Changes: Captain Rowan D. Falls

Revision as of 13:05, 10 August 2020

Captain Rowan D. Falls is a Phantom Manor character.

Biography

Captain Falls was a riverboat captain who operated out of Thunder Mesa and captained the Mark Twain Riverboat and who was leader of the Thunder Mesa Riverboat landing. Eventually he became a suitor to the wealthy Mélanie Ravenswood but was not liked by her father Henry, the owner of the Big Thunder Mining Company at the time. Ultimately Rowan was murdered by Henry, who arranged for him to be sent down a waterfall in a rowboat.

Appearances

A portrait of Rowan and Mélanie together is featured in the Stretching Room which Mélanie disappears from and as the portrait stretches it shows Rowan aboard a row boat going over a waterfall.

Towards the end of the ride his crypt can be seen along with those of Mélanie's other suitors.

Trivia

From his name it is possible that he is a relative Dr. Albert Falls, a jungle exploring member of the S.E.A. who founded the Jungle Navigation Company, the parent company of the Jungle Cruise. Albert was in his prime during the 1910s so it is possible that Rowland could be an ancestor of his.
The structure of his stretching room portrait was reused from one of Phantom Manor's original stretching portraits which showed Mélanie in a rowboat falling off of a waterfall.
His name is made to sound like "Row on the Falls" as an allusion to his cause of death.
Rowan's vessel was the Mark Twain Riverboat, a steamboat in Frontierland that guests can ride along the Rivers of America.
- Considering that the real-life Mark Twain didn't become a writer until the 1880s, it is likely that the riverboat went by a different name when Rowan was captain during the 1840s-1850s. It could also be possible that it was named Mark Twain coincidentally for reasons unrelated to Clemens' success as a writer.

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+{{Character|image1 = Captain Falls.png|caption1 = Captain Rowan D. Falls|other_names = Captain Falls|profession = Captain of the Mark Twain Riverboat|relations = Mélanie Ravenswood|first_seen = Phantom Manor (Update of 2019)}}'''Captain Rowan D. Falls''' is a [[Phantom Manor]] character.
-'''Captain Rowland Falls''' is a [[Phantom Manor]] character.
 ==Biography==
-Captain Falls was a steam-boat captain who either operated out of [[Thunder Mesa]] or whose business often brought him to Thunder Mesa.  Eventually he became a suitor to the wealthy [[Mélanie Ravenswood]] but was not liked by her father [[Henry Ravenswood|Henry]], the owner of the [[Big Thunder Mining Company ]] at the time.  Ultimately Rowland was murdered by Henry who arranged for him to be sent off of a water-fall in a rowboat.
+Captain Falls was a riverboat captain who operated out of [[Thunder Mesa]] and captained the [[Mark Twain Riverboat]] and who was leader of the Thunder Mesa Riverboat landing.  Eventually he became a [[Mélanie's Suitors|suitor]] to the wealthy [[Mélanie Ravenswood]] but was not liked by her father [[Henry Ravenswood|Henry]], the owner of the [[Big Thunder Mining Company ]] at the time.  Ultimately Rowan was murdered by Henry, who arranged for him to be sent down a waterfall in a rowboat.
 ==Appearances==
-A portrait of Rowland and Mélanie together is featured in the [[Stretching Room]] which Mélanie disappears from and as the portrait stretches it shows Rowland aboard a row-boat going over a waterfall.
+A portrait of Rowan and Mélanie together is featured in the [[Stretching Room]] which Mélanie disappears from and as the portrait stretches it shows Rowan aboard a row boat going over a waterfall.
-Towards the end of the ride his crypt can be seen.
+Towards the end of the ride his crypt can be seen along with those of Mélanie's other suitors.
 ==Trivia==
-*From his name it is possible that he is a relative Dr. Albert Falls, a jungle exploring member of the [[Society of Explorers and Adventurers|S.E.A. ]] who founded the Jungle Navigation Company which was the parent company of the Jungle Cruise.  Albert was in his prime during the 1910s so it is possible that Rowland could be an ancestor of his.
+*From his name it is possible that he is a relative Dr. Albert Falls, a jungle exploring member of the [[Society of Explorers and Adventurers|S.E.A.]] who founded the Jungle Navigation Company, the parent company of the Jungle Cruise.  Albert was in his prime during the 1910s so it is possible that Rowland could be an ancestor of his.
-*The structure of his stretching-room portrait was reused from one of Phantom Manor's original stretching portraits which showed Mélanie in a rowboat falling off of a waterfall.
+*The structure of his stretching room portrait was reused from one of Phantom Manor's original stretching portraits which showed Mélanie in a rowboat falling off of a waterfall.
-*His name is pun on how he died by falling off of a water-fall.
+*His name is made to sound like "Row on the Falls" as an allusion to his cause of death.
+*Rowan's vessel was the Mark Twain Riverboat, a steamboat in [[Frontierland]] that guests can ride along the Rivers of America.
+**Considering that the real-life Mark Twain didn't become a writer until the 1880s, it is likely that the riverboat went by a different name when Rowan was captain during the 1840s-1850s. It could also be possible that it was named Mark Twain coincidentally for reasons unrelated to Clemens' success as a writer.
 [[Category:Males]]
 [[Category:Captains]]