Disney's River Country: Lost in the Wilderness

[@srpdesigns]

Such a special place... It was much smaller than the parks of today but that was a big part of its appeal.

[@Crosswalker91711]

The park became obsolete and unsafe. September 11th was only a temporary setback, and Disney had to abandon it, for it was the only way to save money, and the other water parks were newer and safer and have more attractions.

[@kevinallentoole1538]

I miss river country....... Lots of awesome Memories.......

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes same here, such fun times back then. Miss those days now more than ever before 🤔

[@sliccchicc]

I remember going here in '88... I loved the slides lol... it was my first time at Disneyworld... I went to Epcot and seen Michael Jackson's Captain EO... The Magic Kingdom... The memories 😍

[@GDMOAI]

Magical memories of River Country. When time travelling will be invented, I will go there and take the slide and swim.

[@thedoncrazephaze5375]

I was there in '85...i was 14 and it was a blast!!!

[@badoocee1967]

Superb Documentary on a place now forgotten by Disney.

[@lolamedley8172]

I went to River Country twice as kid and loved it. I enjoyed this video very, very much! Thanks for sharing!

[@GDMOAI]

I must've been a great water park. I'm jealous I want to go there

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Shame to see River Country become unsafe and close down. It probably would be so much fun to go to.

[@copyer9088]

It didn’t close just because it was unsafe it simply wasn’t making enough money for Disney to keep operating.

[@merkury4626]

@@copyer9088 Because of what happened at River Country and other parks opening and making more money

[@copyer9088]

@@merkury4626 it just simply wasn’t making enough money for Disney to keep operating and with attendance down due 9/11 there was no point in keeping the park open.

[@ppl2luv]

i remember going to typhoon lagoon just to be thrown out because it was filled to capacity 😅 oh the good memories

[@ShockMe1994]

I found nothing wrong with this girls voice, ignore these people

[@mollyhero7744]

I grew up going to River Country!!! I was so sad when they closed. Anyone notice how there are NO floaties or life vests available for kids or adults??? certainly would not see that today at a water park. Sign of the times!!!!!

[@fifthrider]

Great piece, thanks for making this. It's a shame they didn't keep this open, now that they could divert larger crowds to the other two water parks. This would have been a nice extra for people at this resort, especially since the train is now gone too. I hate to play the "What would Walt do?" card but does anyone think he would have tolerated a visible piece of resort property decaying and falling apart? That doesn't seem consistent with everything I've read about him and heard from interviews with people who worked with him back in the day.

[@deedeemcgovern5650]

I love the inner tube rapids so cool

[@remcat3572]

I still don't understand why they closed it. It is not like Disney to leave an eyesore where guests can see it. I love water parks in general, but especially the frontier theme of River Country. Thanks for this video! Also love that song "River Country".

[@DS42O]

I remember going to river country hundreds of time when I was a kid, it really sucks they shut it down but watching videos like this reminds me of all the fun I use to have there. I wish it was still open because there will never be anything else like river country.

[@merkury4626]

You do know that a kid died there decades ago right?

[@serenatwilite4005]

​@@merkury4626 One kid out of thousands, probably millions really, over it's 20 something years of existence, who went there and had a fabulous time? What does that have to do with anything? It wasn't why the park closed, it continued on for more than 15 yrs. after that, making millions of people happy.

[@frankrizzo4460]

@@serenatwilite4005 Yes I agree with you, I used to go there when I was a kid back in the 70s and 80s. It was an amazing time, some of the greatest memories I ever had was from this place.🤔

[@Kodachrome40]

Was there in 1978. At the end of the big twisting water slide was crushed rock at the bottom of the lake. Hurt my feet.

[@Cacti88]

went there in early 80's , i can remember many of those rides and slides

[@VirantRoss]

Kind of the perfect one to clise though it probably blends right into the natural wilderness and the animals probably love it..

[@Kodachrome40]

Been there and Discovery Island back in 1978. I miss the Fort Wilderness Mickey with a musket.

[@nintendofan7586]

All right, thanks for doing this place :D

[@RampagingRex]

I've been meaning to cover this park for quite a while, but this semester set me back pretty far.

