The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all now completely closed at Walt Disney World, with Frontierland Station quickly closed. This comes as Imagineering begins demolition and development of the Automobiles and Villains Lands that can exchange this space of Magic Kingdom. This covers what’s already occurred, what to anticipate within the subsequent few months, and our commentary.
In case you missed it, properly, you missed it. The final day to expertise any of the aforementioned points of interest and areas at Magic Kingdom was over the Independence Day vacation weekend. The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all extinct as of at the moment, July 7, 2025. For our tribute to the aesthetics and creative worth of this space of Magic Kingdom, see Why the Rivers of America is Price Saving. The sentiment there may be a part of an overarching and ongoing debate that extends far past this one determination.
Together with these everlasting closures, “shuttle mode” operations of the Walt Disney World Railroad have now begun as of July 7, 2025. That is as a result of non permanent closure of the Frontierland Station, which is going on to accommodate Automobiles and Villains Land development. The staging areas and the development websites are on reverse sides of the railroad tracks, therefore the closure. This implies you possibly can not expertise the Grand Circle Tour of the Walt Disney World Railroad for (most likely) the following few years. However actually, we’re simply blissful the WDW Railroad isn’t closed utterly (once more).
As a refresher, the allow for all of this was issued by the South Florida Water Administration District (SFWMD) in Winter 2025, giving Imagineering till February 17, 2030 to redevelop the world. The underlying SFWMD allow is huge in scale and scope, encompassing over 300 acres round Magic Kingdom and past.
The undertaking web site itself is about 14-plus acres, and can start with the elimination of the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island, whereas additionally necessitating the closure of the Liberty Sq. Riverboat. Instead of these areas, Walt Disney World introduced two all-new Automobiles points of interest in a reimagined space of Frontierland at Magic Kingdom and Villains Land growth at Magic Kingdom, primarily behind the Automobiles miniland, and between/behind Huge Thunder and Haunted Mansion.
Step one on this progress occurred virtually instantly after Magic Kingdom closed on July 6, with an up to date park map being launched:
On the danger of stating the apparent, Walt Disney World didn’t plant a forest in a single day. As an alternative, their map wizards used the clone stamp instrument to shortly “transplant” vegetation to fill within the former Rivers of America. If solely it have been that straightforward in actual life!
Whereas that is extremely widespread follow–we noticed it with the EPCOT overhaul, Dino-Rama, and simply final month with Muppets Courtyard–I can’t assist however marvel if it’s a bit complicated for the typical visitor on this specific case. These different areas have been or are completely walled off and utterly hid from visitor view. For all we all know, there is a thick forest on the opposite facet of them.
On this case, the Rivers of America remains to be there and visual. There are at the moment a few spots the place partitions or planters are up, however they’re solely to dam off entry factors–the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island, touchdown for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat, together with exits and small pathways for a similar. At this level, it appears like below 5% of the waterfront is walled-off.
From a wayfinding perspective, that is thus a bit odd. The one folks utilizing these maps for his or her supposed goal is first-timers and navigationally-challenged regulars, so it’s an fascinating option to have a forest seem the place visitors will truly see a waterfront (for now). Not an enormous deal–they’ll determine it out!
Really, Walt Disney Imagineering and development crews are losing no time in attending to work. As we beforehand reported, permits have already been filed for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island. Already at the moment, numerous employees have been noticed on the island, with boats transporting trash cans and different props away.
The opposite massive change as of July 7 is that the Liberty Belle has been moved backstage to the marina and is not seen from visitor areas of Magic Kingdom. The Liberty Sq. touchdown is roped off, with the dock blocked by rolling planters. As talked about above, the exit ramps have been walled-off with development doorways.
Any potential future plans for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat haven’t but been revealed, however groups at Imagineering and Walt Disney World are working collectively to judge and decide what’s attainable. In an ideal world, it will’ve been completely docked in entrance of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, however since that’s not taking place, right here’s hoping for Port Orleans or Disney Springs. I’m not holding my breath at this level, although.
In any other case, the present modifications–or lack thereof–are precisely what we anticipated and have been coated beforehand. Again when this closure was first introduced, Walt Disney World indicated that development partitions wouldn’t go up in a single day on July 7, 2025 in Frontierland obstructing the undertaking web site. Moderately, partitions will go up step by step over the course of a few weeks, so count on to see them by late July–simply in time for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away.
After we inquired, a Walt Disney World spokesperson suggested us that development partitions won’t influence viewing areas for the brand new Starlight Evening Parade in Magic Kingdom. Additionally they shared that development partitions won’t influence crowd movement or bypasses in Frontierland for individuals who do not wish to see Starlight.
Which means that the waterfront promenade in Frontierland will stay open for the foreseeable future, which is exactly why it nonetheless seems on the fringe of the New Frontierland Forest within the map above. Presumably, development partitions will go up on the opposite facet of the boardwalk. That is no less than a small victory for these of us who respect this Frontierland ‘shortcut’ or have been/are fearing the worst with crowdflow for Starlight.
Personally, I’m actually curious to see how this may all unfold, what sort of visible blight will exist in Frontierland, and the way the undertaking web site will evolve. When the Rivers of America has been drained previously for refurbishment and repairs to the riverbed, there haven’t been partitions in any respect (see above).
My assumption is that it was deemed to be too herculean of a job to put in partitions throughout the perimeter of the Rivers of America in Frontierland and Liberty Sq., and arguably counterproductive. Which is worse: a view of a dry riverbed with some work autos driving round and the pure surroundings of Tom Sawyer Island past it, or development partitions that make the land really feel smaller and extra claustrophobic?
Clearly, that is a lot completely different in period, scale and scope. For one factor, it’s not only a multi-month undertaking to restore the riverbed–this can be a multi-year development undertaking that’ll materially alter the surroundings. For an additional, there received’t be the attractive pure vista of Tom Sawyer Island within the distance. It’ll be demolition and look ugly till the brand new mountains actually begin taking form, which can take a number of years.
