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What happened to the Submarine Ride at West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada?
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West Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada, had a Submarine attraction. It was called the "Deep Sea Adventure". It was a popular attraction when it first opened, what happened and where did it go?
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Check out Part 2: Return to the Deep. An underwater tour of the Deep Sea Adventure Lake where the submarines once operated: ua-cam.com/video/LerbZYNWWKI/v-deo.html
I was one of the "captains" that started with the opening of the rides. Cools job, subs never ran as they wanted. Would have to balance the ballast - so the sub "floated" just above the track that keep it on course. Often, we would pot the track, and would require a diver to help place the sub back "on track". Great job - I would tell people I was a U-boat commander, that we had more subs than the Canadian navy.
Do you have a picture of the control panel? What propelled the sub?
awesome lol
I was just talking about that to my daughter. I am a kiwi and visited in 89 at age 15 and the sub came of the track and we were stuck down there for sometime. I also remember the medival
torture museum which was cool as I was really into the history of witchcraft and the inqustion as a teen and heavy metal. I bought my first GNR t shirt there too.
Same, worked at dsa in 2002
youd think considering it was already on a track theyd just have it driven on a rail completeley like a underwater monorail
The mall really is just a sad place nowadays where vendors push their products on you. WEM really was a unique (though probably inhumane) concept back in the day when they had peacocks, penguins, flamingos, ball machines, artifacts, and even that little marketplace above Fantasyland. Remember when Bourbon Street really did feel a bit like you were in New Orleans? Good times...
doanster the mall is really sad now , I agree, I mean like the mall is still pretty unique but not as unique as before. Now the mall is just worried about being “modern” I’d rather have it like it was before when you could actually feel the ambience of everything
yeah i agree!! so sad to see it all changed and all those awesone decors they had up! it really has changed and now its just a place where u would only wanna go once in a blue moon! there nothing much to do there other than spend your money!! The Jets, dragon, clowns, etc... All gone 😔 Even galaxyland turned into kiddyland! there used to be such sick attractions! Its like $50 for adults and $35 For KIDS! Honestly just a rip off, when i was i kid i remember paying like $20 bucks!! So Sad to see it all changed!! Only place nice to go to is Simons!! Miss that old candy store by the water park, they had the best selection!!
I've got to disagree we you a bit sure they did of many fun attractions but the mall still has galaxy land the waterpark and the movie theatre plus they have many minigolf, bowling a rec room a small aquarium. I would say it's anything but sad place.
doanster Not to mention getting rid of the dragon.... :(
That was my favourite thing about WEM. 😔
Fantasy Land was fun! You could walk in without having to pay first and look around. Back in the early 80’s, I would sometimes skip school and go to the arcade. It’s not the same anymore. It’s all about the money
I was a captain on the sub ride for the last three years that it ran. I loved that job, but it was always a really huge challenge to make the ride interesting. A lot of the things inside the lake had long stopped working and looked all washed out from the chlorine. There was still the actual fish tanks on starboard side, but port side had almost nothing. I worked hard to learn marine facts and turned my rides into an educational tour, but that only helped so much. Also, the subs kept breaking down. There were pressure gauges in the subs to tell you where you were in relation to the track, and most of them didn't work anymore resulting in a lot of times where the ride would need to be rescued by scuba divers. They made the right call to shut it down, even though it pains me to say it. Poor old subs. I loved driving #3 the most.
What used to be in the lagoon? I remember a big octopus.
I was on the submarine in 1995 or 1996. I would agree it is the kind of thing you would likely only do once, or wait a few years before trying it again.
The decision to deck over part of the lake to add a place for "street vendors" who charge out at anyone walking by to push their products is pathetic.
Lake Nipissing the rent in the mall has gotten so high that many places can’t get in unless they settle for a kiosk. That’s why there’s so many now
I live right by lake nippising
They also took out the the T-Rex in the water statue!!!
Malls should forbid that kind of aggressive marketing. I worked at a camera shop in high school, and the same marketers would lunge at me *every* day on my way to lunch, despite the fact that I was in UNIFORM.
That kind of tactic repulses people. It wouldn't surprise me if it drives people away from the nearby stores.
I would ride it more than once it looks relaxing. I love scenenic rides
I was a diver for West Edm. Mall for 3 years. I was one of the divers putting on the shark feeding show with the sea turtles also. It was a fun but stressful job at times. I always felt bad for the animals housed in the aquariums. Things went on there that should never happen outside the publics eye. I stopped working there for that reason. After my departure the Live animal feeding shows stopped and so did keeping up with the maintenance of the submarines. Turns out they didn't have another diver to fill my shoes ... :) good .
