Attraction at Disney theme parks
Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes
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Area
| Critter Country
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Status
| Operating
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Opening date
| July 4, 1956
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Area
| Frontierland
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Status
| Removed
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Opening date
| October 1, 1971
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Closing date
| 1994
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Name
| Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes
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Area
| Critter Country
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Status
| Operating
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Opening date
| April 15, 1983
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Area
| Frontierland
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Status
| Removed
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Opening date
| April 12, 1992
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Closing date
| 1994
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Name
| Explorer Canoes
[1]
探?家?木舟
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Area
| Treasure Cove
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Status
| Operating
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Soft opening date
| May 7, 2016
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Opening date
| June 16, 2016
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Attraction type
| Free-floating canoe
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Vehicle type
| Canoe
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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
, the ride is simply named
Explorer Canoes
.
Ride Description
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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 frontierspeople 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.
Lacking tracks or a predetermined path to follow, they typically travel much faster than the large boats, like the
Mark Twain Riverboat
and the
Sailing Ship Columbia
which ride along submerged tracks and return by the last bend of the upcoming
Tiana's Bayou Adventure
. The attraction operates year-round on weekends and includes weekdays during the park's peak seasons. The canoes generally close at dusk as to prepare the
Rivers of America
for any night water shows such as
Fantasmic!
.
History
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It is one of only two attractions in Disneyland to be in three different lands without ever being moved. Originally called
Indian War Canoes
, the attraction opened on July 4, 1956, as part of Frontierland's Indian Village expansion, with real American Indian guides aboard every canoe. Guests used a "D ticket" to ride the attraction. The
Indian War Canoes
closed with Indian Village in 1971 but reopened on May 19 as
Davy Crockett’s Explorer Canoes
, inspired by the
Davy Crockett miniseries
, with the guides now wearing
coonskin caps
.
It became a part of
Bear Country
, home of
Country Bear Jamboree
, when that section of the park opened in 1972. The area was later renamed Critter Country in 1989, which now takes in Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
attractions. The canoes closed suddenly on October 3, 1998, igniting rumors that they were closed permanently. However, the attraction reopened the following June. Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes operates on busier days only, primarily in the summer and on weekends.
In addition to the Explorer Canoes, Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom's
Liberty Square
operated the
Mike Fink Keel Boats
until 1997. This attraction was based on the miniseries episode "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race".
On January 11, 2016, the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes, along with the other attractions and shows along the Rivers of America, temporarily closed for the construction of
Star Wars
: Galaxy's Edge
.
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The attraction reopened on July 29, 2017.
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Other parks
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Walt Disney World
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Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes
debuted in Frontierland on opening day at Walt Disney World. A C ticket was required for guests to board the 35-foot (11 m) long canoes from a dock located to the north of the Tom Sawyer Island raft launch and travel along the same path as other watercraft on the Rivers of America. The attraction closed in 1994.
Tokyo Disneyland
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A canoe attraction opened in Tokyo Disneyland under the name of
Davey Crockett Explorer Canoes
along the Rivers of America in the theme park's Westernland. It was renamed
Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes
in 1992 with the opening of Critter Country.
Disneyland Paris
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An
Indian Canoes
canoe ride opened with
Euro Disneyland
on April 12, 1992. It also closed in 1994.
Shanghai Disneyland
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This attraction is known as Bilge Rat Bill's Explorer Canoes. Departing from Dead Man's Landing, the canoes travel through Treasure Cove's lagoon and Adventure Isle's Q'olari River.
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