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Trivia - what is it? Ans: Disney America c.1993

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Nah - nobody's even close, except for identifying parts of it (maybe).

It's a display of Disney's latest theme park, and the only US-based one (I think) not in central Florida or California. It was to be an American-history themed park located in northern Virginia on I66 roughly 35 miles west of DC. The model display in the picture was unveiled at a public meeting where Disney 'officially' announced their intentions.

The company bought up land in parts using a variety of buyers not directly associated with Disney (just like they did in Florida). At some point the secret got out and it became a huge issue. The town where it was to be located was a very quiet area. Although there were quite a few people in love with the idea of a Disney theme park, the opposition was massive - and the project slowly fell apart and faded away.

Just a little bit of history I'd forgotten about until I found that snapshot :smile:
 
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I know one thing, it ain't in the south.

diorama?
 
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...still looks like Ft. Monroe to me...
 
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'So, what's that supposed to mean????'

No sign of a "SEE ROCK CITY' sign. Burma Shave either.
 
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That looks so much like the old Universal movie lot in Hollywood...I can see the town square there 'Back to the Futuer' was made, across the pond there's the place where Moses parted the water and the quonset hut type buildings look exactly like the sound stages
 
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Wasn't Disney planning a venue of type this near Gettysburg at one time?

The geographic clues you gave may not match with this answer, though.
 
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rick_ingram said:
Wasn't Disney planning a venue of type this near Gettysburg at one time?
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Yea, But they could never get Goofey to make it all the way through the Gettysburg address.
"Four score and seven years ago.. YAAAAA Hooo Hooo Hoooieeeeee!"
Gorsh!
 
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tony barnhill said:
across the pond there's the place where Moses parted the water
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My wife's uncle was an old retired prop man for the studios for 40 years. Before the days of computer-generated images. He was responsible for Moses parting the waters. He did it all with a large pond of Jello. No kidding!
 
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Anybody remember Freedom Land? A Disney failure at a theme park on the outskirts of NYC. I was there as a kid back in the 60's and saw Chubby Checker who was entertaining there.
Wonder how many people remember it?
 
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TR6BILL said:
My wife's uncle was an old retired prop man for the studios for 40 years. Before the days of computer-generated images. He was responsible for Moses parting the waters. He did it all with a large pond of Jello. No kidding!
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Back in the day, I used to part my hair... but alas no more.
 
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Gliderman8 said:
Anybody remember Freedom Land? A Disney failure at a theme park on the outskirts of NYC. I was there as a kid back in the 60's and saw Chubby Checker who was entertaining there.
Wonder how many people remember it?
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It was in the Bronx, and wasn't a Disney creation - but the guy that did it <span style="font-style: italic">had been</span> a Disney designer that was fired several years before the building of Freedomland.

At least parts of a few of the rides still exist in different parks though.
 
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So who's the kid in the picture????
 
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