Disney's Abandoned Park?!
Posted 02-23-2017 at 07:05 AM by llrivero
The first water park that Walt Disney World opened was River Country in 1976. It closed indefinitely in November of 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attacks. It never reopened and was declared closed permanently by Disney in 2005.
The park is now left to decay and is overrun by nature... slowly being reclaimed by the earth from which it was developed.
The park was built on the shore of Bay Lake, with a wildnerness.. sort of "Huck Finn" theme. The park utilized a unique filtration system that allowed it to utilize water from Bay Lake to feed into the pools and water slides the park featured. However, the filtration system could not remove bacteria or parasites completely and in 1980 an 11 year old boy was killed by an amoeba that is found in warm bodies of water, natural springs, and untreated bodies of water. Besides the boy in 1980 two other deaths occured due to drowing in 1982 and 1989.
It is believed that that death of the young boy in 1980 fueled the regulations that are now in effect for water parks and chlorinated water only.
In 1989 Disney opened Typhoon Lagoon and later Blizzard Beach... they were bigger and had more attractions with more modern features... ultimately River Country was out of business.
The park is gated and secured. It is on private property... Disney property... which means NO TRESPASSING!!! Youtubers are sneaking onto the property to film their antics... but more are being caught than not.......... Disney has it's own security patrol that try to keep people out of harms way.
This park and one other were abandoned by Disney and not demolished............can you guess which one? (no fair googling)
Check out the before and after pictures below.....
The park is now left to decay and is overrun by nature... slowly being reclaimed by the earth from which it was developed.
The park was built on the shore of Bay Lake, with a wildnerness.. sort of "Huck Finn" theme. The park utilized a unique filtration system that allowed it to utilize water from Bay Lake to feed into the pools and water slides the park featured. However, the filtration system could not remove bacteria or parasites completely and in 1980 an 11 year old boy was killed by an amoeba that is found in warm bodies of water, natural springs, and untreated bodies of water. Besides the boy in 1980 two other deaths occured due to drowing in 1982 and 1989.
It is believed that that death of the young boy in 1980 fueled the regulations that are now in effect for water parks and chlorinated water only.
In 1989 Disney opened Typhoon Lagoon and later Blizzard Beach... they were bigger and had more attractions with more modern features... ultimately River Country was out of business.
The park is gated and secured. It is on private property... Disney property... which means NO TRESPASSING!!! Youtubers are sneaking onto the property to film their antics... but more are being caught than not.......... Disney has it's own security patrol that try to keep people out of harms way.
This park and one other were abandoned by Disney and not demolished............can you guess which one? (no fair googling)
Check out the before and after pictures below.....
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