DABIGCHEEZ
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I would probably have a whole lot more money in the bank 
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Imagine a world where Walt never existed
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Matt_Black
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In one field? Certainly. But Walt continued to branch out. He went from animated shorts to animated features, live-action features, nature documentaries, television, theme parks, etc. There are very few people with the courage to continually risk their fortunes trying something new. Walt, while not one-of-a-kind, was most certainly an iconoclast and as such can not easily be replaced.
Daniel Johnson
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I would miss the cheap disney knock off stores selling key chains and sharks in glass jars. I usually spend 16 dollars a trip buying $1.99 t-shirts. Seriously though. No disney would suck
Californian Elitist
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We could ask the same question about many other pioneering people in the world. Thomas Edison, John Rockefeller, Madame CJ Walker, Henry Ford, Martin Luther King Jr, etc. The list goes on. Yes, things would be different, but life would go on.
Matt_Black
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George Lucas on a Bench
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What exactly would this forum be in the alternate timeline?
Matt_Black
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The Biff Tannen Appreciation Forum
G00fyDad
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So kinda how things are now?
I love my hoverboard and self lacing shoes.
Matt_Black
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Actually, they ARE working on self-lacing shoes. The hoverboards aren't coming. And, the poster was not referring to the future in BTF 2, but rather the alternate 1985 where Biff having money somehow results in California being a Mad Max type deal.
ChrisFL
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The hoverboards are already here!
G00fyDad
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Ehhh, not really. Its a platform you can stand on, it does hover ( a few inches from the ground), but it is far from a true hoverboard.
Matt_Black
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BoarderPhreak
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Kissimmee would still be an orchard and I-drive would have two traffic (and no street) lights. None of the mini-golf joints, Medieval Times, House of the Future, etc. Waffle House might still have come though. Heh.
Cypress Gardens may or may not have come about; perhaps gone under sooner. Sea World and Busch Gardens probably would have sprang up either way. And of course there's Titusville (KSC) and all the beaches, yada yada yada...
Orlando International Airport would still be in the old location.
Cypress Gardens may or may not have come about; perhaps gone under sooner. Sea World and Busch Gardens probably would have sprang up either way. And of course there's Titusville (KSC) and all the beaches, yada yada yada...
Orlando International Airport would still be in the old location.
rodserling27
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A world without Walt?? Thus, I give my reaction.
Goofyernmost
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I can't agree that Sea World would be in Orlando. Marine Land was already in St. Augustine. What would be their motivation? Busch Gardens... don't know, maybe, however, I'm not sure that any big amusement parks existed in the US prior to Disneyland. At least not of that caliber. The beach is usually located pretty close to the water, so it is likely that they would exist with or without Walt ever being born. Now the question would be, how many people would actually be on them. Florida had become a retirement area before Disney ever came into the state so, the coast lines and warm weather would still be a draw.
BoarderPhreak
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Well no, Sea World probably wouldn't be in Orlando. Good point about Marine Land though. Busch Gardens at its heart is a Six Flags, so if not where it is - somewhere in Florida (and closer to a beach) probably. Especially after Florida blossomed into the spring break destination it is today.
Of course the beaches are on the coast. Nobody in their right mind swims in freshwater lakes in Florida.
Arthur Wellesley
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Nowhere near the caliber of what we call a theme park today. Sure you had your small amusement parks and roadside carnivals back then. But Walt hated these with a passion. They looked cheap, they had loud, obnoxious callers around every corner trying to get guests to play games of chance. They were mainly steel rides on concrete, and they just seemed dirty. Walt hated them so much that these types of cheap entertainment are what inspired him to build Disneyland in the first place. So in a way we have these loud and cheap-looking fun parks to thank for the creation of what we know as DisneyParks of today.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Well no, Sea World probably wouldn't be in Orlando. Good point about Marine Land though. Busch Gardens at its heart is a Six Flags, so if not where it is - somewhere in Florida (and closer to a beach) probably. Especially after Florida blossomed into the spring break destination it is today.
Of course the beaches are on the coast. Nobody in their right mind swims in freshwater lakes in Florida.
Busch Gardens opened in 1961 in Florida, I don't think Disneyland had much effect on it.
BoarderPhreak
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Ahh, indeed. Forgot about that - and the fact that it's also a bit of a zoo. I haven't even been there in a loooong time.
