Rivers of America (plus Railroad & Dioramas) Re-Imagineered 2017

NobodyElse

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There it is pumped back up to the surface via wells and sent to water treatment facilities like this one in Fountain Valley, where via reverse osmosis, ultraviolet light and more filtering and conditioning they turn millions of gallons per day into some of the safest and cleanest drinking water in America.
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Years ago I worked across the street (Ellis) from that facility. We used to call it "The Stink Farm".

The more you know...
 

TP2000

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Original Poster
Funny how the smaller trees and under developed vegetation have caused the northern end of the ROA to resemble photos of the area from the 50s.

The Rivers of America was bleak during the 1950's. It wasn't until the early 1960's that things began looking like we would expect them to look.

Here's the Rivers of America and the Mark Twain in the spring of 1956, when Tom Sawyer Island was under construction for its Summer '56 grand opening. This is looking roughly from the current Riverbelle Terrace area, looking northwest towards what would become Critter Country 35 years later. Notice the 1950's pickup truck parked along the river, while paying customers pretend they are back in the 1870's. Oops! (And a good reminder that it took several years for Walt and his team to establish formal showmanship rules about what you should and should not do with Disneyland's daily operation)

"What about bleak?" - Auntie Mame
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Here's Tom Sawyer Island in 1957 a year after it opened, taken from where the entrance of Pirates of the Caribbean is today. The future site of Star Wars Land is on the upper left side of this photo.

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It wasn't until the early 1960's that enough trees had been planted, and enough seasons had gone by to fill them out a bit, that the Rivers of America took on a reasonably forested appearance. This is 1962, looking north towards Tom Sawyer Island from the present day Pirates of the Caribbean entrance.
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The nice thing about the 21st century is that Disney now spends a heckuva lot of money to plant lots of mature trees right from the start, so you don't have to spend the next five years with a dusty and awkward looking environment until things start growing in.
 
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The Rivers of America was bleak during the 1950's. It wasn't until the early 1960's that things began looking like we would expect them to look.

Here's the Rivers of America and the Mark Twain in the spring of 1956, when Tom Sawyer Island was under construction for its Summer '56 grand opening. This is looking roughly from the current Riverbelle Terrace area, looking northwest towards what would become Critter Country 35 years later. Notice the 1950's pickup truck parked along the river, while paying customers pretend they are back in the 1870's. Oops! (And a good reminder that it took several years for Walt and his team to establish formal showmanship rules about what you should and should not do with Disneyland's daily operation)

"What about bleak?" - Auntie Mame
disneyland-1956-the-mark-twain-riverboat-travel-around-frontierland-picture-id150190431


Here's Tom Sawyer Island in 1957 a year after it opened, taken from where the entrance of Pirates of the Caribbean is today. The future site of Star Wars Land is on the upper left side of this photo.

13454997134_e1b1db9627_b.jpg


It wasn't until the early 1960's that enough trees had been planted, and enough seasons had gone by to fill them out a bit, that the Rivers of America took on a reasonably forested appearance. This is 1962, looking north towards Tom Sawyer Island from the present day Pirates of the Caribbean entrance.
KEYPBKBC_8_62_N04.jpg


The nice thing about the 21st century is that Disney now spends a heckuva lot of money to plant lots of mature trees right from the start, so you don't have to spend the next five years with a dusty and awkward looking environment until things start growing in.

Great be post!!
 

Disneysea05

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In the Parks
Yes
I love how everything is so green and lush now, but I also loved how big and majestic the Mark Twain and especially the Columbia looked before the trees dwarfed them. Same for Sleeping Beauty Castle to a lesser extent.
 

Ismael Flores

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Anyone know if they are going to drain the southern part of the river first and then refill it? Its nice to see the water from the new area so nice and clean because the southern section looked terrible last weekend. there was so much junk floating around it was pretty disgusting. the same can be said for some of the other water ways.
 
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Anyone know if they are going to drain the southern part of the river first and then refill it? Its nice to see the water from the new area so nice and clean because the southern section looked terrible last weekend. there was so much junk floating around it was pretty disgusting. the same can be said for some of the other water ways.

I never understood why Disney doesn't clean the park waters more frequently. It's not like it can't be done.
 

Ismael Flores

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I heard that the Pirate's Lair sign has been removed? Can anyone confirm? It'd be nice for TSI to have had this overlay removed.
The signs are all still in place. I really doubt they would remove the props inside the caves. without the small props the caves have little purpose except to run thru them and they are not exactly what they used to after all the cool tight areas were removed because of liabilities
 

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