Rare video of Disney River Country water park in 78 heyday The creepiest place on Earth: Inside the Disney World water park where a boy was killed by rare amoeba before it was shuttered and left to rot for 15 years Photographer Seph Lawless is officially banned from Disney World after taking photos of the park Disney's River Country opened as Walt Disney World's first water park in 1976 and closed in 2001 The only other Disney park to close, Discovery Island, is also in decay and is just 300 feet from River Country Lawless wants to know why Disney failed to clean up what they left behind Just around the river bend is an abandoned Disney water park left by the multibillion dollar company to decay for 15 years. Photographer Seph Lawless informed Dailymail.com that he's officially banned from Disney World because he dared take a slew of frighteningly beautiful images of water slides consumed by flowers and vines along with attractions that no longer exist. Disney's River Country water park opened as Walt Disney World's first water park in 1976 and after closing in 2001, it was left to crumble, according to Seph Lawless. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next The dog too sad to face the world: Heartbreaking photos show... More people are overdosing on spice in the Tampa Bay area than ever before. The dangerous trend is skyrocketing in parts of Pinellas County. This comes just one week after another surge of overdoses in Hillsborough County. Police say the people making spice are getting tricky. They?re changing up the ingredients in these drugs, which often means users have no idea what they?re smoking. Clearwater police say they?ve never seen anything like it. There were even a handful of new cases Thursday. Police issued a warning that this may just be the beginning. In exclusive video from the Clearwater Police Department, a major can be seen asking three people on the ground, ?How long ago did you guys smoke spice? Young lady, how long ago did you smoke? What?s your name?? No one ever answered him. This incident happened Wednesday at Crest Lake Park. A lot of people are overdosing in this Clearwater park. ?What?s your name?? Major Eric Gandy of the Clearwater Police Department said asks in a Rise of the synthetic-high zombies: Cops across Florida... Exclusive... 51999291 'Scream Queens' star Emma Roberts stops at the Coffee Bean in West Hollywood with her boyfriend Evan Peters, on March 18, 2016. FameFlynet, Inc - Beverly Hills, CA, USA - +1 (310) 505-9876 Oh Mickey you're so fine! Leggy Emma Roberts looks lovely in... Share this article Share The only other Disney park to close, Discovery Island, is also in decay, according to Lawless who only managed to get close enough to take a few shots of the exterior. The parks both sit on Bay Lake and are just 300 feet away from each other. Both were popular destination spots for families and photos of the parks in their heyday show children laughing and smiling as they splash around the various wade pools and rides. River Country, which now looks like something out of a horror film, was also home to tragedy in 1980 when a little boy visiting the park died after a rare amoeba went up his nose and seized his brain and nervous system. Lawless hopes his photos bring awareness to the fact that Disney failed to clean up what they left behind. 'So Disney is upset at me, but why do they get so upset anytime someone gets too close to the abandoned Discovery Island. What are you hiding Disney? Stay tuned for the strange and bizarre oddities of the Disney Conspiracy,' Lawless wrote on his Facebook over the weekend. In an email to Dailymail.com, Lawless says he interviewed workers who operate Bay Lake where the park is located and he says they told him that the lake is much too dangerous to swim in. The workers reportedly told Lawless that the Disney boats and the nightly fireworks polluted the lake so badly that people who fish in the lake mustn't eat what they catch because the sea creatures are toxic to eat. Lawless says he's been told to stay away from Disney World properties despite legally renting a Disney boat and also capturing images by using a new robotic drone by Autel Robotics. Next month is the 40 year anniversary of the open of River Country. Those who wish to see the rest of Lawless' work may visit his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

• published: 21 Mar 2016
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