Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage

Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage was an animated indoor boat ride located at Kings Island that traveled through Smurfland and all the Smurfs seasons.
== History ==
Taft Broadcasting announced 27 May 1983 that they had obtained an exclusive ten-year license to use the Smurf characters. The characters had been introduced to the United States five years earlier and were the best-selling character merchandise in the world at the time. The characters were introduced to Taft parks that summer as part of a new promotional show called Smurfs Are Coming.
The characters were given a permanent home at Kings Island in 1984 when Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage replaced Enchanted Voyage. The ride was physically the same, using the same layout, boats, and building, but almost all theming was changed between the two incarnations of "dark ride". One piece of theming that remained between the two was a large frog on a toadstool.
Riders continued to load onto boats from an outside turntable, but a permanent roof was built over the platform. It included miniature castle turrets on top.
Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage last operated in 1991. In 1992, the boat ride was completely removed and an Omnimover-style ride named Phantom Theater opened in its place. A children's roller coaster, Scooby Zoom, today known as Great Pumpkin Coaster, opened where the boat ride's turntable loading platform was. The new roller coaster reused the turntable's roof as its station and photo booth. The turrets on top initially remained but were later removed and sold to local grocery store Jungle Jim's, where they are now used as thematic pieces on some shelving.
During Winterfest 1991, after Smurfs' Enchanted Voyage had ceased operation, some of the fiberglass Smurf characters were recycled for use on the Les Taxis Antique Cars attraction. The overlay was known as the Smurfs' Christmas Village. One of the Gargamel characters is also currently on display at Green Sales Company auto parts warehouse in Cincinnati.
 
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