The History Of The Storybook Land Canal Boats
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“And Walt created great whales” - Genesis 1:21
Of course a ride that has had no updates for almost a decade would have changes announced after I had already made and uploaded a video about it.
On October 6th the Disney Parks Blog announced that Rapunzel's Tower from Tangled would be coming to Storybook Land. It will be located on a spare bit of land near the Giant's Quilt and London Park, so the pigs are safe for now.
Perhaps I can manifest updates to another attraction by doing a video about it...
Read more about the history of the ride over on my Patreon!
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