Return to RIVER COUNTRY

[@ethansloan]

This may be a controversial opinion but I've always viewed River Country as kind of an old time swimming hole, the likes of which Huck Finn never would have dreamed up.

[@villageidiot3763]

How could you say that?

[@JuniperofTheWolves]

Who would think such a thing, it's not as if all the advertisements said the same thing

[@ryanrafuls]

Too soon bro, too soon

[@coolmamo]

I see it more as an honest american good time tbh

[@MattMcIrvin]

So true and so brave. Here's to the crazy ones who think such heresies.

[@75patrickfoley]

Hey man, one time I got really drunk and trolled you with a donation saying that you were my second favorite Disney creator behind Kevin Perjurer. You responded by saying you were going to work hard to get to that number one spot. I am happy to say this video has convinced me to put you over to number one in my book. You have combined the meticulous research and attention to detail that I loved so much about Kevin's content with on-the-ground field work that makes Adam's videos so awesome. You have my respect and my attention. Keep em coming!

[@TrashLefties]

mid 2010s there was a guy living in river country for months. Discovered by an inquisitive CM and found living in a hidden lair with bed, electricity, television and all.

[@astroguster5522]

I explored River Country twice before it was torn down. The last time I went with some friends and after we had climbed to the top of the family tube ride, MK was shooting off test fireworks across the lake. One of my fav Disney memories.

[@vivianlong8483]

Maybe you could make a video about all the random dead ends and remnants at Hollywood Studios since they added Galaxies Edge and Toy Story Land? (Pixar Place, and where The Muppets Courtyard use to connect to the backlot/NY Street.) Or like an evolution of all the previous layout changes over the years, and the loss of the largest Hidden Mickey?! Love your videos btw!!!

[@jalapeno1119]

Rip Streets of America

[@Foxy02016]

Please yes I hated all the dead ends I was just there last week

[@musicslug414]

Ever since toy story land and galaxies edge it’s always felt like Hollywood studios was empty other than when you were in those areas. I may just miss all the old stuff and wish they could’ve co exist but they need to do stuff with those areas

[@ashleywagner227]

I’m forever salty about the giant hidden Mickey and Backlot Tour 😭

[@brookez3116]

The fact that we both wanted Brother Bear with Reflections really says Disney should give us more of it in the parks

[@froxdo]

Not to be a hater but I think we need less Brother Bear in the parks

[@LemonFactsGaming]

@@froxdo there’s like only 1 thing that I can think of that is themed to brother bear in the parks

[@memethyst]

i saw one of the bears at animal kingdom last month

[@George_Fl0yd]

@@memethyst is it a meet and greet like scheduled on the times guides or was it a random appearance

[@businessrecreationjack8184]

@@LemonFactsGaming I can't think of anything. I'm being serious what is Brother Bear Themed?

[@ztslovebird]

The old footage of River Country terrifies me. That park looked fun, but with all the Guests piling up in slides and on tubes it was a lawsuit waiting to happen.

[@MarySue1964]

That had already happened several times at Action Park in New Jersey.

[@starshine3940]

People weren’t so sue happy back then and it was just a different time. It was a lot of fun, but looking at it now can be scary 😝

[@OakForestBoys]

A couple kids drowned there as well

[@MarySue1964]

@@starshine3940 There are newspaper articles from the 1980s about the stuff that happened in Action Park. It was also nicknamed as Traction Park and as Class Action Park.

[@norahjung9004]

It really scares me but I just hate old footage I don’t know why it is something about the grainy old bad sound just just sit right with me

[@Jay_Cub]

Praying an Offhand video Manifests another Disney announcement

[@t-shirt7549]

Same

[@13jeffandtrish]

Hopefully more great news like their stock free falling. Did you hear the hi speed rail from Miami to Orlando is now stopping at Universal and not Disney. That is great news

[@mrcawfee.]

Honestly I didn’t really enjoy the fact of this big expensive resort residing literally right next to Fort Wilderness in the first place so I don’t mind this. Disney needs to put money into better things like the parks rather than worrying about building new, uninspired, expensive hotels. But with Chapek in charge I’m not surprised this is their direction.

