Bring Mr. Toad's Wild Ride back to the Magic Kingdom

The Issue

 

The original mural for the loading area of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

 

 

 

An original "Save Toad" flyer by How Bowers. Motormania still isn't a crime! Florida-goers deserve to be merrily on their way to nowhere as well!

 

 

Disney's 1949 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel "The Wind in the Willows" is one of the best-known re-tellings of the classic story and it's not hard to see why-with it's fast-paced slapstick and quirky characters, it remains a favorite among Disney fans! So much so that one of the original rides at Disneyland in Anaheim that was there on it's opening day in 1955, "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride", where guests could chaotically cavort through the English countryside in a jerky jalopy is still in operation. 

 

However, the same cannot be said for Disney World in Orlando. Most disappointing for Toad fans is the fact that The Magic Kingdom used to have it's own version of their favorite ride from when the park first opened in 1971 until 1997 when it was replaced with "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". As someone who was born in 1994, I didn't get to Disney World until after that version was long gone which I have always thought was a real shame because considering how much I loved the eponymous short when I was growing up, I know I would have loved it! On top of that, whenever I see classic Disney rides being discussed on forums and/or vlogs, I often see people who were fortunate enough to ride it back in the day discussing how much they enjoyed it and miss it. 

Given how popular the Disneyland original remains, I see no reason why The Disney Company's largest theme park should not have its' own version of this mortormania marvel! 

Mistakes are never too late to undo; there's room for Mr. Toad AND Pooh!

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The Issue

 

The original mural for the loading area of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

 

 

 

An original "Save Toad" flyer by How Bowers. Motormania still isn't a crime! Florida-goers deserve to be merrily on their way to nowhere as well!

 

 

Disney's 1949 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel "The Wind in the Willows" is one of the best-known re-tellings of the classic story and it's not hard to see why-with it's fast-paced slapstick and quirky characters, it remains a favorite among Disney fans! So much so that one of the original rides at Disneyland in Anaheim that was there on it's opening day in 1955, "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride", where guests could chaotically cavort through the English countryside in a jerky jalopy is still in operation. 

 

However, the same cannot be said for Disney World in Orlando. Most disappointing for Toad fans is the fact that The Magic Kingdom used to have it's own version of their favorite ride from when the park first opened in 1971 until 1997 when it was replaced with "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". As someone who was born in 1994, I didn't get to Disney World until after that version was long gone which I have always thought was a real shame because considering how much I loved the eponymous short when I was growing up, I know I would have loved it! On top of that, whenever I see classic Disney rides being discussed on forums and/or vlogs, I often see people who were fortunate enough to ride it back in the day discussing how much they enjoyed it and miss it. 

Given how popular the Disneyland original remains, I see no reason why The Disney Company's largest theme park should not have its' own version of this mortormania marvel! 

Mistakes are never too late to undo; there's room for Mr. Toad AND Pooh!

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Petition created on January 30, 2023