Originally Posted By gmaletic I read online that on Tom Sawyer's Island, back when it was Injun Joe's Cave instead of Dead Man's Grotto, that the direction of the cave was reversed...that the exit was on the raft side of the island. Does anyone know approximately when they changed that (made the raft side the entrance)? I'm assuming it was done long before the Pirate's Cove transition, but maybe I'm wrong... Thanks.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I always remember the entrance being on the Critter Country side, but my useful memories of the island only go back a couple years before the makeover.
Originally Posted By gmaletic This is where I saw it (look at #8): <a href="http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Disneyland/Secrets/Frontier/TomSawyer.html" target="_blank">http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/D...yer.html</a>
Originally Posted By gmaletic This is where I saw it (look at #8): <a href="http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/Disneyland/Secrets/Frontier/TomSawyer.html" target="_blank">http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/D...yer.html</a>
Originally Posted By monorailblue It has been many years. The direction change could even stretch back to my early APs 15+ years ago (though I can't recall clearly).
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 Originally I remember entering from the side that faces the Fronterland River Landing (Mark Twain dock), and you exited from what is now the exit. The last scenc was walking across a bridge that was over the "bottomless pit" and every so often you would hear the moans of Injun Joe!
Originally Posted By monorailblue E-Ticket Magazine issue #37 is all about Tom Sawyer Island. I bet the information is in there. I can't check right now because it is in a closet in a room with sleeping people, but I'll try to remember to check tomorrow.
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 Oh gosh.....nearly 60 now and I'm know for having "senior mements" at times. I would say the last time I actually heard the "moans" of Injun Joe had to be a good 10 or 12 years ago. Hopefully monorailblue will have that in his E-Ticket issue. Mine is around here also, but I have to look through some boxes.
Originally Posted By gmaletic It's not critical, so don't kill yourself to find this information about when the cave reversal happened. I'm just curious... Thanks!
Originally Posted By Mickeyfan1 I think it honestly happened when they repopened the island with the pirate theme.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros When I was on the island a couple years before the redo, we entered the cave from the raft dock side. I don't really have any memories of the cave from before then, but we definatley started next to the docks and "Do Not Enter" cave that hides Fantasmic! stuff. I think that was December 2004, so they might have switched it when they had the entire river drained in 2002 or 2003 just before Pooh opened.
Originally Posted By dldhistory Here are some photos of the original Injun Joe Cave: <a href="http://www.dldhistory.com/2k9attract.asp?Page=3&Ident=535&Filter=Onstage&Action=Thumbs" target="_blank">http://www.dldhistory.com/2k9a...n=Thumbs</a> --Richard Get 10% off all accounts enter laughingplace for promo-code <a href="http://www.DLDHistory.com" target="_blank">http://www.DLDHistory.com</a> The Most Unique Disneyland History Site
