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and living trees, before coming to a stop on the edge of another waterfall, exposing the Norway pavilion's main thoroughfare. The backwards edge of the boat peeked out through the facade as the track pivoted to let the vehicle travel forward again. Correctly oriented, the boats plunged forward down a
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In the ride's loading area, a large painted mural included many people and elements from Norway's history. Hidden in this painting was a Viking whose helmet had Mickey Mouse ears, and another figure wearing a Mickey Mouse
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figures. The attraction was originally supposed to be called SeaVenture, with the entrance sign during construction even displaying it as such. Sometime between March 1988 and the ride's opening, it was changed.
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Riders departed from a dock traveling by boat, which turned a corner into a dark tunnel and up the flume's
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Inside the stave church, King Olaf II had a small Mickey embroidered on his tunic, near his right thigh.
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In September 2014, it was announced that the ride would be replaced by an attraction based on
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hovered above. Riders passed through scenes of seafarers and maritime villages depicting a
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version of Norway's Viking days. Entering a marsh, the boat would come face to face with
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underneath the water's surface. The boats floated briskly past scenes of
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28-foot (8.5 m) flume into a stormy depiction of the
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Epcot
World Showcase
Norway
Coordinates
28°22′15″N 81°32′47″W / 28.37083°N 81.54639°W / 28.37083; -81.54639
Frozen Ever After
Shoot the Chute
Intamin
Walt Disney Imagineering
Norway
FastPass+

reversing
Shoot the Chute
dark ride
Epcot
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney Imagineering
Norway Pavilion
World Showcase
log chute
film
longships
audio-animatronic
Disney's
Frozen
Frozen Ever After
lift hill
Germanic

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