River Country Water Park

WDW first-timer

I can't wait!!!
Joined
Feb 12, 2005
Messages
27
I got a glimpse of Disney's first water park on the travel channel and have read a liitle bit about it on here and I was just wondering if anyone had any pictures of River Country or a link to a place where I can find them. I sounds like a very interesting place and I'd love to see pics. Thanx for any help.
 
I was there May 13-20 and I was told it was closed down....
 
Here's a map of what was once known as River Country - http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/rcmap.html .

In all honesty, there wasn't really much there - Two (maybe three) body slides (which when I last visited felt unsafe to me - I felt like I would go over the sides), a slide that was literally 20 feet long that dropped you 6-7 feet into a pool, and a tube ride which I loved. It was kind of like a lazy river that constantly went downhill. There were whirlpools you could get stuck in and such - I remember loving it as a kid.

Still, there wasn't much to the park, but there was a certain charm that is definitely missing from Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach (both of which seem "plastic" to me). Nevertheless, the fact that those parks use clean, chlorinated water and River Country used water from Bay Lake more than makes up for the lack of "realness" that River Country had.

Do I miss it? Yeah, a little (especially that tube ride), but it won't ever open again, so there's no point in dwelling on the past.

Here's a couple more pics that give you an idea of the slides - http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/photorc.html - However, I don't think the pic on the top right is River Country.
 

It did have that "charm" about it--and when you rode the water slides, it wasn't a 3 mile hike just to get back to the top. Just a short walk and you were right back at the top.
 











Receive up to $1,000 in Onboard Credit and a Gift Basket!
That’s right — when you book your Disney Cruise with Dreams Unlimited Travel, you’ll receive incredible shipboard credits to spend during your vacation!
CLICK HERE








DIS Facebook DIS youtube DIS Instagram DIS Pinterest DIS Tiktok DIS Twitter DIS Bluesky

Back
Top Bottom