Mike Fink Keelboats
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The Mike Fink Keelboats attraction
is currently closed, and it is unclear whether it will re-open
or not. |
The Mike Fink Keelboats are named after an early American riverboat
captain "Mike Fink" who piloted riverboats in the early
part of the ninteenth century.
The two boats, the "Gullywhumper" and the "Bertha
Mae" dock at the small landing near the Haunted Mansion,
from which point they take guests on a leisurely cruise around
Tom Sawyer's Island on the Rivers of America past forest scenery,
animals, and occasional events on the river banks.
The cast members running the Keelboats ride wear "Davy Crockett"
style dress, and the rides usually feature quite a bit of commentary,
almost though not quite, as cute as on the Jungle Cruise.
And if it rains? Well apart from getting wet, it's explained
away as being a "Disney special effect".
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