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Big Cheese
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
Associated Press: March 31, 2006
In a press release today the Walt Disney Company announced the return of a classic dark ride, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, to the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, which was in the Magic Kingdom from opening day in 1971 until its closing in 1998 to make way for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride, took guests through the world on C. Thaddeus Toad from the 1947 Disney cartoon The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad; which was itself derived from Kenneth Grahame's classic novel The Wind and the Willows. The surprising return of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride became possible due to the pressure from many loyal fans of the dark ride, and through Internet campaigns such as the Save Mr. Toad website. Walt Disney Company President/CEO Bob Iger saw bringing back Mr. Toad to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom as an opportunity to return much of the former glory to the theme parks that had diminished due to budget cutbacks by his predecessor, former Disney President/CEO Michael Eisner. Construction on the new Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, newly Re-Imagineered for the 21st century with state-of-the-art animatronics and effects such as fiberoptic lighting, will begin sometime in mid-April of this year, shortly after The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh runs for the last time on April 1. Pooh fans have no need to worry, as the Magic Kingdom will be getting Pooh's Hunny Hunt, an exact copy of the ride from Tokyo Disneyland. Pooh's Hunny Hunt will be constructed adjacent to the Pooh-themed 100 Acre Wood playground, and is expected to open on October 1, the same day that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride will make its grand return to Walt Disney World. For more infomation, please scroll down.... (KEEP GOING) (YOU'RE ALMOST THERE) APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
Dude, ok, SERISOULY. You can't just decide to pop up in here every 6 months and pull that kind of trickery.
 I was SERISOULY SOOO hyped up for a moment there!!!Not fair, not fair, not fair!!!!    haha, my avatar PERFECTLY depicts my expression to you... hehehe  hehehe! A Good one though 
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
Ah ha, I believed you until I saw the Pooh ride going away, that will never happen. Good one.
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Big Cheese
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
I for one have had enough of these little "tricks". I guess I'm just too gullible! Is April 1st almost over yet????
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
Hey this seems to be going around today...you had me for a moment...me not being one of the MTWR fans.
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Big Cheese
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
I just figured the title be good for a luagh, for some reason this year people seem to be trying all sorts of april fools. So yah today you could have told me my hair was on fire and unless I smell smoke I'm not moving.
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
I knew it the moment you said the winnie the pooh ride was going away
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
woohoo!!! I was actually skeptical of this one! This makes officially ONE April Fools joke that I have not fallen for all day. Kinda sad.
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
arrrrrrrrrg!!! I need to go buy some of the new herbal drop that cures gullibleness...
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True, it proably would have been more better if you said there was room behind pooh's playground to put up a new ride building that could house Mr Toads. Quote:
I happen to have some for sale. Well not really
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
I'm glad that I read this today, otherwise I might have fallen for it! That was a pretty good one! We didn't have a single April Fool's joke happen in my family yesterday...
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
You A*L*M*O*S*T had me there! But after the "Cavey Incident", I'm very wary!
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Re: Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to return to the Magic Kingdom
I had a feeling!
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