Walt Disney Imagineering filed a construction permit on Wednesday for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom.

Scenes from Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom in 2024. Disney plans to replace the attraction with two “Cars”-themed rides. (Dewayne Bevil/Orlando Sentinel) What’s there: The manmade island has Mark ...

Two Cars-themed attractions are set to change the face of Frontierland, replacing both Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America. Here’s why that’s a huge mistake. Walt Disney said that Disneyland — ...

Longtime Disney fans have expressed sadness over losing this iconic piece of Magic Kingdom, but new details reveal similar experiences are planned.

Two 10-year-old girls who were turned down for the “boys only” National Tom Sawyer Days Fence Painting Contest in Hannibal, Missouri, still plan to show off their painting skills -- with handmade ...

Walt Disney World may be conjuring up a whole new kingdom — its first new park since Animal Kingdom opened in 1998.

The last day to experience Tom Sawyer Island, the Liberty Square Riverboat and Rivers of America will be July 6. Those attractions opened in 1973, about 18 months after Magic Kingdom first opened. The ...

The days are numbered for Tom Sawyer Island, a longtime Frontierland feature, at Magic Kingdom. In August, Disney announced that the space would be repurposed for two “Cars”-themed attractions ...

Tom Sawyer Island, a classic attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom with roots back to Walt Disney and Disneyland, is set to close. It’ll be replaced with a new “Cars”-themed land ...

Tucked behind a Fantasyland food cart, surrounded by overgrown bushes, are six steps that lead to nowhere. At the top of the ...

There are more sports at National Tom Sawyer Days than fence painting and mud volleyball, this year there will be disc golf.