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{{Infobox attraction
| name = The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
| park = [[Magic Kingdom]]
| land = Fantasyland
| type = Dark ride
| opened = June 4, 1999
| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering
| height = None
| status = Operating
}}

'''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''' is a dark ride in Fantasyland at [[Magic Kingdom]] in the [[Walt Disney World Resort]], Florida. Opened on June 4, 1999, it carries riders in vehicles shaped as honey pots through scenes from the Hundred Acre Wood, drawn from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories as adapted in Disney's 1977 animated film of the same name. Versions of the attraction were later built at [[Disneyland Park]], Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland, each differing in layout and detail; a distinct, trackless version, Pooh's Hunny Hunt, operates at [[Tokyo Disneyland]].

== History ==
Disney had considered a Winnie the Pooh ride since the late 1970s, but the character's popularity in the United States at that time did not support the investment. By the 1990s the position had reversed: Pooh merchandise was among the company's strongest sellers, and a ride was approved for the Magic Kingdom.

Rather than build on an empty site, Disney placed the attraction in the show building of [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]], an opening-day attraction of 1971 based on ''The Wind in the Willows''. The decision drew organised protests from Mr. Toad's supporters, who campaigned in the park and in the press. Disney closed Mr. Toad's Wild Ride on September 7, 1998. Its two-track layout was replaced by a single track, and part of the building was given over to a shop.

Two tributes to the earlier ride were built into the new one. Inside Owl's house, riders pass a framed picture showing Mr. Toad handing a deed to Owl, and another showing Pooh greeting Moley, Mr. Toad's companion. A Mr. Toad figure also appears as a headstone in the pet cemetery outside [[The Haunted Mansion]].

In 2010 the queue was rebuilt with interactive elements themed as pages from a storybook and activities in Rabbit's garden, part of the wider remaking of Fantasyland in that period.

== Experience ==
The queue and loading area are presented as the pages of an oversized book, setting out the premise that riders are entering the story. Vehicles, styled as honey pots carrying up to four riders, move first into a blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood: wind bends the trees, Owl's house is shaken, and objects slide across the floor as the story's famous wind unsettles the wood.

The ride then visits Tigger, in a scene where the vehicles bounce along with him, and Pooh's house, where Pooh falls asleep after eating honey and drifts into the Heffalumps and Woozles dream — the ride's most stylised sequence, using black light, floating shapes and a honey pot that appears to melt into the dream. Riders emerge into a rainstorm: the wood floods, vehicles appear to float on the rising water, and the characters form a rescue chain to pull Piglet to safety.

The final scene is a birthday party held for Pooh, at which the flood has subsided and the characters are gathered around a table of presents and cake. The ride lasts roughly three to four minutes and has no height restriction.

== Other versions ==
The Disneyland version opened in 2003 in Critter Country, replacing the Country Bear Jamboree, and is shorter than the Florida ride. Hong Kong Disneyland opened with its version in 2005, closely following the Magic Kingdom layout. Tokyo's Pooh's Hunny Hunt (2000) shares the theme and several scenes but uses trackless vehicles that move independently through larger rooms, and is generally treated as a separate attraction.

== See also ==
* [[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]
* [[The Haunted Mansion]]
* [[Magic Kingdom]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Attractions]]
[[Category:Magic Kingdom]]
[[Category:Dark rides]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Florida]]

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