Which Disneyland attraction features flying elephants?

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The Disneyland attraction featuring flying elephants is Dumbo the Flying Elephant.

Located in Fantasyland, the attraction is an aerial carousel based on Disney's 1941 animated film Dumbo. Riders sit in elephant-shaped vehicles attached to a rotating hub and use a joystick to raise or lower their elephant as the ride spins.

The original Disneyland version opened on August 16, 1955, about a month after the park's grand opening. It had been intended as an opening-day attraction, but mechanical problems with the early prototypes caused the delay. The attraction originally used 10 vehicles; the Disneyland version later received 16 rainbow-colored elephants.

Peter Pan's Flight is another Fantasyland attraction, but its vehicles represent flying pirate ships rather than elephants. Dumbo the Flying Elephant appears at six Disney castle parks worldwide, making it one of the company's most widely repeated classic attractions. One original vehicle was donated to the Smithsonian in 2005.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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