He was talking about, in general, what was being planned to go into the Florida property; but, he did make clear that the theme park wasn't going to be a clone of DL because it has to have attractions that would bring tourists to Florida, including tourists from California.
The thought is that, much like had happened at the studio, that Walt would essentially let the Imagineers deal with the new theme park while he focused on EPCOT. He expected them to do something different, but the how and what was of little concern to him, and thus his willingness to just drop Disneyland into plans. Just because he expected a different park does not mean he intended to be heavily involved the way he was with Disneyland.
No it wasn't going to be a complete clone, but, if you listen to it again you will hear him specifically say that some of the things "in Florida" will be the same as Disneyland. Just not all of them. I don't know anymore then you do what exactly he was thinking, but a couple that come to mind would be the Castle, The Carousel, The Teacups, Autotopia, Monorails, Trains, Main Street and I'm sure that there were others. All the same, almost clones, but not quite.
Okay, I know some people may not like what I'm about to suggestion, but here I go...
Would the fanbois love Aladdin's Magic Carpets if they were Orange Bird themed?
One of my biggest issues with New Fantasyland is that I do not see a land that can really be explored. So much of it seems removed and separated. The audience can passively observe from a distance, not actually enter.
The Orange Bird pushed Citrus Swirls, so it would be those.
Unique stuff were going to be castle (there's disagreement on this here), Big Thunder Mesa, the space port concept that evolved into Space Mountain, the three unique Fantasyland dark rides, 2KLUtS, Liberty Square, etc. Some of these were planned to open later on (Thunder Mesa and the space port), but were penciled in with the plan.
None of the new projects originally conceived for the Magic Kingdom predate Walt's passing. Those that do date to his lifetime were intended for elsewhere, such as Disneyland (Space Port, Liberty Street) or Mineral King (Country Bear Jamboree).
I guess my point is that we do not know what Walt knew was planned before he died. Since WDW was opened 6 years after his death, there is no telling how many things are or were different from the original plans the Walt might have at least seen. All pure speculation. I prefer to go with his exact words which to me imply that even though not all was going to be exact, there would be many things that were fairly close to the original.
I've only seen pics, but I agree 100%.
Remember, after a period of mourning his brother's death, Roy made the decision to press on with all Phase One projects, exactly as a continuation from where Walt left off from. The only difference was that all projects outside of Phase One (namely EPCOT) were to be shelved for a future CEO to take on. Between the time of Walt's death and Roy's decisions to press ahead with Phase One, the Imagineers matured their designs for the MK, but the work had begun while Walt was alive.
Which bit?
That was just the beancounters talking.
