Abandoned Attractions

[Markstudy]

River Country looks so disgusting now.

We drove by in boats and took this photo...

 

[PopArtGal]

I miss the Golden Girls house. I love that show, and have never seen the house.

 

[PopArtGal]

Regarding the animation in DHS, I saw 2 women drawing on the drawing tables being the glass.

 

[chartle]

I remember that but I was thinking that after it closed as a water park, it was still used as a resort pool for awhile??

Right after it closed this was a common rumor (hope?) for RC.

The plan would have been that it would have been from RC and WL.

 

[mindync]

Right after it closed this was a common rumor (hope?) for RC.

The plan would have been that it would have been from RC and WL.

Yes! I did a search to make sure I hadn't totally lost my mind and came across the info of the rumor a few years back but I guess it never came to be. I was hoping I hadn't totally imagined that.

 

[Rupert B Puppenstein]

One of the biggest miscalculations of guest's desires that Disney ever made.

Sitting on the grounds of THE most popular theme parks on the planet, they decided
guests would rather spend their vacation days doing arts and crafts and hands-on classes of the kind
found at Community Colleges in any part of the country.

Wow. Just wow.

I worked at the Villas at the Disney Institute as part of the College Program and absolutely loved the personal development classes but yes, most people weren't going to Disney to learn. I loved the clay animation, gardening (learned to water garden), and cooking classes. The big events were the most popular though through the Business programs and Photography programs. I loved doing my internship there in 1999 and honestly haven't seen the property since to be able to compare how much it has changed with becoming Saratoga Springs. The treehouses can still be rented and those were fun to deliver stuff too. I remember the first time I thought someone was drowning in one of the pools in that area but it turned out to be Peacocks making all their noise! Such a fun place!

This thread is absolutely fascinating. It makes me sad that I never explored River Country and Discovery Island when I was there for six months.

 

[PopArtGal]

I'm sorry if it already was mentionned. But I still don't understand why they are planning to create a new value hotel, when they still have the basis for the rest of pop.

 

[PopArtGal]

Can I add the cool TV shows merchandise they use to have at the A.F.I store in DHS.

 

[Robo]

I'm sorry if it already was mentionned. But I still don't understand why they are planning to create a new value hotel, when they still have the basis for the rest of pop.

That IS the location of the "new" resort.
They are building in that unfinished "half" of the resort.

 

[Robo]

I miss the Golden Girls house. I love that show, and have never seen the house.

Just a little "Hmmmmmmmmmm" to think about...

The Golden Girls was on the air about 3 years before they built the Disney/MGM Studios Backlot.

Golden Girls premiere: September 14, 1985

Disney/MGM Studios Opened: May 1, 1989


Hmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[PopArtGal]

Wasn't there like a water show inside a building at the MK?

 

[PopArtGal]

I remember taking a picture on a boat. Either at MK or Disney village. Can anyone help me with this.

I was sitting on a vintage/victorian looking sofa.

Could it be the Empress Lilly?

 

[Robo]

I remember taking a picture on a boat. Either at MK or Disney village. Can anyone help me with this.

I was sitting on a vintage/victorian looking sofa.

Could it be the Empress Lilly?

Yup. Could have been.

 

[PopArtGal]

That IS the location of the "new" resort.
They are building in that unfinished "half" of the resort.

ohhhhh

 

[PopArtGal]

Just a little "Hmmmmmmmmmm" to think about...

The Golden Girls was on the air about 3 years before they built the Disney/MGM Studios Backlot.

Golden Girls premiere: September 14, 1985

Disney/MGM Studios Opened: May 1, 1989


Hmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[DisneyNicole]

I REALLY liked Mr. Toads Wild Ride. As a teen, I didn't mind it much. Though, as a young adult now I notice how much I truly miss it.

 

[fairestoneofall]

My memories for most of these gone-but-not-forgotten attractions are from 3rd grade ('83) and 8th grade ('88). So some are vivid and some are just disjointed impressions. Fun to think back on those family vacations, though!

If You Had Wings / If You Could Fly (trips: '83 & '88):
For that one, I could only remember the "traffic cop" and "bon voyage" video segments and the wind tunnel at the end. But I clearly remember my dad pointing out the fans on the sides of the track inside the tunnel and seeing that we were still going about 2mph!

this ride was one of our favorites. we still talk/laugh about those fans on the floor! it always makes me smile through the tunnel on Buzz too--to think of what used to be!

wasn't there a hot tub guy too? i know that some of the old footage on El Rio del Tiempo reminded me of If You Had Wings.

 

[NJRRK]

this ride was one of our favorites. we still talk/laugh about those fans on the floor! it always makes me smile through the tunnel on Buzz too--to think of what used to be!

wasn't there a hot tub guy too? i know that some of the old footage on El Rio del Tiempo reminded me of If You Had Wings.

The guy in the tub was in the "World of Motion" in Epcot. I think they should have kept that ride and ADDED "Test Track."

Wasn't there like a water show inside a building at the MK?

Not that I know of, been going to DW since 1976. Sea World had a "Dancing Waters" show. When there was just MK (even after adding Epcot) we would do a day at Sea World every trip.

 

[PopArtGal]

I just asked my parents and it rang a bell. We did MK and Seaworld during the same trip. Hence the confusion.

 

[Dawgdad]

I don't think I've seen anyone else mention it, and I guess it's not so much "abandoned" as just reconstituted, but I miss the Empress Lilly River Boat Character Breakfast.

We loved Chef Mickey's when it was on the riverboat.