An attraction based on Winnie the Pooh dates back to 1977 and the “Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” Animated feature. Imagineers made multiple attempts to bring pooh Bear to Disneyland – but Pooh Bear didn’t make the cut for Disneyland’s new fantasyland in 1983 or Mickey’s Toon town in 1993. In fact, Roger Rabbit’s cartoon spin was based on a “spinnable” honey pot designed for a Winnie the Pooh attraction that never happened.
A resurgence in Pooh’s popularity in the mid-1990s, and the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh animated series, led to the development of a Winnie the Pooh attraction in Walt Disney Worlds’ magic kingdom. The Many Adventure of Winnie the pooh would open in June of 1999, replacing the popular Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. You can find a hidden Mr. Toad in the Walt Disney World Attraction, a framed photo of Mr. Toad passing the dead for the building to Owl.
Three years later in 2003, The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh would move into Disneyland’s new Critter Country, the renamed Bear Country. Like its Walt Disney World cousin, you can find a reference to the Country Bears in the Disneyland version of The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh. Directly behind you toward the end of the attraction, you can spot Max, Buff, and Melvin on the wall, waiting for the next performance of Country Bears.
So while you can ride the many adventures of Winnie the pooh in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, the attraction replaced Mr. Toad in Florida and Country Bears in California. But you can still ride Mr. Toad in California and watch country bears in Florida. Go it? Good!
In this episode of SamsDisneyDiary, we take a side-by-side ride on the Walt Disney World and Disneyland version of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh! Which is better? Let me know in the comments – and Thanks for Watching.
Disneyland Fantasyland vs Walt Disney World. California Screamin, History of the Country Bears
