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AVP
09-04-2014, 09:01 AM
David Koenig reports (http://www.mouseplanet.com/10802/Frozen_Gets_Fastpass):


Sixteen months ago, Tom & Huck’s Treehouse on Tom Sawyer Island was closed (http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/entry.php?1089-Safety-Closures-Reach-the-Island) as part of a fall protection overhaul at the park. With its short railings and narrow stairs, the amusement was considered not up to state safety codes.

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Now it appears the closure is permanent. “There are no plans to reopen the treehouse,” said one cast member. “It seems that to upgrade it to Cal-OSHA standards would entail completely redesigning and rebuilding the treehouse—something TDA (Team Disney Anaheim) is not interested in doing.”

carolinakid
09-04-2014, 09:24 AM
The "pirate-ization" of Tom Sawyer Island is now nearly complete.

Disneyphile
09-04-2014, 03:38 PM
What's next? Requiring guests to don bubble-wrap suits?

I loved scraping my knees on teeter-totter rock, and the other fun things they've removed. It was a rite of passage in my childhood!

MadasaHatter
09-04-2014, 04:24 PM
Oh Disneyphile......we don't scrape knees any more...it might leave a scar.....times are changed.....sigh....

Janis and Aaron
09-04-2014, 09:33 PM
The "pirate-ization" of Tom Sawyer Island is now nearly complete.

Things change. Tastes evolve. Pirates are "in" right now. I see no problem. (And this is coming from the mom of the boy chosen to be the "official Huck Finn" at the Huck Finn Jubilee a few years back. Love Twain and his works, but things change.)

Disneyphile
09-05-2014, 07:53 AM
Oh Disneyphile......we don't scrape knees any more...it might leave a scar.....times are changed.....sigh....I still have a few scars. Those are badges of adventure!

Although, I have noticed the caves have certainly shrunk since my childhood. I don't recall bumping my head as often back then as I do now. ;)

MadasaHatter
09-05-2014, 08:45 AM
By the time the Island needs another refurb Disney could put out a new Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn flick and then they can Re-retheme it! Everything old is new again!

olegc
09-05-2014, 09:24 AM
By the time the Island needs another refurb Disney could put out a new Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn flick and then they can Re-retheme it! Everything old is new again!

but the movie would have to have speed boats/action shots/a big chase.... and a one word title. RIVER! or DOSH! ;-)

MadasaHatter
09-05-2014, 09:29 AM
And then they would have to put a loop on the island

sjhanksaz
09-05-2014, 01:25 PM
I have bumped my noggin a few times in those caves on the island. Perhaps everyone dawns a hard hat too

familymemories
09-05-2014, 02:33 PM
Bummer, my kids love this.