Even when there are partitions at floor degree, it’ll nonetheless be attainable to see work from Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad, as soon as the latter reopens. Identical goes for the Swiss Household Robinson Treehouse and different elevated areas of the park.
Then there’s the undertaking perimeter itself, because it’ll be difficult to put in development partitions in some places that meaningfully hinder views of the carnage. I imply development. Whether or not it’s from the queue of Haunted Mansion, areas adjoining to the riverboat dock or over by Huge Thunder, it looks like the partitions shall be ‘porous.’
A method or one other, motivated and intrepid followers are going to discover a method to see the demolition, destruction and, finally, the development. Maybe it’s the thought that counts, and Walt Disney World is simply involved with this from a ‘good present’ perspective and obscuring work from common visitors who occur to be passing by.
As for what’s subsequent, we must always begin to see drainage and plenty of dust shifting by Fall 2025–possibly as early as August. My guess can be there’s seen demolition of Tom Sawyer Island within the coming weeks. Whereas I used to be giddy about seeing the carnage in Dino-Rama, it’s going to be a gut-punch the day when Harper’s Mill comes down.
Throughout the final month, work has already started backstage. That is one thing we coated just lately in Large Magic Kingdom Land Clearing Past Huge Thunder. Actually, we’re shocked at simply how a lot land has been cleared already. It’s nonetheless attainable that extra is finished backstage earlier than work begins in earnest on infilling the Rivers of America. Though that land is cleared, extra must be achieved to rework it into usable gravel laydown yards.
In complete, there shall be three such gravel laydown yards across the northwestern perimeter of Magic Kingdom used for development gear, heavy equipment, supplies staging, earth-moving, and so forth. One will grow to be a car parking zone for development employees and subject workplace for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney additionally must create a brand new retention pond for stormwater administration that’s roughly three-quarters of a mile to the northwest of Magic Kingdom. It’s seemingly that the bottom eliminated when digging the brand new pond shall be used for filling the Rivers of America. Though a variety of land has been cleared since April, all of this may take time to perform–doubtlessly a number of months.
I’m selfishly hoping that not rather more modifications inside Magic Kingdom for the following ~10 days. Not anticipating the Rivers of America to shut on such brief discover, we didn’t have an opportunity to plan a separate ‘farewell’ journey to Florida. Nonetheless, we’ve made goodbye visits to Tom Sawyer Island throughout every journey since final Christmas simply to be protected.
We had household visiting for Independence Day, so we stated our goodbyes in spirit by spending our July sixth at Disneyland, having fun with that Rivers of America. We additionally spent a variety of time at Redwood Creek Problem Path, which has grow to be our daughter’s favourite attraction. Clearly, that has nothing to do with this undertaking, however we wish to ‘vote’ with our attraction utilization in favor of extra play areas within the parks. For the document, Redwood Creek is sort of at all times pretty busy with youngsters operating round and oldsters resting. (I actually want this ‘Past Huge Thunder’ undertaking entailed a play space on par with Redwood Creek–it’d be an ideal match for Frontierland!)
Anyway, we shall be at Walt Disney World for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away, so the hope is that the Rivers of America will nonetheless largely look intact for the rest of this month so we will savor the surroundings and serenity one final time. After that, right here’s hoping the draining and demolition begins ASAP in August.
As heartbreaking because it’ll be to see Harper’s Mill demolished, Rivers of America drained and stuffed in, my hope is that Imagineering is fast-tracking all of this and plans to do as a lot as concurrently as attainable. We’ve been towards the alternative of the Rivers of America from the beginning, and keep that perspective to this present day.
Nonetheless, now that it’s crystal clear that this undertaking is going on, we would like it to be fast-tracked. Decrease the period of time there’s development blight in Magic Kingdom, avoiding a repeat of the Big EPCOT Filth Pit fiasco. The longer any undertaking drags on, the extra seemingly it’s that to be budget-cut or worth engineered into oblivion.
That’s what makes this bittersweet. I nonetheless don’t love this concept, but it surely’s going to occur and there’s nothing I can do to vary the course of this Piston Peak undertaking besides on the margins (e.g. including water options, placemaking, and ‘play’ parts for teenagers). Accordingly, I might love nothing greater than for the future-former Rivers of America to be unrecognizable by January 2026, and cranes showing on web site to start vertical development. Get this achieved shortly to attenuate the visitor influence and have Piston Peak open ASAP.
As mentioned in Walt Disney World’s 5-12 months Development Plan, the positioning prepwork alone for Piston Peak and Villains Land shall be a herculean enterprise that can take many months. We’re truly feeling more and more optimistic about Piston Peak debuting in 2029, which is an affordable timeline by historic requirements (particularly the final growth cycle).
It simply appears far-fetched primarily based on the previous few years, however these have been (hopefully) anomalies. Already in 2025, we’re seeing a larger sense of urgency and tasks progress via the pipeline quicker. As we’ve written earlier than, Burbank has turned on the cash spigot, and theme park funding is as soon as once more prime precedence. No extra second-fiddle to streaming. Fortunately.
On the very least, Walt Disney World will wish to get shifting on the groundwork for the walkway connecting Huge Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion, operating behind Piston Peak Nationwide Park and in entrance of Villains Land, through the present closure of Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad. That year-plus refurbishment is slated to wrap up someday within the first half of 2026 (seemingly earlier than spring break), and we’d count on progress on a pathway by then.
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Your Ideas
Ideas on the closure of Tom Sawyer Island, Rivers of America, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat? Did you might have an opportunity to say your goodbyes? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions—even while you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all now completely closed at Walt Disney World, with Frontierland Station quickly closed. This comes as Imagineering begins demolition and development of the Automobiles and Villains Lands that can exchange this space of Magic Kingdom. This covers what’s already occurred, what to anticipate within the subsequent few months, and our commentary.
