Fun Find Friday
March 17, 2017
Location: Frontierland, Magic Kingdom
Just past Aunt Polly's on Tom Sawyer Island is
Catfish Cove. During The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom has to
whitewash a fence as a punishment by his Aunt Polly. While he
whitewashes, another schoolboy named Ben Rogers begins to poke fun
at him for doing the dastardly chore. Tom convinces Ben that he's
actually doing it for fun. Eventually Tom convinces Ben, along with
other boys that show up, to do his work for him and to give him
items in turn to whitewash the fence.
At Catfish Cove, guests can find a half whitewashed
fence along with Huck's name written down and a words stating that
Tom loves Becky, a reference to Becky Thatcher who Tom has a crush
on in the novel. Prior to the change from Fastpass to Fastpass+ in
2013, paintbrushes were scattered throughout the island to connect
the whitewashing aspect of the novel to the attraction. If a guest
found one of the paintbrushes, they would find instructions
explaining that the guest should return their paintbrush to a cast
member and receive a paper Fastpass in return. Much like Tom's
friends trading their valuable items to Tom in order to whitewash,
Cast Members would be trading a valued item for a whitewashing
session of their own. I guess they never read the novel!

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