It is one of my favorite rides in the park (okay, so most of them are favorites of mine...). There's just something about riding in the boats through the small scale world of fantasy that mesmerizes me. Disneyland never ceases to amaze me with the attention to detail. Notice in the pictures (sorry they are a tad blurry because the boats move) that there are tiny Christmas trees and decorations throughout each scene!
Whether it's Cinderella's Castle, complete with pumpkin carriage, Princess Jasmine's Palace...
The dwarf's house from Snow White...
Pinocchio's village...
Or the Three Little Pigs house made of bricks...
The Storybook Land Canal Boats are great for everyone in the family, young and old. Make sure you keep a close eye on young children though because unlike some of the other boat rides, the water is quite deep - not the normal couple of feet that most rides have. Also note that the ride closes down 30 minutes before and 5 minutes after the parades go through to prevent the line from blocking the flow of traffic because it is so close to the parade route.
My favorite Disneyland story takes place on this ride. The first time my parents took my sister and I to Disneyland I was 7 and my sister was 4. We were on this ride headed towards the whale's mouth when my sister stood up and yelled, "It's going to eat me!"
ReplyDeleteEveryone in the boat chuckled and sister turned to them and said angerly, "It's not funny, it's going to eat you too!"
She then tried to literally jump ship!
Makes me smile everytime I think of it!
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