In case you missed it, properly, you missed it. The final day to expertise any of the aforementioned points of interest and areas at Magic Kingdom was over the Independence Day vacation weekend. The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all extinct as of at the moment, July 7, 2025. For our tribute to the aesthetics and creative worth of this space of Magic Kingdom, see Why the Rivers of America is Price Saving. The sentiment there may be a part of an overarching and ongoing debate that extends far past this one determination.
Together with these everlasting closures, “shuttle mode” operations of the Walt Disney World Railroad have now begun as of July 7, 2025. That is as a result of non permanent closure of the Frontierland Station, which is going on to accommodate Automobiles and Villains Land development. The staging areas and the development websites are on reverse sides of the railroad tracks, therefore the closure. This implies you possibly can not expertise the Grand Circle Tour of the Walt Disney World Railroad for (most likely) the following few years. However actually, we’re simply blissful the WDW Railroad isn’t closed utterly (once more).
As a refresher, the allow for all of this was issued by the South Florida Water Administration District (SFWMD) in Winter 2025, giving Imagineering till February 17, 2030 to redevelop the world. The underlying SFWMD allow is huge in scale and scope, encompassing over 300 acres round Magic Kingdom and past.
The undertaking web site itself is about 14-plus acres, and can start with the elimination of the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island, whereas additionally necessitating the closure of the Liberty Sq. Riverboat. Instead of these areas, Walt Disney World introduced two all-new Automobiles points of interest in a reimagined space of Frontierland at Magic Kingdom and Villains Land growth at Magic Kingdom, primarily behind the Automobiles miniland, and between/behind Huge Thunder and Haunted Mansion.
Step one on this progress occurred virtually instantly after Magic Kingdom closed on July 6, with an up to date park map being launched:
On the danger of stating the apparent, Walt Disney World didn’t plant a forest in a single day. As an alternative, their map wizards used the clone stamp instrument to shortly “transplant” vegetation to fill within the former Rivers of America. If solely it have been that straightforward in actual life!
Whereas that is extremely widespread follow–we noticed it with the EPCOT overhaul, Dino-Rama, and simply final month with Muppets Courtyard–I can’t assist however marvel if it’s a bit complicated for the typical visitor on this specific case. These different areas have been or are completely walled off and utterly hid from visitor view. For all we all know, there is a thick forest on the opposite facet of them.
On this case, the Rivers of America remains to be there and visual. There are at the moment a few spots the place partitions or planters are up, however they’re solely to dam off entry factors–the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island, touchdown for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat, together with exits and small pathways for a similar. At this level, it appears like below 5% of the waterfront is walled-off.
From a wayfinding perspective, that is thus a bit odd. The one folks utilizing these maps for his or her supposed goal is first-timers and navigationally-challenged regulars, so it’s an fascinating option to have a forest seem the place visitors will truly see a waterfront (for now). Not an enormous deal–they’ll determine it out!
Really, Walt Disney Imagineering and development crews are losing no time in attending to work. As we beforehand reported, permits have already been filed for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island. Already at the moment, numerous employees have been noticed on the island, with boats transporting trash cans and different props away.
The opposite massive change as of July 7 is that the Liberty Belle has been moved backstage to the marina and is not seen from visitor areas of Magic Kingdom. The Liberty Sq. touchdown is roped off, with the dock blocked by rolling planters. As talked about above, the exit ramps have been walled-off with development doorways.
Any potential future plans for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat haven’t but been revealed, however groups at Imagineering and Walt Disney World are working collectively to judge and decide what’s attainable. In an ideal world, it will’ve been completely docked in entrance of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, however since that’s not taking place, right here’s hoping for Port Orleans or Disney Springs. I’m not holding my breath at this level, although.
In any other case, the present modifications–or lack thereof–are precisely what we anticipated and have been coated beforehand. Again when this closure was first introduced, Walt Disney World indicated that development partitions wouldn’t go up in a single day on July 7, 2025 in Frontierland obstructing the undertaking web site. Moderately, partitions will go up step by step over the course of a few weeks, so count on to see them by late July–simply in time for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away.
After we inquired, a Walt Disney World spokesperson suggested us that development partitions won’t influence viewing areas for the brand new Starlight Evening Parade in Magic Kingdom. Additionally they shared that development partitions won’t influence crowd movement or bypasses in Frontierland for individuals who do not wish to see Starlight.
Which means that the waterfront promenade in Frontierland will stay open for the foreseeable future, which is exactly why it nonetheless seems on the fringe of the New Frontierland Forest within the map above. Presumably, development partitions will go up on the opposite facet of the boardwalk. That is no less than a small victory for these of us who respect this Frontierland ‘shortcut’ or have been/are fearing the worst with crowdflow for Starlight.
Personally, I’m actually curious to see how this may all unfold, what sort of visible blight will exist in Frontierland, and the way the undertaking web site will evolve. When the Rivers of America has been drained previously for refurbishment and repairs to the riverbed, there haven’t been partitions in any respect (see above).
My assumption is that it was deemed to be too herculean of a job to put in partitions throughout the perimeter of the Rivers of America in Frontierland and Liberty Sq., and arguably counterproductive. Which is worse: a view of a dry riverbed with some work autos driving round and the pure surroundings of Tom Sawyer Island past it, or development partitions that make the land really feel smaller and extra claustrophobic?
Clearly, that is a lot completely different in period, scale and scope. For one factor, it’s not only a multi-month undertaking to restore the riverbed–this can be a multi-year development undertaking that’ll materially alter the surroundings. For an additional, there received’t be the attractive pure vista of Tom Sawyer Island within the distance. It’ll be demolition and look ugly till the brand new mountains actually begin taking form, which can take a number of years.
