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16 photos of abandoned Disney resorts that will give you the creeps
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Disney has tons of
thriving
parks - but it has abandoned more than most people
realize.
Discovery Island was left to rot in 1999, and has been
untouched since.
River Country was the first water park at the Walt Disney
Resort, and closed down after multiple deaths.
Anything that's
been abandoned is creepy to begin with, but abandoned Disney
parks in particular have an unsettling quality to them that's
hard to shake.
Disney has
ditched several projects over the years for various reasons, but
often these parks have been left intact to decay naturally over
time. The result are eerie remains of what once was part of "the
happiest place on Earth."
Take a look at a few of the parks Disney has abandoned over the
years.
Discovery Island in Bay Lake has been abandoned since 1999.
The island could only be accessed from a Disney resort boat or a
Walt Disney World Cruise, and was known as
a premiere tourist destination from the
1970s to the 1990s.
It was originally called "Treasure Island" when it opened in 1974 as a bird sanctuary.
It was rebranded as "Discovery Island" in 1978, featuring a range
of exotic animals, an aviary, flamingo pool, and a beach for
tourists.
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It closed in 1999 for a variety of reasons.
Reasons it closed included a fear of wild-roaming alligators,
alleged mishandling of animals, and deadly bacteria found in the
park's waters.
When it closed, the animals were moved to Disney World's Animal Kingdom Resort nearby.
The island has not been maintained since.
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Visitors are prohibited from exploring the island.
Those caught trespassing could be arrested and banned from Disney
World.
The area now looks like a ghost town.
Even if visitors were allowed, you probably wouldn't want to
check out the area anyway.
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After opening as the first water park at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1976, Disney's River Country closed in November 2001.
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It was very successful when it first opened, but in 1980 a boy died there due to an amoeba that breeds in fresh water that attacked his brain and nervous system.
Disney was
absolved for this because the amoeba could have bred
anywhere.
Then, two years later, a boy drowned coming off of the Whoop n' Holler Slide.
Disney was
sued by the family, who claimed that there was no warning
about how deep the water was. A lifeguard testified that they had
to save dozens of kids from that slide daily.
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In 1989, another boy drowned there.
However,
the park continued to operate until 9/11, when a country-wide
setback in tourism forced Disney to cut opening hours.
River Country then shut its doors for maintenance, but never
reopened. Disney announced its permanent closure in 2005, despite
it having laid abandoned for three years before that.
Now the park is overgrown and decaying, and the area has a haunting quality to it.
The area is much different than it was when originally advertised
in 1976.
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One of their advertisements said, "Bring a swimsuit and a smile. You're likely to wear both out at River Country."
Now that it's abandoned, that
advertisement sounds much creepier.
Nara Dreamland isn't a "real" Disney resort, but it was built to resemble one.
It
opened in 1961 as a Japanese version of California's
Disneyland, complete with its own Main Street USA and Sleeping
Beauty's castle.
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Some of its Disney replicas include Matterhorn mountain, Sleeping Beauty's Castle, a monorail, and Main Street USA.
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