Originally Posted By The Big Ragu Whose bright idea was it to try and give us an Iranian pavillian? That is one of the strangest ideas that the Disney people have ever toyed with. What do you think?
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I think it would have made more sense to have a pavillion based on Morva, that's what I think. That way us Cauldron girls could just take up residency and never have to leave!! (Sure would save on broom stick replacements!!)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm too young to remember the political relationship between the US and Iran at the time, but if it seemed stable (which I believe it did circa 1980) and there was a sponsor, why would it have been a bad idea? It's only been in more recent times that there has been increased political tension. Heck, around the time Epcot opened, there was talk of adding a Russia pavilion, even though the Cold War was still going on. We got China in the World Showcase years before the country itself opened itself to the rest of the world. And Norway has always just seems like an odd choice to me. But in a theme park, you can do things that you just can't get away with in the real world. It's part of the Disney magic (not to be confused with the Disney-branded *Magic* that they try to sell everywhere).
Originally Posted By LacyBelle <<I'm too young to remember the political relationship between the US and Iran at the time, but if it seemed stable (which I believe it did circa 1980) and there was a sponsor, why would it have been a bad idea? It's only been in more recent times that there has been increased political tension.>> Actually, relations between the US & Iran were far from stable in 1980. The Iranians held 52 Americans hostage from late 1979 to early 1981. I can't imagine Disney entertaining the idea of adding an Iranian pavilion to EPCOT at that time.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan LacyBelle is right. Iran had to be the most hated country by most Americans at that time, not that it's beloved today. Fun Fact: ABC's Nightline exists because during the Iran hostage crisis, Ted Koppel began a nightly late night report on the status of negotiations and efforts to release the hostages. I believe it was called "America Held Hostage" at first, later becoming Nightline.
Originally Posted By danyoung So where did this rumor come from? I can't imagine that Disney is in any way seriously considering this.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan <a href="http://progresscityusa.com/2009/08/26/iran-so-far-away/" target="_blank">http://progresscityusa.com/200...ar-away/</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I can't imagine that Disney is in any way seriously considering this.<< Neither can I. Especially considering so many friendly countries not yet represented in World Showcase.
Originally Posted By The Big Ragu people are missing the point about Iran. theses countries are good choices because they have something important to offer. China: 1 out of every 3 people in the world live there and it has a rich and vast history with a Great Wall and it is geographically huge and it attracts visitors from around the world and it has a beautiful mountains Russia: the biggest country in the world with a rich history and interesting architecture Norway: troll legends, beautiful tall people, very pretty and clean lands, it is Europeon, people love it there Morroco: Mediterranean, people visit , it has music and architecture that allure peple. Iran: nobody wants to visit that country because it doesn't have anything to pull people in. There is no famous natural or man made thing to see. I think that i would rather vacation in oaklahoma than iran. Russia
Originally Posted By danyoung OK, I'm confused (not that unusual). The article in the above link was all about events back in 1978. Is there some news somewhere that says that the Disney company is considering an Iran pavilion in Epcot here in the modern world?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 The Big Ragu, being from OKlahoma I don't know if you were quite nice about that.?
Originally Posted By The Big Ragu Woops! big faux pas on my part. you are right, one could have a good vacation in Oaklahoma. But if Disney made Oklahoma Adventure what rides and shows would it have? It could have "Twister, Ride it out" or something like Soarin' instead of hang glider we could ride a propeller plane used for crop dusting and fly over wheat and corn fields. How about a wagon train ride?
Originally Posted By Manfried Oklahoma, or how to level a pool table in one easy step. Just set it down right in the middle of the state.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Have you ever actually been to Oklahoma? The area where this photo was taken is about 75 miles south of Oklahoma City on I-35. <a href="http://parker.ou.edu/~swaag/400px-Turner_falls_ok.jpg" target="_blank">http://parker.ou.edu/~swaag/40...s_ok.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb As for culture, Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state so there's no shortage of culture by any stretch. Example fail.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 that picture is from the Ozark Mts. its so pretty there. Yes lots of culture here,And who can forget our awesome basketball team. Woo Hoo.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, the Ozarks start in Oklahoma and stretch through Arkansas and Missouri. That particular section is called the Arbuckle Mountains. A couple of interesting things to do in Oklahoma City: Bricktown: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2751866629_71170f2721.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com...2721.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/bfpages/pictures/bricktown-okc-after.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf...fter.jpg</a> Murrah Bombing Memorial: <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/b/brettjrob/152.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.wunderground.com/da.../152.jpg</a> <a href="http://riverdaughter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/murrah.jpg" target="_blank">http://riverdaughter.files.wor...rrah.jpg</a> Yes... I too was surprised the first time I visited Oklahoma. There is much more to do there than I ever imagined.
