Disney and New Orleans history Connection?

[SeaCastle]

For you conspiracy theorists out there...Walt Disney was in New Orleans on the day that JFK was shot. :lookaroun

I also thought this was worth sharing...a candidate for mayor of New Orleans used an image of New Orleans Square for her campaign website:

 

[mightynine]

The problem with all of these statements is that they discuss Walt Disney looking for a place to build a second park. Walt Disney did not buy land in Florida to build a second park, he bought it to build EPCOT. From nearly all accounts Walt's focus for Florida was totally on EPCOT with the second park being a concession to the financiers. Design work on the Magic Kingdom did not start until 1967, after Walt Disney was dead. The "EPCOT Film" uses a roof plan of Disneyland for what became the Magic Kingdom, and it is barely discussed. With all of that, why would Disney be looking at New Orleans for a second park?

But if Disney was looking for space - which is what the EPCOT film mentioned - the areas around New Orleans (say a 30 to 60 minute drive) in southeast Louisiana were not very developed at that time and would've been a good cheap fit - unless someone got word that Disney was sniffing around. And no matter what he was building, it was going to increase that value quickly.

 

[Lucky]

I really do not believe Walt Disney ever actually looked at New York as a potential site of Disneyland East. Lots of people and companies solicited Disney for development projects. To this day people speculate about potential Disney projects either naively or intentionally to increase property values. Disney biographers also tend to ascribe the idea to Robert Moses, New York City Parks Commissioner and President of the World's Fair with Moses' biographer Robert A. Caro saying it was Disney's idea.

Moses is infamous in NYC as the guy who let the Dodgers and Giants move to the West Coast.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But if Disney was looking for space - which is what the EPCOT film mentioned - the areas around New Orleans (say a 30 to 60 minute drive) in southeast Louisiana were not very developed at that time and would've been a good cheap fit - unless someone got word that Disney was sniffing around. And no matter what he was building, it was going to increase that value quickly.

And Buzz Price said repeatedly that they looked around the East and very quickly narrowed in on Florida. Walt was not the one looking and the man who did was not shy about sharing his experiences.

Moses is infamous in NYC as the guy who let the Dodgers and Giants move to the West Coast.

That's just the tip of his iceberg of infamy.

 

[EvilQueen-T]

this is just a site i came across one night when i was bored. we've stayed at pofq 3 times so i was curious about the back story. this isn't my site but it's fun.

http://www.portorleans.org/backstory.php

 

[cmlightell]

If anyone is still interested in this here is the link to confirm Walt was looking into land north of New Orleans which is where I actually live, so I wouldn't have a home if they did build here lol

http://wgno.com/2013/11/20/why-walt-disney-chose-florida-over-new-orleans/