disneyland is often called the happiest
place on earth
on the surface it does look very nice
everything is well maintained and there
are happy actors all over the place
but disney has many dark secrets at all
of their theme parks
some of these dark secrets have led to
rides and attractions being abandoned
for good
from disney's very first water park that
closed mysteriously
to an abandoned airport disney does not
want you to know about
river country in 1976
disney's river country water park was
opened
it was their first ever water park and
it was very popular
it featured many water rides and pools
but despite its massive popularity it
mysteriously closed in 2001.
the water park was built on lake bay
cove
it had a rustic vibe and families loved
going there on their vacations
people loved the sprawling water park
which had many different attractions
it even had its own island named disney
island
but the main attraction of the water
park was a gigantic man-made mountain
on this mountain was a big waterslide
that everyone loved
the mountain ended at the bay of the
lake and that same water from the lake
was pumped up and used on the slides
but as fun and loved as river country
was it's
shrouded in mystery today this is
because in the summer of 2002 many
people were waiting for it to open up
but they were let down as they were told
it was not going to open that summer
people waited in other summers like in
2003
4 and 5 for it to open but to their
disappointment it remained closed
you may wonder why would disney close a
water park that so many people loved
at first disney said it was because of
remodeling
but in 2005 disney said river country
would be remaining closed
permanently officially they said this
was because there was a low number of
visitors
but many people were not convinced by
this explanation
after all thousands of people year after
year waited for this park to open
instead many believe that the water park
really closed because of an incident
this involved the passing away of an
eight-year-old boy
an eight-year-old boy once visited river
country but as he was enjoying the
slides an amoeba went up his nose
amoebas are organisms that live in lakes
and if they go inside your body they can
be very dangerous
if they enter through your nose they can
get to your brain
and literally eat your brain and sadly
that's exactly what happened to this
eight-year-old boy
the amoeba went through the boy's nasal
passage
it then reached his nervous system and
damaged it including the brain
after they found out what had happened
to the boy an investigation was launched
they traced the amoeba to the lake they
found many of the same amoeba in lake
bay cove
they also found out that disney's filter
systems did not filter out the amoebas
this has led many to believe that this
is the true reason why disney closed the
doors of their river country water park
to this day river country has never
reopened and it likely never will
also now that many people know this very
haunting story they may be put off if it
ever did reopen
discovery island this island can be
found in
disney world florida it was originally
called
treasure island it's a very large 11.5
acre island in bay lake
and the attraction featured many wild
animals and exotic creatures
guests would go there and see exotic
birds reptiles and even monkeys
there were many attractions on the
island for example
tortoise beach which had as the name
suggests many tortoises
and avian way which had many exotic
birds
the island was also home to a small zoo
however today discovery island remains
off limits and abandoned
recently a man was arrested for breaking
in and setting up a campsite on the
island
he did this during lockdown the
mysterious thing is disney never
officially stated its reasons for
closing this island
there are some legends that say people
passed away on
discovery island legend says that this
means the island is haunted
but for me the real mystery is why did
disney close the island
in 2009 an explorer named shane perez
and his friends went to the island
they say that they came across several
strange things
this included reptiles in jars there
were also very creepy old employee
photos
and also a pair of aggressive baby
vultures
lake buena vista airport
many people don't realize this but
disney world once had a fully
operational airport
this was built at disney world florida
in 1971.
you can find it south of the magic
kingdom park it was large enough to
operate four planes at one time
guests could go from airports in orlando
straight to disneyland
if they were going from an orlando
airport the flight was only a few
minutes long
and music was even played for the guests
upon landing
however in the 1980s disney built a
monorail
and this meant that the airport could no
longer be used
today the airport is abandoned and is
pretty creepy
it sort of looks like a narco style
runway in the middle of nowhere
but it's really near to disney world the
only thing is
most of the guests and visitors don't
even know it exists
nara dreamland nara dreamland is located
in japan
it was heavily inspired by disneyland
california
the park opened in 1961. just like in
american disneyland parks there is a
sleeping beauty's castle
there's also a mountain ride similar to
matahorn
and also a large main street the park
once attracted
1.7 million visitors but in 2006 it was
abandoned and
left to rot theme parks are full of joy
and adventure
until everyone leaves one man named
romaine velon
went into the park one day he took some
amazing images of the very haunting park
everything from the roller coasters to
the teacup rides are totally overgrown
foliage now covers every single ride the
park looks incredibly creepy
there's a weird mix of it being
abandoned yet still bright and colorful
and many people in the city of nara say
that this place is haunted
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the creepiest abandoned theme park on
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