Even when there are partitions at floor degree, it’ll nonetheless be attainable to see work from Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad, as soon as the latter reopens. Identical goes for the Swiss Household Robinson Treehouse and different elevated areas of the park.
Then there’s the undertaking perimeter itself, because it’ll be difficult to put in development partitions in some places that meaningfully hinder views of the carnage. I imply development. Whether or not it’s from the queue of Haunted Mansion, areas adjoining to the riverboat dock or over by Huge Thunder, it looks like the partitions shall be ‘porous.’
A method or one other, motivated and intrepid followers are going to discover a method to see the demolition, destruction and, finally, the development. Maybe it’s the thought that counts, and Walt Disney World is simply involved with this from a ‘good present’ perspective and obscuring work from common visitors who occur to be passing by.
As for what’s subsequent, we must always begin to see drainage and plenty of dust shifting by Fall 2025–possibly as early as August. My guess can be there’s seen demolition of Tom Sawyer Island within the coming weeks. Whereas I used to be giddy about seeing the carnage in Dino-Rama, it’s going to be a gut-punch the day when Harper’s Mill comes down.
Throughout the final month, work has already started backstage. That is one thing we coated just lately in Large Magic Kingdom Land Clearing Past Huge Thunder. Actually, we’re shocked at simply how a lot land has been cleared already. It’s nonetheless attainable that extra is finished backstage earlier than work begins in earnest on infilling the Rivers of America. Though that land is cleared, extra must be achieved to rework it into usable gravel laydown yards.
In complete, there shall be three such gravel laydown yards across the northwestern perimeter of Magic Kingdom used for development gear, heavy equipment, supplies staging, earth-moving, and so forth. One will grow to be a car parking zone for development employees and subject workplace for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney additionally must create a brand new retention pond for stormwater administration that’s roughly three-quarters of a mile to the northwest of Magic Kingdom. It’s seemingly that the bottom eliminated when digging the brand new pond shall be used for filling the Rivers of America. Though a variety of land has been cleared since April, all of this may take time to perform–doubtlessly a number of months.
I’m selfishly hoping that not rather more modifications inside Magic Kingdom for the following ~10 days. Not anticipating the Rivers of America to shut on such brief discover, we didn’t have an opportunity to plan a separate ‘farewell’ journey to Florida. Nonetheless, we’ve made goodbye visits to Tom Sawyer Island throughout every journey since final Christmas simply to be protected.
We had household visiting for Independence Day, so we stated our goodbyes in spirit by spending our July sixth at Disneyland, having fun with that Rivers of America. We additionally spent a variety of time at Redwood Creek Problem Path, which has grow to be our daughter’s favourite attraction. Clearly, that has nothing to do with this undertaking, however we wish to ‘vote’ with our attraction utilization in favor of extra play areas within the parks. For the document, Redwood Creek is sort of at all times pretty busy with youngsters operating round and oldsters resting. (I actually want this ‘Past Huge Thunder’ undertaking entailed a play space on par with Redwood Creek–it’d be an ideal match for Frontierland!)
Anyway, we shall be at Walt Disney World for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away, so the hope is that the Rivers of America will nonetheless largely look intact for the rest of this month so we will savor the surroundings and serenity one final time. After that, right here’s hoping the draining and demolition begins ASAP in August.
As heartbreaking because it’ll be to see Harper’s Mill demolished, Rivers of America drained and stuffed in, my hope is that Imagineering is fast-tracking all of this and plans to do as a lot as concurrently as attainable. We’ve been towards the alternative of the Rivers of America from the beginning, and keep that perspective to this present day.
Nonetheless, now that it’s crystal clear that this undertaking is going on, we would like it to be fast-tracked. Decrease the period of time there’s development blight in Magic Kingdom, avoiding a repeat of the Big EPCOT Filth Pit fiasco. The longer any undertaking drags on, the extra seemingly it’s that to be budget-cut or worth engineered into oblivion.
That’s what makes this bittersweet. I nonetheless don’t love this concept, but it surely’s going to occur and there’s nothing I can do to vary the course of this Piston Peak undertaking besides on the margins (e.g. including water options, placemaking, and ‘play’ parts for teenagers). Accordingly, I might love nothing greater than for the future-former Rivers of America to be unrecognizable by January 2026, and cranes showing on web site to start vertical development. Get this achieved shortly to attenuate the visitor influence and have Piston Peak open ASAP.
As mentioned in Walt Disney World’s 5-12 months Development Plan, the positioning prepwork alone for Piston Peak and Villains Land shall be a herculean enterprise that can take many months. We’re truly feeling more and more optimistic about Piston Peak debuting in 2029, which is an affordable timeline by historic requirements (particularly the final growth cycle).
It simply appears far-fetched primarily based on the previous few years, however these have been (hopefully) anomalies. Already in 2025, we’re seeing a larger sense of urgency and tasks progress via the pipeline quicker. As we’ve written earlier than, Burbank has turned on the cash spigot, and theme park funding is as soon as once more prime precedence. No extra second-fiddle to streaming. Fortunately.
On the very least, Walt Disney World will wish to get shifting on the groundwork for the walkway connecting Huge Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion, operating behind Piston Peak Nationwide Park and in entrance of Villains Land, through the present closure of Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad. That year-plus refurbishment is slated to wrap up someday within the first half of 2026 (seemingly earlier than spring break), and we’d count on progress on a pathway by then.
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study lodges on our Walt Disney World Resorts Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a novel have a look at intelligent gadgets to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for all the things it is advisable know!
Your Ideas
Ideas on the closure of Tom Sawyer Island, Rivers of America, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat? Did you might have an opportunity to say your goodbyes? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions—even while you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all now completely closed at Walt Disney World, with Frontierland Station quickly closed. This comes as Imagineering begins demolition and development of the Automobiles and Villains Lands that can exchange this space of Magic Kingdom. This covers what’s already occurred, what to anticipate within the subsequent few months, and our commentary.
