Discovery Island

[vanhot]

Anyone else miss this place? It was in between one of my trips a while back that I noticed it had been deserted in place of AK, and I can honestly say I was pretty upset.

I obviously love AK, but there was something really neat and special about the ride out to the island and how secluded it was at times, since it felt like not too many people knew about it. Anyone even know if they've done anything with that island?

 

[DixieBelle]

The last thing I heard is that they left it to revert to nature. I too liked going there. It was nice to escape the crowds and see a real animal for ten minutes!

 

[Reddog1134]

It saddens me to think that I was at WDW twice when Discovery Island and River Country were open and I never saw them.

 

[chartle]

I had heard two rumors.

• That they would build some sort of Myst attraction on the island. Myst as in the old school PC game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst
  
• Or a super deluxe resort that you could only get to by boat.

 

[MickeyMagick]

Reading a book about Disney I found out about an "urban adventurer" who actually snuck on the island and took pictures of it reverting to nature. He blogs about it too. If you Google 'Shane Perez Discovery Island' you can find his site.

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

Reading a book about Disney I found out about an "urban adventurer" who actually snuck on the island and took pictures of it reverting to nature. He blogs about it too. If you Google 'Shane Perez Discovery Island' you can find his site.

Very cool blog, although seriously dude didn't think they had aligators in the lakes in florida?! Thanks for the heads up

 

[vanhot]

It saddens me to think that I was at WDW twice when Discovery Island and River Country were open and I never saw them.

That's too bad, the memories I have are from a young age, so they aren't very sturdy ones, but I do remember it being something very unique.

And I wouldn't beat yourself up over river country, I remember that as not really being worth remembering.