Peter Pan's Flight

The storybook flight to Never Land begins by stepping aboard private, two to three passenger pirate ships complete with mast and sail. Peter Pan rounds up Wendy, Michael, and John from the nursery. Tinker Bell spreads some pixie dust and the ship lifts off, sailing over a shimmering, nighttime London. Still climbing, the vessel sets course for the second star to the right. 

Never Land comes alive with pirates, a volcano, a mermaid lagoon, and an Indian village. The airship glides around the Lost Boys camp, Skull Rock, and of course, the Jolly Roger where Peter Pan duels Captain Hook.

Victorious, Peter Pan commandeers the pirate’s ship back to London, leaving Hook to his inevitable demise, much to the delight of a certain ticking crocodile. After a smooth landing, the restraint bar raises and the fanciful, 2 minute and 45 second journey to Never Land has ended.

Based on Walt Disney’s 1953 animated adaptation of James Matthew Barrie’s 1904 play, “Peter Pan”, also titled, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Grow Up”, the Walt Disney World version of Peter Pan’s Flight was an updated version of the Disneyland attraction. The attraction, which opened on October 3, 1971, two days after WDW opened its gates, had a longer running time with larger sets and backdrops including a 48-foot replica of Captain Hook’s pirate ship, the Jolly Roger. Flawlessly constructed and maintained, Peter Pan’s Flight inspired changes in the Disneyland version, which was completed on May 25, 1985 as a part of the New Fantasyland unveiled in California. Other than regular maintenance, no major refurbishments have been made to the Florida attraction. Both Tokyo Disneyland and Dinseyland Paris have a Peter Pan attraction in their theme parks.