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Disney's Abandoned Boat Ride: The Discovery River Boats
Animal Kingdom's Discovery River Boats at Disney World was one of the strangest, short-lived attractions at the park. And is to this day, one of the few abandoned remnants of Disney World history that still sits in the parks to this day. So let's go through the history of the ride, what it was supposed to be, what it actually became, and what eventually happened to one of Disney's worst ever rides, the Discovery River Boats Tours!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:52 The Cancelled Beastly Kingdom Land
4:41 The Original Plan for the Ride
7:01 The Ride We Actually Got
12:19 The Many Problems of the Discovery River Boats
15:59 The Radio Disney River Cruise
17:16 The Closure of the Ride
18:28 The Abandonment and Remnants of the Ride
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Leave A Legacy: Disney's Controversial Epcot Monument
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If you visited Epcot at Walt Disney World any time in the 2000s, you'll remember the Epcot Leave a Legacy stones. Large granite monoliths at the entrance, built to commemorate trips to the park, and one of the most widely disliked additions to Disney World in recent history. You can follow me on Twitter idk: GeorgeABrowning Thumbnail image adapted from Rian Castillo: www.flickr.com/...
Universal Studios' Insane Fear Factor Live Show
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Universal Studios' Worst Ride - Fast & Furious: Supercharged
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You can follow me on Twitter idk: gappingthemind Fast and Furious: Supercharged opened first at Universal Studios Hollywood as the finale of the studio backlot tour in 2015, and later at Universal Studios Orlando in 2018. Supposed to be a high octane thrill ride based around the popular Fast and Furious movies, and a successor to the disappointing Fast and Furious Extreme Closeup, w...
The Insane Historical Theme Park With No Rides
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Ellen's Energy Adventure: Disney's Weird Pro-Oil Ride
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  • @experiment626eventing
    @experiment626eventing 27 хвилин тому

    This show is exactly like dhmis! if not worse because it was marketed as a kids show.

  • @Emily-lb7rf
    @Emily-lb7rf 2 години тому

    It would have been cool if they moved it to disney springs.

  • @Emily-lb7rf
    @Emily-lb7rf 2 години тому

    i loved it since i grew up with it, but when it was taken away, I quickly saw how gorgeous the chinese theater looked. The park looks a lot classier without it.

  • @michaelcjgreenway4788
    @michaelcjgreenway4788 7 годин тому

    I remember this one. It was creepy fun. Stitch after was cute, but Alien Encounter is my favorite.

  • @mikebuck3252
    @mikebuck3252 8 годин тому

    I would rather get kicked in the nuts then go to disney

  • @-dtuyhnjhggvjjjn
    @-dtuyhnjhggvjjjn 11 годин тому

    If I had a nickel for every time a major chain Florida park from the late 90s lost their opening day boat tour attraction leaving abandoned stations throughout the park I'd have 2 nickels Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice

  • @Beeimus
    @Beeimus 12 годин тому

    It was unfortunate that this was my first Tiki Room experience...

  • @youmatgle
    @youmatgle 17 годин тому

    I don't even understand the ROI move they've made with Genie+. 50% isn't using it. Before you scanned your MagicBand on the ride entrance, go shopping and come back later. Now it's pay to skip the lane, but you're not shopping during that time anymore.

  • @Skillz331
    @Skillz331 День тому

    I haven’t finished this vid yet but WOW

  • @ripazrael
    @ripazrael День тому

    I wonder if a lot of these Disney urban legends are just exploiters fucking with the public

  • @oddmontsoddington8961
    @oddmontsoddington8961 День тому

    My grandparents paid extra to get into Animal Kingdom early, when we took our Disney trip. The tree wasn't done yet, they were still building it. we took that stupid boat ride, and i remember being absolutely miserable, it was so hot and boring. Highlight was a kiosk selling baboon plushes that me and my cousins got, and had a blast messing around with. I'm in my 40s now and still lament we wasted a day on this park. Yeeeesh.

  • @Go4none
    @Go4none День тому

    I just watched pretty much all your Disney videos man great content! The 3 times I went on Expedition Everest I have seen loads of hair ties thrown by guests on the top of the mountain when the ride stops. Maybe you could look into this for a video idea?

