- River Country was Walt Disney World’s first waterpark. It opened in 1976, and closed for the final time in 2001. Since 2001, the area has sat virtually undisturbed.
- Disney's River Country was Walt Disney World's first water park. ... River Country is adjacent to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campgrounds.
- In short, Disney’s River Country is decaying and dissolving, the millions of visitors that passed through its gates now a thing of the past.
- If you want to know more about Disney’s River Country, check out this short list of interesting posts I found on the Internet
- This 1976 map showcases Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground during an exciting era in its history—right around the time that River Country opened.
- River Country, which opened in 1976, was one of the first major additions to the Walt Disney World complex.
- A while back I spent some time* at Disney's first water park, River Country. Yep, it's still there where they left it yet it no longer functions as a park.
- Disney's River Country was the first water park at Walt Disney World. It opened on June 20, 1976 and ceased operations on November 2, 2001.
- The first water park at Florida's Walt Disney World, River Country once teemed with excited children and their families, but was closed and left to rot in 2002.
- All California Adventure Disneyland Downtown Disney. ... June 11, 2018. Disney’s River Country was the first water park at Walt Disney World.