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Like its counterpart at Disneyland in California, Tom Sawyer Island is a old timey island amid the Rivers of America, which guests can reach by raft or circle by riverboat.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Fulton Yards opened on Riverside in 2022 and pays homage to the East End, which was known as Fulton in the late 1800s due to the riverboat building industry located along the Ohio River.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
She’s joined by an eminent paleontologist, Dr. Henry Loomis (Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey, who's much less interesting out of knee breaches and buckled shoes), and riverboat captain Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali, always interesting no matter what the role or film).
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
Its location on the Cumberland River helped establish it as a riverboat town in the early 1800s, and later, as an area for farming.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 July 2025
Fulton Yards opened on Riverside in 2022 and pays homage to the East End, which was known as Fulton in the late 1800s due to the riverboat building industry located along the Ohio River.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
She’s joined by an eminent paleontologist, Dr. Henry Loomis (Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey, who's much less interesting out of knee breaches and buckled shoes), and riverboat captain Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali, always interesting no matter what the role or film).
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025
Its location on the Cumberland River helped establish it as a riverboat town in the early 1800s, and later, as an area for farming.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 21 June 2025
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverboat. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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riverboat
noun
riv·er·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat used (as for carrying passengers or freight) on a river
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