TDW 1812 - Official Reopening of Tom Sawyers Island

0:06 Today is a historic day. The subject

0:06 matter spoiler alert will involve what

0:10 is behind that gate and pass that train

0:13 station here at Disneyland. Welcome

0:16 everyone. Adam the Woo here. In January

0:19 2016, I documented the final day the

0:22 closure of the island. Notice Tom

0:25 Soilers Soilers. Tom is going to soil

0:28 himself because today it is opening

0:30 back. I screwed that up. It's my second

0:32 channel, daily vlog channel. It's the

0:34 daily. After a year and a half, the

0:37 island is back open for business. First

0:41 things first, swap out the fuel

0:52 rod. I am going with the iced persuasion

0:52 today because let's be honest, it's a

0:54 little it's a little toasty out here.

0:56 here. A little It's a little warm.

0:59 Oh, that's good. But this is a sight

1:01 that has not been

1:03 seen in almost 18 months. Park

1:08 guests going across the

1:11 waterway over to Tom Sawyer's Island. Or

1:14 is it Pirates? Are they I'm not sure

1:17 what they're calling it now. But either

1:18 way, it is

1:20 officially accessible to park guests. I

1:23 I have to go over there. I'm pretty

1:25 excited about this. A board stating,

1:27 well, I guess technically it is still

1:29 the layer, but you can faintly see the

1:32 lettering of Tom Sawyer underneath that.

1:35 There's my pony. Isn't that what you

1:37 call it when you're you bet on a horse?

1:39 I'm not going to bet on this, but I'm

1:41 going to ride. Well, I don't I don't I

1:43 really don't I don't know the correct

1:44 terminology. The main land of New

1:46 Orleans Square is now distancing itself

1:50 from us. The haunted mansion is getting

1:52 fur. It's probably a good thing that the

1:54 haunted mansion is getting further away

1:56 cuz that place is a little a little

1:58 creepy. Oh yeah, I am trotting on dirt

2:02 soil. Feels good. Feels very good. Not

2:06 only me, but countless others in recent

2:09 days have stood over on that shoreline

2:11 looking this direction wondering when

2:13 the heck are they going to reopen that

2:15 thing? And they have. And the canoes,

2:18 they're still here. Look at that. the

2:20 canoes, they still exist. And it's

2:23 definitely good to see that Fort

2:25 Wilderness still remains. We can't

2:27 wander around inside it. However, it's

2:29 specifically for cast members, but it's

2:32 pretty awesome that the structure is

2:34 still standing. And the really

2:36 interesting thing is all these areas are

2:39 accessible to park guests, but if you

2:41 just look off the shore a little bit,

2:43 you can see some of the construction

2:45 happening. Future goodness being

2:48 created. I for one am looking very

2:51 forward to standing on the Mark Twain

2:53 and being cruised through the rivers of

2:56 America. Hopefully that happens very

2:58 soon. And then shortly after and

3:00 probably another year, year and a half,

3:02 two years all that over there will open.

3:05 Star Wars

3:07 Land. That's it's it's kind of the

3:10 facade in front of Well, it's not Star

3:11 Wars Land, but it's the facade in front

3:13 of Star Wars Land. I would assume the

3:16 price tag on all these construction

3:18 updates is pretty pricey. I thought they

3:20 would have tapped into all this pirates

3:22 treasure to help pay for it, but nope.

3:24 It's all still just sitting here for the

3:28 taking. In all reality though, it's

3:30 glued together. It's all It's all

3:32 sealed. You You can't do a Scrooge

3:35 McDuck dive in there like from DuctTales

3:37 when he's swimming around through the

3:38 money. You'd probably injure your neck.

3:40 It's kind of blowing my mind that you

3:43 can just look over and

3:45 see a construction worker painting one

3:48 of the lions. I don't know if that

3:51 should be shown or not, but it's all in

3:54 plain sight. Anyone Anyone can see it.

3:56 Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait for it.

4:00 Wait for There he is. There he is.

4:07 That guy has been holding his breath for

4:10 so long. Feels good to breathe, doesn't

4:13 it, buddy? Feels good to be Yep. He's

4:15 going back under. He's Well, fail. You

4:18 guys excited? You guys excited about the

4:21 future here at the park? Oh my gosh.

4:24 Look, there's some little babies down

4:26 there. They don't even remember the

4:28 past. The only reality they have is the

4:32 current. They have nostalgia. this.

4:34 They're building their memories as we

4:38 speak. That's a good view right there.

4:40 Pirates of the Caribbean just past that

4:43 tree

4:43 line. One thing about the island that's

4:46 really cool is you can get away from the

4:48 hustle and bustle of the rest of the

4:50 park and just hang out here on a

4:54 dock. I got to check this dock out. I

4:57 got to check this out, Doc. I got to I

5:00 got to Doc. I got to Yeah, that's that's

5:02 that's a hard one to that's a hard one

5:04 to quote when you're on a dock. This is

5:06 a very peculiar plant growing on the

5:09 side of the tree. Maybe it's even a

5:11 fruit. Kind of

5:13 resembles a grape

5:17 perhaps. I've never seen those before.

5:20 Very interesting. Now, I cannot speak

5:22 for the West Coast version of Disney,

5:24 but in Florida at Magic Kingdom, a

5:27 reliable source told me that the wheel,

5:29 the water wheel over there, never turns

5:31 off. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it

5:35 continues to move. This one I'm not 100%

5:38 sure about, but it it could be true.

5:40 This is the platform where fantasmic

5:44 happens. If you look closely, you can

5:46 see the little cracks in the trap door,

5:50 if you will. These are where some of the

5:52 characters pop out and that crazy dragon

5:55 that protrudes up to the heavens pops

5:58 out right in this area and the throngs

6:01 of people who have and will in the

6:03 future stand over there on the shoreline

6:06 watching the magic happen. And I think

6:09 they're bringing it back very soon. We

6:11 will see Mickey up there on that roof.