  • @cyberwolf2602
    @cyberwolf2602 День тому

    I'd rather wait in queue in a cosplay convention or tattoo expo than go to Disneyland Now it's ruined for me to go so Disneyland is off my list

  • @chickenlittle2206
    @chickenlittle2206 День тому

    Parenting hack- Tell your children these are all the people who perished on "its a small world". My nightly nightmare - I'm on its a small world. The little doll children all have black eyes and are sentient but demonic cannibals who each jump onto the boat two or three at a time where I'm the only one riding then take a bite out of me. I can't move or fight back at all. I can only try to distract myself from being slowly eaten alive with the music which never ever ever stops. I beg for the hippo to end my suffering and make it stop but he just smiles, takes a bite and continues singing along. I have this all night every single night and it never ever stops. I drink A LOT of coffee.

  • @chickenlittle2206
    @chickenlittle2206 День тому

    Considering they quite literally turned a trip to an Disney park into the hunger games with extra steps- It seems fitting.

  • @chickenlittle2206
    @chickenlittle2206 День тому

    That time all the avengers died.

  • @makimakisora
    @makimakisora День тому

    Hi, thanks for the amazing video! Is it ok that I sub and share this video on a Chinese platform called bilibili? The Chinese community has never seen these great animatronics and would love to learn more about them. I’ll include full credit and your permission. Thank you very much in advance!

  • @mattproductions
    @mattproductions День тому

    Awesome video

  • @pokegangster57
    @pokegangster57 День тому

    I remember going on stitches great escape as a kid. In the preshow where they transport 1 of the experiments into a tube i had full confidence that the alien was real and telling my dad excitedly about it. I can only imagine how happy that moment was for him. I miss those times alot.

  • @rnw2739
    @rnw2739 День тому

    Everybody knows Jaws is the second best attraction at Universal. The number one attraction at Universal is the Bates Motel set and Normans iconic house up on the hill.

  • @ryans413
    @ryans413 День тому

    Holy crap do people really stand in line for an hour just go on a ride. You spend most of your time in the park just standing in a line.

  • @adamthearsonist
    @adamthearsonist 2 дні тому

    maybe it’s cuz i’m a early 2000s kid but i actually miss those annoying birds

  • @Go4none
    @Go4none 2 дні тому

    Another thing they did with Everest that really interested me is how unfinished and ugly it looks from behind. If you search “the back of expedition Everest” you’ll see exactly what I mean

  • @ethanhart129
    @ethanhart129 2 дні тому

    The Who Wants To Be a Millionaire attraction was such a good idea, do they still do that

  • @Browsing348
    @Browsing348 2 дні тому

    The fact that Disney is repeating universal’s “too many screens in attractions” failures now is what concerns me personally. They’re making the same mistakes beat for beat

  • @Radioshack65
    @Radioshack65 2 дні тому

    They used to literally announce that it was a 40 minute long attraction and I remember seeing people be visibly be turned off and leave

  • @bdluejay
    @bdluejay 2 дні тому

    i think i was too young to have ridden the river boats, but ill have to ask my parents if they remember us riding them. what a neat remnant! next time i visit animal kingdom ill definitely have to seek out the dragons cave rocks

  • @codyshirey3468
    @codyshirey3468 2 дні тому

    Man who rembers river country i was alot younger but man somthing about the fress water and not even riding the rides becsuse i was pretry young i rember just playing with the sand at the bottom on the lake and throwing it on the log climb things idk somthing about that made me happy when i was young think they should bring a fresh water park back i hate chlorine now as far a typhoon lagoon i loved the little shark thing u would swim at the top of the water and look down at the little sharks and stuff and then in every park fuck the rides lazy river all day long swim with goggles and find rings braclets all tyoe of stuff

  • @katef96
    @katef96 2 дні тому

    We had the Tiki Room song on one of our Disney Classics CDs. The first time we went to WDW, this version was there. I don’t think it was what we expected to say the least.

  • @gregoryfaith4303
    @gregoryfaith4303 2 дні тому

    Really didn't mean to call it a little bit of a boring ride after getting clear of the boat talking to a ride cast member, so when it stopped running, I really didn't miss it.

