Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I guess the question would be...why isn't it closed to the public. It is a sad, sad sight and a very negative image to leave with guests. Get off your duffs...if you're not going to reopen it, put it back to nature.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 RC IS closed off. There are fences. It is very obvious that guests are not allowed there. But it's also very easy to sneak in. And Disney doesn't exactly station security around the perimeter or even walk around there regularly. I am shocked kids haven't snuck in and drowned or been injured (of course, maybe they have and we just haven't heard). But there are walls and fences and signs. But if you get your kicks sneaking into toxic waste zones that once were water parks then RC is very easy to do. I have walked in myself, but just where the gate is ... I know I shouldn't be there and I don't want to.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Where were restrooms walled up at Disneyland and forgotten about?>> I believe they were either on Main Street or T-land (will ask someone who will know) and Disney just pretended like they weren't there ... of course, they did the same with the Space Place restaurant at DL (I believe the kitchens are still used, even though no one realizes when they start walking the ramp to Space Mountain that they facing serving counters from one of the then-largest fast-food locales in the park!)
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 On our last visit to WDW (October 2009), we were wandering around the Fort Wilderness area and found this. It was an exciting discovery, as we had not known the location of River Country. Yes, there is a big fence that goes around it. We stood up on some rocks and looked in. We figured that it would be easy to sneak in, but decided that the risk of getting caught would be too great. I'm still kicking myself, because I once had an opportunity to go to River Country and opted not to. My first trip to WDW was in July of 2001; Had I known that River Country would close for good just a few months later, I would have gone. I decided to go to the other 2 water parks instead. Of course I love those water parks, and usually visit them when we go to WDW, but I missed my only chance to see River Country (when it was open)!
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 As far as not emptying out the pools: They may have emptied them, but think about how much it rains there.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Then fill them in before someone does drown in them. It wouldn't take that much to return it to nature. Really!
Originally Posted By MPierce ^^^ That would cost money, and there would be permits required. Such a nuisance when it's just so much easier to leave it like it is until the Mouse needs it for expansion of a new DVC or to sell it off to another developer.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose sort of like discovery island--i know there's animal kingdom now, but darn it! i miss the whole experience!
Originally Posted By ExpDave I wish I could have seen it, I loved the theming. Aren't there plans for a new DVC on that spot now?
Originally Posted By juicer I think the bathrooms that the guy in the video used were the ones that are open for guests going to Mickeys Backyard BBQ - I remember discovering those bathrooms - And right near is an old Rivercountry snack bar that is shuttered. It is kind of creepy back there - even in the daytime.
