Magic Kingdom Map Update: Tom Sawyer Island Erased, Riverboat Gone, and Modified Railroad Route

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Magic Kingdom Digital Map Updated After Closure of Tom Sawyer Island and Riverboat

Posted: Monday July 7, 2025 7:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Following yesterday's permanent closure of Tom Sawyer Island and the Liberty Square Riverboat, Disney has released an updated version of the Magic Kingdom digital map, showing the latest changes to the park’s layout.

Magic Kingdom Digital Map Updated After Closure of Tom Sawyer Island and Riverboat

Tom Sawyer Island and Liberty Square Riverboat Removed

The most notable update is the complete removal of Tom Sawyer Island from the map. The area that once displayed bridges, trails, and Fort Langhorn now appears as a blank green landscape.

The Liberty Square Riverboat and its familiar path around the Rivers of America have also been removed from the map.

Walt Disney World Railroad Route Updated

In addition to the removals, the map now reflects the temporary route adjustment for the Walt Disney World Railroad. The full loop around the park is no longer shown. Instead, the map displays a shortened route, operating only between Main Street, U.S.A. Station and Fantasyland Station.

Magic Kingdom Digital Map Updated After Closure of Tom Sawyer Island and Riverboat

What’s Next

These changes to the digital map come the day after both classic attractions closed permanently to make way for Magic Kingdom’s upcoming Cars-themed and Disney Villains lands. Construction activity, including land clearing and utility work, is already underway backstage.

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trainplane312 hours ago

Honestly, that's basically what the previous MK fireworks cruises were with Joe Fowler.

Donfan14 hours ago

$400

FettFan15 hours ago

Given the cost, it would probably be cheaper just to dismantle the current LB and use its salvageable parts (boiler, smokestack, paddle wheel, etc.) to build a new Liberty Belle II that actually has working rudder system and an enclosed dining room. Then put it at a new dock at the GF and have a $200-a-head fireworks dinner cruise on Seven Seas Lagoon.

FettFan15 hours ago

Aye. For Disney, the best part is that you can do literally anything with Cars characters just by making a few color or design changes. McQueen and Mater are as customizable as Iron Man or Spider-Man suits.

Disgruntled Walt20 hours ago

I don't even think the canal is big enough at Fantasmic for the Liberty Belle.

Captain Barbossa20 hours ago

The LB isn’t going to replace the Steamboat Willie boat at Fantasmic. Snowball chance in hell that happens.

dvitali20 hours ago

What changes to the tracks system would Liberty Belles needs to run at Fantasmic in Hollywood Studios?

Advisable Joseph1 day ago

Cars is on the Trending List of Disney+ in the US The Top Ten Movie list for Disney+ on FlixPatrol is based on the Top Ten lists of countries around the world, filtered to only movies, but that's not what you want if you're interested in popularity The Disney Plus top 10 won’t be a straightforward most-watched list. Rather, it combines several factors, from view counts at the episode and movie level to trending popularity among recently released titles. https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/disney-plus/disney-plus-finally-launches-a-top-10-list-heres-the-very-first-no-1 Since Ratatouille popped up, apparently sudden increases in popularity is also counted. Bottom Line: Cars is still popular. I think that's somewhat on-topic

lazyboy97o1 day ago

Suspension of disbelief is a reaction, not an action. Presenting adjacent objects at different scales works against the illusion because neither will read properly.

trainplane31 day ago

At the risk of being smacked, the boat maintenance dock road is publicly accessible. The street view car even back there (and yes, full imagery as well). If the Liberty Belle got sent back there, someone could snoop (from driving by on the road, not getting out and walking around)...

Moth1 day ago

I don't think it'll be wholly disassembled and I still think it'll end up somewhere. Don't know where, don't know where... But I'm sure it'll meet again, on some sunny day....

Smiley/OCD1 day ago

I understand that completely… I’m just saying reality could get suspended a little… it wouldn’t be the first time Mickey stretched a tad…

Agent H1 day ago

Stuffed? What are we stuffing it with? Beignets? In all seriousness didn’t @Moth say the boat was safe?

TrainsOfDisney1 day ago

Well…. We don’t know where the “cars pocket” will start or stop. But we all pretty much agree it’s not happening. Guess there’s always a .1% chance ha.