Vanished World of Disney 6 - River Country

Disney World Parks and Rides that are no more.
River Country was the first Disney World water park. It was themed on an "ol' fashioned water hole" and had a rustic quality to it. It was less frenetic than the later water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. Unfortunately in ran foul of new legislation forbidding the use of "natural bodies of water" and had to be closed in 2001.

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[Trulula2]

howd u get there?

[cristelvideo]

It's part of the Fort Wilderness area but its all fenced off. I guess you could hire a boat and approach from the lake but I think that is also fenced off.

[chartle1]

There were a lot more reasons besides the water issue. Mainly attendance, transportation and the general design of the park.

Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard beach had tons more rides and attractions and there were parking lots right outside the gate.

The slide design required you to be a good swimmer because it dumped you into 8 feet of murky water.

It must have been scary being a life guard and not being able to see more 2 feet into the water.

[GBev2K]

They must not have been able to find a way to theme it for the Princesses so they had to dump it.

[TheRandomkid321]

I know of that killer water. But how many people died?

[mickeymouse12678]

@mickeymouse12678 Here's a shortened link: goo(dot)gl/Twfx1

[mickeymouse12678]

When River Country was closed down, it was never demolished. It still remains where it was, although the vegetation seems to have taken over.

If anyone's interested. I found some neat photos taken of River Country just a few years ago here: disboards (dot) com (forward slash) show thread (dot) php? t (equals) 2344523

[djallen16]

loved that place.i was there in "77" and in "83".

[SilverGummiShark]

This closed?!?!?! NOOOO Dx I only went there once and it was a thunderstorm and we had to leave. *weeps*

[Sillyzombie666]

i remeber this place my brother sliced his back open on one of the slides back in the day

[Chevron704]

how old is this video? (just curious)

reminds me of a park I used to go to when I was little called "Heritage USA", which also closed down. I remember my mom saying she thought it'd stay open for years to come; [I was 3 at the time] and told her it was going to close down soon. She didn't believe me...until it happened.

[ramkidd123]

yeah we used to go back in the 70s early 80s and stayed at the rv park and went here to cool off. i had a blast here sad that it is gone now :>(