Brad Majors really? What things happened in the aquariums?
Did they ever bring up the diver that was killed in the tank?
what happened?
Brad Majors they still have shows but with sea-lines, absolutely terrible.
If you quitting means at least some of the sea life made it out to a better & bigger place to swim, thank you.
This was my very first job about 19 years ago. I made some fantastic friends and still have fond memories of the experience.
@billy vandory I do remember a Brad, but I honestly don't remember his last name. I was there for 3 or so years if I were to guess, probably from about 1999-2002.
Good video on the Submarines at WEM. I live in Edmonton and go to WEM sometimes. I WAS wondering what happened to them. So thanks for the informative video even if it's a sad one.
Glad you liked it!
I wasn't alive when there were submarines at Wem but huh that's pretty cool
My first job out of high school in 87 was working at Deep Sea Adventure. I was a dock hand and then a captain. It was a lot of fun and we got to meet people from all over the world that would come to West Ed. It was sad to see this attraction go along with other things in the mall. It's just not the same and it's really like any other mall now. Thanks for the video and the memories! There is an alumni page on facebook for those that worked here or in "Fantasyland", World Water Park, Pebble Beach Golf, etc.
"I'm the Captain now"
Steve Norstrom hey that’s interesting. Do you remember any of the robotic features like the squid attack and the mechanical T. rex with the snake around it? I used to love that stuff. Maybe you can answer my question: I never got to see it “working”, but did the huge clam shell by the Santa Maria used to open up during the ride? I’ve always wondered thanks.
Hard to believe that once upon a time, WEM had a submarine fleet the same in numbers as the Royal Canadian Navy.
We only have four diesel boats (submarines)
Yup!!!
The "royal" Canadian Navy thanks to that royal zionist harpercrite eh... Öö
@@aspincelaframboise5300 doesn't really matter who, it's all politricks
I moved to Canada when I was 4. This was back in 2003. Absolutely loved the submarines and the mall. Never had seen anything like it in the UK. The submarines were magical, having been a fan of underwater exploration and films like 20,000 leagues under the sea and Disney's Atlantis. One of the highlights of going on the sub was when a diver came over and said hello through the porthole. An amazing experience, a shame it's gone now. Glad I caught it when I did.
(Got a matchbox submarine set from the mall for crimbo :) )
I remember these submarines very well in the early nineties when I visited West Ed! I was 6-7 yrs old. I miss that place so much. It’s amazing
I live in edmonton and loved the submarines as a kid. It was super cheap and such a cool attraction. There's a bunch of stuff under the lake that you could only see from the submarine (my favorite was the giant octopus attacking a submarine which is still there under the booster juice but it's hard to see from above the water)
West edmonton mall sucks now. The watermark is by far the most disgusting place in the entire mall
I miss them! That kiosk platform makes me ill.
I do remember, and was on them many times. Sad to see them go. I moved away from Edmonton before they were gone and had no idea they were removed till a trip back in 2015.
if they worked they'd still have more subs than our Navy
Jordan Woodford lol
As the only likely threats at sea these days are eco-disasters from oil or fishing industries, or smuggling, and our navy is pretty lazy, excusing themselves and any duty from these things, Canadians could save a fair bit o' money by dissolving the navy. Just arm the fishing boats and pay them as volunteers. :)
This is a punch right in the childhood. My parents always said they would one day take me on it but never did, and when I was older, I felt like it was a kiddie ride. I would've loved to have experienced it when it was new, was so sad to see it go.
I was born in 95 so a lot of the stuff featured on this channel I wasn’t around to see back then but this I do remember and it was pretty cool.
OHHH THIS IS THR MALL WHERE THE TWO GUYS JUMPED IN THE WATER OMG THIS IS LEGEND
I miss bourbon st in the 1980s. I miss the vibe of the mall from that era. Its long lost now :(
Those were good years.
Another former “captain” here. I piloted these class A-1 submersibles the summer of 2001. My favourite moment was stopping the sub just outside the dolphin tank where there was a window looking through. I shut off the engine and told my guests that if they waved to Howard and Mavis they’d wave back. (I was told this by another captain but never witnessed this.) This time one of the dolphins waved back. It was an awesome experience. Shortly after both dolphins passed away. I’ll never forget them.
😢Rip howard and mavis
I thought I was insane for remembering this ride! No one I know remembered it, eventually I thought I made it up, but I'm so glad I remembered properly!
I couldnt help but laugh at how melodramatic the music is.
