River Country at Walt Disney World

In the 1983 issue of "Vaction Guide," River Country is featured as a planned day for any vacation.

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2017/08/lost-theme-parks-take-dive-back-walt-disney-worlds-shuttered-river-country/

Lost Theme Parks: Take a dive back into Walt Disney World's shuttered River Country | Inside the Magic Water slides, lazy rivers, and host of other aquatic adventures are popular today to the point where even hotels have these refreshing recreational feature

This came from the "Walt Disney World Pictorial Souvenir" book from 1984.

The pool is officially filled in. Here is a link to a video of the proof!

https://youtu.be/NAp6vMdFJ4w

ABANDONED RIVER COUNTRY FALL 2016 main pool filled in, Fileena explores A visit to Disney's Abandoned River Country this fall shows the main water slide pool is now filled in with dirt. What are they doing now after 15 years?! Th...

This abandoned Disney water park has been rotting for 15 years Disney crews are now draining the park's largest pool to limit mosquitoes, a growing concern related due to the Zika virus in Florida.

It looks like something is finally happening.

Pool at Disney’s abandoned River Country water park being drained and filled in The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Walt Disney World is draining and filling in the pool at River Country, the water park that has been abandoned since closing in 2002. Upstream Plunge was a 330,000-gallon pool that was “surrounded by manmade boulders for jumping and diving platforms.” This pool...

Here is a place where you can find a leftover piece of the old River Country.

This is a 2016 update and is the most complete telling I have found so far! Enjoy.

6 Tragic Reasons Why Disney's First Water Park Stands Abandoned in Florida Dive into the most detailed history ever written of Disney's River Country, the abandoned water park that sits decaying on the shore of Walt Disney World's Bay Lake.

Here is a scan from the back of an old Blizzard Beach guide map. It shows River Country as being one of the other water adventures. Discovery Island is also featured.

Here is a price and hour list from 1989. River Country is featured.

This is a scan from an old page in "The Disney News" when it was still in publication.

Some of the tickets for River Country included Discovery Island. It is also closed now. Here is a map of Discovery Island.

Here is a park map showing River Country as being one of the three water parks on the Disney World property.