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Fort Langhorn Escape Tunnel
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Chrononymous
Well-Known Member
boo! I hope it's not a permanent closure. that would make me very sad.
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
Disney ought to reboot a Tom and Huck movie. With the right script, it could be a heck of a movie....and it would definitely make the Island relevant to today's audiences.
I too, was disappointed to see the Escape Tunnel closed last week. I was hoping that it was just for a quick refurb, but I also wondered if someone had been "stuck" in that tunnel. Sadly, in today's supersized world, many would not be able to get through the final 10 feet or so. I'm still hoping this is just temporary.
I too, was disappointed to see the Escape Tunnel closed last week. I was hoping that it was just for a quick refurb, but I also wondered if someone had been "stuck" in that tunnel. Sadly, in today's supersized world, many would not be able to get through the final 10 feet or so. I'm still hoping this is just temporary.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I was about to say that it was recently remade...but that was 18 years ago!
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
Haha....I just spit diet coke through my nose when I read this!I was about to say that it was recently remade...but that was 18 years ago!
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
Was it with the kid from Home Improvement and Lion King fame (can't think of his name-Jonathan somebody?)I was about to say that it was recently remade...but that was 18 years ago!
Genie of the Lamp
Well-Known Member
That was Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss). Speaking of Fort Longhorn escape tunnel, I saw in the attractions magazine photo finds video that the escape tunnel sign has been removed and a door with no hinges is up. The door also has screws in place on the sides. Here's a picture from miceage to show what it looks like as of late April 2013:
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
When I peeked into that window on the right (you can see down the stairs), last week, I noticed that all the lights were still on (yet there was nobody home).That was Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss). Speaking of Fort Longhorn escape tunnel, I saw in the attractions magazine photo finds video that the escape tunnel sign has been removed and a door with no hinges is up. The door also has screws in place on the sides. Here's a picture from miceage to show what it looks like as of late April 2013:
doctornick
Well-Known Member
steve2wdw
WDW Fan Since 1973
Huh....first I've heard of it, but then I wouldn't have been looking either. Here's hoping it's a good movie.
DJMoore2011
Well-Known Member
This is sad to hear, my Dear Hubby and Daughter went through this during their adventure time on Tom's Island when we went last (Nov 2011) I now have sad
englanddg
One Little Spark...
Tom and Huck are being written out of commonly taught literary history in schools because their books have been deemed racist due to certain terms and mentalities used in them.
And no, I don't want this to get political, I'm just stating the facts.
Kristamouse
Well-Known Member
They are taught int the 8th Grade Honors class at my Children's school, as mine are in 3rd and 2nd grade we have not covered them yet. I have heard school districts are taking Tom and Huck off the reading list, which is a shame. Love banned books and will have my children read them...
englanddg
One Little Spark...
My question is...why "Honors"? Next on the list is To Kill A Mockingbird, and in 20 years it will be 1984 and Animal Farm.
It just makes me sad.
Kristamouse
Well-Known Member
Not sure, we aren't there yet...I saw the summer reading list when I watched my nephew this summer for the weekend. Perhaps it is on the other reading list as well. It is a smallish Catholic School with about 400 students, I do know thier are two 8th grade tracts, one honors and one High School Prep. That is about it...right now we are tackling multiplication tables and the Long Winter by Laura Ingles Wilder
Have a long way to go before 8th grade.
Anyway I think Tom and Huck have much more life in them, am looking the 90's version to see if my 9 and 8 year could watch it on the drive down to WDW in 22 days. Told DH we need to make TSI and must do in this trip, all of mine, 9,8,4 and 3 will love it. Our last two trips we did not go over...can't remember why...
Have a long way to go before 8th grade. Anyway I think Tom and Huck have much more life in them, am looking the 90's version to see if my 9 and 8 year could watch it on the drive down to WDW in 22 days. Told DH we need to make TSI and must do in this trip, all of mine, 9,8,4 and 3 will love it. Our last two trips we did not go over...can't remember why...
englanddg
One Little Spark...
Not sure, we aren't there yet...I saw the summer reading list when I watched my nephew this summer for the weekend. Perhaps it is on the other reading list as well. It is a smallish Catholic School with about 400 students, I do know thier are two 8th grade tracts, one honors and one High School Prep. That is about it...right now we are tackling multiplication tables and the Long Winter by Laura Ingles Wilder
Anyway I think Tom and Huck have much more life in them, am looking the 90's version to see if my 9 and 8 year could watch it on the drive down to WDW in 22 days. Told DH we need to make TSI and must do in this trip, all of mine, 9,8,4 and 3 will love it. Our last two trips we did not go over...can't remember why...
A Catholic school is not public, and there is a reason why I'm putting away money every year to send my kid to private school when she hits the middle grades. Google "Atlanta School Fraud" and you'll see why I don't want her anywhere near Public Schools past a certain grade, and that's beyond my own personal experience with them when I moved back to the US and learned that it's more important to be cool and accepted, than it is to actually learn anything (thanks US schools!)...
Kristamouse
Well-Known Member
We live in KY, and while there are some good public schools here and there we ultimately choose private, many of the same reasons your are choosing too in Atlanta. It is not easy for us to pay tution but we know it is worth every penny. Perhaps we could stay at a delux one fly down to WDW with the money we spend on tution but we are fine with the values and driving and knowing are kids are learning.
As for ROA and Tom's Island, it does sit on a large plot of prime real estate, hate to them go. There is something about the Liberty belle and TSI that are so Disney, what could replace them theme wise?
As for ROA and Tom's Island, it does sit on a large plot of prime real estate, hate to them go. There is something about the Liberty belle and TSI that are so Disney, what could replace them theme wise?
Kirk88
Active Member
Would anyone object to Tom Sawyer Island getting a Lone Ranger make over? If the movie goes over as well as I hope...this may be a great fit! I agree with everyone thought, Tom & Huck were mainstays in my childhood. I can remember exploring that entire island as a kids and running the images from the book through my head the entire time and sometimes actually thinking "this is where it really happened!" Unfortunatley, political correctness and a downward spiraling education system has made Tom & Huck almost completely obosolete to our children's generation.