Because even if RC was in "move in condition" they would have to do a major rebuild to get it up to today's standards and I'm not even talking about the lake water issue, which of course is huge. It mostly has to do with the overall design and liability.
- They would have to remove the rocks from the sides of the main pool and paint NO DIVING all around the pool. No Insurance company would allow you to have any thing that encourages head first diving no matter how deep the pool.
- I remember most or all of the body slides dumped you into 8 feet of water so they would have to be reworked.
- The natural bottom of the lagoon would have to be all concrete and not much sand to keep the filters clean.
- Also the water would have to be crystal clear so the life guards can see the bottom.
Basically everything that made RC unique would be gone. Also it would be so much easier to start over.
They may put some sort of "water park" there for the DVC report. They may even call it River Country but its going to look like Storm Along Bay with a "country feel" not at all like the real thing.
Those are all very good points. I really don't think that there is anything in River Country that could be rehabilitated and used. And River Country is nowhere close to being in "move in condition," in fact, it is quite the opposite: the decayed condition of what is left pretty much seals the deal.
I could see them paying tribute to River Country- like the painting of Mr. Toad in the Winnie the Pooh Ride, or the Nautilus outline on the tree in the Pooh Playground, but I just don't think there is any attraction in there that could be salvaged.
Ah, well, keep in mind I'm new around here, so maybe I missed the discussion. But the only discussion I found was the one where TCD posted his findings from the cast member who said RC would be leveled to make way for the new DVC. Didn't see any mention that RC would be possibly absorbed by the new DVC.
I then Googled and found that article in the Orlando Business Journal. I didn't find it here on this board. But if that article has been posted earlier by someone else, I apologize.
Oh, thanks for the warm welcome, by the way!
Ah, don't mind Discamper.
That was a warm welcome from him.
Thank you for posting this information here.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates it.
That article was cited in a post in a previous thread about this rumor. You can find the thread here:
A new rumor!
And the post here:
Post 200
Now, here is something interesting.
This Orlando Business Journal is like a wiki-newspaper or something.
Because the detail that you refer to was not in the article when it was first posted. I guess the "journalists" go back and add stuff to their articles after the fact.
Strange.
But, thanks for the link, because I wouldn't have known that the article was amended if you hadn't.
And, it is possible that there will be a waterpark component to this new resort. The AKL DVC has a pretty nice little waterpark. Emphasis on the little. That is why I don't put a lot of hope on thinking that whatever is constructed there will bear any resemblance to River Country.
I remember the deep water off the water slides at River Country. Not a problem when I went there as an adult in 1997, but when I went as an 11 yr old kid it was a surprise when the River Country slide dumped me into deep water. I could just barely swim at that age and since I was expecting to be able to touch the bottom, it was a bit of a shock for 11yr old me when the bottom was so deep down.
True. I remember when I first took my DD on these slides, and how surprised I was that I couldn't even touch the bottom there. There is no way an insurance company would allow anything like that to operate now.
TCD