Originally Posted By xrayvision This is a creepy and cool video of WDW's abandoned River Country water park. The videographer, who enjoys visiting old Orlando haunts, created an interesting look at the River Country waterpark, combining footage of the park's current abandoned state with classic footage of the park in operation. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JwgmPEIDQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...wgmPEIDQ</a>
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey What a waste! It's just been abandoned. It reminds me of some of the homes here that still haven't been touched since Katrina.
Originally Posted By StitchMom84 I just can't understand why Disney can't or won't just dismantle these places/attractions when they close them. I'd think the potential liability alone would force them to do so. The RC one is just so creepy. I never was lucky enough to visit it, but it seems like it was once a place of fun and laughter...now, it's so sad to see it in such a terrible state. Awful!
Originally Posted By MPierce I think I spotted a little Spirit going down a waterslide in some of the old footage. I thought it was really weird that the music was still playing after all of these years. It definitely added to the creepy factor. The video struck me kind of like it did Nikki. It reminded me of going down Hwy. 90 in Biloxi seeing all of those buildings abandoned, and still in ruin from Katrina. What a total waste of a prime spot.
Originally Posted By leobloom The music was definitely the creepiest factor, especially when you consider how long the place has been out of commission. But even creepier were the snakes in plastic Coke bottles that were found and photographed by some previous explorers.
Originally Posted By Boardwalkbum >>creepier were the snakes in plastic Coke bottles that were found and photographed by some previous explorers.<< Isn't that the Discovery Island video?
Originally Posted By GalDisney The music isnt coming from River Country. In that part of the clip is at Ft Wilderness.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> The music was definitely the creepiest factor, especially when you consider how long the place has been out of commission. But even creepier were the snakes in plastic Coke bottles that were found and photographed by some previous explorers. << Wouldn't you just love to do some Crypto-Archeological studies of the toilet facilities Leo?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 It is a shame that it looks like that. I wonder why they wont at leat drain the pools. And how do people go inside and not get cought?
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Wouldn't you just love to do some Crypto-Archeological studies of the toilet facilities Leo? << Would I?! Just think how much money I could make afterwards selling the DVD, The Magical Extinct Toilets of Walt Disney World. And of course then there's the companion book, 'When You Relieve Yourself on a Star': The Blue-Sky Bathrooms That Never Were, a collection of Imagineering conceptual artwork of restrooms that weren't built for legal and budgetary reasons. You ought to see what Marc Davis had planned for the Pirates of the Caribbean exit area!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I think I spotted a little Spirit going down a waterslide in some of the old footage.>> You just might have! <<I thought it was really weird that the music was still playing after all of these years. It definitely added to the creepy factor.>> Nope. Par for the course with Disney. This is the company that walled up restrooms at DL for two decades and forgot they were even there, after all.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Wouldn't you just love to do some Crypto-Archeological studies of the toilet facilities Leo? << <<Would I?! Just think how much money I could make afterwards selling the DVD, The Magical Extinct Toilets of Walt Disney World. And of course then there's the companion book, 'When You Relieve Yourself on a Star': The Blue-Sky Bathrooms That Never Were, a collection of Imagineering conceptual artwork of restrooms that weren't built for legal and budgetary reasons. You ought to see what Marc Davis had planned for the Pirates of the Caribbean exit area!>> Sorry to break your dream ... but I am 99.9% sure those main RC restrooms are still maintained and used by cast members of FW/Pioneer Hall/management trailers etc. It sure looked that way with the lights all on in the clip.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<It is a shame that it looks like that. I wonder why they wont at leat drain the pools. And how do people go inside and not get cought?>> I know this clip gives the illusion that RC is suppose to be off limits. But the area is very open and public. I have been there since RC has been closed. The lights are still on. There is no music. It's an easy walk from Pioneer Hall or Wilderness Lodge ( I walked from Wilderness Lodge). RC is definately NOT an off limits areas.
