Disneyland firefighters dethrone Davy Crockett champs in canoe races

The decades-long reign of the Davy Crockett Explorer Canoes team in the annual Disneyland employee canoe races has come to an end with the Disneyland Fire Department wresting the crown away from the perennial favorites on their home turf.

Disneyland crowned a new champion on Thursday, Aug. 1 before the Anaheim theme park opened to the public as the team made up of Disneyland firefighters hoisted the Fastest on the River trophy.

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