Dumbo The Flying Elephant

A very long line, and when we went, not long enough to queue up with the electronic pagers, but a space indoors for kids to play as they wait on one of the two rides here in queue. You can control your height, assuming you get a Dumbo that works (ours was stuck). I’d bet it’d be more fun with pagers all the time that saved your place in line, and a working Dumbo. The carpet ride over in Frontierland was more efficient with numbers. They should do the same here for Dumbo.

Dumbo used to be really inconvenient because it had a long, slow, convoluted line, the ride lasted about 30 seconds, and it had maintenance problems
They changed all this. They moved it to aanother area of the park, built a duplicate ride, and they have a play area/​pager system for wwhile you are in line.
So now, the line is slow and convoluted, the ride lasts about 30 seconds and there are maintenance issues. The whole play area/​paging system is confusex and confusing. Really a dumb (o) ride

Ride broke down and we had to wait and wait
Gets 4 stars since there is a great indoor playground for the kids to go nuts while waiting in line. Ac is blasting and kids loved it

In the many years that I’ve been in and out of Disney World, the Magic Kingdom, I never thought I would ride this ride. Yes it is a classic but it looked so silly to me and geared only towards little kids. There was absolutely no wait so I decided to give it a try. Oh my God! How fun was this?
So when you get on your Dumbo, you are the pilot. There’s a switch in the center console that you could control the Dumbo as it spins and you can go up or down. When you go up high you get a really cute view of the area that you’re in. I really absolutely loved this ride, I am so surprised I did it and liked it so much.
Hope you have a great stay in Walt Disney World. Try the Dumbo ride, you don’t have to wait in line and it’s definitely a classic and a bucket list ride.

Plain and simple– You must ride Dumbo if you’re visiting Disney World for the first time! I don’t care how old you are; it’s one of the quintessential Disney attractions.
And now they’ve added an indoor air-​conditioned play area for children during the wait, so it’s even more convenient.

As if Dumbo wasn’t cool enough before… I mean, HELLO… it’s Dumbo! Now that Dumbo has landed in New Fantasyland, it’s super cool! I remember being so upset Disney was moving it and didn’t know what to expect. They really exceeded any and all expectations I had and all my fears were completely squashed!
Now there are two… yes TWO Dumbos in New Fantasyland! For those who do not have a Fast Pass, the queue is indoors with a huge play area for the kiddos (and adults who want to give it a go). They hand out pagers so you’ll know when it’s your turn to ride. What a fabulous idea so the kids don’t get bored waiting in a queue. Brilliant, Disney Imagineers… Positively brilliant!
I haven’t really had the opportunity to check the play area out and I’ve never been given a pager because we always ride late at night when the parades and fireworks are going on so there’s never a wait. It’s always so slow at that time of night that they allow us to stay on and ride over and over as many times as we like.
I especially like riding at night when it’s all lit up. There are fountains surrounding both Dumbos and the water lights up. It’s really pretty. Riding during the day is cool, but riding at night is even cooler. I highly recommend a night ride if you haven’t tried it.

I have been to Disney World almost every year of my life. I am 23 now and up until last year i never went on the classic «Dumbo the Flying Elephant» before. I always thought it was very childish. I graduated college last year so a bunch of my friends and I headed down to WDW and I ended up riding Dumbo. I loved it! It was more of a thrill then i thought and you can take great photos on the ride.

I like the new ride however I was disappointed with the playground that we were force to go into. It was boring for a 2 year old

This ride is a classic, I don’t know a single kid who doesn’t love flying around in an elephant. I love what they did with the new line. Your kids play on a Dumbo themed play area while you wait to ride.

It work for all ages, but it will be like more for kids under 8. The attraction have a waiting area with jump, slides and other fun for the kids.

DUELING DUMBOS
In the past there was only one Dumbo in Fantasyland which was a long painful process to ride. In fact, if we didn’t get on it first thing in the morning then we didn’t ride it at all. My little one eventually learned we weren’t waiting in a 90 – 120 minute line to go around in a circle for 2 minutes.
Luckily Disney realized how popular this ride was and made a duplicate Dumbo ride and Dumbo big tent land full of interactive fun. They even moved the old Dumbo ride into this new area. Now we have two Dumbo rides spinning next to each other for twice the fun.
When we arrived for the Dumbo ride at around 11am we found no line at all. This would have never happened in the past. In fact, we walked right on to the ride. What? It was so amazing to get on so fast. Both my little one and I were amazed at how easy it was.
Now some fun facts:
The original Dumbo ride here in Orlando was introduced in 1971 when the park first opened. It is based off the original Dumbo ride that opened in Disneyland in October 1955, three months after the Anaheim Park opened. In fact, the Dumbo ride was an opening day attraction at Orlando, Hong Kong, Tokyo & Paris Disneyland. In fact, a new Dumbo ride is scheduled to fly at Shanghai Disneyland on December 15, 2015, so book your travel accordingly.
In the Orlando location, do you know which one is the old Dumbo ride and which one is the new Dumbo ride?
Give up?
Spoiler alert!
If you are facing both rides then the Right one is the old Dumbo and the Left one is the new Dumbo.
You will also notice that both Dumbo rides spin in opposite directions. If you’re into practical jokes you can tell people that this was designed for people from different Hemispheres. If you’re from the Northern Hemisphere you must ride on the left one because of the spinning motion and if you’re from the Southern Hemisphere then you ride on the right. You will get some great scientific looks and a thanks for the cool tip.
My joke is just for fun and has no scientific merit, so enjoy spreading my fun nonfactual tip around.
So on your next trip to Orlando it’s time to ride the dueling Dumbos. This ride is now twice the fun without twice the wait. Thanks Disney for realizing two was better then one. This classic ride is no longer a long line but a fun ride. I will never be afraid of walking by to see an unbearable Dumbo attraction line. So hop on Dumbo and fly away into the Florida sky. Up Up and Away!!!

