i heard there was a amusement park in orlando area that deals with the holy lands any truth about it? anybody been there:lookaroun
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thanks big al
way cool info thanks again
way cool info thanks again
Pioneer Hall
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It is called the Holyland Experience...i think it is kind of like a museum or something.
monorail256
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pardon me if you are really religious or something... but the previews I have saw for the place look really dumb... if your going to walt disney world.. stay there! nothing can compare to the world!! 
Disneynutcase
New Member
A friend of mine, very religious, who travels top Florida regularly because he has a daughter and grandkids living in Tampa encouraged my wife and I to go to this place on our upcoming vacation in...Good God almighty, 6 more days!:sohappy:
The description I got for this park reminded me of places like the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, which is basically a reinactment/living museum. Granted, Jamestown is supposed to be on or near the actual location of the storied early European colonization settlement, so it bears a little more logic for its existence than this Holyland place.
From what I was told, don't expect rides. Mostly "shop keeps" and actors doing kind of spontaneous shows using some scripture when applicable. And it's all Christian based.
Didn't sound like they were trying to convert people, but it did sound like it was for the Falwell/Jim Bakker followers...not that I'm saying that fans of these guys are bad.
Needless to say, intriguing as this Holyland place sounds, we're opting to pass it up on this trip. But that's mainly because we're planning to run ourselves into the ground at WDW.
Afterall, I'm only Mr. "Disneynutcase" with a wife, two kids, a niece, a nephew, two grandparents, and bro/sister in law who bear the same alleged last name.
The description I got for this park reminded me of places like the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, which is basically a reinactment/living museum. Granted, Jamestown is supposed to be on or near the actual location of the storied early European colonization settlement, so it bears a little more logic for its existence than this Holyland place.
From what I was told, don't expect rides. Mostly "shop keeps" and actors doing kind of spontaneous shows using some scripture when applicable. And it's all Christian based.
Didn't sound like they were trying to convert people, but it did sound like it was for the Falwell/Jim Bakker followers...not that I'm saying that fans of these guys are bad.
Needless to say, intriguing as this Holyland place sounds, we're opting to pass it up on this trip. But that's mainly because we're planning to run ourselves into the ground at WDW.
Afterall, I'm only Mr. "Disneynutcase" with a wife, two kids, a niece, a nephew, two grandparents, and bro/sister in law who bear the same alleged last name.
Pioneer Hall
Well-Known Member
It is really there so people in the area will go and spend 30+ bucks to get in and go to the gift shop. It is your regular basic tourist trap. And the Area Traveler Information Radio plugs them so much it's ridiculous.
lnsemsf
Well-Known Member
The park owner by the way is actualy technicaly a Jew and not a Christian. I dont remember the term, but he's one of those "Jews for Jesus" people, which as I understand it kinda defeats the whole purpouse of being a Jew. And from what I've seen, going to the place defeats the whole purpouse of "having fun".