Originally Posted By DonnyAZ <a href="http://www.mothertrip.com/a-forgotten-disney-amusement-park/" target="_blank">http://www.mothertrip.com/a-fo...nt-park/</a> This has some great pictures
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Makes me want to whoopnholler,tho'...or make a scary movie...Thanks for the link
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 great place for thoes gators. Sad to see. I never went but I can tell that it was a fun place at one time.
Originally Posted By tonyanton Really depressing. I'd rather them just tear all that out then leaving it there to rot. River Country was one of those magical spots at WDW that did not need to be labeled "magical" like so much of the current World.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<The last of the non-plasticey, overly contrived things Disney created. >> Whoa! Epcot Center?
Originally Posted By dshyates That is why I said ONE of the last. EPCOT Center and even DAK count as Non-plasticey. But River Country had a very organic feel to it.Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach feel very plastic to me.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> That is why I said ONE of the last. EPCOT Center and even DAK count as Non-plasticey. But River Country had a very organic feel to it.Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach feel very plastic to me.<<< EPCOT is a bit platicey thanks to FW as of late, and that's highly depressing. LOL. DAK, however, as you said remains refreshingly in sync with it's theme.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I remember River Country well. I assumed that they'd just torn it down... I'm surprised to see that it's still there. Barely.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Really depressing. I'd rather them just tear all that out then leaving it there to rot. River Country was one of those magical spots at WDW that did not need to be labeled "magical" like so much of the current World. >> Perfectly put ... so many of the kiddies and newbies have no clue how magical WDW was in its first 15-20 years before they went on a buildout mode. Now instead of creating real magic they just keep hitting you over the head with 75-pound bags of pixie dust (super strength).
Originally Posted By magic0214 I need to go back find my way into the forgotten park, and steal one of the ride signs, clean it up, and hang it on my wall
Originally Posted By MPierce >> DAK, however, as you said remains refreshingly in sync with it's theme. << Chester and Hester's Dino-Rama?
Originally Posted By mousermerf It's horrible convoluted and while logical to an extent, it's still a stretch.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>It's horrible convoluted and while logical to an extent, it's still a stretch.<<< That could have been solved with a good transition to the area, which it lacks.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<The backstory does work.>> Big whoop. The place is a crap hole. Should never been built, and I'm honestly embarrassed when I take first-timers to the park and they see it.
