Frontierland’s Tom Sawyer Island – the only attraction in the park personally designed by Uncle Walt – has been reimagined in the wake of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Renamed the Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, the island now honors Tom in name only.
Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island
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