Originally Posted By Kathi K So has anyone been on the boats since the refurb? I had hoped to get there but haven't been able to yet?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss They put in a loop and a drop, so now the boats are equipped with over the shoulder harnesses.
Originally Posted By retlawfan <<They put in a loop and a drop, so now the boats are equipped with over the shoulder harnesses.>> Well, there was that.
Originally Posted By oc_dean They ACTUALLY tested the "story book" boats in the Superstar Limo building. Little blue bird on my shoulder told me.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder We were surprised. You shoot into the whale's mouth faster than you accelerate on Screamin', but other than that, everything looked pretty cool, as usual.
Originally Posted By Bellella Oh, I'm so sure that they'd put a water thrill ride in the middle of Fantasyland. Besides, it wouldn't fit the theme of the ride.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Besides, it wouldn't fit the theme of the ride." Well, the original idea behind that area was to have a shoot-the-chutes type ride that went through Monstro and came out in a big splashy finale. There was some sort of problems with the technology needed, or the time they had to build it, and they settled on a slow boat ride that started by going in Monstro's mouth, and then just went past a bunch of empty shorelines. Monstro is left over from the original concept, though not much else is.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt <a href="http://storybookland.com/" target="_blank">http://storybookland.com/</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Take a look at this: <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/storybook%20land/bananaphone5000/GORILLLAS/Storybookland7-58.jpg" target="_blank">http://media.photobucket.com/i...7-58.jpg</a> It's interesting to see how close the DLRR once was to Storybook Land.
Originally Posted By Bellella Well, Storybookland has always had a big line as a simple little boat ride.
Originally Posted By danyoung FerretAmos, assuming you're not kidding, what's your source for that story? Not saying that I disagree, but I've never heard it before.
Originally Posted By danyoung From wikipedia - "The idea of having Monstro the whale consume the canal boats came from a never-implemented concept for a "Monstro the Whale" ride, in which small boats were to be swallowed by Monstro and hurtled down a watery path into a pond below." Interesting!
Originally Posted By cheesybaby ^^There was concept art of the "Monstro drop" ride in the First 50 Magical Years exhibit/attraction and it has been published in numerous official Disney publications.
Originally Posted By cheesybaby 4th picture down (the one before "Suburban Distinction"), the drawing in the upper right. Click on the jpg for a larger view. <a href="http://vintagedisneylandtickets.blogspot.com/2009/07/hudson-family-magazine-1955.html" target="_blank">http://vintagedisneylandticket...955.html</a>
Originally Posted By cheesybaby And in the top center drawing in the same jpg you can see the ride at the very back and center of Fantasyland.
