Abandoned places
This came out of a Twitter convo with myself and leggyron. We were talking about the appeal and charm of abandoned places. I adore ghost towns and abandoned houses. Whenever I get back down to Alabama, I'm going to have to explore my grandfather's land and take all sorts of pics of an old family house that has been long abandoned.
Also, I've been listening to a particular creepypasta called Abandoned By Disney. As some of you know, I'm a big Disney fan, so I started looking up anything that was actually abandoned by Disney. Well, there is an island in the Bahamas called Treasure Island. Apparently, the area around the island was too shallow, even with dredging, to dock their ships. Here's a, rather funny, blog from someone that actually visited it after the abandonment, complete with pictures! http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/disney-blunder/
And in the Disney Resort in Florida, there are two places abandoned. One is River Country, an old water park that was connected to their Wilderness Campground and Resort, which was closed after the two bigger water parks were opened. And another was called Discovery Island, a zoological park that closed after Animal Kingdom opened. I have never been to River Country, but I have been on Discovery Island years before it closed. I had always heard they had kept it open as another place to treat the animals and such, but apparently that wasn't the case. And these next links are blogs, complete with pics of both places after their abandonment. I would love to go explore both, but I don't think I could ever get permission. Although one blogger snuck on Discovery Island for his pics.
http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2009/12/19/abandoned-disney-river-country-part-1.html
Just click around the site for other pics.
And Discovery Island
http://shaneperez.blogspot.com/2009/12/discovery-island.html
And besides our chat, here's the creepypasta vid that started it...
And the story if you'd rather read it...
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Abandoned_by_Disney
And, check out Centralia, PA. And abandoned town thanks to the coal mine fire that still burns underneath it today!
Also, I've been listening to a particular creepypasta called Abandoned By Disney. As some of you know, I'm a big Disney fan, so I started looking up anything that was actually abandoned by Disney. Well, there is an island in the Bahamas called Treasure Island. Apparently, the area around the island was too shallow, even with dredging, to dock their ships. Here's a, rather funny, blog from someone that actually visited it after the abandonment, complete with pictures! http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/disney-blunder/
And in the Disney Resort in Florida, there are two places abandoned. One is River Country, an old water park that was connected to their Wilderness Campground and Resort, which was closed after the two bigger water parks were opened. And another was called Discovery Island, a zoological park that closed after Animal Kingdom opened. I have never been to River Country, but I have been on Discovery Island years before it closed. I had always heard they had kept it open as another place to treat the animals and such, but apparently that wasn't the case. And these next links are blogs, complete with pics of both places after their abandonment. I would love to go explore both, but I don't think I could ever get permission. Although one blogger snuck on Discovery Island for his pics.
http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/blog/2009/12/19/abandoned-disney-river-country-part-1.html
Just click around the site for other pics.
And Discovery Island
http://shaneperez.blogspot.com/2009/12/discovery-island.html
And besides our chat, here's the creepypasta vid that started it...
Click to viewAnd the story if you'd rather read it...
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Abandoned_by_Disney
And, check out Centralia, PA. And abandoned town thanks to the coal mine fire that still burns underneath it today!