[@lutherheggs451]

What do you people who keep farting out garbage trash about Chapek not grasp about before Chapek was promoted to CEO of the entire Disney company he was LITERALLY the head of Disney parks.....He could literally do whatever he wanted with Disney parks before becoming the CEO

[@TheHarlequinHatter]

@@lutherheggs451 Yeah, and he sucked then too. The directions the parks have been going started long before he was CEO, it's just ramped up since he's become CEO.

[@fantasygeek13]

I love the idea of the A frames and treehouse rooms, like I'm obsessed with it 😭

[@twoblacklabs904]

Alex, the entire lakeside at Fort Wilderness could easily support a new resort. The land mass of the old River Country is pretty expansive, and goes all the way over to where Wilderness Lodge is situated. There’s PLENTY of room there, my man. In fact, I’ve always thought of Wilderness Lodge as Fort Wilderness’s fancy cousin from out West! But seriously, Reflections would’ve been a great use of that very buildable property. Casual lakeside rooms and dining? Very appealing… DVC Members would love it, probably more so than the Wilderness Lodge DVC members…

[@TheHarlequinHatter]

@@twoblacklabs904 I don't think he is saying Disney would be unable to fit the resort in the space, I think he was suggesting that such a thing would be undesirable, because of how it would affect the theming and environment at Fort Wilderness. Part of the appeal of FW is the rustic feel, and having a big, fancy, luxury resort right next door might have an effect on that.

[@ashleywagner227]

The bathrooms at Fort Wilderness for Backyard BBQ were the same ones used for River Country. I was blown away and so excited when I learned that! I had a security guard tell me all about River Country once and show me all the best spots to look through in the fence to see it when it was still running. Raccoons used to live in a lot of the old slides once they deteriorated. I would always go to check on the raccoons through the fence lol

[@HenshinHead]

It's kinda funny in a grim way that they always advertised it as a " new fangled version of an old fashioned swimming hole", because like so many of those, it's been drained, plowed over, closed off and abandoned time and again. I wouldn't know what to put there myself, I never got to visit it when River Country was still open and had no real opinion on the plans for Reflections, but throw in that plot of land with the rest of unused parts of Discovery Island and you have a sizable chunk of real estate in the middle of the resort areas going unused. They'd never do it these days, but it would still be the perfect spot for a separately ticketed attraction that isn't necessarily a new theme or water park. Maybe bring back Discovery Island and update it into something like a modern adventure park, with hiking trails, Zipline courses, rope bridges, climbing walls, some minor water attractions, etc. Adventure parks are rather popular at the moment, they could charge less for it than one of the water parks, and it would be another way to keep people on property.

[@Shag471]

Disney would slap a $100 entrance ticket on that and then it would close due to low attendance.

[@TheItachiIshtar]

The current abandoned state of the Reflections construction site reminds me a lot of how The Legendary Years section of the Pop Century Resort was also left abandoned for several years. Both projects were announced, but put on hold/cancelled due to an unforeseen real world event (The declining tourism after 9/11 for Legendary Years, and COVID for Reflections). The site for Legendary Years eventually became Art of Animation Resort several years later, so something similar could happen with the Reflections site.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yup

[@elizabethhedgspeth]

Got to visit River Country when I was little. The one thing I remember is the slides on the main area were just high enough from the water that they stung a little when you hit the surface.

[@twoblacklabs904]

I did 2 years at “R.C.” as a lifeguard/chemist at that great ol’ swimmin’ hole in the late ‘80’s. I remember the fantastic times, fun crew and some of the weirdest days. One day, we couldn’t open for several hours because an 11 FOOT ALLIGATOR was enjoying the pond and was spotted pre-opening. “Critter Control” forbid us from admitting any guests until THAT particular “GUEST” could be captured and escorted out… Good times, for sure! It was definitely the best job I had working for the Mouse…

[@CharleneCTX]

I was wondering how they managed the alligators with the water park in that location.

