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

[marni1971]

I say fill it in and make something that doesn't suck.

Tiana's ride and restaurant
a Haunted Mansion restaurant
Western River Expedition

etc, etc, etc

Why does it “suck”?

 

[networkpro]

I say fill it in and make something that doesn't suck.

Tiana's ride and restaurant
a Haunted Mansion restaurant
Western River Expedition

etc, etc, etc

Europe called, the Froschkönig wants Tiana to stop culturally appropriating his schtick .

 

[J4546]

I like TS Island cause its so quiet, you forget your in la

 

[_caleb]

I like TS Island cause its so quiet, you forget your in la

I forget my what in LA?

 

[larryz]

I like TS Island cause its so quiet, you forget your in la

I can't remember the last time I was at WDW and thought I might be in LA...

 

[J4546]

I can't remember the last time I was at WDW and thought I might be in LA

What I mean is that is isnt crowded at all usually and its quiet. Its like a small park in itself.

 

[Movielover]

I always keep forgetting just how shallow the river is. Always cool to see the track

 

[HongKongFooy]

I like TS Island cause its so quiet, you forget your in la

You didn't capitalize the 'la'.

Upon reading I thought you just forgot to add a 'w' and meant it to be some annoying and loud 'mother-in-law'

 

[DisAl]

If I had an extra billion or two to fritter away I would have a replica of the Liberty Belle built to run up and down the river here. THEN, I would lay about 20 miles of track out in the country and get me a steam locomotive painted up just like the Walter E. Disney.
As things stand now though I will just have to settle for our every two years trip to Disney World.

 

[DisneyTransport]

If I had an extra billion or two to fritter away I would have a replica of the Liberty Belle built to run up and down the river here. THEN, I would lay about 20 miles of track out in the country and get me a steam locomotive painted up just like the Walter E. Disney.
As things stand now though I will just have to settle for our every two years trip to Disney World.

The world needs more steam trains! ALL ABOARD!

 

[arich35]

For some reason we skipped the River Boat when we visited last year. I am hoping it is open come May so we can ride it, I think our 2 year old would enjoy it!

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Now would be a good time to refurbish the Keelboat dock too. It's looking pretty chewed up on the river side and it's getting used more often as overflow queue space for Haunted Mansion.

 

[Raineman]

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With all of the detritus and everything else on the bottom of ROA, it looks alot more like an actual river than a concrete trench. Even the visible concrete on the side and on the bottom is discoloured enough that it looks similar to a riverbed. The track gives it away, but Mother Nature has added her own theming to the man-made ROA over the years.

 

[LastoneOn]

I say fill it in and make something that doesn't suck.

Tiana's ride and restaurant
a Haunted Mansion restaurant
Western River Expedition

etc, etc, etc

Riverboat is great. Your ideas suck.

 

[larryz]

Just sayin'...

 

[_caleb]

The new "Moses and the Exodus Experience" looks interesting.

 

[tirian]

With all of the detritus and everything else on the bottom of ROA, it looks alot more like an actual river than a concrete trench. Even the visible concrete on the side and on the bottom is discoloured enough that it looks similar to a riverbed. The track gives it away, but Mother Nature has added her own theming to the man-made ROA over the years.

I had the same initial reaction: except for the track, it looks like a dried-out river bed!

 

[tirian]

A look at the Rivers of America from yesterday.

Rivers of America drained - November 2 2020

Rivers of America drained - November 2 2020

www.wdwmagic.com

Ooooo, the purple wood cartoon-style sign.

 

[dmw]

Does anyone know how deep the water usually is in ROA? It looks like it would be very shallow, even when full.

 

[DisneyTransport]

Does anyone know how deep the water usually is in ROA? It looks like it would be very shallow, even when full.

I'm not sure the average depth, but I believe the JC has deeper areas. They have to dye the water to hide the floor since its so shallow.