Walt Disney Imagineering filed a construction permit on Wednesday for the demolition of Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom.

Longtime Disney fans have expressed sadness over losing this iconic piece of Magic Kingdom, but new details reveal similar experiences are planned.

Two Cars-themed attractions are set to change the face of Frontierland, replacing both Tom Sawyer Island and the Rivers of America. Here’s why that’s a huge mistake. Walt Disney said that Disneyland — ...

The last day to experience Tom Sawyer Island, the Liberty Square Riverboat and Rivers of America will be July 6. Those attractions opened in 1973, about 18 months after Magic Kingdom first opened. The ...

The days are numbered for Tom Sawyer Island, a longtime Frontierland feature, at Magic Kingdom. In August, Disney announced that the space would be repurposed for two “Cars”-themed attractions ...

Two 10-year-old girls who were turned down for the “boys only” National Tom Sawyer Days Fence Painting Contest in Hannibal, Missouri, still plan to show off their painting skills -- with handmade ...

There are more sports at National Tom Sawyer Days than fence painting and mud volleyball, this year there will be disc golf.

Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence. From Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Chapter Two, 1876. Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876. Saturday morning was come, and all ...

Back into the woods – and a dark cave – with the gang. Twain finished "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 1876. The play's language and customs are from that time.

A brand new holiday lights event has come to one of Louisville's parks this year.The Enchanted Winter Woods at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park is a walk-through Christmas display the whole family can ...