Editing Grand Canal

{{board infobox
|image=[[File:Gcanal.jpg|300px]]<br>Party Cruise layout<br>[[File:Grand Canal - Mario Party 7 (Solo Board).png|300px]]<br>Solo Cruise layout
|appears_in= ''[[Mario Party 7]]''
|theme=Water-traffic corridor
|availability=Default
|description=''"Collect coins to get more stars! This is a basic course."''
|sample=[[File:SailTheCanals.oga]]
}}
{{quote|Welcome to Grand Canal! The lovely town features balloons, waterways, and gondolas! If you reach the Star Space, you can buy a Star for 20 coins. The Star will move to another location when someone gets one. What a crafty bugger! And watch out for Bowser Time! That chap is naught but trouble! Sometimes he'll even appear and destroy the bridges! Madness! Madness!|Toadsworth|Mario Party 7}}
'''Grand Canal''' is a board that is based off of the real {{wp|Grand Canal (Venice)|Grand Canal}} in [[Venice]], Italy in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. Here, singing [[Shy Guy]]s are everywhere and in charge of the [[Orb Shop]]s and attractions. In Party Cruise, Grand Canal's star requirements are the traditional exchanging 20 coins for a [[Star (Mario Party series)|star]] in a designated location on the board (10 coins in last four turns). In Solo Cruise, players have to beat their opponent by getting two Stars first by buying them for 20 coins each from a [[Star Space]] on the board. [[Bowser Space]]s do not appear on the board by default but may appear when [[#Bowser Time|Bowser Time]] occurs.

==Events==
[[File:MP7 GrandCanal2.jpg|thumb|left|Mario collecting Coins during the Shy Guy ride]]
*Landing on the [[Event Space|Green Space]] near the start makes the player do a [[coin]] game, where the Shy Guys throw coins and [[Spiny]] eggs at them (similar to [[Ukiki]] on [[Castaway Bay]] from ''[[Mario Party 6]]''). If the player collects 20 coins, the Shy Guy offers to trade them for a Star.
*Landing on the Green Spaces near the gondola house makes a Singing Shy Guy come out asking if they want a ride. Accepting this takes the player to the gondola house on the other side of the board, collecting coins (and avoiding Spinies) on the way. 
*The Green Space on what looks like the {{wp|Leaning Tower of Pisa}} causes the tower to lean over, dropping players in the water, where four [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheeps]] squirt them back out to the start. 
*The Green Space in front of the juggling [[Blooper]] activates a guessing game, where Blooper juggles four chests that have: a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]], five coins, a [[Ztar|Dark Star]], and nothing (in Solo Cruise, there are always five coins, but three Dark Stars).
*If a player lands on any of the two Green Spaces on the stone drawbridge, the bridge opens and sends the player (and any other player on the bridge) to a different area on the board.
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==Bowser Time==
When [[Bowser Time]] occurs, [[Bowser]] does one of three things:
*Takes a souvenir photograph of all of the players, and makes them pay 10 or 20 coins each for it. Then, he leaves without giving anyone the photo. This occurs in all boards except for [[Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!]]
*Flattens one of the Orb Shops, and replaces it with one of his own (called Bowser City). [[Koopa Kid]] stops anyone who passes it and throws them in the shop, where Bowser sells them a worthless item (or a [[Koopa Kid Orb]]) for twenty coins. This also occurs in [[Pagoda Peak]] and [[Pyramid Park]].
*Uses his [[Koopa Clown Car]] to throw [[Bob-omb]]s at the bridges, destroying them. New, sturdy stone bridges are then made, which only have [[Bowser Space]]s on them. These last for three turns before returning to normal. Additionally, all [[Character Space]]s and [[Koopa Kid Space]]s on the bridges are removed upon doing so.
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==Spaces (Party Cruise)==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:SpaceBlue7.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|48 (39 if the bridges are destroyed due to Bowser Time)
|-
![[File:SpaceRed7.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|9
|-
![[File:SpaceHappening7.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|7
|-
![[File:SpaceMic.png|50px]]<br>[[Mic Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:SpaceDuel7.png|50px]]<br>[[Duel Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:SpaceDonkey7.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:SpaceBowser7.png|50px]]<br>[[Bowser Space]]s
|0 or 9, depending on Bowser Time
|-
!Total of Spaces
|70
|}

==Spaces (Solo Cruise)==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:SpaceBlue7.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|35
|-
![[File:SpaceRed7.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|8
|-
![[File:SpaceHappening7.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|7
|-
![[File:SpaceMic.png|50px]]<br>[[Mic Space]]s
|3
|-
![[File:SpaceDuel7.png|50px]]<br>[[Duel Space]]s
|7
|-
![[File:SpaceDonkey7.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space]]s
|3
|-
![[File:SpaceBowser7.png|50px]]<br>[[Bowser Space]]s
|3
|-
!Total of Spaces
|66
|}

==Orbs==
<gallery>
Mushroom Orb.jpg|[[Mushroom Orb]]
Sluggish 'Shroom Orb.jpg|[[Sluggish 'Shroom Orb]]
Goldshroomorb.jpg|[[Super 'Shroom Orb]]
Flutter Orb.jpg|[[Flutter Orb]]
Hammer Bro. Orb.jpg|[[Hammer Bro Orb]]
Piranha Plant Orb2.jpg|[[Piranha Plant Orb]]
Mr. Blizzard Orb2.jpg|[[Mr. Blizzard Orb]]
Pink Boo Orb.jpg|[[Pink Boo Orb]]
Spiny Orb2.jpg|[[Spiny Orb]]
Tweester Orb.jpg|[[Tweester Orb]]
</gallery>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MP7 Main Menu Preview 2.png
Grand Canal Party Cruise logo.png
Grand Canal Panel.png
MP7 Grand Canal Logo.png
Approaching Grand Canal.png
Grand Canal Intro MP7.png
MP7 Grand Canal Start.png
Bowser sends three orbs all over Grand Canal.png
Bowser Time in Grand Canal.png
Bob-ombs Canal Bridge.png
Grand Canal bridge fall.png
Bowser rises bridges in GC.png
Bowser Bridges GC.png
Coinus Maximus MP7.png
Grand Canal Blooper MP7.png
Grand Canal Results logo.png
DK Space Grand Canal Start.png
Bowser Space Grand Canal Start.png
Leaning Tower of Pisa Event.png
Cheep Cheeps Squirting.png
Grand Canal Drawbridge Event.png
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names|
|Jap=ウキウキタウン
|JapR=Ukiuki taun
|JapM=Happy/Pleasant Town
|Fra=Grand Canal
|FraM=-
|Ger=Canale Grande
|GerM=Italian for "Grand Canal"
|Spa=Gran canal
|SpaM=Grand Canal
|Ita=Villa Naviglio
|ItaM=Waterway House
}}

==Trivia==
*This is the only board in the game where Star Spaces can be found.

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