Hey, I'm right there with you on the diving bell return...today's special effects would make this such a great attraction. However, I think the ride should be updated, just called "Dugan's Diving Bell Operations." Junior is now the Captain, Rube has passed on and joined Grandpappy, guarding the silver at the bottom of the lake. Both of them greet you as they did in the old days. The Slim Pickens voice track could be edited so it appears if Rube is greeting you at the scene of the treasure. The Dub Taylor voice track could be slightly altered so it works well with Rube's voice. However, we now would have to be fair to the womenfolk...we would have to have diving bells that Ruby Dugan could drive, and the new pilot of the submersible could be Junior's nephew, Ruben Dugan. Hey, I think that might work! I'd LOVE to work with SDC in recording Junior's voice that would shout down at the audience and at Ruben or Ruby from the loft! What a kick that would be! Perhaps Eli Tolts' kid could be the one racing us to the silver in his dad's old contraption. The possibilities are endless...maybe modern 3D effects? Smoother motion in the simulator, more water effects! Modern Dolby Surround Sound! Whooooweeee! BRING IT ON!
