Tom Sawyer Isle Getting The Axe !?

[Isaac]

What kills me about the proposal is the idea that children are too ignorant to know who is Huck Finn because they won't read a book, yet they'll know Jack Sparrow because they've been to the AMC Theater. I admit reading books is not my favorite hobby but even I know Huck & Becky. What does that say about the education of our children ? Are kids not getting a real education in school ? Are parents responsible for not picking up the slack ?

Aside from that, my other major gripe is that this retheming would make the island part of New Orleans Square, removing it from the Frontierland attraction roster. To me Tom Sawyer Island sorta helped bridge the gap between Frontierland and Critter Country. Giving the island a pirate makeover would make it look like a lost section of Adventureland. Know what I mean ?

Pirate movies may bring in big $$$ today but that doesn't mean portions of Disneyland need retheming. Disneyland has been successful without Jack Sparrow in the past and will be successful without him in the future. Rather than spend money on even more pirate crap I prefer Tom Sawyer Island be restored to it's original glory. Even if kids today don't know who the characters are, I prefer they just let their imaginations wonder rather than plug Orlando Bloom's latest movie.

Disneyland will never be complete as long as there is imagination left in the world but that may be soon if all we allow our kids to dream about is Johnny Depp, Eddie Murphy and 2-disc special edition for only $19.95.