News Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island closing for lengthy refurbishment

[larryz]

It depends on what they want to depict. Overshot and backshot water wheels are typically used where the available height difference is more than a couple of meters. Breastshot wheels are more suited to large flows with a moderate head. Undershot and stream wheel use large flows at little or no head. Florida is pretty flat.

Well, as long as the flay rod doesn't go out of skew on the treadle...

 

[networkpro]

Well, as long as the flay rod doesn't go out of skew on the treadle...

"What on Earth does THAT mean?"

"I don't know! Mr Wentworth told me to come and tell you there was trouble at the Mill....

 

[Movielover]

Well, as long as the flay rod doesn't go out of skew on the treadle...

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Does anyone know if the Liberty Belle has been moved back to the canal yet?

 

[larryz]

Does anyone know if the Liberty Belle has been moved back to the canal yet?

Yes.

 

[Touchdown]

Yes.

Can confirm

It was testing too.

 

[TikibirdLand]

Can confirmView attachment 529412
It was testing too.

LOVE the picture, @Touchdown !

 

[DisAl]

Can confirmView attachment 529412
It was testing too.

Looks like they still have the little single chime tweet whistle on it.

 

[Touchdown]

Also who was asking about the waterwheel it’s on and spinning clockwise

 

[TikibirdLand]

Also who was asking about the waterwheel it’s on and spinning clockwiseView attachment 529433

Did Old Man Harper finally sell his mill? Looks like the new owners have already painted over his name!

 

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Did Old Man Harper finally sell his mill? Looks like the new owners have already painted over his name!

I guess time will tell if it returns or if they intend to scrub the Tom Sawyer connection leaving it blank or theming it to a contemporary IP like what's happening with Princess and the Flume.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Looks like they still have the little single chime tweet whistle on it.

Maybe it’s the distortion when zoomed in, but the shape of the whistle appears to be slightly different, especially at the top. Doesn’t seem to be as rounded like the Lunkenheimer. It’s not the Baldwin, unfortunately. I’m gonna throw Roger’s Lonergan in for consideration.

 

[412]

Maybe it’s the distortion when zoomed in, but the shape of the whistle appears to be slightly different, especially at the top. Doesn’t seem to be as rounded like the Lunkenheimer. It’s not the Baldwin, unfortunately. I’m gonna throw Roger’s Lonergan in for consideration.

I hope they swapped the whistle. The current one is painfully loud for anyone in the Haunted Mansion queue.

 

[disneyC97]

Took my niece and nephews to the island for the first time on a family trip in 2019. My sister and her husband had avoided it on prior trips due to there being at least one stroller + Disney's poor job of promoting their own attractions (look at a current attraction description compared to ones in guidebooks through the 1990s). It was a highlight of the trip and they are all super excited to go back on our next trip this summer. We also rode the riverboat for the first time in awhile which was great and also provided a nice covering for some rain that suddenly appeared.

 

[disneyC97]

I guess time will tell if it returns or if they intend to scrub the Tom Sawyer connection leaving it blank or theming it to a contemporary IP like what's happening with Princess and the Flume.

Or some imagineer decided the "story" of Tom Sawyer Island didn't make sense to have a labeled mill...something akin to the newspaper boy being turned around on Spaceship Earth in 2007. I hope the painted name comes back!

 

[JoeCamel]

Or some imagineer decided the "story" of Tom Sawyer Island didn't make sense to have a labeled mill...something akin to the newspaper boy being turned around on Spaceship Earth in 2007. I hope the painted name comes back!

You remember Becky? Becky Thatcher? It was quite the scandal but she is Becky Harper now.....

 

[mikeymouse]

Or some imagineer decided the "story" of Tom Sawyer Island didn't make sense to have a labeled mill...something akin to the newspaper boy being turned around on Spaceship Earth in 2007. I hope the painted name comes back!

Or someone decided the story of Tom Sawyer somehow hurt their feelings...

 

[JoeCamel]

 

[trainplane3]

I pulled the images in their fullest quality (instead of their wimpy embedded versions) in case anyone wanted to save them:

 

[TikibirdLand]

I pulled the images in their fullest quality (instead of their wimpy embedded versions) in case anyone wanted to save them:

Great photos, @trainplane3! Love all the reflections in the water. Would be wonderful riding in the monorail when the boat came through!