May 4, 2020

An Abandoned Walt Disney Attraction...in Disney World?

The reason this story has come to light is an Alabama man has been found camping on the 11 acre unused Disney Island (Attractions on the island were shut down in 1999, right inside Disney World!)

"The man, Richard J. McGuire, 42, of Mobile, Ala., was accused of trespassing at the theme park after he tried to camp on Discovery Island, a former zoological park that was closed in 1999, the authorities said.

On Thursday, an Orange County sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a trespasser on the island, which is east of Disney’s Contemporary Resort, in Bay Lake. A security representative for Disney told deputies she had seen a man using a boat earlier that day and that the area was closed to the public, with signs warning against trespassing."
You can see Discovery Island HERE on Google Earth.
The N.Y. Times has the story this morning

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