Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/07/05/fighting-lobsters.html
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Those fighting crabs aren’t going to ISO 9001 certify themselves, after all.
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No giant squid? I am disappointed with Disney.
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I’m glad I got to see this and the other one at Disneyland as a kid.
There are cool wiki pages for both -
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Perhaps that was on page two?
Disappointed. I clicked on the article expecting the check list for the real captain Nemo’s submarine
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Or at least a prop version of same, for a steampunk RPG or similar.
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Ground Control: Ready for last minute cockpit check?
Pilot: OK.
Ground Control: Largacti1…five milligrammes.
Pilot: Check.
Ground Control: Valium…ten milligrammes.
Pilot: Check.
Ground Control: Haloperidol…five milligrammes.
Pilot: Which?
Ground Control: The little white ones. W-W-W for white.
Pilot: OK. Check.
Ground Control: Pheno Barbitone. Five milligrammes.
Pilot: Check
Ground Control: Disipel…five milligrammes.
Pilot: Check
Ground Control: Glass of water.
Pilot: Check
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I loved this ride as a kid. Very cool to see this checklist. I hope Single Lobster found someone to spend retirement with.
Also, Rotating Eels is the name of my new band.
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These days, having a ride based on that radicalized international terrorist Prince Dakkar would be problematic.
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There’s still a pretty cool (static) attraction in Disney Paris based on this:
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Sure, techies can lean a bit towards weird, but “scurrying morlocks”?!?
Very cool. With a “tentacular surprise” even.
Gee, I wasn’t aware it was completely dismantled. I had the impression it had been turned into a Finding Nemo affair. (No, really.)
Fun to see this crop up again! Lot’s of info on the 20k ride on my dusty old site here: 20kride.com
And a nice condensed history in this lecture I gave here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mGkhYR0Ms
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