River Country, located along the shores of Bay Lake and near Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, was themed as a rustic, old-fashioned swimming hole.

On January 20, 2005, after roughly three years of closure, The Walt Disney Company announced that the park would remain closed, permanently.

Positioned on the shore of Bay Lake, near Discovery Island, the park featured a rustic-wilderness theme, complete with lush landscaping, large rocks and man-made boulders.

Six years later, in 1995, Disney opened a third themed water park, Blizzard Beach, which was bigger than both and featured more thrilling attractions.

[7] In 2005, Disney officially announced that River Country would remain closed permanently, and removed the entrance water tower.

On August 25, 2016, Disney announced that it would drain and fill in Upstream Plunge, the 330,000-gallon pool, though there were no immediate plans to tear down any other part of the park.

[8] On March 5, 2018, Disney filed permits for a new mystery development labeled "Project 89" to be built along Bay Lake and over the former River Country site.