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Originally, the boats were powered by outboard motors, which often overheated and had to be towed back to the dock. Worse, the gasoline engines were so loud that the passengers could barely hear the spiel. After a few months, the motors gave way to batteries stashed under the seats. That first summer, the ride was staffed predominately by men, dressed in white shirts and wide brim hats. An all-male closing crew had the arduous duty of manually pulling the boats into the storage area and connecting the battery cables to charge the boats overnight. Eventually, electricians installed a two-way switch on the boats, providing a reverse gear to easily back the boats into the storage tunnel.

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“Hello everyone, and welcome to Storybook Land. Please remain seated and keep your hands and fingers inside the boat at all times.” “We are riding aboard the boat Wendy and we are now on our way to a magical adventure into Storybook Land where everything inside has been miniaturized.” ‘Outt oh, it look like we are about to be swallowed by Monstro.(everyone turns around to look) Monstro is the very same whale that swallowed Pinocchio. But don’t worry, Pinocchio was such a smart boy, he built a fire inside Monstro and the smoke from that fire made Monstro sneeze, in fact he sneezed so hard he blew his own tail right off, giving us our own special way right into Storybook land.” (Mind you all the tunnels are very low and so as you are saying all this, you  

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