Plaza Swan Boats

Plaza Swan Boats
Park	Magic Kingdom
Land	Main Street, U.S.A.
Type	Boat ride
Opening date	May 20, 1973
Closing date	August 1983

The Plaza Swan Boats are a defunct attraction from the Magic Kingdom's Main Street U.S.A. which passed through Fantasyland and Adventureland.

History

Development history

The Plaza Swan Boats were an attraction in Main Street, U.S.A. which opened in Walt Disney World the May 20 of 1973. Disney legend Marc Davis would design nursery-rhyme themed topiaries to be featured along the attraction. Due to maintenance issues with the boats, the attraction was slowly shut down before being finally done in the August of 1983.

Summary

The boats went from Main Street, U.S.A., past Cinderella Castle and cruised through the jungles of Adventureland where it passed under the treehouse of the Swiss family Robinson.

Jungle Cruise connections

Skipper Canteen

There are several allusions to the Plaza Swan Boats within the skipper canteen. On the mess hall's bulletin board there is a posting on Jungle Navigation Company paper which reads, "Boat for Sale -Gently used -All white -Carved swan on bow Contact Merry Time Traders for more information". Within the S.E.A. meeting-hall, the likeness of the swan figureheads adorn a crest for the society on a map of the Mekong river created by Discovery Bay characters Jason Chandler and Captain Brieux which also features the tribal mask from the Magic Kingdom's Amazon River Base.

In the library of the Skipper Canteen is a book with the title, "Grace of a Swan" by Plaza. Several indirect connections comes from other books referencing features from the Plaza Swan Boats. Amongst these books are, "The Mystery Castle" by Cindy Ella referencing Cinderella Castle, a copy of The Swiss Family Robsinson, and a book referencing the Swiss Family Treehouse titled Treehouse Construction by Mills.