River Country Pictures - 2005

[Robfasto]

This is the start of our May 2005 pictures plus a few others I have not publicly announced yet.

We start this update with 185 pictures from a couple of weeks ago. You can find 59 Recreation pictures which include 49 River Country (so sad to see) as pictures of Discovery Island, Water Sports and the Wedding Pavilion. We have posted 126 Transportation Pictures with 59 Monorail, 43 Boat, 22 Bus, 2 Parking Tram pictures.

Also a few weeks ago we posted 96 Disney Wonder pictures that are different than most as they were taken from another ship so you get some unique pictures of the Wonder.

With this update we now have 8845 pictures and 7.5 hours of video online.

Here are a some samples:

Closed down River Country


Ferryboat heading to Bay Lake


Automatic gates at the Magic Kingdom


Disney Wonder arriving in Nassau


Click here to see our previous update

 

[worldshwcasefan]

Very nice pictures and nice web site Keep up the good work

 

[dandaman]

Quite the extensive transportation collection.
...Invero's thoughts? :lol:

 

[crazygirley]

I love the Ghost Town-ish feeling of River Country and Discovery Island. It's weird when you think of them at better times, and then see the pictures of them rotting away.

I wonder if it will be strange to someday see pictures, or even VISIT the finished other half of Pop Century. That'll be weird!

 

[MickeyMad]

Interesting pics! We went in 2002 to Disney but I don't remember Discovery Island was it open then?

 

[Robfasto]

Discovery Island closed when the Animal Kingdom opened and all the animals moved to the new park.

 

[MickeyMad]

Ok thanks for getting back to me so quick - that explains why I didn't see it so I can't compare but I thought AK was brilliant!

 

[Bluewaves]

I went to WDW a number of times when River Country was open, I still could never figure out just how to get there, we tried once and asked cast members and bus drivers and so on we tried all morning once and said forget about it and went back the hotel pool, only reason we tried was typhoon and bb reached capacity already.

 

[diddy_mouse]

great pics! it is kinda sad to see how barren River Country is. also...nice amount of transportation photos. the monorail shots were very cool

 

[unkadug]

Great pics, thanks. I've always loved your site. I can get lost in there for a couple of hours. :wave:

 

[CaliSurfer182]

Those are awesome pictures! I feel so bad that River Country has been left behind in abandonment. There most be a reason why they haven't totally destroyed it? Maybe they want to reinvent it when the time calls for it. I especially liked the pictures of the ship near Discovery Island, it looked as if nature was finally reclaiming its wood.

 

[TinkerBell9988]

Poor River Country. I never got the chance to experience it, but it sure did look like fun. Oh well...

By the way, DisneyPix.com rocks!! :sohappy:

 

[GoofBall06]

Those are really good pictures! The deserted River Country is kinda of spooky! :lookaroun

 

[djmatthews]

Robfasto, I love your site. I enjoy getting my weekly pictures from you. Those River Country ones are very sad. How did you get them? Is the park accessible?

 

[diveteam]

Great pics, I remember going to River Country on one of my first trips to WDW and loved it, but that was before I experienced Typoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach.

 

[M:SpilotISTC12]

Graet job. I miss RC.

 

[Sadamxalp]

Robfasto, I love your site. I enjoy getting my weekly pictures from you. Those River Country ones are very sad. How did you get them? Is the park accessible?

Ya is it accessiable?

 

[marlaymike]

Thank you for the pics.

 

[Robfasto]

Robfasto, I love your site. I enjoy getting my weekly pictures from you. Those River Country ones are very sad. How did you get them? Is the park accessible?

It was that day...

I was walking the around taking picture and heading past Mickey's Backyard BBQ pavilion while the kids played in the petting farm. When I got the the walkway where River Country was located I stopped to take A picture of the poor place and found that although they had signs up stating River Country was closed there was no gate.



Since this was the main path I just walked in, I figured if someone saw me and I wasn't suppose to be there they would say something, none of the Cast Members I pasted said anything to me.

I found that the Main building



is still being used, although Pop Place is not open the bathrooms/lockers are used during Mickey's Backyard BBQ and it used by Cast Members as a break room. I also found that the Ticket Booths at the entrance are used for bait storage for the bait used during the charter fishing tours.

 

[OliveMcFly]

Wonderful pics! I hate to see River Country like that. I wonder how many visitors pass it while on Bay Lake and think "hey, why is that cool water park closed?". Was there any truth to the rumor of re-opening for the campgrounds guests? I would love to see that happen. The Discovery Island pics were great. I've been wanting to take a boat out there and circle the island just to be nosy. I been wanting to see pics and your's are great. It's kind of creepy seeing buildings on a deserted island. To think it was once packed with people and now it's sits alone with who knows what living in it. Probably just birds but it's fun to wonder.