I found the lack of a wild ride in the film disappointing, to be sure.
The ride seems to be sort of an extrapolation of the characters and settings of the film, but the designers certainly took it in their own fanciful (or even bizarre) directions.
I can't remember if the live actin Mr. Toad's Wild Ride had any wild riding in it or not. (That's the one that was released to video, starring Eric Idle and a few other Pythons - it was called The Wind In The Willows overseas.)
I was in a production of Milne's Toad of Toad Hall when I was in grade school. I think I was Ratty, but boy that was a long time ago.
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