In case you missed it, properly, you missed it. The final day to expertise any of the aforementioned points of interest and areas at Magic Kingdom was over the Independence Day vacation weekend. The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all extinct as of at the moment, July 7, 2025. For our tribute to the aesthetics and creative worth of this space of Magic Kingdom, see Why the Rivers of America is Price Saving. The sentiment there may be a part of an overarching and ongoing debate that extends far past this one determination.
Together with these everlasting closures, “shuttle mode” operations of the Walt Disney World Railroad have now begun as of July 7, 2025. That is as a result of non permanent closure of the Frontierland Station, which is going on to accommodate Automobiles and Villains Land development. The staging areas and the development websites are on reverse sides of the railroad tracks, therefore the closure. This implies you possibly can not expertise the Grand Circle Tour of the Walt Disney World Railroad for (most likely) the following few years. However actually, we’re simply blissful the WDW Railroad isn’t closed utterly (once more).
As a refresher, the allow for all of this was issued by the South Florida Water Administration District (SFWMD) in Winter 2025, giving Imagineering till February 17, 2030 to redevelop the world. The underlying SFWMD allow is huge in scale and scope, encompassing over 300 acres round Magic Kingdom and past.
The undertaking web site itself is about 14-plus acres, and can start with the elimination of the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island, whereas additionally necessitating the closure of the Liberty Sq. Riverboat. Instead of these areas, Walt Disney World introduced two all-new Automobiles points of interest in a reimagined space of Frontierland at Magic Kingdom and Villains Land growth at Magic Kingdom, primarily behind the Automobiles miniland, and between/behind Huge Thunder and Haunted Mansion.
Step one on this progress occurred virtually instantly after Magic Kingdom closed on July 6, with an up to date park map being launched:
On the danger of stating the apparent, Walt Disney World didn’t plant a forest in a single day. As an alternative, their map wizards used the clone stamp instrument to shortly “transplant” vegetation to fill within the former Rivers of America. If solely it have been that straightforward in actual life!
Whereas that is extremely widespread follow–we noticed it with the EPCOT overhaul, Dino-Rama, and simply final month with Muppets Courtyard–I can’t assist however marvel if it’s a bit complicated for the typical visitor on this specific case. These different areas have been or are completely walled off and utterly hid from visitor view. For all we all know, there is a thick forest on the opposite facet of them.
On this case, the Rivers of America remains to be there and visual. There are at the moment a few spots the place partitions or planters are up, however they’re solely to dam off entry factors–the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island, touchdown for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat, together with exits and small pathways for a similar. At this level, it appears like below 5% of the waterfront is walled-off.
From a wayfinding perspective, that is thus a bit odd. The one folks utilizing these maps for his or her supposed goal is first-timers and navigationally-challenged regulars, so it’s an fascinating option to have a forest seem the place visitors will truly see a waterfront (for now). Not an enormous deal–they’ll determine it out!
Really, Walt Disney Imagineering and development crews are losing no time in attending to work. As we beforehand reported, permits have already been filed for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island. Already at the moment, numerous employees have been noticed on the island, with boats transporting trash cans and different props away.
The opposite massive change as of July 7 is that the Liberty Belle has been moved backstage to the marina and is not seen from visitor areas of Magic Kingdom. The Liberty Sq. touchdown is roped off, with the dock blocked by rolling planters. As talked about above, the exit ramps have been walled-off with development doorways.
Any potential future plans for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat haven’t but been revealed, however groups at Imagineering and Walt Disney World are working collectively to judge and decide what’s attainable. In an ideal world, it will’ve been completely docked in entrance of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, however since that’s not taking place, right here’s hoping for Port Orleans or Disney Springs. I’m not holding my breath at this level, although.
In any other case, the present modifications–or lack thereof–are precisely what we anticipated and have been coated beforehand. Again when this closure was first introduced, Walt Disney World indicated that development partitions wouldn’t go up in a single day on July 7, 2025 in Frontierland obstructing the undertaking web site. Moderately, partitions will go up step by step over the course of a few weeks, so count on to see them by late July–simply in time for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away.
After we inquired, a Walt Disney World spokesperson suggested us that development partitions won’t influence viewing areas for the brand new Starlight Evening Parade in Magic Kingdom. Additionally they shared that development partitions won’t influence crowd movement or bypasses in Frontierland for individuals who do not wish to see Starlight.
Which means that the waterfront promenade in Frontierland will stay open for the foreseeable future, which is exactly why it nonetheless seems on the fringe of the New Frontierland Forest within the map above. Presumably, development partitions will go up on the opposite facet of the boardwalk. That is no less than a small victory for these of us who respect this Frontierland ‘shortcut’ or have been/are fearing the worst with crowdflow for Starlight.
Personally, I’m actually curious to see how this may all unfold, what sort of visible blight will exist in Frontierland, and the way the undertaking web site will evolve. When the Rivers of America has been drained previously for refurbishment and repairs to the riverbed, there haven’t been partitions in any respect (see above).
My assumption is that it was deemed to be too herculean of a job to put in partitions throughout the perimeter of the Rivers of America in Frontierland and Liberty Sq., and arguably counterproductive. Which is worse: a view of a dry riverbed with some work autos driving round and the pure surroundings of Tom Sawyer Island past it, or development partitions that make the land really feel smaller and extra claustrophobic?
Clearly, that is a lot completely different in period, scale and scope. For one factor, it’s not only a multi-month undertaking to restore the riverbed–this can be a multi-year development undertaking that’ll materially alter the surroundings. For an additional, there received’t be the attractive pure vista of Tom Sawyer Island within the distance. It’ll be demolition and look ugly till the brand new mountains actually begin taking form, which can take a number of years.
