![]() The attraction vehicles were not actual submarines, but instead boats in which the guests sat below water level. Upon delivery at Walt Disney World in August 1971, the vehicles weighed some forty tons, and were installed into a concrete guide (track), mounted on top of a mechanism that limited "bumping" accidents. Another veteran Imagineer, Bob Gurr, oversaw the project. The basic hulls were constructed by Morgan Yachts in Clearwater, Florida, with the final building work being transferred to Tampa Ship midway through. One of the signature pieces of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was the fleet of passenger vehicles, adapted for theme park use from Harper Goff's Nautilus design for the 1954 Disney live-action version by Disney Imagineer George McGinnis. "Submarines" of the 20,000 Leagues ride, in 1979. ![]()
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