[@nintendofan7586]

Oh ok, still a great video :)

[@brandonthompson30]

R.I.P River Country

[@brianlewis1449]

Wow, I remember going here as a kid. It was so cool, its a shame they dont bring it back.

[@rogergreenberg1205]

Rip river country

[@aidanlewis3982]

Man, I love your videos. They are so well made! Thank you for this awesome content!

[@RampagingRex]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@SanduskianHistorian]

I love your videos as well. Adam The Woo got banned for trespassing in River Country, going backstage, and trespassing Discovery Island for 3 years. he has since been unbanned. However, Universal a month ago banned him indefinitely.

[@GiggleGoddess88]

23jcrosby12 what was he doing at Universal?

[@RampagingRex]

I'm an avid viewer of Adam's content, and from what I understand, Universal has been testing facial recognition cameras in their parks. Universal was likely monitoring him because of the videos he did there in the past of Nickelodeon Studios and the abandoned Triceratops Encounter. When they were shooting a segment for the Tonight Show in front of the Race Through New York attraction, Adam was yelling pretty loudly, which likely called attention to himself and prompted Universal to enact the ban.

[@usablefiber]

I do miss those old waterparks: The ones with haphazardly constructed slides on hills that often provided bumpy, unpredictable rides. I'm sure you can't build them like that anymore, but they were always exciting. Check out "Colorado River" at mountain creek, NJ to see what I'm talking about.

[@xboys_archive]

Best Chanel on KZbin!

[@arc44d3]

I was never old enough to know this place :"(

[@iloveaespaaa]

im 8

[@chayang5757]

Watch twice already that's how good this video is!

[@BellhopDrew]

you should totally do a video on EPCOT Center's Horizons

[@christinasweetheart2810]

River Country was the first water park I ever went too. I loved that place. Unfortunately we discovered it was closed the hard way in 2004 we went to take my son there and got all the way Fort Wilderness and went to purchase tickets when they broke the news that they had closed permanently just 1 year before. So we ended up going to Blizzard Beach..

[@danthecarguy5494]

I wish river country was just majorly expanded because it would still be standing today.

[@AnonyMatt0]

Yes! I've waited so long for a new video! :D It was worth it! Great Content man!

[@coolman5663]

Good vid

[@Swan5656]

I suggest you guys do multiple takes on narrating . Listening to the women talk was hard to do.

[@1ninjatiger]

nina12345678917 what a strange comment?? Whats wrong with a female narrator. I for one never gave that a second thought. Also the singular is Woman the plural is Women....just like Man Men 🤤

[@callmemyth8986]

1ninjatiger she just sounds way too scripted, not natural at all

[@chrisellington5251]

She keeps pausing like she can't remember what to say. Or she's having trouble reading out loud

[@lenscrocs2217]

Facts

[@intheflesh47]

and here comes the feminist

[@platinumtidal7094]

Yes another abandoned theme park video

[@justinthomas5270]

Please do more videos like this. I would love to see one on a closed Amusement Park in Europe, or even a still open park like Six Flags Magic Mountain

[@matthewmangan225]

Under rated channel

[@RampagingRex]

Why, thank you!

[@RottenPizzaProductions]

RampagingRex Productions You should do McBarge, abandoned malls or department stores. ❤✌

[@contraconnor]

Bright Sun Films JUST did a video on this

[@chillslug]

connorthellama4 hundreds of people have done videos on this

[@cubriffic172]

BSF did their video years ago. They only re-made an explore video.

[@shriderrad4123]

connorthellama4 yeah, but he sucks compared to this guy

[@BrightSunFilms]

Shrider Rad ouch

[@chillslug]

Bright Sun Films damnnnn

[@EpicPiez1]

Not a fan of 2 people narratinging the video.

[@Coaster_Cray_Cray]

I am

[@1BKPictures1]

You should do a video about the MGM Grand Adventures theme park that existed in Las Vegas, NV.

[@rosewaterwaves7344]

Disney should take all that down and reuse it to build a new park.

[@eliasmertens9313]

Hey RampagingRex Productions, do you think you could do think you could do one of those closed amusement park videos for Celebration City in Branson, Missouri? Maybe title it Celebration City: The Party is Over? Celebration City was originally Mutton Hollow throughout the 1900's and was more of a craft fair, then in 1999 it was converted into a small amusement park, then in 2001 it was sold to Herschend Family Entertainment (they own Silver Dollar City just down the street) and they closed the park through 2002 to reconstruct it with two new coasters and more rides and reopened it in 2003 as Celebration City. In 2008 they suddenly closed it.

