River Country Pictures

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calismic

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A few months ago at least, someone had posted a link to some pictures of present day River Country. Unfortunately the link no longer works. I'm wondering if anyone saved the pictures anywhere or knows of where I can view them online. Thank you!
 
MichWolv

MichWolv

Born Modest. Wore Off.
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In addition to the bacteria problem (which affects most Florida lakes), River Country suffered from a small size and being darned near impossible to get to if you weren't staying at FW or the Contemporary. A water park that you couldn't park near or take a bus to easily was just not convenient.

So when TL and BB were ready, River Country was a logical, albeit sad, deletion. WDW could probably support a third water park, but I doubt River Country would be the location for it.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

Pro Star Wars geek.
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dpunky said:
What exactly was the reason why Disney closed it?
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No official reason has ever been given but I suspect it was a combination of several reason such as water quality (namely a nasty little amoeba found in lake water that kills nearly 100% of the people infected with it), bad location, too small, 2 other successful water parks, etc.
 
Victoria

Victoria

Not old, just vintage.
Master Yoda said:
You can no longer swim in any of the lakes at WDW.
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...and I have never understood why anyone would want to. Ewwwww.

The last time I stayed at the Poly there was a family who was hell-bent on swimming in the lake. Several CMs had to come over to them and tell them to get away from the water. There was a definite language barrier though. Maybe Disney should train the CMs to say "flesh eating bacteria" in a multitude of languages. :shrug:
 
ClemsonTigger

ClemsonTigger

Naturally Grumpy
tiggerific418 said:
...and I have never understood why anyone would want to. Ewwwww.

The last time I stayed at the Poly there was a family who was hell-bent on swimming in the lake. Several CMs had to come over to them and tell them to get away from the water. There was a definite language barrier though. Maybe Disney should train the CMs to say "flesh eating bacteria" in a multitude of languages. :shrug:
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I guess it would be a bit much for them to replace the No-Swimming signs with skull and crossbones....may impact the ambiance a bit too much...:lookaroun


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dpunky

dpunky

Member
It's cheaper for Disney to post the no swimming signs then to build a water purification system to eliminate the bacteria/dangerous organisms from the water.
 

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