Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Just saw an update on another site(not to be named but let's just say their message boards are particularly geared toward ten year old girls and owners of stupid monorail-riding plush dogs!)and they showed a picture of a paddle steamer called the "Molly Brown"(I keep picturing Kathy Bates at the wheel! ; ) ). It looked SO odd because it only had one smoke stack. They said it was finally coming back onto the river at DLP and I thought, "How weird! First to have a paddle wheeler with only one smoke stack, second to have it out of service for apparently so long and third, to not have a Mark Twain!" Looking further down the post however they also showed an image of the DLP MT, so all was well. Anyway, was anybody else surprised to see a SECOND boat on the rivers? Is there THAT MUCH demand?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lol - we have always had two paddle wheelers. The Mark Twain (a stern wheeler) and the Molly Brown, the only Side Wheeler in service within the berm of a Disney park. She caught fire a couple of years ago, but was restored, not they finished the 2nd restoration (and ruined the colour scheme IMHO). But this is not a first. WDW's MK used to have two paddle wheelers. And of course Disneyland has both the Mark Twain and the Sailing Ship Columbia. And yes, the demand can be quite high in peak seasons where there run them both. They periodically pull out the Keel Boats too. Sadly though the canoes disappeared about 17 years ago :-(
Originally Posted By tonyanton the Liberty Belle at WDW only has one smokestack. the sidewheelers at WDW were for transportation on the Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake, though, not in the parks.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Wow it shows how dead it is in here when this topic is still "trending" at the top! PS - I LOATHE twitter and that stupid term but I had to use it. I mean, who the hell cares and who wants to know that Edna in Queens just had a BLT, has been to the bathroom and is now going to see a movie?!?! And WHY does she feel the need to share that with the world?!?!? God I hate people some times.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 If I ever get to the park, the Molly Brown is something I would like to see...
Originally Posted By dagobert >>If I ever get to the park, the Molly Brown is something I would like to see...<< The Molly Brown is a beautiful ship. I like it better than the Mark Twain. In my opinion the ship looks better with the new colour scheme.
