Overview
- Frontierland’s boardwalk gained new construction walls near Big Al’s on Thursday, leaving the pathway open but boxed in by scrim and plywood.
- Crews are pumping concrete and forming retaining walls near the former Liberty Square Riverboat Landing, with rebar exposed and a crane staged closer to Liberty Square by the Haunted Mansion side.
- Permits point to permanent closures for Big Al’s and the Westward Ho kiosk, yet both remain open and listed with hours into mid‑June as Disney has not announced shutdown dates.
- The riverboat landing building will be repurposed within the new area, following last year’s removal of the Rivers of America, Tom Sawyer Island, and the Liberty Square Riverboat to clear the site.
- Blog reports indicate the work may later extend onto the boardwalk to add a new stream and that kiosks could be removed to ease crowd flow during parades, but Disney has not confirmed those plans or any opening timeline.