can you take a boat ride to another area, not a park, to walk around

Yes

Yes you can

Yes for sure

You can take the boats to other parts of Disney Springs and also several of the onsite resorts.

You can take a ride in the aucacars but not to another destination in Disney springs. It's only a tourist ride, there are bridges everywhere and the lake is not that big, you can walk around the circumference of the lake in 30 minutes or less if you dont stop to look at anythjng.

Yes, but from my understanding it's only to Saratoga Springs and New Orleans only. Saratoga Springs has a lot to do and neat places to see

I saw signs for taking a boat to parks but I'm not sure about anywhere else.

This is America you can do anything you want