Overview
- Multiple on‑site reports on October 9, 2026 confirm crews have removed the original Frontierland boardwalk and cleared demolition debris from the riverfront area.
- Construction crews are actively installing concrete retaining walls, rebar, drainage pumps, and heavy machinery to regrade the former Rivers of America and form a new winding stream.
- Walt Disney World and Imagineering say the project will include a new boardwalk that runs along a narrower, winding "calming waterway," a design shown in a Piston Peak model at the D23 Expo.
- Disney announced closures tied to the work in late April and closed Big Al’s on May 11 and Westward Ho on June 22, 2026 as the site moved behind construction walls and the boardwalk was removed from digital maps.
- The change will alter guest sightlines and circulation in Frontierland, with visitors able to watch active construction from the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad queue and the rebuild likely reshaping the look and flow of the waterfront when complete.