[@timwolfers7880]

What a shame, Disney halted another hotel with $500-$2,000 per night rooms. 🤯

[@UmmYeahOk]

Well yeah. Look at Cortina, they are essentially a real estate company. Look at the housing crisis today. Developers buy up large parcels of land, build a zillion teeny tiny homes that could easily be $100k-$200k starter homes, and in the past, would be. They could do all this and make a profit. ....OR they can charge $400k-500k for the same tiny home, and cater to a higher income bracket, making even more money. But why stop there? You could take those same tiny homes and rent them out to people (DVC). Same $100k-200k home, that you can’t even buy at $400k anymore, but you could rent the $400k home. Greed.

[@CharleneCTX]

@@UmmYeahOk Depends where you are. Around her the $400-500k houses aren't tiny, but that's the problem All the new construction is huge. They aren't building the smaller starter / retirement housing.

[@UmmYeahOk]

@@CharleneCTX in the last 5 years, I have noticed both extremes. Either large million dollar homes or small half a million dollar homes. If you were lucky, and bought 5 years ago, that’s great, but now you’re paying taxes on a million dollar home you bought for $500k. They will still build this size of home, but they will also build these teeny tiny places. There are so few available, since they seem to be the only ones that can do it, so they control the supply. As a result, they can charge crazy insane prices, and people will pay because that is the cheapest they can find. Many towns have ordinances restricting builders on how small a house they are allowed to build and how small a lot can be. So smaller custom home builders are stuck building large homes while large developers are able to buy up huge acreage, and divide up the lots into smaller parcels. I guess they are able to do this because they are still technically building on the large acreage, not a single lot purchase.

[@YoctoYotta]

As always, masterfully edited classic Disney clips into a perfect blend of creep and hilarity. Well done D.

[@melasnexperience]

Now I'm picturing horses roaming around wild & free at WDW like the cats at Disneyland. Thanks.

[@PhoenixNiteheart]

It's abandoned Disney locations like River Country that drew me into Disney-themed creepypasta in my 20s. I enjoyed them so much I did 2 "Spring Break Spooktaculars" that consisted of nothing but Disney park stories. Think about that: a total of 2 weeks' worth of Disney park creepypasta? That's a lot of stories! And The River Country Film is one of the most well-known!

[@SteveVanderArk]

My family loved Rover Country. We loved Discovery Island as well. We've never been to either Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach.

[@TheHarlequinHatter]

Disney's change in branding from a fun place full of one-of-a-kind experiences to a luxury resort destination is going to be its undoing. it will make them a lot of money in the short term, but will ultimately kill them in the long run, mark my words. People don't go to Disney to be at a typical luxury resort. they go there to be at Disney. They're making it too similar to better, less expensive options.

[@JeffGreenNV]

I once did a comparison of a week at Disney World versus a huge list of other things we could do for less (and more engaging) and it was astounding how much cheaper a one month trip to Bali was.

[@peaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

idk there’s so many hardcore fans that would pay whatever it takes

[@denisemcgilvrey3966]

I agree with you. I spend money at Disney because it’s Disney. If it’s no longer the magic I fell in love with, I will prefer to find other experiences.

[@DisneyMarkUK]

I loved River County, I almost drowned there but still loved it.

[@fyredance]

Oh, so interesting! I was just in there in December with another former cast member, and we stayed at Fort Wilderness Campground. I don't recall there being a lot of construction going on even then, but a cast member did slip it to us that Disney was actually doing something with Discovery Island until the pandemic, and that since then, the cast member wasn't sure what the fate of it was. They didn't know what the plans were prior to pandemic, but I wonder now if it would have been tied in with Reflections! I hope that we do eventually get to see something happen to both River Country and Discovery Island. It would be really neat if they expanded that part of the campground and offered it as a mini waterpark for the campground guests (just without the amoebas) or some other campground attraction.

