Changes

Located In The Northwest Corner of the park, Frontierland allows guests to visit opened with the wild westMagic Kingdom in 1971. Featuring many old west styled buildingsOriginally Frontierland consisted of three attractions, including the The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade, Pecos BillDavy Crockett's Tall Tale Inn and Cafe, and the Frontierland Trading Post. Frontierland Explorer Canoes hosts some of the Magic Kingdom's biggest thrill rides, Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Also included in Frontierland is the original The Country Bear Jamboree, and . The land was themed like a boom town in the Walt Disney RailroadAmerican Old West. From Frontierland you can The land also sat on the Rivers of America, where guests could board rafts and cross row the rivers Davy Crockett Canoes. In 1973 Tom Sawyers Island opened. Located on the Rivers of America, the island was an “outdoor playground” where guests could explore caves, cross wobbly bridges, and even follow rugged jungle trails. To get to the island guests were able to climb aboard large wooden rafts in Frontierland. Tom Sawyers Sawyer's Islandwas based on the Mark Twain novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.

When the Magic Kingdom opened, Frontierland consisted of The Frontierland Shootin' Arcade, Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes and The Country Bear Jamboree. In 1973 Tom Sawyers Island opened, and guests could no get on rafts from Frontierland to go there. Frontierland remained mostly unchanged until 1980 when Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was built. Thunder Mountain was Frontierland's first “roller-coaster”, and gave the land its first thrill ride. Thunder Mountain allows guests to board a runaway train which will speed past scenes set in an old west mining town. No major changes occurred again until 1993 when Davy Crockett By In 1994 two , Frontierland was once again seeing major changes had accord in Frontierland. Frontierland's second thrill ride Chick-A-Pin Hill was built, housing a new thrill ride, Splash Mountain. Themed after The back story for the hill stated that the damn had broken and now and thus there was a five story waterfall. This new log flume ride was based on the 1946 Disney movie, Song of the South, . Splash Mountain took guests through follows the story adventures of the movies main character, Brer Rabbit and eventually down a 5 story dropends with guest plunging 52 feet into the Briar Patch. In 1993Both Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain proved to be extremely popular, Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes closedand their additions made Frontierland one of the most popular lands in the Magic Kingdom.