Even when there are partitions at floor degree, it’ll nonetheless be attainable to see work from Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad, as soon as the latter reopens. Identical goes for the Swiss Household Robinson Treehouse and different elevated areas of the park.
Then there’s the undertaking perimeter itself, because it’ll be difficult to put in development partitions in some places that meaningfully hinder views of the carnage. I imply development. Whether or not it’s from the queue of Haunted Mansion, areas adjoining to the riverboat dock or over by Huge Thunder, it looks like the partitions shall be ‘porous.’
A method or one other, motivated and intrepid followers are going to discover a method to see the demolition, destruction and, finally, the development. Maybe it’s the thought that counts, and Walt Disney World is simply involved with this from a ‘good present’ perspective and obscuring work from common visitors who occur to be passing by.
As for what’s subsequent, we must always begin to see drainage and plenty of dust shifting by Fall 2025–possibly as early as August. My guess can be there’s seen demolition of Tom Sawyer Island within the coming weeks. Whereas I used to be giddy about seeing the carnage in Dino-Rama, it’s going to be a gut-punch the day when Harper’s Mill comes down.
Throughout the final month, work has already started backstage. That is one thing we coated just lately in Large Magic Kingdom Land Clearing Past Huge Thunder. Actually, we’re shocked at simply how a lot land has been cleared already. It’s nonetheless attainable that extra is finished backstage earlier than work begins in earnest on infilling the Rivers of America. Though that land is cleared, extra must be achieved to rework it into usable gravel laydown yards.
In complete, there shall be three such gravel laydown yards across the northwestern perimeter of Magic Kingdom used for development gear, heavy equipment, supplies staging, earth-moving, and so forth. One will grow to be a car parking zone for development employees and subject workplace for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney additionally must create a brand new retention pond for stormwater administration that’s roughly three-quarters of a mile to the northwest of Magic Kingdom. It’s seemingly that the bottom eliminated when digging the brand new pond shall be used for filling the Rivers of America. Though a variety of land has been cleared since April, all of this may take time to perform–doubtlessly a number of months.
I’m selfishly hoping that not rather more modifications inside Magic Kingdom for the following ~10 days. Not anticipating the Rivers of America to shut on such brief discover, we didn’t have an opportunity to plan a separate ‘farewell’ journey to Florida. Nonetheless, we’ve made goodbye visits to Tom Sawyer Island throughout every journey since final Christmas simply to be protected.
We had household visiting for Independence Day, so we stated our goodbyes in spirit by spending our July sixth at Disneyland, having fun with that Rivers of America. We additionally spent a variety of time at Redwood Creek Problem Path, which has grow to be our daughter’s favourite attraction. Clearly, that has nothing to do with this undertaking, however we wish to ‘vote’ with our attraction utilization in favor of extra play areas within the parks. For the document, Redwood Creek is sort of at all times pretty busy with youngsters operating round and oldsters resting. (I actually want this ‘Past Huge Thunder’ undertaking entailed a play space on par with Redwood Creek–it’d be an ideal match for Frontierland!)
Anyway, we shall be at Walt Disney World for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away, so the hope is that the Rivers of America will nonetheless largely look intact for the rest of this month so we will savor the surroundings and serenity one final time. After that, right here’s hoping the draining and demolition begins ASAP in August.
As heartbreaking because it’ll be to see Harper’s Mill demolished, Rivers of America drained and stuffed in, my hope is that Imagineering is fast-tracking all of this and plans to do as a lot as concurrently as attainable. We’ve been towards the alternative of the Rivers of America from the beginning, and keep that perspective to this present day.
Nonetheless, now that it’s crystal clear that this undertaking is going on, we would like it to be fast-tracked. Decrease the period of time there’s development blight in Magic Kingdom, avoiding a repeat of the Big EPCOT Filth Pit fiasco. The longer any undertaking drags on, the extra seemingly it’s that to be budget-cut or worth engineered into oblivion.
That’s what makes this bittersweet. I nonetheless don’t love this concept, but it surely’s going to occur and there’s nothing I can do to vary the course of this Piston Peak undertaking besides on the margins (e.g. including water options, placemaking, and ‘play’ parts for teenagers). Accordingly, I might love nothing greater than for the future-former Rivers of America to be unrecognizable by January 2026, and cranes showing on web site to start vertical development. Get this achieved shortly to attenuate the visitor influence and have Piston Peak open ASAP.
As mentioned in Walt Disney World’s 5-12 months Development Plan, the positioning prepwork alone for Piston Peak and Villains Land shall be a herculean enterprise that can take many months. We’re truly feeling more and more optimistic about Piston Peak debuting in 2029, which is an affordable timeline by historic requirements (particularly the final growth cycle).
It simply appears far-fetched primarily based on the previous few years, however these have been (hopefully) anomalies. Already in 2025, we’re seeing a larger sense of urgency and tasks progress via the pipeline quicker. As we’ve written earlier than, Burbank has turned on the cash spigot, and theme park funding is as soon as once more prime precedence. No extra second-fiddle to streaming. Fortunately.
On the very least, Walt Disney World will wish to get shifting on the groundwork for the walkway connecting Huge Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion, operating behind Piston Peak Nationwide Park and in entrance of Villains Land, through the present closure of Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad. That year-plus refurbishment is slated to wrap up someday within the first half of 2026 (seemingly earlier than spring break), and we’d count on progress on a pathway by then.
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Ideas on the closure of Tom Sawyer Island, Rivers of America, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat? Did you might have an opportunity to say your goodbyes? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions—even while you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all now completely closed at Walt Disney World, with Frontierland Station quickly closed. This comes as Imagineering begins demolition and development of the Automobiles and Villains Lands that can exchange this space of Magic Kingdom. This covers what’s already occurred, what to anticipate within the subsequent few months, and our commentary.
