How do I get past the machine safely

Hint 1 of 12:

You can't ride past it.

Hint 2 of 12:

Go to the Sultan(ess)'s Palace.    Try some of the black circles.

Hint 3 of 12:

Where does the one in the well take you?

Hint 4 of 12:

Not to This is My Kinda Dock!!!

Hint 5 of 12:

What else is at My Kinda Dock?

Hint 6 of 12:

The royal barge.

Hint 7 of 12:

That black circle takes you to the barge, wherever it is.

Hint 8 of 12:

Try fooling with the controls from the dock.

Hint 9 of 12:

You can work them perfectly fine.