Walt Disney World 1966 - Vol. I

[spacemt354]

I think the Florida adventure area and state fair could be cut. All the others are unique and interesting or something you can't do now a days.

Agreed!

 

[spacemt354]

For the American Park...where would you want the entrance to be?

Where the Mayflower landed or Jamestown settlement

* Technically St. Augustine, FL is the oldest settlement (by the Spanish) - they also have a haunted fort

 

[spacemt354]

Some archetecture in Boston for the New England areas of the park

 

[spacemt354]

Paul Revere House

 

[spacemt354]

Also for Halloween - you could have a Ghost Tour of the area!

Ghost tours are pretty common in Boston around Halloween - I went on one, it was pretty cool (well, maybe that was because students got it for free)

 

[spacemt354]

Sidenote on America Park for lands:

Crossroads USA - Centennial International Exhibition of 1876
Jamestown - 1600s
Colonial Era -1770s
Industry Avenue - 1820s
Gold Rush Gulch - 1850s
National Parks - 1950s
Hollywood - 1940s
New York City - 1920s
Florida Adventure - Early 1900s
Native America - 1500s
The State Fair - 1930s

Thoughts?

For the National Parks - that lends a lot of options!

 

[spacemt354]

This one goes without saying

 

[spacemt354]

Also some possibilities

Yosemite

Death Valley

Zion

 

[spacemt354]

Having been to the last two in July...I can say - it'll be very tough to replicate that It's pretty spectacular.

 

[DlpPhantom]

Arches national park could look nice here to.

 

[spacemt354]

Arches national park could look nice here to.

Oh yes!

 

[spacemt354]

Good call @DlpPhantom

 

[MonorailRed]

Having been to the last two in July...I can say - it'll be very tough to replicate that It's pretty spectacular.

Challenge accepted

Maybe a Soarin' through national parks attraction?

 

[spacemt354]

Challenge accepted

Maybe a Soarin' through national parks attraction?

No what I mean by that is, the mountains are thousands of feet tall, and a replica would feel like a knock off...what we could do is have a national park inspired land...keeping it as authentic as possible, but not trying to replicate them exactly.

 

[spacemt354]

@MonorailRed aren't you the one who tells me all the time that the Wilderness Lodge is not as impressive as I think it is because you lived out there and seen real lodges?

I wonder if you do that just to see my negative reactions.

 

[MonorailRed]

No what I mean by that is, the mountains are thousands of feet tall, and a replica would feel like a knock off...what we could do is have a national park inspired land...keeping it as authentic as possible, but not trying to replicate them exactly.

Interesting... I think maybe forced perspective could work to our benefit.

There's a concept with guests looking at a watering hole in Epcot's old Africa pavilion idea.... I may pull that out.. It could work.

 

[MonorailRed]

@MonorailRed aren't you the one who tells me all the time that the Wilderness Lodge is not as impressive as I think it is because you lived out there and seen real lodges?

I wonder if you do that just to see my negative reactions.

Possibly true on both accounts

 

[spacemt354]

Possibly true on both accounts

*Definitely

 

[spacemt354]

Interesting... I think maybe forced perspective could work to our benefit.

There's a concept with guests looking at a watering hole in Epcot's old Africa pavilion idea.... I may pull that out.. It could work.

I've always wanted to have a Grand Canyon River Expedition

And forced perspective is why I like Arches because I think that could be used really well! The mystique of stuff like Zion and Yosemite is the size, so forced perspective may take some of that away. We need national parks that we can take inspiration from! And then use forced perspective to make it work

 

[spacemt354]

I'll tag some of our resident imagineers to see if they have any thoughts

@kmbmw777 @AimYourBrent @tcool123