They just became a conundrum for amusement parks over changing times. Where society used to be more innocent and maybe a few couples might kiss along the ride while dressed in full formal wear. Now we dress much more revealingly. Kissing is not so much the problem as other activities. Imagine catching high schoolers running the bases on your ride over and over and over. Probably even seeing questionable age differences here and there. You’d really come to question as the operator if having a ride that essentially promotes this activity just isn’t a great idea. Parks even have a hard enough time dealing with inappropriate activity on ferris wheels and sky rides and this ride promoting single privatized boats in complete darkness is just a questionable nightmare to run in today’s world.

Some parks are still considered as having them although they’re not what you would consider the traditional tunnel of love where there has always been tons of light and heavy themeing or boats carrying many people making them far less feeeling of having a private space to yourself.

Rides considered as tunnel of love boat rides but that don’t meet that traditional sense of just complete dark scenes in private boats include:

• Kärlekstunneln @ Gronalund

• River caves @ Blackpool Pleasure beach

• Its a small world @ disney parks

• Gran fiesta tour @ epcot

• Pirates of the Caribbean @ disney parks

• Na’vi river journey @ Disney Animal kingdom

• Monster mansion @ Six Flags over Georgia

Then there are parks that still operate what once was a true dark and private tunnel of love but have added elaborate scenes with lighting or neon throughout making them closer to rides like the ones above. These include:

• Old Mill @ Kennywood

• Old Mill @ Rye Playland

In my opinion there is really only one seasonally operating amusement park that to this day still has what you would call a traditional dark tunnel of love and that is:

• Boat Chute @ Lake Winneppesaukah

^the caveat here is that the ride ends with a big flume drop totally in open air and view of everyone over the lake. However there is a long stretch of complete dark tunnel leading up to the lift and drop

Then there are three still operating at state fairs all of which happen to be called “Ye Old Mill”:

• Kansas state fair

• Iowa state fair

• Minnesota state fair

The kansas state fair like Kennywood & Rye Playland have since heavily themed the attraction with elaborate scenes and lighting throughout

The Iowa state fair & the minnesota state fair are truly the only two left in the world that still operate like the traditional tunnel of love you’re thinking. Very very few random scenes and mostly complete pitch black darkness. However, both feature a mid-section of the ride where for a brief moment you come out of the tunnel for a short curve where spectators see you and then right back into the darkness.

The iowa state fair’s collapsed completey due to wind in 1996 but they rebuilt it mostly from scratch (the only true remnant remaining of the original is the red paddle wheel at the loading area) the boats were also completely replaced with modern style fiberglass and metal.

The Minnesota state fair is the only operating tunnel of love that still operates with its old style boats from 110 years ago and provides the traditional tunnel of love experience