[@FloridaJit434]

It sucks that River Country might have been torn down for no reason. It was still interesting to see update photos and videos from the inside

[@bombygriz]

So the really sad part about the Polynesian DVC is that knocking out the Spirit of Aloha theater means knocking out the true heart of the Poly. Aunty Kau’i who was brought over from Hawai’i to help create the show (and became known for making lei for guests in the lobby), passed away in early 2020. Her legacy is the sizeable Polynesian diaspora in Central FL, as evidenced by the number of people who came to her funeral (I attended with my hula school). And now? They’re razing it. It freaking HURTS and I feel sick about it. People will point to different things as proof of the Chapek era’s issues but this one really sealed the deal for me.

[@douglasfreer]

I was there the other day and was surprised the building was already demolished. That area just doesn’t seem big enough for the plans they have. It looks like they’re trying to cram, for example, Galaxy’s Edge into the space the Teacups would occupy unless they’re building into the lake or something which isn’t suggested by the art at all.

[@denisemcgilvrey3966]

I’m so sorry for your pain. And I agree that this tower is a huge mistake. I hate it so much already.

[@ejf0255]

It was a blast. Good memories.

[@DJ-pp2pb]

Does anyone notice that in the beginning of the Walt Disney Imagineering video clip, you can see someone designing part of the Cranium Command ride from Epcot?

[@Shag471]

Noticed that right away.

[@Jafar-dr6to]

Well the main part of the story that you can’t swim in bay lake anymore is the fact Disney cut maintenance budget to the point we’re they couldn’t keep up with keeping critters at bay

[@Ironman-vq2xh]

Loved River Country. The slides were pretty uncomfortable with seams every 20 feet and the tube ride would always back up. Nonetheless, I would look out from The Contemporary as a kid and couldn’t wait to get there.

[@ParkMind]

Can we please just make a modern river country water park and have a train that connects fort wilderness, wilderness lodge and makes a stop at this new park

[@tiffprendergast]

It used to do that

[@melodym7851]

They took away Mickey’s Backyard BBQ for Reflections😒. Also, we had a chance to visit River Country in the 90’s and just never did. We did however visit Discovery Island. This was a great video!

[@rebeccaheuer3255]

For a hot minute WDW had 3 waterparks. What a time to be alive!

[@JCFlynnCT]

I still have river country tickets from when it opened.

[@Sockimus]

I'm not against turning it into a resort, but I just despise the Reflections design and I think it should be more like the DVC at Wilderness Lodge to keep in line with the area. That's just me.

[@Schwansonian_Townsonian]

Very very fond memories of River Country from when I was 11 and 12.

[@mclark2288]

There has always been so much curiosity about the closed River Country. Disney should offer a behind the scenes tour. They could pay for reflections with the tour fees.

[@MattMcIrvin]

It'd probably be difficult just to make it safe enough to poke around there to avoid liability/insurance problems.

[@dpben10pwn]

Loving that buzzfeed unsolved reference at the end there!

[@jackylsmith8138]

Reflections was not just a DVC resort. It was supposed to be part DVC and part cash resort. Just like Boardwalk, I cannot remember the correct percentage of rooms. One other blogger has stated a couple of times that they land has issues and that led to them along with the shut down to abandon it. It doesn’t look like the Florida flora and fauna is overtaking it yet.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yes it has

[@ALAKAZOOVOLANT]

I remember swimming and doing water ski and renting little boats in the 7seas lagoon. That was before the Gators..

[@meganlauhon1594]

I'm gonna have to agree about Reflections being dead. As someone who was in the process of building a house right before 'the virus that shall not be named', I can vouch for the construction cost crunch. Initial estimate in 02/20 to final budget meeting 11/21 went up $200K. Until lumber, concrete, sheet metal, ect come down in cost I don't see the mouse starting any major new projects.

[@greghand2273]

Pirates of the Caribbean resort. Enough said. They have the Caribbean Beach Resort, but themed more towards the ride

[@FreeTreeHugss]

I was soooooo excited for Reflections!!!! It was right up my alley and looked so beautiful. I really hope they don’t completely abandon it. Also, Disney did such a disservice to the local wildlife by allowing river country to become so over run - then ripping down all the forest that wildlife called home for 20 years - only to let it all start to get overrun again. I stayed at fort wilderness in June and July of 2020 (we were the first guests back right after it reopened) and there were SO MANY DEER! CMs told us it’s because they were displaced after river country was demolished.