  • @user-oo7dw4qw4b
    @user-oo7dw4qw4b 2 дні тому

    Wait I'm getting conflicting information. So is the idea for Tokyo DisneySea lifted from Port Disney then pitched to OLC? Because now seeing the original plan for Port Disney, it looks like it is. It was said by someone from Disney that while the timeline for PD's cancelation and the finalization of the theme for Tokyo's 2nd park coincide, the theme for Tokyo's 2nd park was pitched by OLC and was handled by a separate development team. So it's kinda weird to see certain key elements from PD appear at TDS.

  • @Werewolf_Korra
    @Werewolf_Korra 2 дні тому

    I remember a live quartet singing sea shanties at the park's bar.

  • @Werewolf_Korra
    @Werewolf_Korra 2 дні тому

    My dad went in the shark tank back in 2005. I was 11 and way too scared. Typhoon Lagoon was an awesome park, but it intimidated me, because it was so massive. I remember getting off the lazy river and not knowing where the heck I was. Also, the wave pool is a lot stronger than the Wave Pool I was used to at Fun Plex in Omaha.

  • @Werewolf_Korra
    @Werewolf_Korra 2 дні тому

    Honestly, it's a shame Disney doesn't have more dino dark rides.

  • @z3v..
    @z3v.. 3 дні тому

    i like watching videos explaining this

  • @z3v..
    @z3v.. 3 дні тому

    i still be havin fun when im there so idc 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @Aenarion28
    @Aenarion28 3 дні тому

    Disney will probably fix the yeti when "influencers" push the theory that its gay or trans and Disney is being phobic by not fixing it

  • @deborahdesanto2313
    @deborahdesanto2313 3 дні тому

    Sorry the 25 anniversary cake , I liked it it didn't ruin my pictures.

  • @choopoopoo
    @choopoopoo 3 дні тому

    why would a book be of worse quality just because it was written in 2011? wtf are you talking about

  • @ajoepetrucceJr
    @ajoepetrucceJr 3 дні тому

    Perhaps put the current Disney executives on a continuous loop trip until they make a profitable movie

  • @blairallison18
    @blairallison18 3 дні тому

    I think the real Moody would have still been Amanda and the joke would be that she’s exactly the same as the old Moody. Then the switched at birth plot line never gets mentioned again and it would be as if nothing changed. What might have been.

  • @briansieve
    @briansieve 3 дні тому

    A theme park fan all my life. I first learned of this incredible place today. Great stuff. Thanks

  • @briansieve
    @briansieve 3 дні тому

    I love how French it is. Especially the fantasy of the French beating the English. There's some historical revisionism. Lol

  • @dsreview129
    @dsreview129 3 дні тому

    Seeing as I can't stand Harry Potter and never got the chance to ride on the Jaws attraction, I'm pissed. Looks like I may have to get out to Japan.

  • @charlie_sierra_alpha2284
    @charlie_sierra_alpha2284 3 дні тому

    When I first went to Disney World, back in 2006, I remembered the hat being there and it was literally my favorite thing about MGM. Fast forward to last week and visiting Hollywood studios and not seeing the hat I was kind of upset. I don't even remember the Chinese theater being there because I was 7 and thus an idiot so older me thought that they just added the Chinese theater not long ago lmao. I'm on the old end of gen Z but I definitely miss the hat. I also went to EPCOT that same trip and definitely don't remember the EPCOT wand on the ball.

  • @libertyko15
    @libertyko15 3 дні тому

    Still better then what disney made…. (Spider man web slingers.)

  • @anthonygregory6797
    @anthonygregory6797 3 дні тому

    At the age of 22 I finally got to see universal studios in Orlando, sadly that was 2013....as I walked my way to where the ride once was, I was told by any employee paid I saw tell me the ride was closed....it broke me, my childhood I wanted to ride the ride so badly, had a good time regardless, but I feel robbed, glad I was able to get a detailed video on this ride. Amazing video.

  • @lovebug9696
    @lovebug9696 3 дні тому

    Wait, we're not supposed to take those ??

  • @Alice_no_malice
    @Alice_no_malice 3 дні тому

    The removal of splash mountain is uncalled for.. they replaced it with Tiana and its not as good as Splash mountain

    • @z3v..
      @z3v.. 3 дні тому

      now THAT i agree wit

  • @davidwesley2525
    @davidwesley2525 3 дні тому

    Gilbert Gottfried Murdered The Enchanted Tiki Room. ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️