After a traumatic experience in his childhood my husband finally agreed to riding again. Glad he did cuz it’s a sweet ride.

Dumbo the Flying Elephant is a fun ride for kids, but I suggest manning the controls yourself.
Dumbo is a traditional ride that spins around, but allows the rider to have limited control of the height of the ride vehicle. In this case the ride vehicle is your very own personal Dumbo. The ride is very simple, but kids adore it. They especially adore making their father squirm when they move the ride to its highest setting or make it go up and down in a abrupt manner. Looking back I should have kept a firm hand on the control, but Disney does have a tendency to make adults lose the ability of logical thinking.
Lines can get pretty long for this ride and because there are a limited number of Dumbos, the line moves slowly. If you can, get a fast pass on your magic band and you’re all set.

We enjoyed it. It’s a classic ride that everyone should do once, purely because it is iconic.
The new way they’ve done it is they’ve added a play area and an electronic ticket to hold your place in line while your kids play. This is great… if you have kids. Otherwise you are stuck in close quarters with screaming children and no escape!
We were in front of a particularly unpleasant family with children screaming they hated Dumbo. That did impact my experience, and I know there is nothing they could do about it, but OMG, control your kids… at least try! lol I am grateful we didn’t have to wait in a real line with these people! The new ‘line’ allowed us to move as far away from them as possible!!! YAY!
I think if we had children, they would love this ride. It’s great for small kids… provided they like Dumbo lol.
The play area looked really nice. I think it’s a great idea! Makes the line more bearable for families!

Super fun, but much too short of a ride. I love that they have 2 identical rides though — one for regular wait, one for fastpass. Regular wait was minimal.

CLASSIC! but now with a twist. To keep the wait time down, the mouse added another Dumbo ride. They also revamped the line itself. You wait in a short line and enter the big top. Then your party gets a pager, much like at a restaurant. The kids can play in Dumbo’s playplace. Good for both toddlers and older kids.
The downside here is if you don’t have kids, you’re a little bit like «get me out of here» — But I digress. The kids seem to have a blast based on the fits they were throwing when their pagers beep and they had to get on the ride. But otherwise, a neat a idea.
The ride itself it just so much fun!

The NEW Dumbo area is excellent for kids who want to play and parents who want to relax. The queue area features a new indoor playground where you get a buzzer that holds your place in line. There are benches all around the area and plenty of things to keep kids occupied. It’s Disney’s greatest achievement I’ve seen as far as lines that keep kids entertained.
My favorite time to ride Dumbo is in the evening as the sun is setting or just after. The lighting in the area is beautiful.

This review is for the NEW Dumbo ride at Magic Kingdom. The new Fantasyland is being unveiled in stages and the Dumbo ride is having its soft opening now at the park. The ride capacity is doubled, thank goodness, because the line on the original was always long and moved oh so slowly. We got fast passes to ride Dumbo. You have to hoof it all the way over to Mickey’s Philharmonic to get the passes which is a bit of a walk. The Dumbo on the left was for fast passers, the right was for regular line. Although on this Saturday in June we really didn’t need the passes as neither side had much of a wait.
The ride itself is mostly the same but with a new paint job and improved theme. There is water under the ride and a gleaming new core. I loved the little detail of peanuts being embedded into the cement around the ride. What really stands out is the indoor (AIR CONDITIONED!) queue. You enter the building and are given a pager and enter into an indoor playground. There are nets, tubes and slides for the older kids and a ring in the center for little ones. Many of the play elements interact with music or sounds when you use them. I actually climbed up the tubes and found platforms that «boing» when you jump on them, discs that play musical notes when you stand on them and slides that play sound effects when you go down. It is absolutely adorable. AND the entire area is circled by benches for parents to chill while the kids play. Genius!
My only gripe is that fast passes are not allowed into the play area for some reason. My son was so disappointed because you walk right by the playground en route to the ride. We ended up coming back in through the regular line to use the playground. You are given a pager (like at a restaurant) that gives you 10 minutes or so to play. When your pager goes off you come up to get in line for Dumbo. We didn’t want to ride Dumbo again so kept exchanging our pager so my son could keep playing. After he was done we exited out the emergency exit (as we were told to by a cast member) in the back without riding again. What a GREAT idea for keeping people happy while waiting for a ride. If only all rides had this kind of system! In fact, I could see this as the future of line queues.

This is my childhood favorite. Unfortunately didn’t get to go on this ride during my last visit. As of Feb 2012, this ride is closed for renovation/​expansion. Target to reopen in Fall 2012.

A Disney classic! Now this is something I definitely don’t have to go on everytime I go to Disney World. However, I see the appeal for children… flying elephants are fun! This was one of the original rides at Magic Kingdom when it opened in 1971. It is a carousel ride in which the rider in Dumbo can make him go up and down. Simple yet amazingly attractive for children as this ride usually gets the longest line in Fantasyland the quickest!
They just announced that they will actually be expanding this ride with the Fantasyland expansion which will be great in helping lines.