Tom Sawyer Isle Getting The Axe !? - Page 5

flippyshark · 10-03-2006, 08:46 PM

Dang, I have had so many different reactions to this today, but I keep having to remind myself that it isn't real news yet. (Until the green light is given, nothing is certain at WDCo.) If they are really looking to complete this idea in seven months, it's going to suck. On the other hand, if they take time to create something as nice as the Paris pirate area, I would be happy to give it a chance. (Will pirate-mania die out after next year? I'm betting yes.)

I do dread the hideous hodge-podge that FrontOrleansCritterPiratePoohLand could well become.

€uroMeinke · 10-03-2006, 08:47 PM

I'd love it if they gave it the DLP treatment - and they have to do something, half the caves are closed, as is the fort, no refreshments anymore, etc. I wonder if they could tunnel under the RoA - maybe even link criter country to the big Thunder trail that way, eliminating that dead end and better populating the island - there's be pleny of room for some DLP style fun that way. Of course, as a kid, part of the fun of TSI was the fact that you had to take a raft to get there.

mistyisjafo · 10-03-2006, 09:35 PM

I can't imagine retheming the Mark Twain. It still works if you think about it.

Course we'll all just have to wait and see. Maybe it'll never even happen!

DreadPirateRoberts · 10-03-2006, 10:07 PM

I have mixed feelings. Like most of us here, I have memories of how it used to be, I miss the secret tunnel to the fort. I enjoy the lack of crowds and the views. We like to feed the ducks, early in the morning. This is another classic Disney dilemma, how do you add new things with out upsetting us old geezers. My kids love running around the place, just like I did. I think there is unrealized potential that could be tapped into, if it's done right. I hope they don't go the way NA suggested they might, with off-the-shelf equipment. I talked to my 5 year old son about it, he said he likes TSI just the way it is, probably because he's used to it. I'm sure if he grew up with the pirate themed island, he would feel the same way about it if it was changed.

scaeagles · 10-04-2006, 05:39 AM

Some adults here in Phoenix have tried to get Twain banned from schools because he dared to use the "N" word in his writings. Who cares the theme is that racism is abhorrent, but these adults are hardly literate anyway.

Can I make a request when/if this is done? Build a freakin' bridge from the Hungry bear across to the Island and over to Frontierland. Granted there would be some problems making sore it was high enough to allow for the ships to pass, but I hate the congestion at Splash Mountain. Only one way into and out of Critter Country sucks.

Scrooge McSam · 10-04-2006, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Can I make a request when/if this is done? Build a freakin' bridge from the Hungry bear across to the Island and over to Frontierland. Granted there would be some problems making sore it was high enough to allow for the ships to pass, but I hate the congestion at Splash Mountain. Only one way into and out of Critter Country sucks.

I was thinking tunnel (under ROA) instead of bridge, but I couldn't agree more.

Gemini Cricket · 10-04-2006, 06:58 AM

A tunnel or a bridge would be a huge undertaking. I doubt they will do either.

innerSpaceman · 10-04-2006, 07:48 AM

Don't forget, they also need a time portal ... because the time of Caribbean piracy is NOT the time period of New Orleans Square or Frontierland.

(Oh, but Frontierland and NOS are not the same time period as each other. nevermind)

lashbear · 10-04-2006, 07:24 PM

Put in a tunnel and have it as a "En-Masse Secret" entrance to the fort

Alex · 10-05-2006, 09:17 AM

That's true (as I was forced to learn year after year in elementary school), but the Sailing Ship Columbia is named after the first American Naval ship to circumnaviate the globe. The U.S.S. Columbia. Also started the tradition of the Navy having a U.S.S. Columbia (there have been seven, plus the space shuttle Columbia).

10-03-2006, 08:46 PM	#1
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Dang, I have had so many different reactions to this today, but I keep having to remind myself that it isn't real news yet. (Until the green light is given, nothing is certain at WDCo.) If they are really looking to complete this idea in seven months, it's going to suck. On the other hand, if they take time to create something as nice as the Paris pirate area, I would be happy to give it a chance. (Will pirate-mania die out after next year? I'm betting yes.) I do dread the hideous hodge-podge that FrontOrleansCritterPiratePoohLand could well become.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I'd love it if they gave it the DLP treatment - and they have to do something, half the caves are closed, as is the fort, no refreshments anymore, etc. I wonder if they could tunnel under the RoA - maybe even link criter country to the big Thunder trail that way, eliminating that dead end and better populating the island - there's be pleny of room for some DLP style fun that way. Of course, as a kid, part of the fun of TSI was the fact that you had to take a raft to get there. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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mistyisjafo A JAFO Production Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 567	I can't imagine retheming the Mark Twain. It still works if you think about it. Course we'll all just have to wait and see. Maybe it'll never even happen! __________________
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10-03-2006, 10:07 PM	#4
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I have mixed feelings. Like most of us here, I have memories of how it used to be, I miss the secret tunnel to the fort. I enjoy the lack of crowds and the views. We like to feed the ducks, early in the morning. This is another classic Disney dilemma, how do you add new things with out upsetting us old geezers. My kids love running around the place, just like I did. I think there is unrealized potential that could be tapped into, if it's done right. I hope they don't go the way NA suggested they might, with off-the-shelf equipment. I talked to my 5 year old son about it, he said he likes TSI just the way it is, probably because he's used to it. I'm sure if he grew up with the pirate themed island, he would feel the same way about it if it was changed.
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10-04-2006, 05:39 AM	#5
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Some adults here in Phoenix have tried to get Twain banned from schools because he dared to use the "N" word in his writings. Who cares the theme is that racism is abhorrent, but these adults are hardly literate anyway. Can I make a request when/if this is done? Build a freakin' bridge from the Hungry bear across to the Island and over to Frontierland. Granted there would be some problems making sore it was high enough to allow for the ships to pass, but I hate the congestion at Splash Mountain. Only one way into and out of Critter Country sucks.
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10-04-2006, 06:58 AM	#7
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	A tunnel or a bridge would be a huge undertaking. I doubt they will do either.
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10-04-2006, 07:48 AM	#8
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Don't forget, they also need a time portal ... because the time of Caribbean piracy is NOT the time period of New Orleans Square or Frontierland. (Oh, but Frontierland and NOS are not the same time period as each other. nevermind)
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lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Put in a tunnel and have it as a "En-Masse Secret" entrance to the fort __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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10-05-2006, 09:17 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That's true (as I was forced to learn year after year in elementary school), but the Sailing Ship Columbia is named after the first American Naval ship to circumnaviate the globe. The U.S.S. Columbia. Also started the tradition of the Navy having a U.S.S. Columbia (there have been seven, plus the space shuttle Columbia).
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