He surely had to bypass WDW security to do this, as well as, of course, potentially could have been hurt or killed in the process of getting to or walking around the island. (Note: we do not condone this guy’s activities. So now we can know for sure what the former nature park looks like: Thanks, Wikipedia!) somehow got to Discovery Island earlier this year and videotaped what he saw. Well, as it turns out, a local “urban explorer” (one who examines man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment. I’m positive nature would have taken it over by now, but without visuals, who would know for sure?
I’d probably enjoy it more now, but that’s not possible because it’s been sitting abandoned for nearly 20 years. I was a kid and thought it was kind of boring -). Partially because it was more years ago than I care to think about, but also because, well, I visited Discovery Island as a kid in the 1970s. After 25 years of success, it closed to guests shortly after Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened and, a few months later, was virtually abandoned after all the resident animals has been transferred to Animal Kingdom. The highlight of the island was that guests could observe its many species of animals and birds. You can also see McGuire's footage below.Between 19, Discovery Island was an island (duh!) that was open as a hard ticket attraction in Walt Disney World’s Bay Lake, located roughly between the Contemporary Resort Hotel and the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue at Fort Wilderness.
You can check out the law enforcement video above, thanks to the Orlando Click YouTube channel. McGuire's criminal case is still being prosecuted and his videos probably won't help him out in court at all. One can also tell that McGuire was very good at hiding and evading law enforcement when they stormed the island, while armed, looking for him. The Orange County Sherriff's department treated the situation very seriously, as one can tell by watching the footage. Back when McGuire went on his camping excursion, the entire resort had been shut down for over a month, which could be why so much attention was brought to the situation. We see him in hiding and he documents what he was up to, while also attempting to escape the so-called "tropical paradise."ĭiscovery Island is in the middle of Bay Lake at the Walt Disney World Resort. Who wouldn't want to go and have it all to themselves?" Along with the law enforcement video, McGuire, who goes by the Southern Pirate on YouTube, posted his own footage of himself hanging out on the island when the law showed up. In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Richard McGuire, who has plead not guilty of trespassing, says, "Luckily, I've already taken my daughter Disney World before I got a life ban.
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