Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 ^^That's a possibility. Maybe it could be a "tunnel of love" style attraction? Who knows what WDI plans for this, but I agree that even if it's "boring", it's another attraction that will help the park. It's about the same as riding the Main Street Trolleys...you don't really NEED to ride them, they don't go far, but it's about the entertainment value. Yeah, the DCA lagoon ain't so glamorous, but if you're on a nicely themed boat out on water, it's still somewhat entertaining...especially if they add scenes, or possibly a small show building somewhere. Who knows?
Originally Posted By familyguy Yeah...that would be cool. I've always thought it would be cool if someone made a ride based on the boat ride in the Willy Wonka movies...I know we're trying to get away from movie themed rides, but that would be cool
Originally Posted By plpeters70 "I think it would work about as well as the Discovery River Boats worked at the AK." In defense of the Discovery River Boats, they were only supposed to be a transportation system around the park - like the boats on the World Showcase Lagoon at EPCOT. But because of the low attraction count at AK when it opened, they ended up with long lines because they were listed as an attraction - which they clearly were not. And so, people were complaining about the ride because they had waited so long for something that wasn't meant to be an attraction at all. Hopefully, once the attraction count at AK reaches high enough levels, they'll bring back the boats. I'd love to take a relaxing ride around the Discovery River again -- the views of the park were just beautiful.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Well, the budget cuts to the Discovery River boats also killed them. There were to be scenes along the river, but since the Beastly Kingdom area got cut, so did the scenes along the river. I also hope at some point the boats go back into service once AK has a larger attraction roster. It would add more kinetic energy to the waters there.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice FINALLY! I read all the way through this thread thinking, "Tunnel of Love, Tunnel of Love... What's WRONG with these usually-innovative LP'ers??" ;-) I think that would be FABulous. And if they want to Wonk it out a bit... cool!
Originally Posted By RogRabbit I was thinking the same, that a Tunnel of Love in a show building under or behind the pier would be cool. It could be a simple cave like in PotC but have scenes of couples from Disney movies (Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, etc) and Mickey and Minnie at the end. The scenes could even be on stain glass windows like the Sleeping Beauty attraction in SB castle, or to be innovative have the scenes be projected and have movement in the pictures some how. And only part of the ride would be out on the Paradise Bay. And of course it would have to be close for the night show, but so are Mark twain, Columbia, TSI and Toontown.
Originally Posted By markymouse I misread it as "Could swamp boats end up at DCA?" Now that would be fun.
Originally Posted By ChiMike I always thought a Tunnel of Love at Paradise Pier was just what was missing. But instead of a make-out attraction, build it as a mini-POTC, and theme it the Donald Duck short. Add the nephews, Daisy, Uncle Scrooge. Something like Uncle Scrooge is operating a Tunnel of Love and the nephews are working it. Lots of gags with the nephews trying to help Donald out on his date with Daisy. I dunno. Throw in the well-speaking Donald imposter for good measure. The point is that whallla, there is an attraction that would fit, please, and use characters in a fresh, clever way.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Swan Boats at DCA would tell me the Imagineers are devoid of good ideas.
Originally Posted By ChiMike Two-seater swan boats in a dark ride attraction, or swan boats on Paradise Bay, or both for that manner?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Certainly the later; it would be just a boat ride... how inspiring would that be? A dark ride boat ride is another matter... there is a lot they could do with a "Tunnel of Love."
Originally Posted By Dabob2 A popular idea here a couple of years ago was for a Tunnel of Love that passed scenes of famous Disney "couples" - Mickey and Minnie, Beauty and Beast, Lady and the Tramp, etc. Think the dark ride equivalent of the couples barges from Fantasmic. I think that could work; it could be charming, romantic, and they could even have a couple of (brief) dark sections allowing for a little smooching, and I don't think there'd be anything wrong with that. People have done it on Disney dark rides for 50 years anyway. My armchair imagineering has them building a two-level structure behind Screamin' (where the parade warehouse was); bottom level would be this boat-based Tunnel of Love, the top level would be another, faster-moving dark ride. Using the space effectively, and putting three dark rides (when you count Midway Mania) in the Pier, which is just what it needs.
Originally Posted By ChiMike The more funhouse and dark-ride type experiences they can add to the pier the better.
