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

[JoeCamel]

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

If you fall off the raft over to the island stand up and walk!

 

[_caleb]

Ooooo, the purple wood cartoon-style sign.

Yikes.
Also, which vernacular are they using here?

 

[tirian]

Yikes.
Also, which vernacular are they using here?

It’s toon-style, old-timey, country-western speak. Should we have fun and decide we’re offended, just to see what happens?

(Twitter can be fun!)

 

[tirian]

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.

I’ve always heard “no deeper than 9 feet,” and Wikipedia says it ranges from 4–8.

 

[_caleb]

Fun, old-timey country-western speak. Should we have fun and decide we’re offended, just to see what happens?

LOL! No offense taken here!
Just curious, at it seems reads differently (in my head) than the signage on Tom Sawyer Island or what's used in Splash. Maybe more like BTMM?

 

[tirian]

LOL! No offense taken here!
Just curious, at it seems reads differently (in my head) than the signage on Tom Sawyer Island or what's used in Splash. Maybe more like BTMM?

LOL, no worries! I knew you didn’t mean it that way.

I’m joking about Twitter, but I’m not joking about the not-so-subtle toonification of everything. I can hear people saying, “But it’s for kids!” My response is, “Yeah, and so is the entire well-themed land!”

All jokes aside, the purple cartoon sign was a surprise.

Here’s hoping we get some more traffic on the river after this refurb!

 

[JoeCamel]

It’s toon-style, old-timey, country-western speak. Should we have fun and decide we’re offended, just to see what happens?

(Twitter can be fun!)

I'm more offended by the DVC shack in front of the shootin' gallery

 

[MisterPenguin]

I’ve always heard “no deeper than 9 feet,” and Wikipedia says it ranges from 4–8.

Is the boat also on wheels? If not to provide a stable journey with no rocking that would cause guests to fall, but to avoid scraping against the bottom.

 

[DisneyTransport]

Is the boat also on wheels? If not to provide a stable journey with no rocking that would cause guests to fall, but to avoid scraping against the bottom.

Yes, thats what the track is for. Same with the JC boats. All on tracks. Not really to prevent rocking, just to keep it from hitting the banks

If you mean are they like a car on the bottom, then no.

 

[HauntedPirate]

They drained RoA again? They must have gotten a credible tip on Jimmy Hoffa’s whereabouts.

 

[_caleb]

LOL, no worries! I knew you didn’t mean it that way.

I’m joking about Twitter, but I’m not joking about the not-so-subtle toonification of everything. I can hear people saying, “But it’s for kids!” My response is, “Yeah, and so is the entire well-themed land!”

All jokes aside, the purple cartoon sign was a surprise.

Here’s hoping we get some more traffic on the river after this refurb!

I hadn't seen the "outrage" on Twitter. I really do dislike the signage at the parks over the last few years. So cheaply done and, yes, the cartoony look doesn't seem appropriate for the area theming.

[Insert grumpy old man mumble about the good old days of Disney construction signage: http://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/09/pardon-our-pixie-dust.html]

 

[JoeCamel]

I hadn't seen the "outrage" on Twitter. I really do dislike the signage at the parks over the last few years. So cheaply done and, yes, the cartoony look doesn't seem appropriate for the area theming.

[Insert grumpy old man mumble about the good old days of Disney construction signage: http://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/09/pardon-our-pixie-dust.html]

If you read it with Goofy's voice it works

 

[EagleScout610]

If you read it with Goofy's voice it works

I personally read it in this voice:

 

[_caleb]

I personally read it in this voice:

SAME

 

[raymusiccity]

I'm more offended by the DVC shack in front of the shootin' gallery

They pop up like mushrooms! There's another around the corner across from 'Little Mermaid', one in Tomorrowland......Funny that they call it 'Disneys Best Kept Secret' !

 

[cookiee_munster]

So keeping part of Rivers of America and keeping that bit of canal so boats can have access in/out of the park, all the red i've highlighted, is that all that's available for expansion in that area?

 

[Gillyanne]

The line for HM went right up near this. We were playing spot the magic band. We lost count there were so many...

 

[J4546]

they can expand as far as they want, just costs money. If they want to relocate the harbor and roads, they can

 

[Walt d]

Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island closing for lengthy refurbishment

Two Magic Kingdom attractions will be closed for the remainder of the year.

www.wdwmagic.com

So i wonder where all the gators went? A few years ago standing just south of the river boat, there was a crowd of people standing near the water when I went to see what the matter was someone said they had seen a gator. And every few minutes bubbles came up from down below... look out there!

 

[Squishy]

So i wonder where all the gators went?

They got laid off due to budget cuts.