Last Chance to Ride Liberty Square Riverboat and Visit Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom

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Posted: Thursday July 3, 2025 9:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guests visiting Magic Kingdom this weekend will have their last chance to experience two of Walt Disney World's classic attractions before they permanently close to make way for the upcoming Cars-themed land.

Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat will operate for the final time on Sunday, July 6, 2025, with both attractions officially closing beginning Monday, July 7.

Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat will permanently close effective July 7, 2025

Final Operating Hours

Liberty Square Riverboat

Open July 3 - 6 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Tom Sawyer Island

Open July 3 - 6 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Tom Sawyer Island, a walk-through attraction inspired by Mark Twain’s stories, has been a guest favorite for decades, offering a rustic escape via log raft and an immersive exploration of caves, forts, and trails. The Liberty Square Riverboat, the Liberty Belle, has long provided scenic cruises around the Rivers of America, offering views of Frontierland and Liberty Square.

Tom Sawyer Island June 2025

Liberty Belle 2025

Both attractions will be permanently removed as Disney prepares to redevelop the area into Piston Peak National Park, part of a massive Cars-themed land coming to Magic Kingdom. This new area will feature an off-road rally adventure and natural park-inspired theming.

Guests hoping to say goodbye to these iconic attractions have just a few days left to do so. After July 6, construction will begin behind the scenes as Disney gears up for the next era of storytelling in Frontierland.

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HMF19 hours ago

That would be nice.

Disstevefan11 day ago

🤣 you need to re post this on April 1, 2026 🤣 It will work, since at the pace Disney works, RoA will be in the same condition by then ;)

Raineman1 day ago

Breaking news: this project has been delayed until 2035 due to significant current and future lost revenue resulting from massive cancellations of Disney+/Hulu/ESPN subscriptions & Disney theme park reservation cancellations in the last 24 hours, for some unknown reason. /s

DonniePeverley2 days ago

Classic Josh.

Purduevian2 days ago

Dinoland construction is only obvious because they are limping Dinosaur and resturantatsaurous until 2026. Once those 2 close there won't be many guest facing construction walls.

WorldExplorer2 days ago

I didn't realize that they didn't have walls up around half the island and you can just see all the ugly construction going on. People say Studios has the worst layout, and they'll get no arguments from me, but it got a nice happy accident with how neat and clean blocking off construction has been over there. You barely notice compared to the mess that is this and Dinoland.

Agent H2 days ago

They found progress city?!

ManicMillennial3 days ago

I had a similar situation where a begrudgingly got a blackberry in the mid 00’s but it actually grew on me pretty quickly and I hung onto it until 2012 when I took the plunge into the Apple ecosystem.

jah49553 days ago

Was pressured to get one for work in 2005. I stayed strong because I saw how that would mean I'd be made to respond to "urgent" work emails 24-7-365. At least I put it off as much as possible....held onto the "dumb phone" until it was impossible to continue that way lol.