Tell me, haven't you thought about what I told you, you know, recruiting pirates, improving the ship and exploring the other side of the island?
I have! Some of it is definitely either stuff I'd already planned to do, or ideas I'm going to strongly consider; extra jobs to earn money quicker are definitely one, and this newest public release has one. Wandering is an intriguing idea, although implementing it would be complicated- definitely going to keep it in mind, though!
I'll say that I'm not likely to add another side to the island; I don't have enough attractions planned to make an entire second hub screen necessary, and I would rather have everything accessible from that one page. As far as I'm concerned, the back side of the island is just craggy rocks and anything Maui has stashed away.
But I like the suggestion for the sailing mini game! I may add the 'befriending the kakamora to go farther', but I'm definitely gonna look into adding a skip if she's ambitious enough, and wants to jump right to the cutscene.