the pictures in the link listed above (to a sold boat at Anchor Marine) are probably creating some confusion. on that page, it looks to me like only the first 5 pictures are of the actual boat they had for sale…and those do show a “flip up” cooler lid/step.
the rest of the pictures are stock photos from Skeeter, of what i assume is one of their pre-production boats. those photos show a removable cooler lid/step, such as in the very last picture. my bet is that Skeeter changed to the flip-up lid when they put the boats into actual production.(?)