Originally Posted By oc_dean >>What about the Magic Kingdom's Swan Boats<< Oh ... I just noticed a blunder of mine ... I don't know why in my head .. when I saw the word "Magic" in the title .... I was thinking Magic Mountain. Please pardon me. I just wizzed right by the word "Kingdom". One of those little silly things. Anyway ... at least I did bring up the actual Swan Boat ride eventually.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "well since this area is suppose to be fashioned after CA piers how about an old fashioned wooden roller coaster (like Santa Cruz has)." Isn't that what Screamin' is supposed to be?
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Anyone remember the big square "marina" the Disneyland Hotel grounds use to have? Remember also .. they had a boat ride too???? That, obviously, did last long now did it! " Yeah, those were about as interesting as they looked from the promenade. I remember doing those as a kid and they were almost as lame as the Motorboat Cruise in Fantasyland. Other than having shuttles that traversed the lagoon, I can't see any way that a boat scenic boat tour would work.
Originally Posted By markedward I actually think that something like a swan boat would be a little bit cool, BUT pretty much only at night and for a romantic, but not too romantic, couple. The problems would be a) I bet it would be shut down at night, just when the view becomes nice enough to make it work and b) some couples would inevitably have too much of a sense of being isolated and become too romantic. Nothing X rated, but do you really want to look out over the lake to see some 20something couple locking lips? I have often argued in favor of little A, B and C ticket attractions to round out the day. So I am inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt. It makes sense, but I wonder that the payoff doesn't seem worth the cost - slow moving line where there isn't room for one and preventing the lake being used for something more worthwhile (though the track for the ride could double as the track for a water-borne parade). I'm just glad it's not a Paramount or Six Flags park, where for a quarter you could shoot a water cannon at the people in the swan boats.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I don't know, boring or not, any attraction additions are plusses in my book. I agree that the lagoon doesn't have much to look at, but it would be about as enticing as riding around on World Showcase Lagoon.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I dunno, EPCOT's lagoon is a lot bigger. Also the boats there travel (at least they did) from one side to the other. I just can't imagine that a circular boat tour of Paradise Bay could be anything more than boring.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Epcot's lagoon also has all of the great pavilions to look at as you go across it. As much as I try to avoid bashing DCA, I would venture to say that pretty much any single pavilion is more interesting to look at that all of the stuff surrounding the PP lagoon.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Not only that, you can see the entire thing from any point on shore. What purpose would a boat tour serve?
Originally Posted By familyguy For those who are saying that a boat ride would be boring, I would say that it all depends on how you look at it and what your attitude is like. If you are just stoked to be there and you are excited because you don't get to ride in a boat on PP Lagoon at home then I think you'd have a great time. It's like the movie Half Baked. Remember the guy that was all, "Have you ever seen a dollar bill...on weed". His point was that something that was normally mundane was more exciting with a different perspective. I'm not saying try riding the boats on weed, I'm saying try doing whatever mundane activities you do at the DLR with the attitude that you are Disneyland and you could be at work and maybe it would be more exciting....I don't know....just a thought
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt In my opinion there are better things Disney could spend its money on at the DLR than a boat trip around Paradise Bay. There are several areas around the property, particularly at DCA, that need urgent attention. This concept seems like a waste of time, energy, and money to me.
Originally Posted By familyguy ...you wouldn't have to waste your time or money...you could just not ride it...
Originally Posted By familyguy Pretty much. I think anything new is better than nothing new. How about a sky way?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think it would work about as well as the Discovery River Boats worked at the AK. Which is not at all.
Originally Posted By spacejockey The boats could go into a show building behind the parade warehouse.
