Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes
| Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes | |
|---|---|
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| Disneyland | |
| Area | Critter Country |
| Status | Under Refurbishment |
| Opening date | July 4, 1956 |
| Magic Kingdom | |
| Area | Frontierland |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | October 1, 1971 |
| Closing date | 1994 |
| Tokyo Disneyland | |
| Name | Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes |
| Area | Critter Country |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 15, 1983 |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Area | Frontierland |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | April 12, 1992 |
| Closing date | 1994 |
| Shanghai Disneyland | |
| Name | Explorer Canoes 探险家独木舟 |
| Area | Treasure Cove |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
| General statistics | |
| Attraction type | Free-floating canoe |
| Vehicle type | Canoe |
Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes is a free-floating canoe experience at several Disney theme parks. The oldest of the rides is located at the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California. Boarding from the park’s Critter Country section, up to twenty visitors paddle a canoe around the Rivers of America, accompanied by two guides. This is the only Disneyland attraction that is powered by park visitors.
The attraction originally opened as Indian War Canoes on July 4, 1956 as part of Frontierland’s Indian Village expansion. It also operates under the name of Beaver Brother's Explorer Canoes at Tokyo Disneyland and operated at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World and at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris. At Shanghai Disneyland Park, the ride is simply named Explorer Canoes.
At the original Disneyland version of the attraction, riders embark and disembark from a small boat dock next to the Hungry Bear restaurant in the Critter Country section of the park. Each 35-foot-long (11 m) fiberglass canoe holds twenty guests, two per row. Each canoe has two guides dressed as frontiersmen (or frontierswomen) at the bow and stern. These guides are referred to as the helmsman, bowman, and sternman.
Riders/rowers are given a short lesson on how to paddle the canoe to power the boat properly after leaving the dock. Small children are required to wear life jackets. Life jackets are also available for adults who cannot swim in the event the boat ever capsizes. As the canoe travels 2,400 feet (730 m) around Tom Sawyer Island, located in the center of the man-made river, the guides point out the sights along the way, such as a settler’s cabin and the Indian chief on horseback. The ride’s length depends upon how fast the paddlers are and how much other traffic is on the river.
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