Walt Disney World is the most magical location on earth, and you’ve just strolled into it from your hotel room in Orlando, Florida. As you travel down Main Street in the Magic Kingdom, you can see Mickey Mouse on your right, smell fried dishes coming from three blocks away, and hear the music for a princess sing-a-long starting to play in the background. Everyone and everything is cheerful and bright. But what about those attractions that have been pushed to the background? What if you were forgotten, overwhelmed by vegetation and cobwebs, and lost in time? Take a trip down memory lane with these Disney attractions that have been abandoned or closed down.
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Discovery Island
Is there an abandoned attraction? Try an abandoned island that is no longer named on a Disney World map, but is instead depicted as a green lump in the middle of Bay Lake on a Disney World map. Discovery Island was a pirate-themed amusement park that first opened its doors in 1974, inspired by the classic Disney film “Treasure Island.” And, according to common opinion, it was the 150 exotic birds from all over the world, rather than the pirate reenactments, that provided the most interest in the attraction. The park’s closure in 1999 remains a mystery, however many believe it was brought about by the launch of Animal Kingdom in the same year.
Discovery Island
