Disney's abandoned works.

[::Snow_White::]

Aww.

I went to the bridge when we were at POP in July/August and I was looking at that hotel.

I never went to River Country though..

 

[BabyPiglet]

I seem to be one of the only people on this board who's actually been to River Country. It was so much fun and full of life.

 

[STOPxmickeytime]

I agree, Jenny.
I loved River Country.
It was SO.. Disney.
No other way to describe it.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I agree, Jenny.
I loved River Country.
It was SO.. Disney.
No other way to describe it.

 

[CheezDoodle]

Funny how they replaced the most hated attraction at Disney (Alien) with a new most hated attraction at Disney.

I actually like Stitch... it's a cool ride. But I never got to ride AE.

Oh please. I'm sorry, but the water was CLEAN. It wasn't lake water, it was meant to seem that way. I just don't agree. I was there when I was 8 and I had plenty of fun, no snakes in site. It's not really a lake, it's a clean sand-bottom pool.

No, actually they did use lake water. But it was clean lake water. It was treated. And it wasn't a sand bottom pool, like Stormalong Bay. It was an actual, like, lake bottom pool. There was not concrete underneath.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I actually like Stitch... it's a cool ride. But I never got to ride AE.



No, actually they did use lake water. But it was clean lake water. It was treated. And it wasn't a sand bottom pool, like Stormalong Bay. It was an actual, like, lake bottom pool. There was not concrete underneath.

Yes, but it's completely filtered. They don't just pour the regular lake water into the parks. It goes through a process.

I don't know, from all the things I've heard and read it is a sand bottom pool. Also, when I was there it felt like sand and not mud/dirt.

 

[Rockstar mentality]

No, actually they did use lake water. But it was clean lake water. It was treated. And it wasn't a sand bottom pool, like Stormalong Bay. It was an actual, like, lake bottom pool. There was not concrete underneath.

thats what i thought and looked up to be true

 

[Ms.Squeakers]

YES I DO!
I went there last summer! yes, river country looks way better than "water mine". WAY! although that wouldn't take much..

Seriously.
Somebody tell Walt Disney to make the "Water Mine" another disney theme park except this time call it "Ye ol' Disney" xD

I love the water mine though!
I mean..gah.
Its fun.
Except I hate the long lines for the rope things, but I absolutely ADORE big Pete,
when me and my friend went for the first time we went down it as the first thing and it started off fine..and then there was a huge drop and we literally flew like an inch of the top bump of the slide and we screamed so loud it was hilarious.

It was really funny because when we got back in line the guy in front of us was going down it for the first time and you could hear him scream "OO S***!" from the other side of the park xD

 

[Rockstar mentality]

pop century legendary is completly abandoned. i read through i 12 page thread and 100s of webpages to conclude that they are not under construction now or in the NEAR future. i liked this video http://youtube.com/watch?v=bSc1fG0ETeY

 

[BabyPiglet]

pop century legendary is completly abandoned. i read through i 12 page thread and 100s of webpages to conclude that they are not under construction now or in the NEAR future. i liked this video http://youtube.com/watch?v=bSc1fG0ETeY

Yeah I said that before. That thread is what inspired me to make this one.

There's rumors that they might start construction again in 2011, but I have to think by them they'll be triple as worse and moldy and decaying. If they want Legendary Years, I say tear all that down and start fresh.

 

[Rockstar mentality]

yeahh i know u posted it based on that but my mom set me off by saying "o there being built now and will be done by the end of the year" and from that video they only have concrete and steel in so they should just be able 2 sand blast it like they would a normal concrete buiding

 

[BabyPiglet]

Yeah, there's not drywall or anything up yet.

I highly doubt they'll ever finish it, sadly. It hasn't been worked on for something like 6 years. It feels like a ghost town cause they just dropped all their tools and equiptment and stuff and just left.

 

[Rockstar mentality]

yeah from what i got from wikipedia and hte thread they were building them both i nlike 2000. then both of them halted til a few years after 9/11 then they only continued the classical section. I strongly believe that they will never continue building it. I wish i had stock in disney so that i could go to the stock holder meeting next month and ask them

 

[disneydance]

I'm just reading through this thread and now I'm completely depressed I wish River Country was still open and I wish they would start re-building the ghost town come on were waiting here...

 

[VMK_MagicalLadee]

So what were these two things?

Was the one a ride? And was that a functioning hotel before?
Or...im confused XD

 

[marypops!]

One was a water park and the other was going to be a hotel but they stopped building it due to decrease in tourism.

I've been thinking, if they ever did want to finish making the hotel, then why build another 2-3 since then? (SSR, AKV and now the DVC for the Contemporary)

 

[DramaQueen]

you have NO idea how badly I WISH that someday they would finish the legendary years @ POP!!!!!! I LOVE those eras!! I wish they would do it so I can stay thereee!

ANd I wish they would do SOMETHING about River Country!!!

 

[Babyjustrun]

I've read several threads on RC, I've seen a few pictures and videos of it from it's functioning days, and it seemed like an all around family, Disney place. Everyone seemed to be having fun and smiling, and it didn't look to have that really pool-like look. It had a more natural feel to it.

 

[BabyPiglet]

So what were these two things?

Was the one a ride? And was that a functioning hotel before?
Or...im confused XD

River Country was a water park. It was meant to look like a 'watering hole' type of place. It was the first water park opened at WDW, and it was hugely popular. They closed it officially in 2005 because unfiltered lake water was leaking in. They basically just closed it one day, and never looked back. As apparent by the yellow floatie still there.

Legendary Years is part of POP Century that was never finished. Right now POP consists of 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. Those are the Classic Years. They stopped building POP after 9/11 and tourism dropped, but once they started up again they only finished the Classic Years side. Now, Legendary Years sits on the other side of the lake completely un-done and abandoned. They probably will never finish it.

These are weird for Disney, as they usually at least clean up if they close something. It's bad on their part, but don't let it affect your opinion of WDW.

Once you get there you'll see why these pictures are so surreal. All of WDW is landscaped beautifully, with tons of color and life. ...You'll understand once you get there!

 

[Babyjustrun]

River Country also had a decline in visitors as the years passed. Once Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard beach were opened, it wasn't really popular anymore. No one wanted the old water park, they wanted the newer parks.
I think it was mainly Blizzard Beach that caused this, as Typhoon Lagoon has been there longer.