[@onesixgg]

Great video! Just a bit of critique, the woman narrating parts of the video sounds like she's doing a high school class presentation and spoke, at times, rather quickly.

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

onesixgg Also, making some brief pauses in mid-sentence.

[@beckigreen]

onesixgg The female narrator was awful. She pronounced Fort Wilderness like "Fur Wilneress".

[@rebus9]

Agreed. I had to back up many times during the video because her words kinda slurred together and I couldn't understand what she said. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it because I'm old enough to remember the grand old days of that wonderful water park. It was heartbreaking to see it closed forever.

[@remcat3572]

Allowing multiple people to go down the slides at once and the log jams on the lazy river and the crashing into each other! It sure was loosey goosey back in those days. Knott's Soak City is an obvious place to have a Wilderness theme. While it is a very nice waterpark, there is no theming. We'll see what Wild Rivers comes up if they open in 2019.

[@nope_9099]

River Country it’s Not a Country! But we call it that anywaaaay! Also it gives kids nightmares! Hooray!

[@MoeRon004]

Finally a park without six flags

[@RampagingRex]

I'm finally branching out. Took me long enough.

[@justinespinoza5143]

Bring back memories

[@hails.0116]

Awesome and well put together video Subscribed!!!! I can't wait to see more of these!

[@Lizz287]

I like this two person dynamic

[@jillhoma8555]

Great Job!!!!

[@the-ph2pk]

I love your documentaries!

[@ashleybowen3805]

This is seriously awesome. I prefer your films over bsf. Never stop bro!

[@RampagingRex]

Thanks so much! I have more of these documentaries planned in addition to my usual short films and reviews.

[@Flubbler06]

Do the Mcbarge the abandoned McDonald's floating resturant

[@TheCherrybite]

The new water park in Orlando its the replacement of River Country

[@lenscrocs2217]

BRING BACK RIVER COUNTRY!!

[@jackschissler255]

I'm curious, Since FL is known for the Allegators and snakes that seem to wonder all over, how did Disney keep them out of this park? And the current water parks? They basically live everywhere where there is water and trees.

[@sarahfleury6029]

Jack Schissler they don’t! They don’t take care of Rice Country anymore, they abandoned it! So many alligators and snakes live there! Watch the Inside Edition video where this guy gets interviewed bc he went to river country and he said there were many alligators and snakes

[@haveTRUEtranSparencyEMiLy]

They meant when it was open, fool

[@ovalhunter488]

I went a few times when it opened, and I remember a barrier between Bay Lake and River Country. A net or fence like structure.

[@pusheen_playz4852]

At 11:36 the song said you can swim you can slide you can dance you can die

[@harryfoley2294]

Pusheen _Playz you can dive*

[@dircealves1458]

Hi, i am from 2020 and now the River Country is CLOSED and abandoned, it's Scary and ugly now.

[@crow_scripts]

Update: Everything left from River Country has now been demolished for a new resort to be constructed.

[@tammymartinez7488]

Reflections was scrapped too! Who knows what they’ll do

[@611_hornet5]

The locomotives and some of the cars are on display in California I believe.

[@phiestaa]

My parents have been here. They said that they miss RiverCountry...

[@Coaster_Cray_Cray]

Well this place is gonna be demolished soon for a spectacular looking hotel.

[@RampagingRex]

It'll be sad to see it go, but it's about time they did something with the land.

[@ovalhunter488]

Negative. The DVC site there has been cancelled.

[@blossomgurrl356]

Wasn't this water park in a better location being closer to MK, why not rebuild the water park in the same location and make it bigger to accommodate more quests?

[@lishobbins1049]

Nice video

[@hillyhills2787]

I always wanted to go there as a kid. I was so bummed when they closed :(

[@iloveaespaaa]

6:19 *that scares me.* *it even eats brains*

[@jayhamps7026]

Love these vids. So interesting

[@washboy154]

I much prefer just you taking, but still a good video!

