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Discovery Island

Discovery Island (Bay Lake)
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About Discovery Island

Discovery Island is an 11.5-acre (4.7ย ha) island in Bay Lake, Florida. It is located on the property of Walt Disney World in the city of Bay Lake. Between 1974 and 1999, it was an attraction open to guests, who could observe its many species of animals. Disney originally named it Treasure Island, and later renamed it Discovery Island. It currently sits abandoned, but can be seen by any watercraft in Bay Lake. Discovery Island is now the name of one of the lands in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

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That's not a common theory. The light bounces off the snow, much like a disco ball. Very good. Not a theory. Rounded is a theory. Another one is that it's short for Discovery Island. Another one is that the mountains are quite flat on it, so they look like desks. Desco Island. Excuse me. Desco Island. The most common is probably that it was named after a guy called Marmaduke.

from No Such Thing As A Finger Fish, 2022-08-11 at 00:56:32 ยท read transcript

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Coordinates: 28.4144, -81.5669

Thoughts on this place?

๐ŸŸ Reel me another one ยท โ† Back to the map