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Disney wanted to immerse guests in the “past, present, and mythological world of Norway,” so guests loaded into a 10th-century warrior’s longship with a dragon head bow to journey through scenes of ancient wall carvings (known as “petroglyphs”), yellow-eyed “Nokken” or river troll, a polar bear measuring 10 feet tall, and more. Located at the back of the pavilion, the attraction itself was a water ride that highlighted many parts of the Scandinavian country. The delayed opening didn’t make it any less popular! ©Disney It wasn’t for another two months (on July 5th, 1988) that the highly-anticipated attraction - Maelstrom (though it was originally named SeaVenture before opening) - opened. It had a “soft opening” on May 6th, 1988, with just the stores and the Akershus restaurant open for business on most days. The Norway Pavilion was the eleventh and final country (so far) added to EPCOT’s World Showcase. We’re asking: Was Frozen Ever After Really Worth the Demise of Maelstrom in EPCOT? Magical Trolls and Ruthless Vikings New attractions have rolled in, replacing the old, and one of the most controversial changes takes us over to the Norway Pavilion. After all, who doesn’t want to travel around the world in just one day, right? World Showcase - JapanĪlmost 40 years later, World Showcase remains one of the most popular places to be in the park, but over time there have been quite a few changes to the World Showcase we once knew. When EPCOT first opened in October 1982, World Showcase quickly became a fan-favorite spot for Disney-goers. Was Frozen Ever After Worth the Demise of Maelstrom in EPCOT?

Epcot International Festival of the Holidays.

Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.

Epcot International Festival of the Arts.

Now only the foundations remain, an amazing sold site and an exciting area that stimulates the imagination. Ånstad, which was one of the largest fishing villages in Lofoten in its heyday. On the tour, we'll visit several exciting abandoned places. Here also lies an emergency shelter that was built by the Værøy fishermen to keep safe those who failed to make their way back from Moskstraumen in stormy weather. Here we’ll find a colony of northern gannets and several other bird cliffs. You'll discover Svarvan and Buholman - small islands and reefs outside Moskstraumen.

At Refsvika, there is also a giant coastal cave where Stone Age people made cave paintings on the walls more than 3,000 years ago.

Abandoned places where to this day you get the sense of what it was like to live off the sea a hundred years ago. On the RIB safari, we head through Hell and Refsvika at Lofoten's rugged Yttersia. Described by the Greek Pytheas more than 2,000 years ago, and by world-renowned writers such as Jules Verne, Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe. We head out towards one of the world's most dangerous stretches of ocean, notorious and feared by seafarers for thousands of years. We'll take you out there - so you can see for yourself. Boats were smashed to pieces, huge whales screamed with terror as they met their tragic end in a violent and foaming maelstrom. Many stories have been told about the Store Male, a maelstrom that dragged everything that came near it down to the bottom of the darkest depths.