I haven't been there since before the most recent version of the Country Bears. I don't see myself returning for the foreseeable future, if ever, although I live only two hours away. I loved the riverboat, and I also have great memories of the keelboats, the canoes, and the delightful "Frontierland" details along both the railroad and the Rivers of America ... but it was TSI where the majority of my fond Magic Kingdom memories were created. Two major reasons. First, it was where you could go at your own pace, ...no rush...taking as much or as little time as you were "exploring" in freedom and safety what was the most epic of playgrounds for a child of the 80s to experience. That ties into the second major reason: while exploring, Disney, in-a-sense, rewarded you with all of the details scattered throughout: the bird in the windmill, the details of the blacksmith, the "escape tunnel," etc...Most of the time "these discoveries were made" you were either by yourself or there were only a few others nearby. It not only allowed the imagination to "take flight," but it made you feel special, even important, within that imaginative discovery, like you found a treasure no one else knew about. That was the charm that set Disney apart in my opinion.
