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Disneyphile 05-17-2007 12:48 AM

Goodbye Fort Wilderness!
 
This just came in on MiceAge:
Quote:

5/16 BREAKING NEWS: R.I.P. Fort Wilderness 1956-2007 Team Disney Anaheim has just decided to demolish Fort Wilderness after years of trying to ignore the looming problems with the aging wood structure. With Pirate's Lair debuting next week the demolition will be handled overnight for the next 30 days. A cement log stockade for Cast Member use only will replace the Fort in the same area that the original stood. Stay tuned for all the details in the next update. Discuss it here. - Al Lutz
Holy ****ing hell. :mad:

Snowflake 05-17-2007 06:54 AM

Oh, now I'm not wholly adverse to change, but this is something I thought would remain and hopefully get ressurected for future generations of kids. So many happy childhood memories, now tinged with sadness.

:(

innerSpaceman 05-17-2007 07:09 AM

Oh my fvcking Christ!






This does not inspire the renewal of my expiring-at-month's-end AP.

I'm pissed. :mad:

Alex 05-17-2007 07:19 AM

I won't know how I feel until I see whatever ends up in its place.

I was inside the fort last year and there was no way they were going to restore it without doing a complete rebuild. Which probably means it was never going to get restored. If what they point in is worse than a log wall then I'll be upset about it. If it is better then I'll be happy with it.

If it is just going to be another log wall then I don't really see what difference it makes.

DreadPirateRoberts 05-17-2007 07:22 AM

I wonder what will happen to the secret tunnel that used to go to the fort. Was that filled in years ago? Is it still there and closed off? Could it be used again?

Cadaverous Pallor 05-17-2007 07:57 AM

Sorry guys, I just don't believe that FW deserves a Space Mountain-style rebuild, which is what they'd have to do. Goodbye to the Fort - may your journey into Disney legend be a kind one.

Capt Jack 05-17-2007 08:05 AM

I'd take it all and put it together in my yard if I could. it'd go great with the rest of the wilderness decore out there.

bummer. always kind of liked that one.

AllyOops! 05-17-2007 08:08 AM

Wait..I'm confused (big surprise there)! :confused: After working many years for Disney (including Disneyland) it frightens me that I'm not sure what Fort Wilderness is. Are we talking about Tom Sawyer's Island? Are we talking about the fun activities like the barrel bridge and the caves?

If this is the case, it does make me sad & nostalgic. :( Injun Joe's piss soaked cave, I hardly knew ye.

Ghoulish Delight 05-17-2007 08:11 AM

Fort Wilderness is/was the big log fort at the back of Tom Sawyer island, with the graveyard behind it. It's been closed to the public for several years now.

AllyOops! 05-17-2007 08:19 AM

Thank you for answering me, GD! :)

Oh, that dealie?? What's even more frightening is I barely remember it. However, while change is good and allows for fresh ideas, I'm always heartbroken to see a part of my past retire to the recesses of my memory & my memory alone. Especially Adventure Thru InnerSpace- I can't let that sucker go.

Bye Bye, old ass fort. :(


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