Discovery Island

[girls]

I saw a mention in another post about the now closed Discovery Island in Bay Lake. What was it?

 

[cindirella&herprince]

There's a small island in Bay Lake in between Fort Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge/Contemporary. The boats that take you back and forth used to stop there. It was kind of like a small sanctuary for native birds and other animals. You could take a short walk around the island and view the wildlife and plants. The last time I was there and it was open was in 1995. I'm not sure exactly when it closed. The only thing I really remember about it was that they had an albino alligator. I believe it is still kept us as a bird sanctuary.

 

[TestTrackBoy]

It was a place to observe different wildlife. There were several shows and "attractions" on the island including a bird show. The island closed in 1999 and all of the animals were moved to Animal Kingdom park. Wild birds still inhabit the island to this day.

 

[girls]

thanks

 

[Belle & Ariel]

In the early to mid 90's, if you bought a 5 day park hopper (about $135), you got unlimited admission to Discovery Island, River Country (a closed waterpark), and Typhoon Lagoon for 7 days from your first theme park use.
We would get the tickets which did not expire and go to the theme parks a couple days and spend the rest at those 3 parks.
Discovery Island was small--you could tour the whole thing in a couple hours. It had naturalists like at Conservation Station that held a bird or reptile and let the kids touch it. I think it was between Fort Wilderness and the Contemporary.