Any New News On River Country?

[ynottony99]

I'm here now and can report only that the gazebo and walkway are completely gone, but I can't see any evidence (at least from the boat or from the BBQ area) of anything within rc itself being torn down.

Thanks Dave. Does it look like the construction is done at the front of RC? I guess what I'm wondering is if the contractors are still around?

 

[clkelley]

Thanks Dave. Does it look like the construction is done at the front of RC? I guess what I'm wondering is if the contractors are still around?

There was no evidence of construction on the front side, except for one wooden flag stake left in the ground. On the water side, there were still a few posts left sticking up where (I think), the gazebo used to be and the yellow water barriers were still around that.

 

[clkelley]

I found my camera cable!!!!

Here are the pictures I promised!!

The entrance

Where the water tower used to be

The lone construction stick

Behind an opend gate

The new landscaping is where Pop's Place used to be

The restrooms remain, didn't go in, somebody was cleaning

The beefed up fencing, lots of rain recently

Another view of where Pop's Place was

More beefed up fencing

The new decorative concrete

The water slides into the pool. They seem cleaner to me.

Where the boardwalk used to be

Where the gazebo was

 

[ynottony99]

Thanks Carol. Great photos. We apprecitate you taking time to get these to us.

I wonder if there will be a next phase of this project, that will include demolition of the water park?

 

[itch1]

Interesting I to thought the slides looked "cleaned up"
Maybe they were embare assed!
Thanks Carol
ITCH

 

[Shan-man]

So it would seem that all this activity was just to quell discussion and hopes that the Fort could easily setup a counter service option... "what about Pop's Place, it's just sitting there?" No more of that, now.

 

[clkelley]

So it would seem that all this activity was just to quell discussion and hopes that the Fort could easily setup a counter service option... "what about Pop's Place, it's just sitting there?" No more of that, now.

That was my thoughts exactly, but ran out of battery power before I could type that.

 

[OK GRUMPY]

I think that slide area does look cleaner. Great work Carol!
Thanks

 

[cavecricket]

I still cannot get over the whole RC thing. It makes me so sad.

 

[lathamary]

Thanks for the photos!

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Thanks Carol!

 

[RocklandRVers]

Why would they be cleaning the restroom/showers? Might make sense if they were considering converting the area to campsites. Maybe super premium lakeview sites? How cool would that be?

 

[clkelley]

Why would they be cleaning the restroom/showers? Might make sense if they were considering converting the area to campsites. Maybe super premium lakeview sites? How cool would that be?

Those restrooms are used for Mickey's Backyard Barbecue which is in the nearby pavilion and there was a Barbecue that night because when I came back later that evening for the movie/campfire, I could hear it going on.

 

[YensidCamper]

Thanks clkelley!

 

[kazlac4]

Thanks for the update.

 

[IslandHtsCampers]

I attended the back yard BBQ on the 11th. They removed the showers and added more toilets (in the men's room anyway). It looks like they set the area up for use by the back yard BBQ. Some of the characters were greeting guests in the new concrete patio area before the food started.

 

[John VN]

I attended the back yard BBQ on the 11th. They removed the showers and added more toilets (in the men's room anyway). It looks like they set the area up for use by the back yard BBQ. Some of the characters were greeting guests in the new concrete patio area before the food started.

The above mentioned improvements are the extent of up-grades. The multi-million$ needed for RC are not in the pipe line. My source.

 

[RocklandRVers]

The above mentioned improvements are the extent of up-grades. The multi-million$ needed for RC are not in the pipe line. My source.

At least there was some cleanup done. TCD's investigative report showed an un-Disneylike location left to rot and deteriorate. Anything is better than that.

By the way John VN, HOWDY "FORMER" NEIGHBOR. We live in the NY county right over the border from Bergen. Hence the name!!

 

[John VN]

At least there was some cleanup done. TCD's investigative report showed an un-Disneylike location left to rot and deteriorate. Anything is better than that.

By the way John VN, HOWDY "FORMER" NEIGHBOR. We live in the NY county right over the border from Bergen. Hence the name!!

HOWDY back at you.

Moved down to Fl. in '86 and about the only thing I miss from back north is waking up to freshly fallen snow and the bicyle rides from Hackensack to Bear Mtn. along 9W. Always pretty in the fall.

 

[flash828]

What part of Rockland? Moved 10 years ago to Cincy area from New City.