About this episode
The episode explores the history and current state of Discovery Island at Disney World, focusing on its closure and urban exploration.
Pre–Animal Kingdom, Disney World threw a bunch of real animals on an island and visitors floated over for a sleepy half-day experience. Years later, the island is closed, the infrastructure is rotting, and urban explorers have made countless island videos. Instead of parachuting onto the decaying island and making a video, PTR chose to do an audio podcast instead. It's a lot easier than evading Orlando police! "Alf's Music Career" episode is up at: Patreon.com/PodcastTheRide FOLLOW PODCAST: THE RIDE: https://twitter.com/PodcastTheRide https://www.instagram.com/podcasttheride BUY PODCAST: THE RIDE MERCH: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/podcast-the-ride PODCAST THE RIDE IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/podcast-the-ride See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Topics covered
- Disney history
- urban exploration
- podcast storytelling
- Animal Kingdom
- abandoned places
Keywords
- Discovery Island
- Disney World
- urban explorers
- Animal Kingdom
- podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Forever Dog, Podcast The Ride, Patreon, TeePublic, art19
Books & works: Alf's Music Career
Places: Disney World, Orlando
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