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Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is an attraction located in the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, which opened on June 11, 2007. Based on the characters and settings of the 2003 Disney·Pixar film, ''Finding Nemo'', it is a re-theming of the classic Submarine Voyage attraction that operated from 1959 to 1998. ==History== (詳細はTomorrowland. It closed on September 9, 1998. At that time, it was reported that the attraction would reopen with a new theme by 2003. On the final day of the attraction's operation, Imagineer Tony Baxter told then-Disneyland president Paul Pressler "This is one of the worst days of my life." Baxter was one of many Imagineers who championed to bring the attraction back with a new theme. One of the first attempts to resurrect the subs was to create an attraction based on the 2001 Disney animated film ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'', and a mock-up was built to test the concept. However, when the film under-performed at the box office, plans for an ''Atlantis'' re-theming were shelved. The next year, an attempt was made to re-theme the attraction based on Disney's animated film ''Treasure Planet'', but it too under-performed. At one point, Disneyland executives considered getting rid of the submarines, feeling that they took up too much storage space. In response to this, then-Imagineering creative chief Marty Sklar hired a naval engineering firm to inspect the subs, and it was discovered that they had forty to fifty years of life left in them, thus saving the submarines from destruction. Eventually, the special effects team at Walt Disney Imagineering developed new projection technology, and around the same time the Pixar animated film ''Finding Nemo'' was in development, which had potential for a Submarine Voyage re-theme. Matt Ouimet became the President of Disneyland Resort in 2003, and in 2004 there was new activity in the Submarine lagoon. One of the original eight submarines in the fleet was moored at the old Submarine Voyage station dock for inspection by Imagineering. Rumors quickly spread over the Internet that an attraction based on ''Finding Nemo'' would finally replace Submarine Voyage. The submarines were tested to see if new animated show scenes would be visible from the portholes. A mock-up of the new technology was created and a presentation was staged for Ouimet. In spite of the enormous price tag, Ouimet was impressed and the ''Finding Nemo'' theme for the Submarine Voyage was given the green light. This was the first major theme park project for Bob Iger, who became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, as well as the first major project for John Lasseter (chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation, and executive producer of ''Finding Nemo'') in his role as Principal Creative Advisor for Imagineering. After months of speculation, on July 15, 2005, two days before the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland, the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage was officially announced at the new Turtle Talk with Crush attraction at Disney California Adventure by then-Walt Disney Parks and Resorts President, Jay Rasulo. For the attraction the Imagineers used more than thirty tons of recycled crushed glass to "paint" the coral and rockwork in the lagoon. Imagineers also created more than forty colors for the lagoon area such as Yamber (a cross between yam and amber), Mango Mud, Toast, Blue Feint (barely blue), Aqua Jazz, Swamp (dark green/amber), Danger Red, Burning Coal, Split Pea, Earth, Phantom and Peritwinkle.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://disneylandnews.com/fact-sheets/2009/06/17/finding-nemo-submarine-voyage-fun-facts/ )〕 The attraction was a success when it opened in 2007, with queue-line times sometimes reaching four hours. In 2008, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage received an award for outstanding achievement from the Themed Entertainment Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=14th Annual Thea Awards )〕 In 2010, line times had fallen to around 45 minutes. Wait times have, since then, decreased a bit further due to the new adjacent Tomorrowland attraction, Star Tours—The Adventures Continue. On January 6, 2014, the attraction closed for an extended refurbishment to make improvements to the rockwork and coral. During this time the lagoon was drained. The attraction reopened on September 27, 2014 with many of the scenes and coral refreshed and repainted. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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