In case you missed it, properly, you missed it. The final day to expertise any of the aforementioned points of interest and areas at Magic Kingdom was over the Independence Day vacation weekend. The Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and Liberty Sq. Riverboat are all extinct as of at the moment, July 7, 2025. For our tribute to the aesthetics and creative worth of this space of Magic Kingdom, see Why the Rivers of America is Price Saving. The sentiment there may be a part of an overarching and ongoing debate that extends far past this one determination.
Together with these everlasting closures, “shuttle mode” operations of the Walt Disney World Railroad have now begun as of July 7, 2025. That is as a result of non permanent closure of the Frontierland Station, which is going on to accommodate Automobiles and Villains Land development. The staging areas and the development websites are on reverse sides of the railroad tracks, therefore the closure. This implies you possibly can not expertise the Grand Circle Tour of the Walt Disney World Railroad for (most likely) the following few years. However actually, we’re simply blissful the WDW Railroad isn’t closed utterly (once more).
As a refresher, the allow for all of this was issued by the South Florida Water Administration District (SFWMD) in Winter 2025, giving Imagineering till February 17, 2030 to redevelop the world. The underlying SFWMD allow is huge in scale and scope, encompassing over 300 acres round Magic Kingdom and past.
The undertaking web site itself is about 14-plus acres, and can start with the elimination of the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island, whereas additionally necessitating the closure of the Liberty Sq. Riverboat. Instead of these areas, Walt Disney World introduced two all-new Automobiles points of interest in a reimagined space of Frontierland at Magic Kingdom and Villains Land growth at Magic Kingdom, primarily behind the Automobiles miniland, and between/behind Huge Thunder and Haunted Mansion.
Step one on this progress occurred virtually instantly after Magic Kingdom closed on July 6, with an up to date park map being launched:
On the danger of stating the apparent, Walt Disney World didn’t plant a forest in a single day. As an alternative, their map wizards used the clone stamp instrument to shortly “transplant” vegetation to fill within the former Rivers of America. If solely it have been that straightforward in actual life!
Whereas that is extremely widespread follow–we noticed it with the EPCOT overhaul, Dino-Rama, and simply final month with Muppets Courtyard–I can’t assist however marvel if it’s a bit complicated for the typical visitor on this specific case. These different areas have been or are completely walled off and utterly hid from visitor view. For all we all know, there is a thick forest on the opposite facet of them.
On this case, the Rivers of America remains to be there and visual. There are at the moment a few spots the place partitions or planters are up, however they’re solely to dam off entry factors–the rafts to Tom Sawyer Island, touchdown for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat, together with exits and small pathways for a similar. At this level, it appears like below 5% of the waterfront is walled-off.
From a wayfinding perspective, that is thus a bit odd. The one folks utilizing these maps for his or her supposed goal is first-timers and navigationally-challenged regulars, so it’s an fascinating option to have a forest seem the place visitors will truly see a waterfront (for now). Not an enormous deal–they’ll determine it out!
Really, Walt Disney Imagineering and development crews are losing no time in attending to work. As we beforehand reported, permits have already been filed for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island. Already at the moment, numerous employees have been noticed on the island, with boats transporting trash cans and different props away.
The opposite massive change as of July 7 is that the Liberty Belle has been moved backstage to the marina and is not seen from visitor areas of Magic Kingdom. The Liberty Sq. touchdown is roped off, with the dock blocked by rolling planters. As talked about above, the exit ramps have been walled-off with development doorways.
Any potential future plans for the Liberty Sq. Riverboat haven’t but been revealed, however groups at Imagineering and Walt Disney World are working collectively to judge and decide what’s attainable. In an ideal world, it will’ve been completely docked in entrance of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, however since that’s not taking place, right here’s hoping for Port Orleans or Disney Springs. I’m not holding my breath at this level, although.
In any other case, the present modifications–or lack thereof–are precisely what we anticipated and have been coated beforehand. Again when this closure was first introduced, Walt Disney World indicated that development partitions wouldn’t go up in a single day on July 7, 2025 in Frontierland obstructing the undertaking web site. Moderately, partitions will go up step by step over the course of a few weeks, so count on to see them by late July–simply in time for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away.
After we inquired, a Walt Disney World spokesperson suggested us that development partitions won’t influence viewing areas for the brand new Starlight Evening Parade in Magic Kingdom. Additionally they shared that development partitions won’t influence crowd movement or bypasses in Frontierland for individuals who do not wish to see Starlight.
Which means that the waterfront promenade in Frontierland will stay open for the foreseeable future, which is exactly why it nonetheless seems on the fringe of the New Frontierland Forest within the map above. Presumably, development partitions will go up on the opposite facet of the boardwalk. That is no less than a small victory for these of us who respect this Frontierland ‘shortcut’ or have been/are fearing the worst with crowdflow for Starlight.
Personally, I’m actually curious to see how this may all unfold, what sort of visible blight will exist in Frontierland, and the way the undertaking web site will evolve. When the Rivers of America has been drained previously for refurbishment and repairs to the riverbed, there haven’t been partitions in any respect (see above).
My assumption is that it was deemed to be too herculean of a job to put in partitions throughout the perimeter of the Rivers of America in Frontierland and Liberty Sq., and arguably counterproductive. Which is worse: a view of a dry riverbed with some work autos driving round and the pure surroundings of Tom Sawyer Island past it, or development partitions that make the land really feel smaller and extra claustrophobic?
Clearly, that is a lot completely different in period, scale and scope. For one factor, it’s not only a multi-month undertaking to restore the riverbed–this can be a multi-year development undertaking that’ll materially alter the surroundings. For an additional, there received’t be the attractive pure vista of Tom Sawyer Island within the distance. It’ll be demolition and look ugly till the brand new mountains actually begin taking form, which can take a number of years.
