River Country

[SBETigg]

Stayed at FW in 2000 and we were able to go and enjoy one last time before it was closed.

As for why it closed I researched it a few years back as it made no sense in the manner of how WDW went about closing it down. It was literally was open one day and closed the next. What I read which lends credibility to a post above with the amoeba concern, is that the state of Florida passed a water quality law directed at water parks and being that the water supply for River Country was Bay Lake it would never meet the new state standards. So when the law came in to effect the park closed.

Personally I think this is why our immune systems are so compromised these days everything around us is Pasteurized, Homogenized and Disinfected WAY TOO MUCH. We need to get a little more DIRT in our lives to keep us healthy!

Yeah, maybe dirt, maybe even some bacteria, but not that amoeba. It's not like a bacteria that your body could potentially fight off or develop natural immunity to. It's an actual organism that bores holes in the human brain if ingested, leading to death. Diving into lake water or anything that would put you close enough to stirring up the bottom of a natural warm water body is what puts you at highest risk, and that would potentially happen at a water park. Thus, the law being put into effect in FL and the closure of River Country. Of course, nothing changed from one day to the next and odds are that we could all swim and never be affected. But apparently, odds are also high enough that the risk was deemed too great.

But otherwise, I agree that we're over-sanitizing and it's causing immunity problems. It's just not the case as far as the FL law or Disney's risk potential.

[CJDDS]

Stayed at FW in 2000 and we were able to go and enjoy one last time before it was closed.

As for why it closed I researched it a few years back as it made no sense in the manner of how WDW went about closing it down. It was literally was open one day and closed the next. What I read which lends credibility to a post above with the amoeba concern, is that the state of Florida passed a water quality law directed at water parks and being that the water supply for River Country was Bay Lake it would never meet the new state standards. So when the law came in to effect the park closed.

Personally I think this is why our immune systems are so compromised these days everything around us is Pasteurized, Homogenized and Disinfected WAY TOO MUCH. We need to get a little more DIRT in our lives to keep us healthy!

That isn't exactly how it closed. River Country always closed during the winter months. The water wasn't heated and with the other parks available, it didn't make sense to keep RC open during the colder months. They closed it one fall, advertised it would be open again in the spring as per the usual schedule, but it never opened again.

[Capt_redshirt]

That isn't exactly how it closed. River Country always closed during the winter months. The water wasn't heated and with the other parks available, it didn't make sense to keep RC open during the colder months. They closed it one fall, advertised it would be open again in the spring as per the usual schedule, but it never opened again.

right it was scheduled to be opened the next year and then the law that was passed came into effect in january (like it does in most states) and disney couldnt open it up with out major changes to the park so they just kept it closed