We’ve recognized for a while we’d be saying goodbye to Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island in favor of new and upcoming points of interest at Walt Disney World, and the day has now come. The favored theme park waited till after the Fourth of July vacation to say sayonara to this OG attraction, however at this time, on the final day of the Liberty Sq. operating within the parks, followers are usually not holding again their ideas.
To me, change is inevitable, however that doesn’t imply there are not any feelings revolving round theme park modifications after they do occur. Some followers are feeling these feels proper now, and have been taking to X (previously Twitter) to soak “within the views” earlier than the river closes for the ultimate time.
Soaking within the views of Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad from the Liberty Belle at Magic Kingdom earlier than this sight is misplaced without end when the Rivers of America closes completely.
Many really feel sentimental about what followers shall be lacking with out the “wow” issue that was the Rivers of America points of interest, together with the boat and the island, within the parks. I feel that speaks to the nostalgia individuals have about going to Disney World throughout spans of years and even many years. After one X consumer wrote in regards to the “timeless” nature of the attraction and the way shedding it should result in the lack of a few of its most “kinetic attraction” one other fan responded:
That is it. The watercraft crisscrossing the Rivers of America are the type of distinctive, advanced, bizarre, great factor you’d by no means see another theme park try due to the problem; a type of issues that makes the Magic Kingdom the Magic Kingdom.
Some followers are nonetheless actually salty in regards to the impending lack of the attraction, which opened when Magic Kingdom first let parkgoers in again in 1971. One notably upset publish garnered some eyeballs on-line, and likewise impressed feedback like “Excellently expressed sentiment,” and “The perfect ones come straight from the center.”
Glad 4th of July to everybody besides the jerks that determined to take away the Rivers of America.
Others are nonetheless pleading for the imagineering powers that be to stroll again their upcoming plans, which embody bringing the favored Pixar sequence Vehicles to the Magic Kingdom. Given the experience is about to formally wrap at this time, I feel we’re a bit of far down the river with new plans at this level, however this sentiment does converse volumes about the place some Disney World parkgoers are at.
Folks which might be gonna say about Rivers of America like ‘Thanks for the reminiscences,’ you do understand it didn’t must go. No person needed this to go. Thats how misplaced Disney has grow to be.
There have been loads of modifications at Florida theme parks recently, between the opening of Epic Universe, the closure of Muppet-themed points of interest and now the lack of Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island. A few of these closures have been for points of interest, images spots, and even eating places which were within the parks for years. It is easy to see how there’s emotional attachment for stuff that even essentially the most frequent parkgoers are skipping a good quantity, as a result of at one time or one other, most of us did get on the river boat or discover the person made cave.
However there’s cause to be excited in regards to the modifications round Frontierland. A brand new chapter shall be opening — perhaps not tremendous quickly, however quickly sufficient — and hopefully it should enable new generations to make valuable reminiscences. However should you’re fortunate sufficient to be within the parks at this time, maybe take into account making one ultimate cease on the river.