Defunctland: The War for Disney's America

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Dearest Martha, the wait for the Escape Slavery ride is over 90 minutes. Supplies are running low and the long trudge to the Dole Whip stand bring weariness to my bones. I fear help will not arrive with Fastpasses before winter. Yours forever, Patrick.

"We want to make you feel what it was like to be a slave." - Bob Weiss, Imagineer "You WHAT?! " - Tom, Krusty Krab patron

“Would Mickey have worn blue or gray” isn’t something I was expecting but GOD is it a thought

I will say, "Industrial Revolution," is a pretty sick roller coaster name.

"We want to make you feel like a slave." -Bob Weiss, 1993.

Only in American politics can you have a debate about whether Disney is allowed to build a theme park practically on top of the site of two of the most consequential battles in American history and have somebody turn it into a debate about whether Mickey Mouse is pro or anti slavery.

"we want to make you feel what it was like to be a slave" I'm sure there was a sincere history lesson behind that, rather than just a ride based on human rights abuse for shits-and-giggles, but they REALLY could've (and should've) phrased that better

"Alright this hearing is to decide if the Walt Disney Company can build their park here." "That's cool and all, but what side of the war was Mickey on? 🤔"

I love that the African American historian’s defense for working with Disney was basically ”Look they are gonna do it anyway, I might as well be there to damage control”

It took me a bit to realize that the quotes were read out by other theme park YouTubers. Easily the most well made episode to date. Prop Kev.

"walt wouldnt have just asked us to trust him" -historian walt furious at the thought of people being able to vote in his epcot town

"We want to make you feel what it was like to be a slave." - Bob Weiss, Imagineer I hear that Disney has pretty much done this with their Florida employees.

I don't know why the images of Disney characters photoshopped into old American war pictures were so goddamn hilarious but I literally had to pause the video to compose myself from laughing too hard

"There stands General Goofy, like I stone wall." -Unknown Union Soldier.

"If Disney were a country, it'd be Israel. Their reputation is almost a burden. There are things they cannot do with impunity that other companies can." Hoo boy, this got spicy

If Disney's America ever came to successful fruition, I'd like to think that once a year, every Halloween, they'd do a Salem Witch Trials reenactment to reflect on Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World.

Considering what Disney does now to their themed sections, focusing more on their franchises and characters over their initial theming, Disney's America, had it succeeded, would have become Captain America Land in 2018

NOVELIST

As someone who lives in DC, we dodged a flipping missile Also it's funny that Disney was trying to make history "interesting" cause DC has several museums and events that do the same thing and then some FOR FREE