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Tom Sawyer Island
In our many trips to WDW we have never visited Tom Sawyer Island. I have an eight year old little brother and am wondering what is there for him to do/see? Is it worth going over? Also, I have read something about a paint brush before, what is this? Thanks!
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It's basically an island for exploring. There are caves etc to see and go through. It's fun and your 8 yr old brother might like it.
The paint brush is something that is hidden in the morning. If you are the first one to find it bring it to a CM and you can be rewarded
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I think its worth it. The most interesting things are the caves and the fort (complete with rifles that "shoot"). I think its several notches above most other "play areas."
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I loved going when I was a kid, and I am female. There's caves and a barrel bridge in addition to the fort and it's a completely different atmosphere. I haven't taken my own girls over, though...
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Our family had never ventured over until my children were in their teens. They LOVED it! We have a great video of them pretending to guard the fort and shooting the bad guys "complete with added in gunshots in the editing." Another year our whole clan went (16 of us) and they had never been and we got great pictures. Go...the kids will love running thru the caves.
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I have loved going over there ever since I was little. Now I am 39 and going in August and cant wait to cross the barrel bridges and chase my kids thru the caves. Look out for the "secret tunnel" out of the fort, it lets you out down along the banks of the river.
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Sounds like fun! We will check it out in August Also, isn't there a place on the island called Aunt Polly's that is a bakery or something like that?
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Ehh, I went for the first time on my last trip. Its okay, moreso one of those things you do at WDW to say you have tried it. Im not saying its a waste of time or bad, just that I wouldnt go a second time. However, I might feel different about it if i had a child
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For an eight year old it's a lot of fun. I'd take him. It can be a great way to kill some time waiting for a FP return time to arrive at SM or BTMR.
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For a parent who's not roaming the island with the kids, there's a small landing that faces BTM -there are a couple of rocking chairs where you can set a spell and wave to the people on the paddlewheeler. DH took the girls through the caves and over the barrels, and I rocked.
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Just got back yesterday and my 8 year old son loved it. It was our first time going over out or our 5 trips with our kids and he and I spent at least 1 1/2 hours just exploring. My DS made a friend shooting guns at the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Aunt Polly's was not open when we were there, which was around mid-day. I would recommend you take the time to take him over. The boat ride is short, but my DS mention that he was excited to ride a raft for the first time!
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When our DD was 8 - 10 years old she loved TSI. It is a great place to run around an play. She needed that after waiting in line in the Florida heat.
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Took my DS7 on our last trip and he loved it; we had been passively avoiding it on previous trips. No real reason, except that it wasn't a must do. We went later in the day, so the paintbrush thing was done for the day.
I think the best part for him was that he could do what he wanted, versus waiting in line for an attraction and then not having any say in what happened. He really did not want to leave. His favorite ride is Big Thunder Mountain and you can really get a good view of it from the island.
If you have time, I would recommend it.
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I was just thinking about this attraction today. I can't wait to take grandson there. Of course we have a wait, he is only 8 months old. But it will be so much fun, just as it was when his daddy was a little boy.
He loved to spend hours there, exploring and running around. Now we get to chase his son around.
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We have done it and it is interesting. I think an eight year old will love it. It is not one of my
favorite things to do there at WDW.
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I would go out there if I were you. We have only been out there one time but the one time we went out there it was really fun. We were on the first boat over in the morning and we were the only ones?!?! My wife and I walked back to the fort and we had it all to ourselves for about 20 minutes. It was pretty cool to be in the middle of WDW and be all alone.
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As a kid back in the 70's TSI was second only to Space Mountain. I remember one trip a friend of mine and I spent over half the day scaring people in the caves! There are spots that as a kid you could climb up and perch yourself. People would walk under you and not even know you were there. It was amazing!! (so was Pong I guess!!)
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We visit it every time we are in the MK, it a nice place for the kids to explore on there own and the parents can just sit on one of the many benchs and just relax as the kids run around!
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We do not go there every trip, but do go now and then. It is good to let the kids run around and be kids. We did the paint brush hunt and found two of them. That was a lot of fun and my DDs loved it.
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We've never been to Tom Sawyers island...I think we'll have to go next trip
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