Even when there are partitions at floor degree, it’ll nonetheless be attainable to see work from Tiana’s Bayou Journey and Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad, as soon as the latter reopens. Identical goes for the Swiss Household Robinson Treehouse and different elevated areas of the park.
Then there’s the undertaking perimeter itself, because it’ll be difficult to put in development partitions in some places that meaningfully hinder views of the carnage. I imply development. Whether or not it’s from the queue of Haunted Mansion, areas adjoining to the riverboat dock or over by Huge Thunder, it looks like the partitions shall be ‘porous.’
A method or one other, motivated and intrepid followers are going to discover a method to see the demolition, destruction and, finally, the development. Maybe it’s the thought that counts, and Walt Disney World is simply involved with this from a ‘good present’ perspective and obscuring work from common visitors who occur to be passing by.
As for what’s subsequent, we must always begin to see drainage and plenty of dust shifting by Fall 2025–possibly as early as August. My guess can be there’s seen demolition of Tom Sawyer Island within the coming weeks. Whereas I used to be giddy about seeing the carnage in Dino-Rama, it’s going to be a gut-punch the day when Harper’s Mill comes down.
Throughout the final month, work has already started backstage. That is one thing we coated just lately in Large Magic Kingdom Land Clearing Past Huge Thunder. Actually, we’re shocked at simply how a lot land has been cleared already. It’s nonetheless attainable that extra is finished backstage earlier than work begins in earnest on infilling the Rivers of America. Though that land is cleared, extra must be achieved to rework it into usable gravel laydown yards.
In complete, there shall be three such gravel laydown yards across the northwestern perimeter of Magic Kingdom used for development gear, heavy equipment, supplies staging, earth-moving, and so forth. One will grow to be a car parking zone for development employees and subject workplace for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney additionally must create a brand new retention pond for stormwater administration that’s roughly three-quarters of a mile to the northwest of Magic Kingdom. It’s seemingly that the bottom eliminated when digging the brand new pond shall be used for filling the Rivers of America. Though a variety of land has been cleared since April, all of this may take time to perform–doubtlessly a number of months.
I’m selfishly hoping that not rather more modifications inside Magic Kingdom for the following ~10 days. Not anticipating the Rivers of America to shut on such brief discover, we didn’t have an opportunity to plan a separate ‘farewell’ journey to Florida. Nonetheless, we’ve made goodbye visits to Tom Sawyer Island throughout every journey since final Christmas simply to be protected.
We had household visiting for Independence Day, so we stated our goodbyes in spirit by spending our July sixth at Disneyland, having fun with that Rivers of America. We additionally spent a variety of time at Redwood Creek Problem Path, which has grow to be our daughter’s favourite attraction. Clearly, that has nothing to do with this undertaking, however we wish to ‘vote’ with our attraction utilization in favor of extra play areas within the parks. For the document, Redwood Creek is sort of at all times pretty busy with youngsters operating round and oldsters resting. (I actually want this ‘Past Huge Thunder’ undertaking entailed a play space on par with Redwood Creek–it’d be an ideal match for Frontierland!)
Anyway, we shall be at Walt Disney World for the debut of Disney Starlight: Dream the Evening Away, so the hope is that the Rivers of America will nonetheless largely look intact for the rest of this month so we will savor the surroundings and serenity one final time. After that, right here’s hoping the draining and demolition begins ASAP in August.
As heartbreaking because it’ll be to see Harper’s Mill demolished, Rivers of America drained and stuffed in, my hope is that Imagineering is fast-tracking all of this and plans to do as a lot as concurrently as attainable. We’ve been towards the alternative of the Rivers of America from the beginning, and keep that perspective to this present day.
Nonetheless, now that it’s crystal clear that this undertaking is going on, we would like it to be fast-tracked. Decrease the period of time there’s development blight in Magic Kingdom, avoiding a repeat of the Big EPCOT Filth Pit fiasco. The longer any undertaking drags on, the extra seemingly it’s that to be budget-cut or worth engineered into oblivion.
That’s what makes this bittersweet. I nonetheless don’t love this concept, but it surely’s going to occur and there’s nothing I can do to vary the course of this Piston Peak undertaking besides on the margins (e.g. including water options, placemaking, and ‘play’ parts for teenagers). Accordingly, I might love nothing greater than for the future-former Rivers of America to be unrecognizable by January 2026, and cranes showing on web site to start vertical development. Get this achieved shortly to attenuate the visitor influence and have Piston Peak open ASAP.
As mentioned in Walt Disney World’s 5-12 months Development Plan, the positioning prepwork alone for Piston Peak and Villains Land shall be a herculean enterprise that can take many months. We’re truly feeling more and more optimistic about Piston Peak debuting in 2029, which is an affordable timeline by historic requirements (particularly the final growth cycle).
It simply appears far-fetched primarily based on the previous few years, however these have been (hopefully) anomalies. Already in 2025, we’re seeing a larger sense of urgency and tasks progress via the pipeline quicker. As we’ve written earlier than, Burbank has turned on the cash spigot, and theme park funding is as soon as once more prime precedence. No extra second-fiddle to streaming. Fortunately.
On the very least, Walt Disney World will wish to get shifting on the groundwork for the walkway connecting Huge Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion, operating behind Piston Peak Nationwide Park and in entrance of Villains Land, through the present closure of Huge Thunder Mountain Railroad. That year-plus refurbishment is slated to wrap up someday within the first half of 2026 (seemingly earlier than spring break), and we’d count on progress on a pathway by then.
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study lodges on our Walt Disney World Resorts Evaluations web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Evaluations. To economize on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets submit. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys submit takes a novel have a look at intelligent gadgets to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the perfect place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for all the things it is advisable know!
Your Ideas
Ideas on the closure of Tom Sawyer Island, Rivers of America, and the Liberty Sq. Riverboat? Did you might have an opportunity to say your goodbyes? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions—even while you disagree with us—is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
