Photo TR: Evacuated from Disney's Nemo Ride!

[timfarCan I park my donkey here?]

We got stuck on the Nemo Submarine ride at Disneyland for about 40 minutes last Wednesday, and were ultimately evacuated through the grotto - a surprise treat! It was the cherry on the top of an already spectacular Disneyland day. We did the 1-day park-hopper, and got on everything we wanted using fast passes only twice. The longest wait of the day was 15 minutes.

Ride tally:

Soarin' 1
Monsters Inc. 1
California Screamin' 2
Toy Story Midway Mania 1
Maliboomer 2
Mulholland Madness 1
Grizzly River Run 1
Jungle Cruise 1
Pirates of the Caribbean 1
Splash Mountain 2
Winnie the Pooh 1
Big Thunder Mountain 1
Nemo 1
Space Mountain 2
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters 2
Indiana Jones 1

Here are some pictures of the Submarine Ride evacuation:

What do you mean "we'll be here 'quite' a while"?!?

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A look at the channel inside the grotto.

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They gave us hard hats!!

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There was like 4 feet between the catwalk and the ceiling.

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A close-up look at one of the subs.

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I think this is the inward-bound channel. Looks like a mini James Bond villain underground lair.

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The Japanese enjoy their evacuations.

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Here's where the path branches off to the outside.

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The exit from the inside.

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The exit from the outside.

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We emerge on a dirt path underneath the Fantasyland Autopia.

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The boy and I know that what we just saw was more valuable than what they're going to give us for the "inconvenience".

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The suits come out to give us $40 in food vouchers and 3 family-size fast passes. We re-enter the park from behind Small World.

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What a great day!!!

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[robbalveySite Admin]

Wow! Thanks for posting that! It's probably been 20 years since I've walked around inside that building. Looks pretty much the same!

--Robb "Still haven't been on the Disneyland version of the Nemo ride..." Alvey

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

LOL I totally agree that it looks like some deep underground lair! Were there sharks with laser beams in that water?

Nice compensation for sure!

[jdcoffeytimeShe turned me into a donkey! I got better...]

That is awesome! Lucky!

[Midgetman82Is my pee supposed to be this color?]

Wow, this is cooler than the time I was evacuated from Journey to Atlantis in Sea World (Orlando) before the first largest drop; too many stair cases! You guys are lucky you got food vouchers and fast passes, all I got was a ticket to skip the line for the same ride!

[Jew"It's not small, but it is very 'average.'"]

Wow! 40 minutes in the sub? Crazy. Good to hear Disney took care of you guys so well though!

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

I think this is the inward-bound channel. Looks like a mini James Bond villain underground lair.

My God! Disney is in league with Spectre! "Kill Bond! Now!"

Now that would be one cool evac--thanks for sharing.

[kidcoaster 2"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

Good stuff always appreciate seeing behind the scenes stuff!

[natatomicSWF looking for dorky overweight coaster enthusiast to sweep me off my feet.]

Um, that might be the coolest backstage I've ever seen. I'm so jealous.

[rcdudeAm I allowed to eat donkey during lent?]

That was really cool. I've always wondered what it actually looked like in there. The compensation must have also helped to brighten your day.

Seeing this made me remember of when I had to be evacuated from Mr. Toad's Wild Ride when I was around four years old. Even then, I was really interested in everything there, and since we had to walk backward from the train crash (second to last room) we got to see almost the entire ride. They gave each person evacuated an exit pass good for two people so we used them to skip the lines on Peter Pan and Splash Mountain (which I didn't like). This was in the days before Fastpass so it was extra cool to be able to skip the long lines.