Fans want everything, one person said, looking for Disney to both keep sentimental attractions and add new ones to its parks.
The riverboat Liberty Belle sailing on the Rivers of America passes Tom Sawyer Island at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Disney has announced that the island and surrounding river —that have operated since 1973 as a Mark Twain-inspired attraction— will become two new rides based on the “Cars” movie franchise as part of a major reimagining of the Frontierland area of the park.
Another complaint was that the move eliminates a place where kids can run free. But the island usually isn’t densely populated, and many fans posted they had not ventured over in several years. The Disney expansion announcements also included a land based on its animated-film villains in Magic Kingdom, which is also getting a nighttime parade; a “Monsters, Inc.” land to be built at Disney’s Hollywood Studios; and attractions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom based on “Zootopia” and “Encanto,” Disney films released in 2016 and 2021, respectively.
Disney has said it will spend $60 billion worldwide on theme parks and other experiences over the next decade. And industry watchers have speculated that the company’s moves in Central Florida come partly because Universal Orlando is to open Epic Universe, its third theme park, in 2025. “I feel like it’s going to be, like, tongue-in-cheek darkness. I think it’ll satisfy the fans and not scare the kids,” Saccheri said. “But who knows? They keep using the word ‘fearless’ through this new vision in what a land can be.”
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