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Does River Country still exist? On the official site it says Disney have 2 water parks but River Country is the one our group want to visit!
River Country has been closed for 2002 and is so until until further notice.
CarolAnn
17-03-2005, 22:11
Just wondered, have Disney started to redevelop the area that River country used to fill? I never did make it there:(
djdigitald
18-03-2005, 14:45
No plans yet, i found these pics elsewhere, it looks on a right state :(
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01306.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01302.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01312.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01297.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01301.JPG
http://users.adelphia.net/~tburr/DSC01299.JPG
An obvious shame to see it in a state like that :(
The reason for it closing was the fact that Bay lake and Seven Seas Lagoon which is where River Country got most of its water from got contaminated with Bacteria and this flowed into the RC system.
CarolAnn
18-03-2005, 17:24
Oh[:O]How sad do those pics look? Thank-you for posting them! Lets hope Disney come up with some real blinder to add to their other great parks:) Hope they don't leave it too long, I hate the thought that anything like that is just left to rot.
E. Cosgrove
18-03-2005, 19:42
Didn't go to RC until about our third trip to Florida, we had alovely day there and returned again on our next trip. Sad to see whats become of it[msnsad]
dodgey memory
18-03-2005, 21:15
Disney announced on 20/01/05 that RC will be permanantly closed. Shame we never got there but it sounded good.[msnsad]
CarolAnn
19-03-2005, 14:25
We didn't get to go there either Liz, as we used to Go to Florida for the halloween break, RC always seemed to be closed for refurb when we were there, then when we swapped to Easter a few years ago it was closed completely!! I am surprised it has been so long though now, without them bulldozing and coming up with some new attraction park, I am sure Disney will give us something to look forward to in time[msnwink]
River Country always seemed a much more natual environment we loved it.
heathercobbett
08-04-2005, 12:28
Our kids were a bit bored with RC after the thrills and spills of the other two (wonderful) waterparks.Also we managed to pick a rare cool day
Ray&Sarah
08-04-2005, 12:34
We had that problem too Heather, a really chilly day when we went and our boys complained about the freezing cold water in the lake area. THey preferred the flumes and slides at the other parks.[msnsmile]
RC was great! Really relaxing and good fun! We swam with Goofy there, My wife adores Goofy!
philgrove
08-04-2005, 16:04
swimming with Goofy what a treat.
lisacrotty
01-07-2005, 15:20
Oh what a shame we were all wondering what ever happened to RC, we really enjoyed it there just a relaxing sort of place very natural,
How very sad to see those photos my kids will be very disappointed
lets hope they turn it into something else soon.
I've always opted to go to the other water parks and never managed River Country. Now that I can't go - I'm quite sad that I never tried it [msnsad]
River Country was a great natural old fashioned water park. Shame it's closed.
Agree with you George, we loved River Country so did the girls and they were 12 &15 spent the whold day there.
we also loved river country, nice relaxing day. barbara
CarolAnn
27-09-2005, 20:12
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by jeff66
RC was great! Really relaxing and good fun! We swam with Goofy there, My wife adores Goofy!
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I swim with Goofy every trip :D[msnwink]:D Might not his trunks this time[msnwink]
I love river country. I had read that it closed after numbers had dwindled after 9/11 - but the water contamination sounds feasbible.
The pics are really sad - I remember 1st time we went when my daughter was 8 (she's now 16) and looking at the slide and thinking oh look at that small girl on that big slide - then realising it was my child - she loved it.
I would definitely go there if it was still open.
Debbie
Sad I never got there, looking at the bike in the picture looks like ET went there on his way home!!