So the boats are supposed to start back up again, that's good to hear. Mine definitely do not, they just stop and never resume, backing up in a line until I shut the ride down and re-open it (even long after I've moved the animal out of the way).
I'm going to have to play for a bit for it to happen again, I've been sealing up all the spots with rocks where they've found their way through (so they can't get in the water at all). It's been happening less and less as I've sealed up the spots but it still does happen every once in a while (specifically when they have babies since their routing is smaller and find cracks). Here's the ride/habitat,
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I'll return with a photo the next time it happens and I'll also send a save file to that email.
edit: perfect timing; a baby warthog found a crack and jumped in the water blocking the boats. I moved the warthog and the boats didn't start up again. They just sit there backing up forever and ever,
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