Being a theme park fan means trying to find the balance between being excited for new attractions while also embracing the nostalgia of the classics. It’s never fun to see popular rides go away because once they’re torn down, that means they’re gone forever.
While Disney Parks trade on nostalgia in a big way, they also have little problem with tearing down elements of the parks once the decision to do so has been made. The massive Dinosaur figure that once loomed over Dinoland U.S.A. has reportedly already been smashed to pieces now that the land is undergoing a transformation, and I assumed the same had happened with a classic Frontierland attraction.
The Liberty Belle Is Still In One Piece (For Now)
With the Liberty Belle already out of the park, I had simply assumed the boat was no more. However, a new set of images from theme park eye in the sky Bioreconstruct confirms that the Liberty Belle is still in one piece, or at least was a few days ago.
Aerial photos of the Liberty Belle riverboat in the Magic Kingdom service marina. North of Contemporary Resort. The riverboat regularly traveled here for maintenance, across Seven Seas Lagoon.At this dock since just after its last trip through Rivers of on July 6.📷Oct 12 pic.twitter.com/BS0m9QynzMOctober 14, 2025
I honestly breathed a sigh of relief at seeing this image. There had been some rumors that the Liberty Belle had already been demolished, so seeing that it is still intact just makes me feel better. It may be gone from Magic Kingdom as an attraction, but the ship lives on. Of course, the fact that it is still in one piece makes one wonder, are there plans for it in the future?
I Hope Disney World Finds Another Way To Use It
Maybe tearing the Liberty Belle apart would simply take more work than Disney World wants to put into the task at the moment. Or perhaps the reason it hasn’t been taken apart already is that there are plans for the ship to live on in some way.
I don’t pretend to know what those plans could be. Everything we know about plans for Piston Peak is that the Liberty Belle won’t be part of it. In fact, with the Cars theme, I have no idea how it would make sense for the boat to be back.