Official attraction poster revealed for Tiana's Bayou Adventure! This poster is dedicated to the Magic Kingdom ride variant in Walt Disney World/Florida.
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The Gullywhumper faithfully plied the Rivers of America around Tom Sawyer's Island for 42 years until one evening in May 1997, when the boat began to rock side to side. It capsized, dumping a full boatload of passengers into the river, leaving several with minor injuries. The boat was removed for inspection and neither it nor its companion craft the Bertha Mae returned for operation.
Instead, the Gullywhumper returned to Rivers of America as a prop and was moored on Tom Sawyer Island where passengers on the Davy Crockett Canoes, the Sailing Ship Columbia, and the Mark Twain Riverboat could see it while passing. Eventually, hull damage caused the boat to flood and sink, and it was finally removed from Disneyland in April 2009.
I miss this version of the phantom at the end of the ride. I hoped they would have kept this look and updated him, but i guess not. Anyway, enjoy this art of him :)
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Disneyland, October 1984. The Rivers of America have been drained for maintenance & repairs and the Sailing Ship Columbia (as well as The Mark Twain, not shown) are in "dry dock"