[@JessConger]

Reminds me of what is now Art of Animation. The ghost hotel. At least that one had a lot built before it was abandoned for a decade.

[@joybroyles7788]

I learned how to swim in a river so I loved Being able to swim in something that wasn’t heavily chlorinated.

[@greezyofficial2934]

Knew I did the right thing by waiting to watch this. Now I have something to make me feel better while I wait around at the ER!

[@jaynekranc8607]

I remember Discovery Island and River Country well. They need to do SOMETHING with that land.

[@maryanneckenrode1773]

Was just there and the whole area looks horrible. The decks aren't cover and you wait in the hot sun or the rain. This area was always a beautiful and now no one was there.

[@RetroVintageDisneyDev1971]

These videos are always great. Thanks for making this

[@raynwise]

Please talk about Discovery Island!! I loved it when I was younger. I still have my Discovery Island tshirt! It was so quiet and peaceful. A few hammocks by the water, a couple animal shows, just a lovely natural place. The fact that it wasnt crowded was the best part. It was a great place to go to relax and recharge and get away from all the park crowds.

[@Positively_Houston]

Great vlog Mr Offhand Disney 😀

[@Joepacker]

My wife and I with ours two kids went to River Country way back in 1997 and it was way cool my kids loved it

[@andierodriguez9530]

A great cheap idea for the land: since it’s next to wilderness lodge, why not a hiking trail ? Or even a horseback trail?

[@alextaylorstan]

There is already too many hotel rooms at WDW. It’s no fun to go anymore because it’s so crowded.

[@chaiguy2930]

If only River Country could be turned into another gate park so to speak, I think it could be Descendants-inspired or Villains themed as that has been making its rounds in the rumor mill for years. I think it would be decently sized, with space for shops, restaurants, shows, and even rides!

[@Shag471]

The whole area is like the size of Tomorrowland.

[@marxdesign]

Reflections was not cancelled... it was moved to the Polynesian because of ground issues in the original location.

[@2kiptwitify]

I actually went there in the summer of 2001! So many memories! It definitely felt like a local watering hole and not very Disney like. So I can understand why it closed.

[@jrios29]

Dallin doing his patriotic duty by uploading on July 4th! 😉

[@PoleTooke]

@5:28 this dude's head turn 😂😂😂😂

[@tommyheffinger3323]

Helped open R C.was working in FW at the time. Was a great place.

[@carries.213]

On Reflections, I can see this being paused for the fact Riviera isn't selling well. If you follow DVC, it has to resale restrictions but also, Disney is going a new route with DVC. Right now, they are adding rooms/towers to existing properties. The Poly DVC rooms are only studios and bungalows, its a very popular resort. After Poly add on and Disneyland Tower DVC, they will need something to sell.

[@deztroyer76]

So cool. I always heard Disney once had an ole fashion swimmin’ hole.

[@internetkurator9256]

"Just minutes from whereever in the World you are"

[@geneviekent396]

The silver lining is at least now they have prime real estate for a future cancelled project.

[@jeffdurling100]

