Mike Fink Keel Boats

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Mike Fink Keel Boats were small boats that navigated the Rivers of America at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World.

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[edit] Attraction facts

[edit] Disneyland

  • Grand opening: December 25, 1955
  • Closing date: May 17, 1997
  • Ticket required: C Ticket
  • Location: Rivers of America - Frontierland
  • Boats:
    • Gullywhumper
    • Bertha Mae

[edit] Magic Kingdom

[edit] History

The Mike Fink Keel Boats were based on the Disneyland shows Davy Crockett's Keel Boat Race and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. The boats were free-floating and traveled around Tom Sawyer Island.

[edit] Reasons for closing

At about 5:30 p.m. on May 17, 1997, the Disneyland Gullywhumper boat began to rock side to side. It capsized, dumping a full boatload of passengers into the Rivers of America. The boat was removed from the waters for inspection and neither the Gullywhumper nor the Bertha Mae returned for the next operating season. The Bertha Mae was put up on Disney's eBay Auction Site and pocketed $15,000 for it. It was billed as an unseaworthy craft. The Gullywhumper returned to Disneyland's Rivers of America as a prop and is now moored on Tom Sawyer Island where passengers on the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes, the Columbia Sailing Ship, and the Mark Twain Riverboat can see it while passing.

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