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==Description==
The Plaza Swan Boats opened on May 20, 1973 on Main Street USA. These elegantly shaped fiberglass boats allowed guests to take a leisurely tour around the Magic Kingdom's canals. Traveling clockwise, the boats would tour the Hub, and also jet out for a lap around the [[Swiss Family Treehouse]]. While aboard, guests would be treated to a live narration of the sights that could be seen from the crafts.
The Plaza Swan Boats initially featured twelve boats, which each sat twenty six guests. Shortly after the attraction opened however, one of the boats was converted to a "vacuum boat" which was used to clean the canal. By the end of the attraction's run, the fleet only had six working boats.
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
[[Image:SwanBoatAdventureland.jpg|thumb|400px|A Swan Boat traveling through Adventureland]]
* The creation of the Plaza Swan Boats was pushed by Disney CEO Card Walker, who wanted additional capacity at the Magic Kingdom <ref name="widen"> http://www.omniluxe.net/wyw/psb.htm </ref>,
* Like Disneyland's Storybook Land Canal Boats, each of the Swan Boats were named after a different Disney heroine such as Snow White and Maid Marion <ref name="retro"/>. * In many ways, the Plaza Swan Boats were the spiritual successor to Disneyland's Storybook Land Canal Boats, which also featured crafts named after various Disney heroines <Ref name="widen"/>. While these names probably lined up, the only confirmed * The gold adornments on the Plaza Swan Boats were real gold leaf <ref name="retro"/>. * Disney had a patient for the original underwater electrical guidance system that was eventually scrapped for the Plaza Swan Boats <ref name="retro"/>. * Unlike many early Walt Disney World boat attractions, the Plaza Swan Boats were constructed at Walt Disney World's Central Shops <ref name="retro"/>.
* Although the Plaza Swan Boats would remain open until 1983, it was not listed on the park's guide maps after 1975 <ref name="widen"/>.
* Near the bottom of the [[Swiss Family Treehouse]], guests can find a cannon that would have been pointed at the Swan Boats as they passed by <ref> https://www.parkeology.com/2010/04/protecting-your-treehouse-from-deadly.html </ref>.
* From 1997 until 2012, guests could race [[Shrunken Ned's Junior Jungle Boats]] in Adventureland on part of the Swan Boat canal.
* Inside the [[Jungle Skipper Canteen]], guests can find a book titled "The Grace of the Swan" by Plaza <ref name="dated"/>.
* Also inside the [[Jungle Skipper Canteen]], guests can see a classified advertisement for a boat that is described as "Gently Used...All White...Carved Swan on Bow". Another reference to the Swan Boat attraction <ref> http://www.mainstgazette.com/2019/09/carved-swan-on-bow.html </ref>.
* During the majority of the time that the Plaza Swan Boats ran, they were guided by female cast members.
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