Something quiet—but incredibly symbolic—happened overnight at Magic Kingdom, just hours after closing classic attractions ...

Disney’s creative team wanted children out of strollers and into make-believe. On 20 May 1973 they opened Tom Sawyer Island, ...

Sunday, July 6 was the last operating day for Tom Sawyer Island , Liberty Square Riverboat and Rivers of America at Magic ...

Rivers of America, the Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla, is closing and ...

Walt Disney World updated its My Disney Experience mobile app last night to remove Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island ...

While Walt Disney World hasn't built a full new land, much less an entire park, since the pre-pandemic opening of Galaxy's ...

Soaking in the views of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad from the Liberty Belle at Magic Kingdom before this sight is lost ...

A new guidemap for Magic Kingdom no longer features Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Square Riverboat.

Rivers of America has been part of Frontierland and Liberty Square since 1971, when Disney World first opened.

Credit: Inside the Magic. Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island opened on July 17, 1955, with Disneyland. Much like their former counterparts at Disney World, they aren’t the most popular ...

It’s important to note that only Magic Kingdom’s version has closed. Disneyland’s Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island will ...