Why? Because this is just a shitty 'submarine' tour, it doesn't deserve such dramatic music.
It's not like someone died.
@@MrKinir actually at least 2 people died in that lagoon I think.
I performed at the grand opening of the "Deep Sea Adventure." The production was a California Beach scene; a "Baywatch" theme before Baywatch. I met my soon to be wife on the job, we traveled from California for the event. We were very taken by the mall, and Edmonton. We spent some quality time at "Goose Loonies." Great people up there, but COLD! Shout out to long lost friends Mickey Mcarthy and Dwayne Drosdiak. K:-)
I went on the submarines only once when I was quite young and I barely remember any of it! I wish I could've gone again when I was older so I could remember it! It's too bad they spent all that time decorating the bottom of the lake and now no one can even see most of it! such a shame. even if they did like a walk through glass tunnel through the lake so you could see down there I think that would be awesome! Oh and they need to bring the fish and sharks back!!!
Thanks for all your work on your videos! Everyone who lives in the region should be subscribed to your channel!
I remember going on one of these when I was so little on a field trip with school, I think about it quite often! At that age, it seemed so magical and just like the movies! Definitely a one of a kind experience. It makes me sad to know that they are no longer running although I completely get why they’re not.
I remember in Grade 1, I went on a field trip to West Edmonton Mall back in 2003 to go on the submarine. I remember it a little bit. I always was curious about it. Didn't realize it was gone until now.
I was lucky enough to go on a submarine there one time when me and my grandparents visited relatives in Edmonton one summer. It was a really interesting experience. If I recall correctly, the view from the sub windows was mostly of the very physically close nearby man made underwater imitation mountains (think a city block away or less.) Once in a while small multi coloured fish darted past. We passed several areas that looked like cave entrances that had been caved in by avalanches. One of the most interesting thing I remember
was the tour guide telling everyone stories about how several other subs had been lost.
Most subs had been lost to people ceashing into the walls. One had alparently been lost to damage from a large squid.
I was on it once; when I was 9. Looking back; it was a few years before it closed. I enjoyed it I guess! its hard to remember when you are a kid.
I remember riding those submarines when we visited relatives in Canada for our summer vacation back in (I think) 1990.
I can remember being completely overwhelmed as a 12 y.o. little guy - first that ginormous mall the like of which I'd never seen before and then getting into that submarine and going underwater in a real fricking submarine.
It was soooo awesome! One of my fondest childhood memories.
Pity that the place seems to have lost much of its former glory today.
I visited the west edmonton mall once. I don't remember exactly what year it was but it was after the submarine ride was closed. I remember looking for the submarines while walking next to the lake. When I saw them sitting idle I was a little disapointed. I remembered hearing about the west edmonton mall when I was a kid back in the 80's. I remember that a trip to the west edmonton mall used to be a prize on some kids game shows I watched as a kid.
I rode these once in kindergarten, and never got a chance to again. I remember it being fun.
I went on it somewhere around 2002. I was about 12. it took like 30 minutes to get seated and sealed up and then another 30 minutes looking out of a tiny window at the very repetitive underwater decor, after a few minutes you just feel the want to leave but can't and it gets kind of claustrophobic. extremely boring and I remember an awful smell.
@Fluffy Redpanda Are people not allowed to have opinions?
That smell was you.
I would've loved it at 12. Maybe because I would've enjoyed seeing the fish
@Fluffy Redpanda have some manners. Don't tell people they can't have an opinion or tell the experience.
Rode a very similar if not exact ride here in Disney California. The claustrophobia and smell are exactly as described
They should just put sharks in the water for when people jump in 😂
Brook’s Pets the lake isn’t big enough for sharks but her maybe it would stop peope
Lol
@@cowboylike_zoe the actual shark tanks in the Sea Life Caverns attraction are far smaller than the lake. I think the real reason is so many throwing coins and other crap in the water would be hazardous to the animals.
The fish and sharks were never actually in the lake they where behind a glass panel at least that’s what my dad told me
And put lasers on the sharks and havea Dr Evil midget watching over
Every time we visited west ed as a kid my mom said we’d ride the submarines next time... thanks mom
Lmao
We drove from calgary a few times to go there....and when I was older and beer was involved that lake was pretty fun skinny dipping place when the mall closed but hotel and restaurants were still open....ahhh the good old days
I have so many fond memories of being on it as a kid. It's sad to hear it was shut down. =(
A lot of my family lives in Edmonton, so I've been to the mall a lot, especially when I was a kid. I always begged my mom to take a submarine ride, and she always said next time, next time. And then one year they were closed. I never got to ride the submarines, but I always wanted to.
great memories late 80s age 4 with the best family a kid could ask for. thanks for the video.
