Frozen Ever After is a musical reversing

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dark ride in

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at the

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. Part of the Norway Pavilion of the Epcot's

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section, the attraction features scenes inspired by

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animated film ''

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'' as well as the 2015 animated short '' Frozen Fever''. It opened on June 21, 2016, using the ride vehicles and track layout of the former

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attraction. Versions of the attraction are scheduled to open at

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in November 2023, at

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in Spring 2024, and

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in the second half of 2025.

History

On September 12, 2014, Walt Disney World officials announced that the

attraction would be replaced by an attraction based on ''

''. Maelstrom's final day of operation was October 5, 2014. In June 2015, then-Disney Chief Operating Officer

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revealed that plans for a ''Frozen'' attraction were discussed prior to the film's release, but were accelerated after the film's worldwide success. On responding to whether converting a portion of the Norway pavilion into an attraction based on a fictional place was appropriate for World Showcase, Staggs stated: "If the goal is to give people a taste of something like Scandinavia with the Norway pavilion, then ''Frozen'' would only increase the extent to which people would be drawn to it. To me it doesn’t seem out-of-character at all." Disney also released the first details on the new attraction and revealed its final name, "Frozen Ever After." The attraction uses the same ride vehicles and course that was used for Maelstrom. The

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figures for the attraction feature improvements in facial animation that were first used on the

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, which opened in 2014 at the

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. The Audio-Animatronics are also the first ever all-electric Audio-Animatronics, with previous Audio-Animatronics using either pneumatics or hydraulics. While there are no new songs in the attraction, some of the original songs from ''Frozen'' have revised lyrics written by the original composers. On May 20, 2016,

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revealed that the attraction would open June 21 that year. On opening day, the wait times were over five hours long, as the lines started in the

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. Epcot employees gave out ice cream and water bottles to guests in order to cool off in the hot sun.

Ride experience

The Frozen Ever After ride commemorates the anniversary of the day Princess Anna saved her sister, Queen Elsa, from an attempted assassination with an unselfish act of true love, thus thawing a frozen heart and ending the eternal winter. To celebrate the event, Elsa bestowed an "Official Summer Snow Day" upon the Arendelle citizenry, inspiring the amusement ride. Advertisements promoting the winter festival are visible to guests as they queue for the ride. Guests travel through Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna, where they find Oaken in the sauna waving to them. Riders next board a boat and sail off into a winter wonderland, where they encounter

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and Sven greeting guests with a rendition of "

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". Guests then pass Grand Pabbie as he recounts the story of the film to a group of young trolls. Riders next ascend a lift towards Elsa's ice palace. When they reach the top, they find Olaf ice skating and singing "

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", failing comically with the lyrics. Guests soon pass a singing Anna and

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, while Sven sits on the side with his tongue stuck to a pole. Two gates open and guests see Elsa, who is singing "

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" while conjuring ice. The boats and riders then accelerate backwards down a small dip, passing images of Elsa creating the ice palace. Guests next encounter Marshmallow and the Snowgies from '' Frozen Fever''. The boat moves forward as Marshmallow spits out mist, passing through the mist, and down a short drop, at which an

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is taken. Riders then pass Arendelle Castle with fireworks bursting over top. Lastly, guests reach Anna, Elsa, and Olaf, who are singing "

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", as they return to the village and disembark.

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