Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 12/26/2001 news item <b><a href="http://orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-asecturtles26122601dec26.story" target="_blank">OrSen: Attraction joins effort to help species prosper</a></b> The December 26th <I>Orlando Sentinel</I> reports the efforts of Florida's Gatorland and Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom as part of the Turtle Survival Alliance to encourage the repopulation of currently endangered turtle species.
Originally Posted By woody Good quote: "The Japanese told us from the beginning, 'Don't Japanese us,'" said Marty Sklar, vice chairman and principle creative executive of Walt Disney Imagineering. "What they meant was that, 'We came here for Disney. We came for America. Don't give us Japan because we know Japan.'" Why didn't they ask the same question when they built DCA? THEY NEVER ASKED THE NATIVES. "For Hong Kong Disneyland, company officials consulted a feng shui master to help in the design. Construction doesn't begin for more than a year on the park." Gee, they asked someone local for their opinion and accepted it. Us Californians must be chumps.
