Fort Wilderness Railroad
The fully operable steam train first ran over the Fort Wilderness Campground’s large site in 1973. The official cause for its demise, like that of many other Disney attractions, was never revealed. Rumors ranged from a lack of gasoline capacity to a little girl riding her bike when she was hit by a moving train. Ouch. It’s a good thing the tracks were abandoned to nature in the 1980s if the last rumor is true.
Fortunately, Disney was able to repurpose several of the railway cars for use on other Disney locations, including a ticket booth on Please Island.
Fort Wilderness Railroad
Pocahontas And Her Forest Friends
One of the opening day highlights of the Animal Kingdom in 1998 was a 12-minute live performance involving Pocahontas, Meeko, Grandmother Willow, and a bevy of live animals. Let’s be honest: as the princess sung to the woodland critters, her melancholy hummingbird, Flit, probably hid in a tree judging everyone.
Pocahontas and her pals enjoyed one last performance before the show was canceled after a ten-year run. Because of her rootedness, Grandmother Willow was able to keep Camp Minnie and Mickey as a designated smoking location until the park closed in 2014. Let’s hope she didn’t catch on fire.
Pocahontas And Her Forest Friends