Maelstrom Boat Ride at Epcot Full POV in 8K | Classic Walt Disney World Upscaled and Remastered
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Published 2022-09-08
Maelstrom was a dark boat ride in the Norway pavilion at Epcot, (part of the Walt Disney World resort) and was in operation from July 5th, 1988 until October 5th, 2014. The ride closed to be replaced by Frozen Ever After.
"You are not the first to pass this way. Nor shall you be the last. Those who seek the spirit of Norway face peril and adventure—but more often, find beauty and charm.
We have always lived with the sea, so look first to the spirit of the seafarer.
Long ago, Norway was a land of vikings. That was the beginning of our love for the sea.
Before recorded time, Norway’s spirit roamed the seas of the far north and beyond.
Today, Norway’s spirit still thunders in her great fjords!
Norway’s spirit has always been—will always be—adventure!"
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All Comments (21)
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This video has around 60 hours worth of work into upscaling the footage and all the other editing. Please give it a like if you enjoyed it and I'll continue to upscale older footage like this. :yt:
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I wish they would have kept this ride as a Vikings ride for Norway!! Its a shame because the World Showcase is supposed to celebrate the country's in the world not IP stories!!
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Man, i miss the Old Epcot. I miss this. The old Journey Into Imagination, The old World Of Motion. Just not the same now.
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I used to get a profound sense of optimism about the future of mankind with old Epcot. Now all that is left is Living with the Land and spaceship earth.
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So we had an atmospheric, scary, almost adult ride that presents actual legends and lore from a long and storied history, that was replaced by a happy snowman? Yeah that tracks.
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The problem with the new frozen crap isn’t that “frozen is just no good”. It clearly has appeal with people. The real problem is that Disney turned a beautiful celebration of Norwegian culture into an American tale. Epcot, specifically the showcase, is for learning about cultures! Not frozen crap. They easily could have put it somewhere else
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This is what Epcot shoud be, not a princess fairytale.
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I went on this ride when I was 10 or 11, so 94-95. It's actually one of the few things I still remember pretty vividly of the whole experience. It seemed alot bigger to me then. I could of sworn I remembered it going over a waterfall or something though, or a sped up part or something. I also remember going on "Honey, I shrunk the Audience", but I think that was inside Disney itself. I also remember going to Sea World pretty well. All of these were over the course of 3 days. 4th day, we went on an airboat ride and I remember seeing gators, and eating a gator "beef"stick that tasted alot like chicken. I'm here trying to reinforce those memories, back from a time when Disney was actually good and family friendly. I wouldn't take my kids there now, nope.
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So much better than a budget Frozen ride.
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This was where you went to cool off and relax for a sec cause you knew the wait was nothing…
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This made me feel like I stepped back in time! I Remember riding it a day or 2 before it closed. So much nostalgia!
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The Frozen theming should've been done at Fantasy Land at Magic Kingdom leaving Maelstrom alone
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It pains me to think of them covering up that incredible, full-on classic 1980s-looking mural at the loading dock when they changed this to Frozen lol.....what a glorious work of art lost forever for no good reason. I mean, did we really need a Frozen ride?! Come on, now! That majestic mural alone was enough to warrant Maelstrom being kept as it was! Oh well, at least I can still view that classic mural online lol
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I miss this ride. It’s so sad to see how Disney is destroying Epcot, and what it once represented: knowledge, history, the future, curiosity, and creativity. Now it’s becoming just another generic theme park with all the rides based on movies. #BringBackOldEpcot
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I miss this ride. It was unique and adhered to themeing of Epcot's world showcase attractions. Nothing against Frozen but honestly that could have been placed elsewhere - it's not like they're running out of room at Disney World - they practically own the county.
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Man I miss this ride. SO much better than Frozen. Disney really dropped the ball on that one.
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2:56 mate that’s some submechanophobia right there. That nokken creature that rises slowly from the depths and gives u a look of death is true terror. This looked like a great ride before closing!
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Back! Back! Over the falls!
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I remember going on this ride a lot as a kid when visiting Disney world. It's probably my favorite ride at Disney world that's not open anymore and I am sad that it's gone. My dad actually wants to visit Norway because of this ride! I haven't ridden the frozen ride currently in place, but I guarantee looking at footage of it it's nowhere near as good as this one!
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I got to ride this before it got replaced. I love it and miss it. Thank you for posting this on here for the rest of us to see. 😄
