A tribute to all deleted and forgotten Disney/Pixar characters with the addition of Lost Disney park attractions, Lost Disney films and deleted songs.
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The Submarine Voyage was created to remove the extremely unreliable Phantom Boats at Tomorrowland. Unfortunately, to construct it, the less-than-one-year-old Viewliner had its track in the way of where the subs needed to be. So, it was also removed as well, making it the shortest-lived ride in Disneyland history.
When the original subs opened in 1959, due to the Cold War, they were painted a stark gray and were dubbed nuclear subs. These were the "largest fun time fleet of submarines in the world."
Once the Cold War began winding down, the subs closed for a makeover into Explorer subs, which gave them a highly recognizable yellow paint job.
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In the summer of 1985, female cast members got dressed up in mermaid outfits and swam alongside the subs. Also, at one given point per day, they would serenade. This whole feature was discontinued for many reasons, primarily dangers to the swimmers because the subs used real motors, the swimmers' hair being bleached by the chlorine, and wily male guests pitching money to them and diving into the lagoon to flirt with them.
On September 9, 1998, the Submarine Voyage was closed due to its age, low hourly capacity, aged effects, and high maintenance and labor costs. A decommissioning ceremony was held, where the attraction's flag was lowered for the last time and presented to Donald Duck. Then-president of Disneyland, Paul Pressler, promised a new attraction in 2003.
The new ride was to have been based on Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which was in development at the time and would see guests being able to use levers that operate nets to scoop up treasure lining the caverns. Another proposal was for a Little Mermaid-based attraction.
Ultimately, though, Atlantis bombed at the box office, and all that ever came of the planned ride was a meet-and-greet spot in front of the lagoon with Milo Thatch and Kida Nedakh. The subs themselves remained moored at the dock until 2000 when they were moved into the show-building to be stored until the new attraction was ready. The lagoon sat dormant for several years afterwards serving as nothing more than scenery. It was painfully obvious, though, even to little kids, that this was a defunct attraction, since the dock and underwater track were still in place, and the waterfalls were still active. The subs were left to rot in the show building, and without proper maintenance, the underwater figures suffered as well.
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The ride was then replaced by Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage that opened on June 11, 2007.
Source: DisneyWiki
September-26-2020 Update: Updated and changed chapter with added information.
