General Information

Location: Straight back behind Sleeping Beauty Castle, beyond the King Arthur Carrousel.

Date Opened: 7/17/1955

# of Ride Units: 16 elephants

Ride Capacity: 2 adults, or 1 adult and possibly 2 small children

Restraint Method: None

Ticket Rating: D Ticket

Ride Photo: No

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Time Commitment

Open/Close: Opens and closes with the park. Open during Magic Mornings.

Wait Times: Though the actual ride time is short, it has a rarely achieved maximum hourly capacity of only 600 riders per hour. Unless you ride first thing in the morning, waiting 30-45 minutes should be expected and even longer on crowded days.

Length of Ride: 1 minute 30 seconds

FastPass: No

Single Rider: No

Queue Description: No real themed queue, just a tightly wound corral that leads to where you enter the ride.

Access Information

Health Restriction: Should be safe for all health conditions.

Ride Access: The queue is not wheelchair or ECV accessible. To enter, go to the exit gate and await instructions.

Wheelchair Transfer: Transferring from wheelchairs and ECVs is required. It should be noted that the ride will not necessarily stop in the exact same spot as where it started so you may need someone to retrieve your wheelchair or ECV for you.

Service Animals: Yes

Audio: No assistive devices are available and sound only plays an atmospheric role in the attraction.

Weight and Size Issues: If an adult is at all large they will find it uncomfortable to ride Dumbo with another adult, but it is not an issue to get a unit of your own.

Parenting Information

Height Restriction: No

Child Swap: No

Other Issues: As a safety consideration, young children should sit on the inside of this ride with their adult nearer the door

History and Trivia

  • At this location: Dumbo the Flying elephant was originally a bit to the left of where it is now located. The current location was originally home to Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship and Restaurant, a large pirate ship that served as a dining location in Fantasyland. The restaurant's name was change in 1969 to Captain Hook's Galley. When Fantasyland was redesigned in 1983-84, it was impossible to keep that ship in place during the reconstruction and it was unintentionally destroyed during removal. Dumbo was then moved into the location squarely behind the castle.
  • This attraction's history: When Dumbo opened it has only 10 ride units. In 1990 a completely new version of the ride was installed. Originally intended for Disneyland Paris, it was built and then put into Disneyland instead. This update increased the capacity to 16 ride units and put in more modern ride mechanisms.