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

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

Tom Sawyer Island, Liberty Square Riverboat and Rivers of America are closing at Disney World as part of Magic Kingdom's ...

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

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

The Liberty Square Riverboat, along with Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America, has closed permanently at the Magic ...

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

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 ...

We’ve known for some time we would be saying goodbye to Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island in favor of new and upcoming attractions at Walt Disney World, and the day has now come.The ...