a dark and foreboding rock, shaped like a skull, appears directly in front of the ride vehicles. Instead of trying to avoid the skull rock, the ride vehicles pass directly through one of the eye sockets. On the other side is Captain Hook's pirate ship. Ugly, old pirates, of a mean and wicked disposition, sway about the ship softly singing a wicked pirate tune.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Vehicles enter through the eye of Skull Rock which serves as the gateway to the pirate ship set. A sail drapes the stern of the ship to block the Guests' sight line.

**KIDS TIED TO MAST**:

STORY:
Captain Hook has managed to capture John and Michael and the Lost Boys. He stands on the bow of his pirate ship, sword in hand demanding to know, "Where does Pan Live: If you don't tell me - you all go overboard:"

SET DESCRIPTION:
Captain Hook's Pirate Ship

**WENDY WALKS THE PLANK**:

STORY:
Since Hook was not able to force the secret of Pan's hiding place from anyone, Wendy is made to walk the plank. She stands near the end of the plank, shaking and frightened, her hands tied behind her back.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Captain Hook's Pirate Ship

**PETER PAN AND CAPTAIN HOOK DUELING**:

STORY:
As the ride vehicles move past the giant sail, Peter Pan is discovered engaged in a swirling flash of crossed blades, as he duels to the finish with Captain Hook.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Stern of Pirate Ship

**CAPTAIN HOOK'S ORDEAL**:

STORY:
With his ship lost to Peter Pan, Captain Hook tries to make good his escape, but is foiled by the crocodile who has other plans in mind. Mr. Smee is rowing frantically to rescue his captain, but it may prove to be too late as Hook balances precariously between the jaws.

SET DESCRIPTION:
Mr. Smee sits in a set piece - dinghy, rowing toward Captain Hook precariously situated between jaw of a hungry crocodile. Right side of this set will be rock work.

**FINALE**:

STORY:
As the ride vehicles pass by leaving Captain Hook to his fate, they are showered in a sprinkle of Tink's "pixie dust." The vehicles move beside a mirrored wall and the reflection shows that the tiny pirate ships have taken on a golden aura.

SET DESCRIPTION:
A scrim is located in front of the mirrored wall. A star effect will be projected onto the scrim. Guests will see their galleon magically transformed into a ship of gold.

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From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
In Fantasyland's new scheme of things, this attraction (based on the Scottish writer Sir James M. Barrie's play about the boy who wouldn't grow up, by way of Walt Disney's 1953 animated feature) is the most unabashedly beautiful. Though the story line adheres closely to that of the old attraction, the special effects soar to celestial heights as the pirate ships carry travelers through the clouds and into a sky full of infinite numbers of tiny fiber-optic stars. The water ripples and gleams softly in the moonlight. The lava on the sides of the volcano glows almost with the intensity of the real thing. And then the ship seems to pass through a waterfall-and into an unloading area that is all the more mundane after the magic of the trip through Never-Never Land. A must.