Originally Posted By Tiggirl I need help from all you WDW experts. I'm trying to do some research about the Davey Crockett Explorer Canoes and I need to know the exact date they closed. Anyone know? I found info saying they closed in 1994 but that's all I could locate. Thanks in advance! ~Beth
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I even checked with www.waltdatedworld.com and they do not have an exact date posted. But Tig, if it makes you feel better, we still have those canoes going at TDL in case you go to Tokyo and feel the need to row.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros And Disneyland is a little closer, if you go on a weekend or during a busy season...
Originally Posted By TDLFAN You can do Canoes at TDL daily. What's the point of going to DL if they do not operate on the day you visit??
Originally Posted By FerretAfros You can look at them, sitting all alone in the water, and feel sorry for yourself. Or you could get there a day early, the same ammount of time that it would take to get to Tokyo, and hit most of the things in the park. Then you can spend the entire next day on the canoes. And they don't have anywhere near a 2 hour wait, like they have had in Tokyo. (Where's that thread when you need it? I'll be back!)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN If that works for you.. then.. I remember when the line for the canoes at WDW used to be rather long and slow as well.. but I honestly do not remember seeing 2-hr lines for the Beaver Bros. Canoes ever! 1hr 30... maybe.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just think of the canoes as one of those fun little things that are a nice distraction. Fun, but certainly not worth over a 20 minute wait, in my opnion. I just can't imagine enough people willing to wait that long to actually allow that line to get that long.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Well.. that's exactly why I hate FP so much because NO ride at WDW is worth waiting more than what a single line would make guests wait. And while I understand not wanting to wait 20+ mins for the canoes... Do you really believe "Peter Pan's Flight" at the MK or DLP is worth waiting over one hour in the stand by line?? All is relative. I personally do not do the canoes NOT because of the wait but because I am not going to the Disney parks to work that hard! Have you rowed your way around Tom Sawyer's Island without pain in your arms and upper joints?? Torture!
Originally Posted By brotherdave And in the heat and humidity of Central Florida? That's probably one of the reasons why they were removed!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<And in the heat and humidity of Central Florida? That's probably one of the reasons why they were removed!>> Money, lawyers and dumbing down the product were probably the others.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Thank you all for the "info". LOL! I know Labuda thinks she rode the canoes but I'm starting to think they never existed at WDW. ;o) TDLFAN, Actually the info about the canoes in Tokyo was useful. In fact... I may come to you later with other Tokyo questions... if you don't mind! ~Beth
Originally Posted By Labuda "I remember when the line for the canoes at WDW used to be rather long and slow as well.. but I honestly do not remember seeing 2-hr lines for the Beaver Bros. Canoes ever! 1hr 30... maybe." My Mom & I waited in line for about 45 minutes to an hour when we rode the canoes on July 15, 1987. AND HAD A BLAST!!! Most fun ride of the day!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By Labuda "I know Labuda thinks she rode the canoes but I'm starting to think they never existed at WDW. ;o)" Nope, nope, nope - I am 10)% certain I rode them so to you, Bothy! The canoes @ WDW TOCKED! If you disagree, you should go take a nuce waly! (So did that paragraph make sense to you girl? hehe)
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I may come to you later with other Tokyo questions... if you don't mind! ~Beth<< No I don't mind one bit, although I am a bit ignorant about the inner workings of TDR, believe it or not.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Did the canoes in WDW go around the entire river, like the big boats, or did they just do the front island? The whole thing seems like it could be a really really long trip, especially for people who weren't planning on going canoeing and end up between two little kids (Me: Hi, my name is Kevin, and I rode the canoes between two little splashing kids. Group: Hi Kevin.) Just the small front island seems like it would be a much more managable lenght, and more similar to the DL experience.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl See! You're only 10% sure they existed!! ;o) Hehe! How long did the canoe ride take if it went around the whole river? It seems like you'd be pretty exhausted by the time you were done. Thanks TDL! I think my questions will be more attractions based and perhaps entertainment based and less "inner-workings" so you should be a pro at that! ) ~Beth
Originally Posted By Labuda Dadgumit! I am 100% certain they existed! I was just trying to type in your style, thus the 10)% that I typed instead of 100% - wanted to make sure you could read it. heheh
