Liberty Square Riverboat And Tom Sawyer Island Now Permanently Closed

The construction of the Cars-themed land will begin soon following the closures.

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Walt Disney World News Published 8th July 2025, 2:41pm BST by Ash Hales

Disney announced in the summer of 2024 that Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island will be closing, and now that day has arrived. Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island have now both permanently closed at the Magic Kingdom. In its place will be a new Cars-themed land including 2 new attractions and construction of the project should begin very soon.

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If you open the My Disney Experience app you will see that the Tom Sawyer island and Rivers Of America have now disappeared from the Magic Kingdom map.

Riverboat Removed From Map

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Ash Hales

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Ash Hales is a British Disney Parks writer and the voice behind Mickey From The UK. Based in the South West of England, he's been visiting Disney Parks for nearly three decades and launched Mickey From The UK in 2017 to provide honest, straight-talking news and advice for UK guests - without the American bias.