1,000 Pictures of Disneyland - Tom Sawyer's Island in Frontierland
Documenting the Landmarks and Corners of Disneyland
By Rob Cockerham |
The pictures of Frontierland in Disneyland are split into eleven sections: The introduction and the streets of the town / fort, Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Shooting Gallery, Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante, the Golden Horseshoe, the sailing ship Columbia, the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Stage Door Cafe, the River Belle Restaurant, the island and the Thunder Valley Ranch.
Tom Sawyer's Island is a hideaway at Disneyland. A little wilderness oasis where you are free to sit down without any animatronic interaction or fastpass machines. You have to take a little raft-size ferry to get there and back, so many visitors don't make it out to the island on their trip. The island has a bunch of caves and paths and stairs themed to the Pirates hideaway aspect of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
A little motorized raft leaves port near the Hungry Bear Restaurant and shuttles about 30 people at a time back and forth to the island. In the background you can see the port where the raft docks on the island.
The view south from the raft. A nice view of New Orleans square.
The raft dock at Critter Country.
Landing on the island. The large reddish structure is Lafitte's Tavern. Previously Harper's Mill.
Island Dangers sign
Headed on foot to the grotto (cave).
The mouth of the cave.
Don't dead open inside.
Little waterfall on the island.
Drinking fountains on the island.
Retaining wall and handrail.
Wide footpath to the eastern side of the island.
Dead Man's Grotto.
Headed North.
The capstan wheel.
The Wheel hauls a treasure up from the water and reveal a skeleton clutching in from below.
Mast and yardarm.
The sunken boat hull.
Water Barrel and back gate.
The provisions.
Another water fall.
Bone cage and the long suspension bridge.
Flooding boat hull
The bone cage photo op.
I wonder if this cage has always had this fine netting around it, preventing kids from climbing through the holes.
The bilge pumps to pump water out of the waterlogged boat hull.
June on the bridge.
The suspension bridge is the longest bridge on the island. It is just bouncy enough to freak out your kids.
Pump sign.
Revealed treasure.
The
Revealed skeletons.
Squeeze in cave.
Across the pontoon (barrel) bridge.
Low-light cave photos
More caves to the north.
A beached pirate ship.
The view of a canoe passing on the Eastern loop of the Rivers of America
Weathered ship debris.
The secret skeleton message.
Dancing Men Cipher replaces one letter of the alphabet with a dancing man figure.
Translated, this code spells out: Each answer be havin' three identical letters.
Cannon.
Inside the ship
Cave
Metal Treasure Chest
Looking up to the Crow's Nest.
Dynamite Barrel on the ship's deck.
Fort Wilderness at the northern end of Tom Sawyer's Island.
Guests can no longer enter the fort, but if you walk around it to the very northern end of the island, you will find the Captain's Treasure, a crazy-large pile of gold coins.
More caves.
Leather lashed handrails along the path on Tom Sawyer's Island.
June back on the pontoon bridge. This bridge is a rolling adventure, in and of itself.
Handrail hook detail.
The restrooms on the western shore of the Island.
Ye Olde Heart Defibrulator
Painted map to the wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the northern end of the island.
Men pirates
Women pirates
Blacksmith
The buildings at the south side of the island, closest to New Orleans square.
Wrong way through the caves.
Treasures.
We Pirates ace a sea of troubles, our dying breaths are only ________.
(The clue is that the final word has three identical letters)
Snake treasure chest in the caves.
Exiting the caves.
Some photos of the dock are available among the images from New Orleans Square and photos of the western side of the island are available in the Railroad photos at Critter Country.
The pictures of Frontierland in Disneyland are split into eleven sections: The introduction and the streets of the town / fort, Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Shooting Gallery, Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante, the Golden Horseshoe, the sailing ship Columbia, the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Stage Door Cafe, the River Belle Restaurant, the island and the Thunder Valley Ranch.
Main Disneyland Map, Main Street, Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Toon Town, Adventureland, Frontierland, New Orleans Square, Critter Country.