Discovery Island

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Discovery Island

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Bay Lake, FL 32836

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Former wildlife park with aviary, nature preserve, and unique animal exhibits  

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All About Discovery Island, the Abandoned Park at Disney World

"Discovery Island was originally called Treasure Island and opened on April 8, 1974. It was themed after the 1950 Disney pirate adventure film "Treasure Island," featuring a wrecked ship on its shore. The island's name changed to Discovery Island in 1977, serving as an 11.5-acre nature preserve accessible by boat. It operated until April 8, 1999, hosting a variety of birds and animals, a large walk-through aviary, and giant tortoises. Tickets at the time of its closing were $12.67 for adults and $6.89 for children. The island's zoological legacy lives on in Disney's Animal Kingdom's central land, also named Discovery Island." - Travel + Leisure Editors

https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/disney-vacations/discovery-island-disney-world
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The 27 Best Restaurants At Disney World 2024 - Orlando - The Infatuation

"Animal Kingdom has tons of cute little food trucks scattered around the park, and Eight Spoon Cafe is one you should make a point to visit. If you don’t want to deal with a long wait at Flame Tree, you can get pulled pork here instead, although you should know that if you order it as a sandwich, it will be served on a jelly doughnut. For a marginally less intense experience, you can get a pile of pulled pork atop a mountain of mac and cheese." - Carina Finn Koeppicus

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Heisenberg K

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Ah yes Discovery island first opened on April 8, 1974 and closed April 8, 1999 to the public. Abandoned by disney eh? And no there is no photo negative mickey or oswald roaming the island. it closed due to the Animal Kingdom being opened up, a far more easier to access area and gained more popularity which caused Disney to shut down Discovery Island. Still its my favorite place, would love to explore it if i could seeing the fact its now abandoned too

Max Steell

Google
Thank you for bringing back memories of what this place once was for me. I imagine this place is surrounded by memories and intense agony.I'm sorry to everyone who went on the day of the 1996 event the incident that caused me to become paranoid I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do that I'm sorry Andrew see you later and to everyone who stayed Abandoned by time, the 1996 incident only brought me back to remembering this more...

Joel Abelar

Google
I wish they would at least reconstruct this island and just remove half of the alligators they see because it would give them a good profit, plus you guys can do this Disney has bout a million trillion dollars at hand they could at least make it better than people just secretly hiding and probably successfully escaping Discovery Island if it were me if you guys wanted to make sure no one wanted to go there maybe send some people to put a secret internet line and then install the hidden cameras to make sure for real and plus there was someone who hid under the big wooden stand

Evan Hines

Google
People saying that the place is scary and dangerous just makes me want to explore it. Also, why do people say that Disney has some dark secret?

Kershaw Tha Savage

Google
Why is everyone hating on it bc it's abandoned? That's what makes me WANT to go. A lotta ppl like abandoned stuff, shit me & my friends wanna get a tour of Chernobyl

Maria Cruz

Google
There is many secrets to hide in Disney like ghosts or others but this is a bit more creepy

Ian “UnWiiPlayGAMES” Eons

Google
Very interesting. It was operational from 1974 to 1999 as a significant attraction at Walt Disney World until it was shut down mainly due to the opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. I haven’t visited since I was 12 in November/December 2019 but I hope that if I do finally go again this year I will get to have another look at this island. And yes I’m the first one to review this place.

Allie T

Google
It was very nice and fun to visit. The first thing I found weird, though, was that my phone automatically connected to a suspicious Wi-Fi that was present on the island. It was called "Radio Nick" so I'm assuming it's someone's hot spot I was just able to pick up. Another thing was that they didn't really move the animals, they just let them out of containment. I got to see one of the vultures and while I was in its company I managed to find some papers and a map of the island. It almost seemed like the vulture was leading me, but that's a crazy thought. As I kept exploring I got lightheaded and I was probably hallucinating when I saw arms come out of the ground and try to drag me down. My hallucination also showed me a vision of Snow White with pale colors and she freaked me out quite a bit. Left shortly after, didn't get to see much. If you like hallucinating, this is the place for you.