Overview
- New aerials published Saturday by @bioreconstruct show the Mike Fink Keel Boat Landing dismantled and extensive land grading with large concrete retaining walls across the drained Rivers of America basin.
- With Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened, riders now see active concrete work, heavy machinery, and the full scale of the Frontierland construction zone from on-ride sightlines.
- A January permit filed by Walt Disney Imagineering lists “General Construction” at the Keel Boat site and names MLC Theming for scenic fabrication and rockwork.
- The rework has already halted the Liberty Square Riverboat and retired Tom Sawyer Island after the river was drained, closed Big Al’s in early May, and will shutter Westward Ho on June 22.
- Disney is targeting a late‑2027 or 2028 debut for the Cars‑inspired Piston Peak, with a Villains‑themed land projected for 2029–2030 that includes reported but unconfirmed concepts such as an Emperor’s New Groove coaster and a Hades dining show.