Tom Sawyer Isle Getting The Axe !?

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Originally Posted by zapppop

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. .

I never read the books. Yet I know the story of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. How do I know them? I saw the movies. If these kids know about Jack Sparrow through movies, why can't they know Tom & Huck from them as well? In fact, wasn't the movie "Tom & Huck" a Disney movie?

Besides, a good way to get the kids to know about these stories is to promote them by having attractions at Disneyland. Rebuild the fort, add new technology and infrastructure, and better bathrooms and a store and snack area. Have a story time there so the kids get to know who they are as well. But don't ignore the island and do a half-assed rehab on it and wonder why no one goes over there.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

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

I thought about that as well, but then that would spoil the mystique of the "Island" if you could walk to it. Although a CM tunnel would be good for supplies and staffing if they put in more services. And a bridge would be an eyesore to the river, and a pretty big undertaking.

Also, I wonder if they could keep the Indian Village if the Island becomes part of the Caribbean?