River Country, which opened at Fort Wilderness in 1976, was Disney's first water park. It was a nice little park but lacked the excitement and capacity of the later Disney water parks, Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. I'm sure that in 1976 this place seemed fantastic since there wasn't anything else like it. These days some of the resort pools seem to have about the same number of activities. I visited River Country in 1993 and found it quite pleasant. With the exception of one pool, all the water used in the park was filtered fresh water from adjacent Bay Lake. This helped give the park a very natural look. River Country closed in 2001.
The water wagon sitting in front of this playground served as a sign for River Country but "River Country" was very faded and barely visible on the tank in this photo.
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A shot of River Country taken from Discovery Island in 1990.
A child's ticket.
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