{"id":708,"date":"2012-02-12T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/02\/our-disney-cruise-part-6-aquaduck.html"},"modified":"2013-04-09T21:05:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T02:05:54","slug":"our-disney-cruise-part-6-aquaduck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/02\/our-disney-cruise-part-6-aquaduck.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Disney Cruise, Part 6: AquaDuck!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today’s post will be about AquaDuck<\/a>, a 765-foot\u00a0water slide\u00a0that will only be found on the Disney Dream<\/em> and Disney Fantasy<\/em> (when the Fantasy <\/em>is commissioned later this month). \u00a0They’re the only cruise ships in the world with complete water slides on board. \u00a0I had to wait until my waterproof camera pictures were developed to do this one and I’m so excited about it! \u00a0AquaDuck starts inside the rear funnel and travels from the stern of the ship towards the bow, then goes under the bow funnel (behind the Funnel Vision screen) and then continues back toward the stern of the ship again, depositing you right at the bottom of the stairs so you can hop right back in line!
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The view of AquaDuck from the docks in Nassau.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Guests get to enjoy a great view of the pool deck while riding.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If you’ve been to a water park, then there’s little more to be said about the ride. \u00a0It’s a standard inner tube-type of ride. \u00a0It’s a lot of fun! \u00a0I like how Disney (again) puts the kids first by allowing VERY young children to ride with a grownup. \u00a0I don’t think there’s a minimum size to ride, I saw kids as young as three years old riding with adults. My sons were allowed to ride alone, they are both taller than 44″.<\/p>\n

I want to share some other fun things that make AquaDuck really cool for a Disney Geek like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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There’s an adorable comic strip to read while waiting for AquaDuck — strangely, though, you have to read it from right to left. This was taken with a waterproof film camera and the viewfinder was tough to navigate.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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The rest of the comic. Which shows Donald overdoing things on the ride and smashing into the fore funnel. Ha ha!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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And there’s Donald in the funnel! Yikes!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I was also fascinated with the conveyor machine that transports the rafts back up to the top of the ride. You can see it behind the kids in this picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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There’s a conveyor that brought the rafts from the end of the ride straight up to the top. I also liked that my boys are old enough and tall enough (over 48″) to ride it together without an adult on board.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I took a waterproof camera with me to get some pictures of the ride itself, such as the trip through the forward funnel, but the ride was so exciting I forgot I had the camera with me till the very end. I got this picture below, but then found out that due to safety concerns, no cameras are allowed on the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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WHEE! It was a wild ride down to the base of the attraction, where that cast member to the right asked me to not take cameras on the ride in the future. Oops!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s post will be about AquaDuck, a 765-foot\u00a0water slide\u00a0that will only be found on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy (when the Fantasy is commissioned later this month). \u00a0They’re the only cruise ships in the world with complete water slides on board. \u00a0I had to wait until my waterproof camera pictures were developed to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,195,196,37],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-bq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":703,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/02\/our-disney-cruise-part-1-a-list-of-the-little-things.html","url_meta":{"origin":708,"position":0},"title":"Our Disney Cruise, Part 1: A List of "The Little Things"","date":"05 February 12","format":false,"excerpt":"I know most of you knew that we took a Disney cruise about 2 weeks ago. \u00a0And perhaps you were wondering why I wasn't writing about it? \u00a0It's because I had promised GeekMom.com several posts about our trip and I wanted to get those posts out there first. \u00a0It's easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"disney\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.wired.com\/geekmom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0891-475x356.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":707,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/02\/our-disney-cruise-part-5-disney-art-throughout-the-ship.html","url_meta":{"origin":708,"position":1},"title":"Our Disney Cruise, Part 5: Disney Art Throughout The Ship","date":"08 February 12","format":false,"excerpt":"Disney artwork graces the passageways and staterooms of the Disney Dream. 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