![]() Guests stumble across the secret arsenal of Mr. Up ahead the crow quartet returns, but instead of a happy upbeat song, they are singing a dire warning of the creatures ahead that "are liable to scorn you" as a dark, forbidding cave approaches. Bear, while the rest of the bunny family are busy helping their father milk a cow in the corner. More trees and foliage interrupt the guests' view, and the boat approaches another clearing, revealing two rabbit children playing with marionettes (possibly a reference Sid and Marty Krofft made to themselves) that are unflattering caricatures of Mr. Bear, seeing it from below, think that the sheet is a real ghost, and are terrified, cringing at the sight of the "apparition". Rabbit has been saved by the friendly owls, who are circling overhead, carrying a large white sheet. ![]() Bear's crops, and soon the boat arrives at another grotto in the swamp. A chicken can be seen continually sticking his head out of the window, clucking and screaming for help. Rabbit and have put him inside of a burlap sack. As the boat heads further down in front of Mr. Also, a raccoon beats an inverted pot like a drum, while the third rabbit behind him somehow manages to play a toilet plunger like a trumpet, followed by a turtle blowing on a jug and a fourth rabbit drumming on the turtle's shell.Īcross the river from the band, a patch of 12 sentient carrots with the faces of women wearing lots of makeup sing out over and over again, telling guests that whatever they do they must "Save the rabbit!" or else he will "wind up in a kettle of stew!". A pink female rabbit is behind him, clanging pot lids together as if they are hand cymbals, while a chubby brown boy rabbit wearing a beanie plays a washboard. The critters of the Okefenokee have formed a "dixie band" led by Mr. ![]() The boat rounds another bend, and suddenly the vista opens up. The boat then enters a cave, and guests are unable to see what lies ahead except for a giant green snake peering down at them. In one corner of the scene, a turtle rocks himself to sleep on the back of his shell, as if it were a cradle, while snoring. Bear are all fishing with hooks and bait, while a bullfrog is working on his suntan and a raccoon fumbles with his picnic basket. Rounding the first bend, guests see their first sign of activity, with owls blinking and hooting in the branches above them, and a quartet of crows sing a song in perfect harmony, welcoming their new "neighbor".Īfter receiving their welcome, guests float past the Okefenokee Swamp's fishing hole, located in the ruins of an old Civil War era plantation home. Going into the entrance, guests are surrounded by a large colorful environment of various artificial plants, including bushes and large trees with Spanish moss hanging from the branches. Ahead, an entrance to the ride has two cutouts of anthropomorphic rabbits holding signs that read "Keep hands inside the boat" and "Do not feed the bunnies". After taking a seat inside of a fiberglass boat themed after an Indian craft made of animal skins, the boat moves on. ![]() The revised 1968 version is better documented. Little is known about the original 1967 version of the ride. Voices for the 1968 version of the ride were provided by Lennie Weinrib, Joan Gerber, and Marty Krofft, who were also working on the Kroffts' television series H.R. The attraction took inspiration from Walt Disney's 1946 film, Song of the South, and the Little Golden Books based on the film, with several elements mixed from the creations of Jay Ward, Hanna-Barbera, and Rankin/Bass Productions. Most of the original sets from the previous iteration of the ride remained the same, with the Kroffts' focus being more on the animated figures, sound, and music. Six Flags Over Georgia had opened with a 1,000 seat puppet theater hosting "The Krofft Circus" puppet show. So for 1968, the original Tales of the Okefenokee attraction was redesigned by puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft, whom Six Flags had worked with previously on puppet shows for both Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Over Texas. Wynne was reportedly unsatisfied with the animated figures in the 1967 season, saying they were "too small" and "looked like window displays". Tales of the Okefenokee (1967–1980) įrom the park's opening in 1967 until 1980, the building that currently houses Monster Mansion was home to one of the park's original attractions, a boat mill chute-type ride called Tales of the Okefenokee: The Old Plantation Legends, with theming inspired by the Uncle Remus stories of Joel Chandler Harris. ![]()
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