Richard Petty Driving Experience to close

[punkabella]

That's really impressive that they are preserving the trees and moving them elsewhere.

 

[marni1971]

That's really impressive that they are preserving the trees and moving them elsewhere.

When the resort first opened each feature tree had a younger version growing in the tree farm. When a feature tree grew too big for its location it was removed and the smaller version put in its place.

 

[Josh Hendy]

When the resort first opened each feature tree had a younger version growing in the tree farm. When a feature tree grew too big for its location it was removed and the smaller version put in its place.

So glad my family doesn't read these forums ...

 

[trainplane3]

When the resort first opened each feature tree had a younger version growing in the tree farm. When a feature tree grew too big for its location it was removed and the smaller version put in its place.

Off topic for this work but on topic about trees. Is there some mass tree replacement working going on in WS? So many were cut down to nothing in Germany and the UK (not including France since you said that is replacements).

 

[Rhinocerous]

When the resort first opened each feature tree had a younger version growing in the tree farm. When a feature tree grew too big for its location it was removed and the smaller version put in its place.

Little known fact: That's how we wound up with the Tree of Life. It stated out in 1971 as part of the Swiss Family Robinson attraction.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

When the resort first opened each feature tree had a younger version growing in the tree farm. When a feature tree grew too big for its location it was removed and the smaller version put in its place.

Does this no longer happen?

 

[ABQ]

Off topic for this work but on topic about trees. Is there some mass tree replacement working going on in WS? So many were cut down to nothing in Germany and the UK (not including France since you said that is replacements).

There is one breed of tree in the Germany area of Epcot which only blooms for a short period of time and appears dead most of the year. Not saying those are the ones you are speaking of, but they may be.

 

[Santa Raccoon 77]

Little known fact: That's how we wound up with the Tree of Life. It stated out in 1971 as part of the Swiss Family Robinson attraction.

 

[Rhinocerous]

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