![]() After the attention the show received after ending and having reruns through the summer of 1991, it was decided that the Motor Boat Cruise would become the place for a Gummi Bears attraction to live. The show followed a group of anthropomorphic gummy bears who lived in a hollow tree called Gummi Glen. It was a highly successful 6-season series, with VHS, DVD, and comic strip releases for children who adored it. The second ever Disney animated television show following The Wuzzles was the Adventures of the Gummi Bears from 1985-1991. The Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen (1991) The ride never turned into a speeding attraction and attempted to stay leisurely. To avoid this problem going forward, guests were given gas pedals in their boats, just so they could keep moving. This added more work for the cast members, who sometimes had to jump into the water just to get the boats going again. ![]() Of course, new attractions do not come without issues, and one of the flaws that was noticed after the opening was the fact that guests could not control the speed of their own boat, so often the boats would get stuck or bump into one another. The ride officially closed in January 1956, and famously became one of the first permanently closed attractions ever at a Disney park. Disney tried to revamp the boats by renaming them the Phantom Boats in August 1955, but that didn’t fix a lot of the problems they were still facing with attendance and technical issues. Often, cast members would have to lead the boats back to the dock when they would stop in the middle of the water. The biggest issue was that the boats were self-driven, so guests had the freedom to drive along the lagoon where they wanted, which caused a lot of challenges. With the other attractions performing so well (aside from some mechanical issues since the park was still being finished), the boats didn’t stand a chance. It was not a huge hit on opening day, and continued to have a subpar reputation as time went on. ![]() As one of the opening day attractions at Disneyland in July 1955, the Tomorrowland Boats lived where the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage stands today.
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