[@wayne7195]

My version: Forgotten River Country Forgotten River Country

[@alexm.h.5199]

Under 100 Club WHERE R U AT?!?!!?!

[@queenuganda4734]

CutieKat Gaming101 HEA

[@dontspilladropradio7024]

Why they swimming in GREEN water or is it just my eyes? 0:29

[@RampagingRex]

That's because the water used in River Country was filtered water from the lake. Any dangerous bacteria should have been removed from the water, but it kept its greenish color.

[@jamesslingsby6207]

I went to River Country in 1997 - I thought it was a good water park

[@digitalq9702]

It's a hoot it's a holler it's a water Jamboree

[@johncooksey79]

Making it higher also prevented gators from entering and getting guests, that would be bad press.

[@Northicex]

These videos are almost professional in their quality and yet this channel has only 3.1K subs. Adding mine to your count and I do hope your channels grows to match the quality and effort these videos clearly have.

[@gcz-zy9ix]

searched this video just to see 4:03 Happy 28th anniversary to that video

[@magicmyth2635]

great video but it is soo sad why do people let it come to this way....it looked like something really beautiful and fun shame that a lot of old things have to be destroyed or left down for newer modern and faster things to come...isnt it so bad to remember were it begin with. still really love Disneyland and can't wait to go again.

[@handsomechankemp3333]

Bring back river country remove all of the brain eating amoebas new water rides: the 2nd tallest and fastest water ride called insane, a wave pool called teeny tiny wave pool, a lazy river called rambling river, a training camp called cypress point nature trail, a hot springs called Indian Springs, barrel bridge, bay bridge, boom swing, tire swing, upstream plunge, cable ride, kiddie cove, slippery slide falls, woop n holler hollow,

[@BillyRicky]

background music at 10:23 or so? if you can tell me thatd be great

[@RampagingRex]

The 126ers - Secret Conversations Thanks for watching!

[@peanutismint]

I wondered this too. Thanks for filling us in!

[@BillyRicky]

RampagingRex Productions Thanks alot! watched all of your theme park vids. great stuff.

[@adamhelsel6469]

Johnathan Who's Heather Homa

[@jamesspinelli6524]

Construction is underway for Reflections A Disney Lakside Lodge

[@adolphol001]

River Coutry is old and Abaded

[@Joemobo]

SO MUCH MEMORIES 51TH COMMENT

[@Sookaretto]

yay! new video!

[@spaghetticoverdhamster636]

the theme song is actually catchy wht 🤣

[@GDMOAI]

When time travelling will be invented, I will go there and enjoy every part of the park. It's my life goal 😊 also dont forget Nose plugs to not get your brain become a dinner 😅

[@copyer9088]

But river country is now demolished plus you would have highly unlikely to have your brain eaten so you wouldn’t need nose plugs

[@brycewebbb4879]

Damn this closed before I was born

[@iloveaespaaa]

same i was born in 2010

[@calling_miss_gaby1292]

They had the right idea with the chlorinated pool but the bigger one with fresh filtered water… big mistake… how many people and their germs 🦠 swim in there… kids pee🤢… what was their cleaning protocol? Yikes 😬

[@RoxNRose]

Hay everyone yes it’s me Luna dog I have been to Disney and I have seen a ride that looked like river. Country and the ride that i went on that look like this is still here!

[@Puddleford]

It wasn't located at fort wilderness Lodge it was located on fort wilderness campground. Fort wilderness Lodge didn't come till decades later and it wasn't even close to it.

[@calebmateo5693]

Basically River Country died because of Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach

[@davidfirth1]

Early in the narration, you say Wilderness Lodge. Should be Fort Wilderness. Otherwise, a nice video on a gone but not forgotten park.

[@cheesepug2163]

I always wanted to go thare

[@mimilounsbury6260]

i remeber 😄that park wen i was little 😘

[@_AllisonRae_]

What is the name of the outro music? 😭

[@thecorgi122]

Nice

[@C1ayd0n82]

great vid

[@bellastone7211]

disney is putting a lodge in there now, they've already started construction

[@remcat3572]

What is the lyric, "you can shed your_____________________________, but not your bathing suit"?? and "There's a lot of _______________________________ to brighten up your soul?? Anybody know?

[@moxiethellama2611]

Lemme guess the kids in that film is 23 - 34 or 50