Submarine Voyage

**Submarine Voyage** AKA**The Submarine Voyage Through Liquid Space** was a Disneyland attraction partly inspired by *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* which went on to inspire the Magic Kingdom's *20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage* of-which it held several parallels.

## Summary

This attraction took guests from the docks of Submarine Lagoon in Tomorrowland into the open-ocean within nuclear submarines. They passed through a graveyard of lost ships and underneath of the North Pole where they found mermaids and a sea-serpent in ruins of Atlantis. Throughout this all they utilized hydrophones to listen to the ocean world around them.

The ride vehicles are modelled after cold-war submarines and the passage to the North Pole is inspired by the 1958 voyage of the U.S.S. Nautilus. The original submarines included the likes of:

* *Nautilus* (D-301)
* *Seawolf* (D-302)
* *Skate* (D-303)
* *Skipjack* (D-304)
* *Triton* (D-305)
* *George Washington* (D-306)
* *Patrick Henry* (D-307)
* *Ethan Allen* (D-308)

In 1987 the submarines would be refurbished as bright-yellow, "Explorer submarines" which had the names:

* *Nautilus* (301)
* *Neptune* (302)
* *Sea Star* (303)
* *Explorer* (304)
* *Seeker* (305)
* *Argonaut* (306)
* *Triton* (307)
* *Sea Wolf* (308)

## Connections

### Disney Films

* **20,000 Leagues Under the Sea**: This attraction would go on to inspire 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage in Walt Disney World and shared several features and locations with the attraction. Both feature similar sea-life, the North Pole, Atlantis, a sea-serpent and mermaids. Other references include one of the submarines being called the *Nautilus* for Captain Nemo's ship and Ned Land's song, "Whale of a Tale" being played in the queue.

* **Atlantis: The Lost Empire**: In addition to featuring Atlantis as a location, Submarine Voyage was planned to be refurbished into an attraction based on the film. During its final days, Submarine Voyage was outfitted as a meet 'n' greet spot with Atlantean artifacts where guests could meet with Kida and Milo.
* **Finding Nemo**: The, "Sonar Hydrophones" used by the N.E.M.O. Institute in *Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage* are taken from this attraction. Both attractions also feature a submarine of the same build which both bare the ID of being the *Nautilus* (D-301) inferring it to be the same vessel. The mermaids and sea-serpents from Submarine Voyage are also briefly sarcastically referenced by the submarine captain at the end of the attraction.

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

The Source Gazette from 1955 features an article on the rough launching of the, "Submarine Nautilus". This is a reference to the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) which departed for the North Pole in 1955, inspiring the attraction Submarine Voyage which included a fictionalized depiction of the ship.

### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

The giant clam from Submarine Voyage appears in Trader Sam's bar at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort.

### Disney Kingdoms

The sea serpent makes an appearance in the Enchanted Tiki Room miniseries, surfacing just out of sight of one of the island's guests as he walks along the beach.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.themagicforless.com/tmflblog/hanging-out-with-jock-lindsey/