Tom Sawyer Island

[StarshipDisney]

I don't see Disney making a dumb decision here. Yes the River will be gone but in its place will be mountains, waterfalls and geysers. They aren't removing a river and putting up a parking lot. They are putting up a world class E Ticket attraction. Disney generally does environ.ments really well. Im waiting for the final products before I judge.

Tom Sawyer Island is a classic and should stay. Disney needs to expand its parks and not just "reuse" existing land. They have been building guest rooms for what seems like forever while paying little attention to their park guest capacity. Just adding a ride here or there is not sufficient. They need to cut down some trees as needed and literally expand their parks with new lands. Either that or open a 5th park!

 

[Beacon Joe]

Gee did anything happen between August 2019 and October 2023 that may have disrupted the development cycle?

It's actually shocking to me the extent to which people have ALREADY forgotten what a nightmare of misery COVID was.

Universal somehow managed to make a lot of progress from March 2021 through October 2023.

 

[Master Yoda]

By what metric is Tom Sawyer Island "good"?

By the Master Yoda metric which is the universal standard by which all good things are measured.

In all seriousness, is TSI and the River Boat an e-ticket attraction? No. It is however a great piece of atmosphere and an excellent place to relax in the park or let the kids run around and burn off energy. Open the restaurant back up and it would be just about perfect. About the only real bad thing about the place is having to take the log boat across the river to get to it.

I hate to lose that when other options are available.