Which park would Disney have loved the most if he still were alive?

[Jose]

So guys, what do you think?
Which park would Disney have loved the most if he still were alive?

 

[Zweiland]

Disneyland. It was his baby.

Magic Kingdom was just an excuse to build EPCOT.

 

[luv]

Probably the one that came first. People who start with nothing and build themselves a big pile of stuff tend to have more emotional attachment to the things that were with them when they started.

Hard to say, though. We can ask him one day.

 

[draybook]

I can say with almost 100% certainty that it wouldn't be Epcot......



I'd go with the Magic Kingdom for sure.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Magic Kingdon...it was where he hoped to take all that he learned from Anaheim and build on it. I think Roy did an exemplary job carrying on his brothers legacy. At it's core it really is a triumph regardless of what the current regime is doing with day to day operations.

 

[unkadug]

If he had to choose from the four Florida parks, I think he would like Animal Kingdom as it fit in with a lot of his films.

MK was a copy
EPCOT would have been a failure in his eyes
DHS celebrates the lack of movie making "Magic"

 

[Californian Elitist]

Walt Disney originally had no plans on building Magic Kingdom. Not to mention it's an imitation of Disneyland, the park he was actually involved with.

 

[Funmeister's Delight]

Is there really any question of this? Disneyland hands down.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Walt Disney originally had no plans on building Magic Kingdom. Not to mention it's an imitation of Disneyland, the park he was actually involved with.

Um...what? He was involved in all of the land acquisition and preliminary planning from what I know before he took to ill and passed away. He had no plans when he built Anaheim but realized the limitations of the park and it's location so he wanted to do it on a grander scale. I know I heard all of this on the History Channel special but can't find the footage right now. Here is is involved in one of the announcements of the park.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Um...what?

Walt Disney didn't have money to fund his city, E.P.C.O.T., and so his advisers told him he needed to build another Disneyland. A copy of Disneyland was never in the original plans. I'm sure @lazyboy97o can expand on that.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Sorry...I added some text as I didn't mean to come off as smarmy...it's a good discussion

 

[Californian Elitist]

Sorry...I added some text as I didn't mean to come off as smarmy...it's a good discussion

You didn't come off smarmy at all.

 

[EOD K9]

I'm sure DL, however, I'm sure as each park initially opened (not when it declined) he would have at least smiled.

 

[copcarguyp71]

You didn't come off smarmy at all.

Thanks...it felt like it though and so many of these good discussions go south way too fast..I don't want to be the guy to derail this one.

 

[Funmeister's Delight]

Disneyland wins

 

[Californian Elitist]

Thanks...it felt like it though and so many of these good discussions go south way too fast..I don't want to be the guy to derail this one.

Of course. And you're right, a lot of threads go straight to hell, really quick. I agree, it is good discussion.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Walt Disney originally had no plans on building Magic Kingdom. Not to mention it's an imitation of Disneyland, the park he was actually involved with.

True as Epcot was the priority. But, it still makes me wonder what he had planned for a park where MK stands as it was on the map during the Florida project presentation.

 

[Jose]

True as Epcot was the priority. But, it still makes me wonder what he had planned for a park where MK stands as it was on the map during the Florida project presentation.

So Roy didn't build the MK that Disney wanted?

 

[Californian Elitist]

True as Epcot was the priority. But, it still makes me wonder what he had planned for a park where MK stands as it was on the map during the Florida project presentation.

If you look close enough, you'll see it's a copy of Disneyland. Walt Disney didn't plan Magic Kingdom out.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

So Roy didn't build the MK that Disney wanted?

After Walt's passing the idea shifted and MK was the priority and Epcot was still the dream.