6:14 Dang. Well, he's a brave guy standing on

6:17 a roof, emitting out fire from his hands

6:19 like a like a m like a wizard. It all

6:22 happens right here. It's pretty Whoa. I

6:23 just about I just about created my own

6:25 magic and stumbled over that rock. I do

6:28 love me some

6:30 fantasmic. It's really cool to be

6:33 standing right in the spot where it all

6:35 goes

6:36 down right across the waterway there. I

6:40 wonder if people standing over there

6:41 know they can get back on the island now

6:43 or if they think, man, what are those

6:45 few people doing over there? Do they get

6:47 special permission? When in reality,

6:50 nope. Anyone can come over here. And now

6:52 that I see the accessibility of these

6:54 weapons, it really makes me think highly

6:57 of Mickey Mouse for not resorting to

6:59 just running over here and grabbing a

7:00 gun or a sword to defeat evil. He does

7:04 it in his own happy way. and not he

7:07 doesn't he doesn't he doesn't resort to

7:10 weaponry because if a 29 or 30 footish

7:13 dragon that really meant me harm

7:15 appeared in front of me, I would

7:17 probably I'd probably have some kind of

7:19 thing and and be jabbing at it. That's

7:21 that's that's just

7:29 me. Whatever you

7:29 do, don't look down. It's actually not

7:34 that high. It's actually It's actually

7:36 not too too terribly bad. Not Not too

7:39 terribly. I get asked a lot where I got

7:40 that reference from. It's from Ace

7:42 Ventura 2 when he's holding the raccoon

7:44 on the cliff. He says that and it's

7:47 always stuck with me. So, I throw it in

7:48 from time to time until now. The best

7:50 view of this would have been the top of

7:52 Splash Mountain right before you

7:54 plummet just like they did looking over

7:57 in the But now I'm standing here looking

7:59 at Splash Mountain. The tables have been

8:03 turned. Not everything is quite

8:05 operational though. The caves are not

8:07 currently open. They are being blocked

8:09 by trash cans. I wanted to go in the

8:11 caves, but probably saving me a little

8:14 terrifying moment. So, I can Thank you,

8:16 trash cans. It is now about time for me

8:18 to board a boat departing back over to

8:21 the mainland. You can even see the

8:23 parking structure off on the horizon

8:25 there and a train bridge that will be

8:30 being used very soon. The rumor is

8:32 shortly after D23, the day after on the

8:35 62nd anniversary, the trains will run

8:38 again. I will post the link to the video

8:41 I did back at the beginning of 2016, the

8:45 last time I was over there if you want

8:47 to check below this video and watch that

8:49 one and match it up to what I just saw

8:51 today if you feel like it. You don't

8:53 have to, but if you want to, the the

8:54 link will be there. Around Tom Sawyer

8:56 Island now, Pirates layer for the last

8:58 time. This is the last vlog for quite

9:01 some time. Yes, at least for a year and

9:03 a half, almost 2 years before it is

9:05 reopened. And the hopes and dreams and

9:08 aspirations that Star Wars Land will be

9:10 epic. Time goes by very quickly. When

9:12 that closed, I thought, man, it's going

9:13 to seem like forever till it's open

9:15 again. And now it's open again. And with

9:17 that, departure is at hand. I came to

9:20 see what I wanted to see, and now I'm

9:36 The proximity of everything is so close

9:36 here. You can walk out of the entry

9:38 gates and across the street to a

9:41 plethora of businesses and nonpark

9:45 operational restaurants. Do you ever

9:47 have a certain food that you get at a

9:49 certain restaurant? Every time I eat at

9:50 a Panera Bread, I always get the

9:52 broccoli and cheese bread bowl. What's

9:54 up, fellas?

9:56 What are you guys doing? Just getting

9:58 some food. Getting a little dend. Yeah,

10:01 I just ate myself. Had a bread

10:04 bowl. You ever have bread? I know you

10:07 eat bread like off the ground, but have

10:08 you ever had a bread bowl with that

10:10 broccoli and chi? Tastes pretty good.

10:14 Try it sometime. Just standing outside

10:16 the Walmart drinking my cool, crisp,

10:19 delicious water. It's an open container,

10:22 but it's

10:24 non-alcoholic. So, I am permit signs

10:27 signs everywhere.

10:29 Sign. And even though this one says no

10:32 loitering or trespassing, how long do

10:35 you have to be standing in front of a

10:37 place before you're technically

10:39 considered loitering? I just spent a

10:41 couple dollars on this and I'm walking

10:43 out. I'm just trying to stay in the

10:44 shade before I walk back in the sun. But

10:47 another thing that's kind of combats

10:49 this sign that says there is no

10:52 soliciting. No soliciting. But yet this

10:55 sign here says that if you do solicit

10:59 that you are not tied into Walmart's

11:02 corporation. It says the views of the

11:05 solicitor outside of our establishment

11:08 do not necessarily represent those of

11:11 Walmart or its associates.

11:14 Yet over here it says no

11:18 soliciting. Can I

11:20 solicit? Can anyone solicit? Like if I

11:24 was to say, "Would you like a drink of

11:25 water?" If I was to any of these people

11:27 walking in, if they were thirsty and I

11:29 said, "Have have a sip." Would that be

11:31 considered soliciting? And if I did

11:35 that, out of the kindness of my heart,

11:37 would it be frowned upon by Walmart and

11:39 not tied into their very, very confusing

11:45 Vlog over. Don't look now. He's

11:48 soliciting

TDW 1812 - Official Reopening of Tom Sawyers Island

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