Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Tom Sawyer Island Old Mill 1960

A view that will not be seen anymore, a Tom Sawyer raft coming in to dock. The dock and hill is now the location of the stage for Fantasmic! This was used when you could catch the rafts at two spots, one deep in Frontierland where the rafts are now located, and one right about where the front of Pirates of the Caribbean sits. The costume on the driver of the raft is very nice, keeping in the theming of the island. But enough talk about history, let's run ashore and visit Injun Joe's cave and listen for his mournful sounds, or I dare you to go on teeter totter rock or we can climb to Tom Sawyer's tree house and take a look at Frontierland!

3 comments:

Major Pepperidge said...

Is this slide reversed? I always picture the water wheel on the other side of the mill.

This is a great shot! I try to control my ranting (!), but every time I see the Fantasmic! stage....urg. What a big ugly structure. People love the show, though, so maybe it's worth it.

thepicklebarrel said...

i love how unslick the original TS isle looks...

nice one!

Matterhorn1959 said...

Hey Major- you are correct, the slide is reversed. I am posting another image showing the location with the mining town of Rainbow Ridge in the background.