Vintage Disneyworld ’96: Discovery Island
DISCOVERY ISLAND! It has long been a source of fascination for me. That sweet little zoo I visited as a child in 1996 is now apparently an overgrown, decaying, delightful house of mild horrors. There are vultures! There are dead snakes in jars!
There are BACTERIA CAPABLE OF KILLING HUMANS!
Anyway. Many brave souls have ventured their way into Discovery Island over the years. Some also have been sued by Disney I believe. I would definitely jump at the chance to explore the still-very much abandoned Island, but instead, hey, let’s see what it was like as a fully-functioning, snakesinjars-less part of the park.
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It’s a croc! Is it just me or does he not look all that happy to be behind fencing?
I can’t read these signs but I think they’re telling you to please not feed the animals or presumably the Mouse will get you.
These adorable Roseate Spoonbills all got relocated to Animal Kingdom when it opened, I think.
I don’t think my family spent too long at Discovery Island during ye olde Disney holiday. From what I remember it wasn’t really appealing to children because there were no rides or costumed characters around.
My brother it seems REALLY REALLY liked the sand though.