I guess I fell into the tourist class... My family went up to WEM from Calgary at least once a year or so in the 80's and early 90's. As far as I knew, there wasn't even anything more to Edmonton than the mall :) The submarines were my favourite part of it... Out here on the prairies, it was the closest thing to a sense of far flung marine adventure. Plus the fact that it had real fish on exhibit was even more amazing. Seeing what's left of it today brings back a flood of childhood memories every time I end up back in Edmonton.
I remember doing it when i was young, sometime in the mid 90's. I didn't realize they had taken the subs out but thanks for the great video.
Thanks for the memory!
I went on the sub when i was a kid and loved every minute of it. It truly was a great mall back then
Got to ride once! I was 8 and we stopped there on our way to Vancouver Island.
We stopped at the West Edmonton Mall on our way home to Ontario from Expo 86 in early August . We arrived at the mall just after the deadly accident on the roller coaster and the subs weren’t running because a gasket had leaked on one the day before so they were all shut down.
The indoor water park was enough to keep us occupied for the time there.
I remember seeing those subs sitting around. Always wondered if they were props or rideable.
I don't even live in Canada, never even been to the mall, but yet here I am watching your videos.
Won a trip to WEM through a radio station stayed in the hotel at the mall back '88. Went on the sub ride and thought it was pretty cool experience back then.
How about those of us that even remember how much fun going to the mall even was, and when we got to go to the arcade... How about that memory?
Omg Playdium!!!! And Circuit Circus. 😍😍😍 I skipped school many a day and spent the entire time there before hopping the bus home when I was in jr high. Hahahaha. Those were the days.
This is the most random topic I have ever seen on UA-cam! But, I'm gonna watch
I got to ride them twice in my life once as a kid when we moved to AK from the lower 48 and once as an adult when I moved back. Good memories to bad it's gone.
I miss 80s to 90s west edmonton mall. My mom went into labour with me in that mall haha
That’s awesome scenery thank you for sharing
I remembered the submarines. I went on when I was around 4 or five. I don’t remember when they were taken out but I also remember going onto those squirt water at each other derbies when I was like 8 or 6. I made a ton of great memories there and I intend to make a ton more 😬
Been on the Submarine Rides. It was very good. Until Years Later when it gotten removed. True. It was Sad. However the Mall did go through a Significant Facelift. Just Wasn't the Same Without The Once Popular Sub-Ride. Sux!!
I was here yesterday. I thought the Derby would be cool. I went on the sub when I was a kid. Fond memories. Not often I come to Edmonton but I have great memories of this mall.
I remember riding it back in 2004 and I really enjoying it but that's the joy of being a child you see things for being great
I actually remember going on the submarines, and regret not going once more before they were shut down.
It was a pretty cool thing to have in the middle of the mall, and it was actually pretty depressing watching them get cut apart by divers.
I believe it was the summer of 1987 when a WEM diver performing maintenance on sub drowned
True Lisa, understandable that it wasn't highly publicized, The diver was trapped in a water recirculation intake with no spotter... So sad
@@moemanncann895 His right elbow was trapped in the intake that jutted out about three feet from the wall. he couldn't get any leverage to pull himself out. He had somewhere in the neighbourhood of 27 dents in his air tank from hitting it with his dive knife trying to get his dive partner to come help him. But his dive partner had broken the first rule of diving and left the water well before him. He eventually ran out of air and drown. They eventually found him, got him out of the water and rushed him to the Misericordia where he was kept on life support for three days, eventually dying from massive swelling of the brain brought on by lack of oxygen. At the inquiry, lawyers for W.E.M argued that he had gone into the water on his own with no partner. However, his distraught partner came to the ICU where he repeatedly told the diver's family "I never should have left him!". The partner changed his story for the inquiry, and the diver was found at fault for his own demise. The partner subsequently took his own life.
@@canadablake wow
I regret that I never took a ride on this attraction.
2:44 is so bright and pretty
5,000 Subscribers Without Any Videos it’s actually really nice in WEM but it is a LITTLE oversaturated
Watching all these channels videos makes me cry from the nostalgia
The beginning of 89 was when I went to the mall my first time, I was 11. I went on every ride and attraction in the mall even stayed in the Polynesia room, it was a great time for the mall and great childhood memories.
Me and my dad rode that submarine when I was about 5. Still remember it well.
