Originally Posted By GalDisney There is an advertisemet on the local Orlando tv stations, something is going on at Epcot. )have not paid attn. to exactly what) but the voice over says 'World ShowPLACE", which always catches my attn, This isnt being done by Disney but they obviously mean World Showcase. Somebody dropped the ball on that.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 Actually, I think the World ShowPlace is what they converted the Millenium Pavillion into after the Millenium Celebration was over. They use it as convention space now, so the announcer may actually have been correct.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Wow...And here I was thinking that Space Mountain and Splash Mountain could cause a lot of confusion because the names are so similar. If that is what they actually named it, they should probably change it, since it will just confuse people, including us internet dorks.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> World ShowPLACE << Actually, I'm thinking that it was probably some marketing guys clever play on words. World ShowCase World ShowPlace Cute, eh? ---------------- I'm still wanting to rename Epcot to be "Park 2 of 4"
Originally Posted By TDLFAN That is not surprising to me. I would be a millionaire if I made a penny for every person who says "We are doing Epcot today, and Disney World tomorrow..", or from every passenger on my Orlando flights telling us they are going to DisneyLAND!!!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Millionaire? Hah ... that's nothing today. Now being a billonaire ... that's special. That takes talent or multiple talents ...
Originally Posted By WolvesTwilight Well, you have to remember that back in 1971 there was no "Magic Kingdom" here in Orlando, it was simply Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World became Walt Disney World Resort and Magic Kingdom was named when Epcot came around in the 80's. There's a generation of guests who think the Magic Kingdom is Disney World because thats what it was originally called way back when. You also have guests who haven't been to Disney World ever, but have been to Disneyland. They think its the same thing in Orlando as it is in California.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Funny, I have a picture of myself in front of the Main Street St. from 1972 and you can clearly see the "Magic Kingdom" sign on the station building behind.
Originally Posted By Labuda Yep, and if you check out smctopia's page here: <a href="http://waltdatedworld.bravepages.com/id17.htm" target="_blank">http://waltdatedworld.bravepag es.com/id17.htm</a> right up enar the top of the page is a 1972 ad for your entertainment options that clearly says "Magic Kingdom" on it.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I'm still wanting to rename Epcot to be "Park 2 of 4" << Disney should take a lesson from the Borg. Most people just aren't that devoted to all things Disney. It's easy to understand how they could be confused on the issue. However it is frustrating to fans to keep hearing people get it wrong. I have a friend who still thinks he has never been to WDW. Like he said, they were only in Orlando for 1 day, so they chose to go to Epcot instead. I gave up on trying to explain the structure of WDW to him.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Correct Spirit! Statements like that one made by WolTwi on post #8 compound the poor history lessons these new and eager to please CM's of today fail to get during Traditions... Embarrasing for them they forget the old pros are here to correct them all of the time...
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy Post #8 may not be correct about an official "naming" of MK at the time when Epcot Center opened. But he is basically correct in that when WDW was first opened and the MK was the only park, they effectively were the same thing. Saying "WDW" pretty much meant the park (and nearby resorts), and probably would today if nothing else had ever been built.