If Disney ever truly wanted to make the fans, and even casual guests happy they would consider using that property. What I think should happen is that a small expansion of the settlement should be built and then build a scaled down version of River Country that becomes the resort pool to Fort Wilderness. Plenty of land to do it. They could redo Trails End and make a much better restaurant and maybe some craft type shops. Then build a super large pool area. Since they love to build DVC, they could expand the Fort as well. There is plenty of room to add a larger number of campsites. In doing so they could add the original 2 loops that were never built just up past the 1500 loop across from the 1400 loop. They could then build a bunch of nicer, fancier, campsites for DVC over of the road the 2000 and 2100 loops are on. All swamp land there and plenty of space to ad those without putting anyone up near roads or encroaching on any other resort, etc. DVC members have been asking for a long time for DVC campsites and if they offered them like some of the higher end campgrounds that provide a pavilion on the site with seating and/or a kitchen I have no doubt they would work and be very popular. Doing all of this would allow Disney the opportunity to go into Fort Wilderness and properly update the amenities and infrastructure there that need it. They have done a great job with the Wifi, but could improve the water and electrical which have been issues the last few years. Do a little road work where it it has been simply paved over and a refresh of the Comfort Stations. All of the would even allow Disney to plus the campground even more. Add longer and varying trails for horseback riding, a better setup for archery and other activities, Hiking trails *maybe using boardwalks). They could even look at some of the area past where River Country 2.0 would go and tie it into the Wilderness Lodge while still making sure to maintain the distance and separation of the resorts. Yes, it would mean the campground prices would be going up but in the end with DVC it could help to pay to keeping that way the same way DVC does when added to other resorts. None of this would ever happen but I think it is a smart move and takes away the concern that has been there for so long about the overall fate of the future of the campground. It sits right where an expansion of very expensive homes could go. I think the payoff for expansion and updates makes more money long-term but that is just me.

[@Barthallis]

I'm sad that I never got to experience River Country as a Floridian, but I'm glad we have Typhoon Lagoon (even though my only memories of are me getting knocked over in the wavepool and scraping my knee, and having to leave early because it was getting ready to storm)

[@jalapeno1119]

That wavepool is no joke

[@tiffprendergast]

Yeah

[@BAM5636]

Okay that "shut up" in the Blizzard Beach section made me laugh more then I care to admit. But will apparently.

[@njo1962]

Great update, thanks !

[@Toppstraded13]

It must of been a battle to keep wildlife out of there

[@GoldBallTV]

“Homeless horses wandering around the Disney resort” 😄

[@Flashy_ontop]

I love RIVER COUNTRY videos!

[@BuzzDoesDisney]

When you said “in the year of our Lord” you got a new subscriber 😂😂😂 You have a great way of bringing humor to your videos!

[@danielmalinen6337]

Finance and money are sometimes murky, especially if people don't perform as expected and there is competition. In Finland, a new trend is to put a floating swimming pool or pools in a freshwater lake right next to a free municipal beach and fill it with seawater. Swimming in these pools costs about 20 euros and includes a sauna, while the price at the municipal beach is zero. What could go wrong? From what I've read, these seawater pools make a loss because there are too few customers. At the same time, the beaches are full of families with children enjoying free swimming.

[@AutMouseLabs]

I think it would be a real loss for that abandoned space to be redeveloped. I think they should clean it up just enough for it to be safe and then do tours, same for Discovery Island. There are lots of folks who would love an "urban exploration experience."

[@dariahill]

It would be fun for Disney to kind of lean into it and instead of demolishing river country turning it into a "haunted Waterpark" during Halloween season.

[@jalapeno1119]

Disney never takes advantage of the people who are into villains and abandoned shit

[@TBustah]

Don’t they have enough resorts already? I say build Endor instead. When I visited back in November, I saw a huge wooded area near Hollywood Studios (read: not far from Galaxy’s Edge) that would be perfect. Build a few tree houses, clear a path for people to ride Jetson Aeros disguised as speeder bikes, and maybe hire a few little people to play Ewoks. If it works out, they could get more ambitious later with full-scale AT-ST replicas and maybe the Imperial base. As far as expansions go, it could actually be relatively inexpensive to build since the ride vehicle already exists and you’d be working with the natural landscape rather than building something from scratch on top of it. The only real obstacle would be connecting it to Galaxy’s Edge, since there’s a parking lot and some backstage stuff in the way. Maybe a new Skyliner branch, or (if you didn’t want to break the fourth wall) a Peoplemover built on ground level with corridors?

[@TBustah]

@BK Beatty Ooh, Naboo, that could be fun. I don’t know if Disney wants or needs a third waterpark (after all, we wouldn’t be having this conversation if they hadn’t abandoned one), but that’s a great idea. Another way they could do Naboo or another aquatic world is to revive the submarine ride.