I was too young to ride the subs, as I was born in 2004. I did, however, see a few subs in my youth, and am still able to point out the abandoned tracks and old sub docks, which are still there.
I just got back from the mall in Edmonton it now has swan boats that you can rent. I did it, and it was fun. Whould i do it again, probably
I went on these in 86
Shopped a lot at West Ed in 2002 and just took my 3 kids there in March.
Always go there when im in Canada.🇦🇺🇦🇺
I'm actually glad I got to ride this ride before they shut down maybe in 2003 or 2004.
I remember riding them a few times when I was kid, it was a blast.
I grew up making yearly visits with the family to Edmonton from PG. Late 80's to early 90's there were the best!
Maybe scuba classes, or snorkling would be a good idea
I remember the subs, I went on them a few times. It actually makes me wonder if all those sunken ships and what-not are still down and how one might be able to see them. They should look into scuba 'rides' through the same tunnel. Sit on a bike-like platform , under water, in scuba gear with comms while a guide tells you what you're seeing.
Btw i was there a week ago its all still there
I only got to ride the subs once as a kid but I have very fond memories of it. This sort of thing really affects the imagination of a kid.
Man, I was so excited as a child, I loved this attraction.
I went on it once or twice when I was a small kid, and once again at 12 in 2001. I couldn't find it in 2005 so I didn't know that it lasted until 2012. A sad but real ending for one of the most unique things at WEM.
i rode the subs when i was a kid, and never cared to do it again. I remember seeing them just sprawled about in the water after it's closure.
I remember going back when I was a kid. It was one of the best memories I had of the mall and it’s too bad more people weren’t able to experience it
I totally would have gone on that ride.
I remember the bumper boats, but then again, i never set foot in the WEM until 2008 because I was living in Ontario up until late 2007
In 2005 me my sister my Dad my Mom and my 2 grandparents were literally the last people to ride the submarine I wish WEM brought them back
I actually think poor maintenance was part of the problem. I rode it a few times when it first opened up. A few times with school and a few times later..
Even by the mid 90s some of the cool things that happened in the cave were no longer working and it became a boat ride of seeing a few fish.
By cool things I mean the animatronics that were underwater.
The mall killed the submarines themselves by charging. High prices and not maintaining the reasons people had to ride them. In my opinion.
I agree completely
What were the animatronics?
That was my second home....back in the eighties
I do reamber riding on subs. I was at WEM the night the coaster came off. I was on the ride 30 min prior before it came off.
Do you remember which car you were in?
@@sevendyseven4090 Sorry no. That was 37 years ago and I was 18.
Glad I rode it while I had the chance.
I was up here in 1998 and loved it.
I think it would be cool if half the area into a larger area for the sea lions to live in when not preforming and were people could view them from above. Leave the part were the ship is alone.
I think that they brought the subs to early in west Edmonton mall it would of worked if they built the sub attraction now instead of 1980s
I was fortunate enough to be able to experience the subs as a kid
I went there when I was a kid in the 90’s I had never seen a mall like that before. We had a family reunion there and my family stayed in the themed hotel as well. We got the Roman room but the Hollywood room was my favorite. The sun ride was awesome!!
I remember riding one when I was a kid. I loved it. Sad to see that it went but it makes sense of why it’s gone now
When I was in kindergarten or grade one (2001/2002) , I got to go on a submarine ride for a birthday party. 🎉 I don’t recall seeing aquatic life, however it was a totally amazing experience! I remember seeing the derby things; but unfortunately never got to ride one while they were in operation.
i had the pleasure to ride this when i was a kid ... it was so cool i think i went on it like 6-7 times before we moved out to BC ... i would so ride this again if it still existed it was so awesome
Wow! 25 minute ride is pretty epic.
I remember going on both attractions as a kid. I remember seeing the subs sitting there for years. Wish they could bring back these attractions. I would go with my kids
I never got to ride the submarines but I remember them being there, it was cool to see as a kid and I always wanted to ride them. It's a shame they're gone now.
i live in Saskatchewan and went to the mall but i have never rode on it. it looks really fun.
When I did live in Canada I did go to WEM many times, starting around 2015. Whenever we did go by that area I did see the track under the water but I wasn’t aware of what ran on it. I do remember thinking that it might have had a boat or a submarine on it but I never saw signs of that. It is very interesting to finally know what used to be there and the history of this great mall
I've only heard of this mall through these videos and it sounds like it used to be so cool.
I remember going on this! It was the coolest thing EVER for a kid so sad it stopped.
this channel is great - thanks from a new edmontonian