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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a dark ride based upon the 1977 film of the same name, itself based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne.
The ride vehicles resemble beehives, rather than the honey pots found in other versions of the attraction. Upon leaving the outdoor load area, the ride vehicles arrive indoors into the Hundred Acre Wood where Pooh is swinging in the air with a balloon. With Eeyore and the other characters is Gopher, who appears out of his hole to greet the guests. The ride vehicles enters the Hundred Acre Wood, which is experiencing the rainstorm. Eeyore complains about the wind and then about the rain. Gopher squirts water out of his mouth. Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Tigger and Owl attempt to save Piglet from floating away, and the ride vehicles move to find Pooh flying around owing to the wind.
Suddenly Tigger bounces out. The ride follows Tigger through the Hundred Acre Wood, where he randomly pops up. Tigger bounces upside down at one point, before the ride moves on to Pooh's home. It transpires that Tigger has pinned Pooh to the floor as he tells him about Heffalumps and Woozles. Once in Pooh's house, Pooh falls asleep, and magically floats up into the sky, as the room blackens and is lit up by fiber optics.
The ride vehicles move into the Heffalumps and Woozles dream sequence where Woozles with jack-in-the-box necks watch the guests. A pink Tigger pins Pooh to the floor near some honey. Another Pooh bobs up and down in a balloon suspended above a swirling whirlpool of honey.
As the ride vehicles leave this scene, a subtle tribute to Country Bear Jamboree is suspended above the archway. The trophy heads of Max the buck, Buff the buffalo and Melvin the moose, Audio-Animatronics from Country Bear Jamboree, can be spotted if one looks up and backwards while leaving the Heffalump/Woozle room.
The vehicles enter the start of the finale scene where Pooh is enjoying a "smackerel" of honey. The Heffalumps can be seen flying off into Pooh's dreamland, before several of Pooh's friends tell him to wake up. The ride passes Pooh's bed before moving on to show Pooh's friends celebrating his birthday. Several of the gifts Pooh received for his party are shown. The vehicles continue until they reach the unload area.