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00:24The Phantom boats have two interesting distinctions.
00:27They represent the first attraction ever to be removed from Disneyland, and they're one of the only attractions ever brought back from total extinction.
00:35The odd-looking Phantom boats were slightly futuristic fiberglass vessels with pointy nose, inboard mortars, and huge fins.
00:42Fins being the decade's fad design featured on rockets and cars.
00:46Designed as an attraction where young pilots could mortar a boat around the lagoon like an aquatic version of Autopia, the attraction soon proved problematic.
00:55Boat colors were pink and aqua. They were called speed boats in the 1956 guidebook.
01:01No guardrails allowed guests to pilot the boats anywhere they wanted.
01:05Later, a cast member rode in each boat with the guests.
01:08There were 14 boats, including one police boat.
01:11Walt had intended to replace the unreliable Phantom boats with an attraction similar to high-speed swamp boats.
01:17There was even a sign announcing their arrival.
01:20They never came to pass, as they were deemed too loud and dangerous.