[@weston407]

They have zero interest in making anything tied to the Lucas trilogies - it's Jakku or bust

[@TBustah]

@@weston407 Don’t they? They finally relented and added that magic portal thing so that Darth Vader and other classic characters could drip in. Perhaps it’s a bit of a leap to think they might be willing to build something on the scale I’m talking about, but I do think Disney is starting to realize that it might be a good idea to give people stuff from the movies that they actually give a shit about.

[@MrHubbmuscle]

Ok….ok…. I laughed so hard at the “Shut up!” for the campy commercials 😂😂. By the way, what happened to Sonswa?

[@paulcaridi4964]

Resort about the Pacific Northwest > Resort about all nature in general.

[@snh0621]

Sometime in June they removed some of the fencing down by the lake and had sod piled up to be laid down I guess? I saw pictures in a Ft. Wilderness group I’m in. So there’s that n

[@andyinmichigan9058]

Once again my man great video! thanks!

[@PoleTooke]

The irony that this video topic had to get abandoned for like 2 weeks 😂

[@ejf0255]

Excellent video. Well stated. Disney is in Disney-aster mode.

[@jalapeno1119]

I truly believe the only reason Disney hasn't officially announced anything is they don't want people to be reminded of the abandoned resort and River Country.

[@miranda7662]

I visited River Country tons of times as a kid and loved it, and while I'm glad they finally tore it down, I hate the idea of Reflections so I'm glad that it looks to be abandoned. However, I wish they would just take the equipment out and leave it to wild life like other areas.

[@jenniferrundle6870]

It's pretty annoying they killed River Country's attendance by building 2 other water parks. Though I would think it would hold a special place in the hearts of those who started w/WDW in the 70s. Now, they need to turn it into at least a park or rest area if they're not doing a resort. The endless fences on property are getting old...

[@jaynekranc8607]

River Country didn't have the capacity that was needed. Some days it was at capacity a couple of hours after it opened.

[@tiffprendergast]

@@jaynekranc8607yup

[@abbysc417]

I agree that Reflections is DOA, and the “cheaper better idea” is the Poly tower.

[@abbysc417]

Oh shit you just said that

[@dogandchris]

They should release a bunch of wild dogs on Discovery Island and market it as an Oliver and Company-themed attraction!

[@robertdeveau7445]

I enjoyed River Country when I went, it was fun.

[@dennissmith5807]

So many memories at River Country. Good times.

[@kelowatt]

I miss that tube slide SO MUCH.

[@DavidVitrano]

I hope this reflections resort can officially be built soon. Because once they announce it coming, there's no turning back.

[@seankloss7798]

The 6:10 “shut up” sent me 😂

[@meaganl124]

Adam’s video is what had gotten him the (now lifted) permaban from WDW if I remember right 🤔

[@loop231]

They need to do something, ANYTHING with that land.

[@summer1239555]

I think we should just give Disney more time. I understand that it is hard to wait for updates, but I don't think Disney wants to fully give up on Reflections or the Mary Poppins ride.

[@VADallasCowboysFan]

Just stayed at the Wilderness Campgrounds and yeah nothing is really going on at the site. They do have some security and surveying teams going in tho

[@ariellejohnson2201]

Thank you for the updates! These videos are relaxing and keep me from watching Negative and sad videos on KZbin

[@328am]

I feel like they abandoned reflections and took the materials and budget to put towards the non poly, Polynesian tower

[@sealy1]

I know it doesn’t have to do with the video at all, but in the Style of Disney store at Disney Springs, there’s a DISNEYLAND PEOPLEMOVER CAR! I had to mention this because I know you love the Peoplemover.

[@kristanewcomer2741]

I vote they dump reflections and turn it into a Disney villains hotel or water park.

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“This is river country!” - Jussie Smollet right before he kicks his own ass

[@MrScaryPasta]

I wanna Disney build a new small hotel park resort where River Country once stood. A combination of hotel plus a small water park.