Dumbo The Flying Elephant
Last Updated: December 7, 2023
Guests soar high above Fantasyland aboard their own personal Dumbo.
ID:
TMS-449
Dates Open:
Replaced By:
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Construction: 3
Onstage: 34
Backstage: 0
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Deaths & Injuries:
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Audio Clips:
1
Videos:
8
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Patents:
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Dumbo The Flying Elephant Secrets:
The original name for this attraction (before the attraction was built) was The Pink Elephant Ride!
The first Dumbo Elephants weighed 700 pounds each.
A figure of Timothy Mouse rides atop the central hub. The figure originally held a training whip, later replaced with the "magic feather." It has since been changed back to the whip.
During his 1957 visit, Former US President Harry S Truman politely declined a ride on Dumbo Flying Elephants. Elephants are the symbol of America's Republican Party; Truman was a Democrat.
At the 1992 Disneyana convention, one of the original ride vehicles sold for US$16,000.
Required a "B" ticket in 1955-1957
Required a "C" ticket in 1959
Required a "C" ticket in 1964-1965
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Prove that in this fantasy world of "dreams come true" anything is possible. That's why elephants really "fly" in Fantasyland, as Timothy, the mouse cracks the whip and Dumbos soar high carrying happy passengers
Required a "C" ticket in 1970's
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
When Harry Truman came to Disneyland in 1957, he and his wife visited almost every attraction in the park except this one "a Republican symbol," he proclaimed. A more plausible explanation is that it has always been something of a kiddie ride, an experience especially loved by youngsters in the two- through-seven age group (and their parents, who happily go along to watch their kids' smiles). The all-new design, however, a vital part of the Fantasyland renovation, has made the ride a showpiece of the area, a mechanical marvel that can hold even the most blasé grown-up's attention. Dumbo was the flying elephant character in the 1941 film about a baby elephant who discovers, on falling into a bucketful of champagne, that his inordinately large ears, which have previously been such a source of embarrassment, can actually help him to fly. Timothy Mouse, who becomes his friend's manager after the flying elephant is hired as a star (by after the flying el the same circus folk who once scoffed at him), stands in command at the center of the attraction.
Dumbo The Flying Elephant Specifications:
THEORETICAL CAPACITY
This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.
Theoretical Capacity:
410 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
2:58
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
30
Trips:
20 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
142
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
160 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
2
SPEED
Average speed vehicles travel
Speed:
8.50
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
2:58
QUEUE FACTOR
Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965
Queue Factor:
20-30 min
LOAD TIME
From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.
Load Time:
1:28
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
1:30
ATTENDANCE FACTOR
(Total Guests Carried/Total Main Gate Attendance) * 100 (1964)
Attendance Factor:
13.5
UTILIZATION FACTOR
Capacity Percentage * Attendance Percentage (1964)
Utilization Factor:
11.0
Dumbo The Flying Elephant Spiel:
(Loading area announcements.)
TIMOTHY
Hi there! It’s your friend, Timothy Mouse. As you know, Dumbo is a real high-flyer. So to make your flight a safe one, be sure to stay seated with your seatbelt fastened, keeping your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside. And for all you grownup types, be sure to watch your kids! To make your pachyderm fly higher, just raise the magic lever right in front of you. Okay, Dumbo, let’s get this show on the road!
(Spanish safety spiel.)
(Ride begins.)
TIMOTHY
What a flight! Okay, everybody, time to hold your horses — I mean elephants — until Dumbo comes to a stop. Then yous can walk to the nearest exit. See you soon!
(Ride ends. Guests exit and new guests board.)
TIMOTHY
This is your ringmaster, Timothy Mouse. To make sure your flight’s a safe one, be sure to stay seated with your seatbelt fastened, keeping your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside. And be sure to watch your kids! To make Dumbo fly higher, just raise the magic lever right in front of you. Everybody ready? Then get ready to take off with the world’s only flying elephant — Dumbo!
(Spanish safety spiel.)
(Ride begins.)
TIMOTHY
Looks like we’re comin’ in for a landing, gang. But please stay seated until Dumbo comes to a stop, and then yous can walk to the nearest exit. Thanks for flying with the eighth wonder of the world — Dumbo!
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