Yes you can. They have tours for parks and stuff.
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Whatever will become of River Country?
- Thread starter Rainbow Dash
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The days of 12 year-olds calling 22 year-olds 'kids'. Oh the luls.'Older men'. To an eightteen year old, a 35 year old is an old man. (And beyond that, the geriatric abyss. You and I, in our early forties, are mere walking corpses)
It's just a manner of speech, the way you and I would speak of 'some kids making a video', which to a sixteen year old seems a very peculiar thing to say.
pumpkin7
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Very true Sir. I agree he should have kept his face and his name out of it, as quite a few people could prosecute him for tresspassing. Six Flags and the old Nickelodeon Studios could have a field day with that guy.
And for a bit of on topic posting; River Country is in too bad of a state now to ever reopen it. They'll just bulldoze it when they get round to it. Heck, they've left the music on because it would cost more to get someone to turn it off than it does to keep it on, so they won't clear out an entire space until they need it.
Not trying to get sued or anything, but when I go in June I'm going to have to do a 'fly over' and check the place out. From the pictures and guest maps I've seen, it used to look really pretty. I like swamps, and that would make a LOVELY background for my computer. (Too many people in castle scene... :/)
I promise I'll stay in the Guest areas, but I WILL get piccys.
As the years go by it will become more and more mysterious. I'm going to wait until 2019 to start the "monster of RC rumor".
Virtual Toad
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River Country. Unique to the Walt Disney World Resort.
Which all but assured its destruction.
Which is sad, because back in the day it was truly awesome.
Which all but assured its destruction.
Which is sad, because back in the day it was truly awesome.
openendedsky
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Maybe they'll turn it into a gift shop.
Yes you can. They have tours for parks and stuff.
They have guided tours through Disney. Not a bunch of clods roaming around looking for cheap thrills.....
All of which was of course covered in the other incarnations of this thread.
articos
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juniorthomas
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All you need is to get Lee involved, and you're set.
The footage they captured of it though was pretty informative, thought.. Got more knowledge out of that one single video of RC than I did reading a story from Disney about it.
HatboxGhost
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I love the footage. If it were not for Adam the Woo....or is it Adam the Clod
and his exploits we would not get a glimpse of what RC looks like now. Certainly Disney isnt going to show us.If you go to YouTube and put in Adam the Woo, you will see all of his videos. Cool stuff.
Tim Lohr
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I don't know how much truth there is to "swimming being banned in the lakes because of bacteria". I think it had more to do with the cost of having to hire lifeguards
When River County first opened, there were only 3 hotels with relatively small pools, but there were lifeguards stationed all over the lakes, and quite a few at River Country. I think the cost to watch the lakes, and also hire lifeguards for TL, BB, and each of the massive pools at all the hotels just got to be more than they want to spend
I loved River Country as a kid, but it terms of its size, it more along the lines of a resort pool, than a water park, its more or less on par with the "Yacht and Beach Club" pool. So getting back to the OP, unless they build some kind of Hotel or DVC nearby to absorb the cost of running it I don't think it'll be back, which is a shame
When River County first opened, there were only 3 hotels with relatively small pools, but there were lifeguards stationed all over the lakes, and quite a few at River Country. I think the cost to watch the lakes, and also hire lifeguards for TL, BB, and each of the massive pools at all the hotels just got to be more than they want to spend
I loved River Country as a kid, but it terms of its size, it more along the lines of a resort pool, than a water park, its more or less on par with the "Yacht and Beach Club" pool. So getting back to the OP, unless they build some kind of Hotel or DVC nearby to absorb the cost of running it I don't think it'll be back, which is a shame
Figments Friend
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Sadly, i am sure this will come to pass.
PhotoDave219
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Yes you can. They have tours for parks and stuff.
I always hated seeing backstage tours when I worked there. Cast needs to get away from guests every now and again to blow off steam.
Yeah.. I thought it looked more like a themed pool with a bunch of features (like Great Wolf Lodge pools), instead of an actual park itself.. But back then I guess it could have been considered a water park since most other places with 'water attractions' were much smaller and not as well themed.. I also am probably going to ask about Discovery Island being abandoned.. (I know why it was abandoned, but just want to see if anyone has information on if it's going to be demo'd or something for a future project.)
