Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>What is it with Disney and it's lagoons? I mean, really, lagoons show up in the real world every now and then, but they're everywhere on Disney property. There's the Seven Seas Lagoon, Submarine Lagoon, Mermaid Lagoon. When was the last time you saw a real (not Disney) lagoon? It's just one of those things that really kind of gets to me over time.<< Ferret... Bay Lake, was a *real* lagoon or lake, before Disney built WDW. That is the lagoon behind the Contemporary Resort and edges Fort Wilderness Campground. Bay Lake is not a man-made body of water. They only built a canal bridge to hook it to man-made Seven Seas Lagoon. Oh.. BTW, you also forgot Lac Disney at DLPR.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, since Bay Lake was there before, it makes sense that it is called "Lake," but it seems that most major man made bodies of water on Disney properties (the named ones at least) are called "Lagoon." I'm not sure what "Lac" translates to, but it sounds like it means lake. Was that one there before Disney came to town? Since the Seven Seas Lagoon was a new creation, it just fits the stereotype of being called a lagoon, when really it should be called a lake. (Anybody know what the TDS canal system is named?) By definition, a lagoon is made of salt water, and seperated from the rest of the ocean by a sand bar, reef, or islands that come to the water's surface. They are not entirely blocked, and still have tides, but they are certainly not inland freshwater lakes. The only lagoon that I can think of that really deserves to be called a lagoon is the one in the Submarine Voyage, since it was themed to be salt water, even though the tide never came around. (I guess Mermaid Lagoon, both at TDS and in Peter Pan, is OK, since it is supposed to be part of the ocean.) But going off of that definition, I guess Disney just wanted the intriguing qualities that come with the name of a lagoon.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<they are certainly not inland freshwater lakes.>> According to the Oxford dictionary, a lagoon can also be "a small feshwater lake near a larger lake or pool" and "an artificial pool for the treatment of effluent or to accomodate surface water that overflows drains during heavy rain."
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I'm not sure what "Lac" translates to, but it sounds like it means lake<< D'uh!
Originally Posted By mickey_ring At the risk of derailing the lagoon debate, for something new to do, is there still a WDW railroad tour? An info tour of the ferry boats and Friendships would be cool if they done did have that there.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Disney secret: There's a big wave machine under the Seven Seas Lagoon originally intended to produce surfing waves for the Polynesian Resort "Beach".
Originally Posted By Socrates Is that wave machine still there? Somehow I'd gotten the impression it had been moved to the wave pool in Typhoon Lagoon. Socrates "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."
Originally Posted By irishfan Dont think it would be in much working order now. I've read they stopped it because it was causing severe beach erosion.
Originally Posted By Socrates Thanks. They must have gotten a new one for the water park. Socrates "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
Originally Posted By Tink34 you could go to the Poly and rent a sail boat. By the way it will always be Dixie Landings to me too!!!
