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Friends, writing about Walt Disney World
disneyworld.disney.go.com/is a daunting challenge. I don't know if you are aware, but entire guidebooks have been written that do not do the place justice. I am not going to attempt to write a guidebook, at least not yet. If you will indulge me, let's chip away at the edges and see what we find.
After enjoying ten years of success with his California Disneyland Magic Kingdom theme park,www.disneyland.com Walt Disney had an idea in the mid-60s for an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT) to be located in the orange groves and swampland of central Florida. This sort of idea was maybe not as novel as it sounds. James Rouse had similar ambitions for central Maryland in what eventually became Columbia. But Rouse at that point had many good years left in his life.
Walt did not.
After his death it fell to his brother, Roy, to figure out what exactly to do with all of this land (and this tax burden) in Florida his brother had purchased. Roy was always the money man in the partnership, the silent man in the background who would figure out how to implement Walt's crazy ideas. Walt got all the glory, the idea guys always do. I picture them over the years arguing over what now seem like stupid things, and Walt saying, "For crying out loud, Roy, we're arguing over stupid things! Just tell me how we can make it happen!" Now Walt was gone, and the first thing Roy thought was "We need revenue. Let's build a replica Magic Kingdom, so we can at least survive. And we'll reassemble Walt's New York World's Fair attractions in a new park we'll call EPCOT Center" disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/
Roy, Roy, Roy.
It is a credit to you that the whole thing did survive, but I wonder how different things might have been had Walt lived a few more years. Walt's scaled-down community of tomorrow did eventually get built, not far from Walt Disney World. It is called Celebration www.celebrationinfo.com/. Have you heard of it? It is an afterthought, rather than THE thought.
Sorry, Walt.
The whole thing is a mistake! The four theme parks, the dozen resorts, the thousands of people on the payroll, the millions of dollars of infrastructure, the millions of visitors are all an aberration! This was my mindset as I embarked on a week-long family vacationearlier this yearat WDW. Some brief observations:
You can't walk 3 steps in Fort Wilderness Campground without disturbing a lizard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Fort_Wilderness_Resort_&_Campground
The rides are more fun if you shout "Woo!" at the beginning. Even if the ride is It's Small World. http:disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/magic-kingdom/attractions/its-a-small-world/
Of all the princesses, Jasmine shows the most skinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Jasmine
The snorkeling at Typhoon Lagoon is not as good as in Arubaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Lagoon
We may never see The Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse - It always seems to be closed for maintenance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Family_Treehouse
You can have a great time at the Animal Kingdom Park without actually seeing an animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Animal_Kingdom
The genius of Disney is that all the rides contain, or are contained within, a story. And end in a gift shop
Walt Dated World is a an informative, irreverent, greatsource for all things Disney past. waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/
The Disney Dining Plan is not for the faint of heart. Ditto for the checkout procedures.
I may never see Jaws ride or the Spiderman ride - they are not Disney.
I am more like Clark Griswold than I ever could have imagined.
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