Slippery Slide Falls

Disney's River Country
Location	Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
Coordinates	28°24′39″N 81°33′51″W / 28.410812°N 81.564049°W / 28.410812; -81.564049
Section	Upstream Plunge
Status	Defunct
Operated	June 20, 1976 to September 1, 2001
Environment	Outdoors
Exit	Runout

Statistics

Designer / calculations

Fred Joerger

Type

Body
Drop

Containment

Open

Length

16 feet

Number of slides

2

Slippery Slide Falls was a duo of body drop water slides formerly located at Disney's River Country in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA.^[1]

They opened with the park on June 20, 1976, and closed with it on September 1, 2001.^[2]^[3]^[4] They were later demolished in 2019.^[5]

Design

Two 16 foot long slides with a 7 foot drop into Upstream Plunge. The slides' rockwork was designed by Fred Joerger, of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad fame.^[2]

References

↑ "River Country Park Map" (PDF). Walt Disney World. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Pemberton, Amanda (April 22, 2024). "The History of Disney's River Country Water Park". WDW Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
↑ Weiss, Werner (September 21, 2012). "River Country Closed by Brain-Eating Amoeba?". Yesterland. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
↑ "AS CROWDS DRY UP, DISNEY CLOSES RIVER COUNTRY PARK". Orlando Sentinel. April 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
↑ "PHOTOS: Former River Country Water Park Completely Demolished for New Hotel". BlogMickey. April 16, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

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Former Coasters

Animal Kingdom

Primeval Whirl

Present Rides

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Blizzard Beach	Chairlift

Former Rides

Magic Kingdom	Snow White's Scary Adventures 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Skyway Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Epcot	Body Wars Horizons Ellen’s Energy Adventure World of Motion
Hollywood Studios	The Great Movie Ride

Present Water Slides

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Typhoon Lagoon	Bay Slides Crush 'n' Gusher Gangplank Falls Humunga Kowabunga Keelhaul Falls Mayday Falls Miss Adventure Falls Storm Slides

Former Water Slides

River Country	Kiddie Cove Slippery Slide Falls White Water Rapids Whoop-'N-Holler Hollow
Typhoon Lagoon	Humunga Kowabunga

[1] "River Country Park Map" (PDF). Walt Disney World. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2001. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Pemberton, Amanda (April 22, 2024). "The History of Disney's River Country Water Park". WDW Magazine. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[:1-3] Weiss, Werner (September 21, 2012). "River Country Closed by Brain-Eating Amoeba?". Yesterland. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[4] "AS CROWDS DRY UP, DISNEY CLOSES RIVER COUNTRY PARK". Orlando Sentinel. April 22, 2002. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[5] "PHOTOS: Former River Country Water Park Completely Demolished for New Hotel". BlogMickey. April 16, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

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