One Year Later: Remembering the Loss of Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island as Massive Magic Kingdom Overhaul Hits Staggering Milestones

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Liberty Square Riverboat in the Magic Kingdom

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3 Comments

  1. Jeffrey Chow

    I keep saying why is Disney replacing beloved attractions when they can build out. They have plenty of land. It is not Disneyland.

    1. TheObvious

      Because they don’t consider additional capacity as a positive. Disney’s current business model has essentially regressed to the ticket book days. You pay for entry, but you only get to “standby” for rides unless you pay significantly extra. Adding capacity hinders their ability to sell you those rides. They want the parks overcrowded. That’s the plan.

      They also do not want to add any costs. Adding a new ride means more staff costs. Better to put some new paint and a cheap IP on an old ride and pretend it’s new. Tourists are dumb enough to pay premium LL money for those.

  2. Steve

    Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America never closed and will always exist in WDW. There will be no Cars and Pixar is going away from the parks due to Disney being broken up as a monopoly and losing Pixar Animation Studios.

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