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To: Neocon who wrote (3164)	1/3/2002 12:37:14 PM
From: Fangorn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3246

Neo, re snow... We actually dodged the bullet here, 50 miles north they got about 3 feet in the week starting a couple days before Christmas, 50 miles south they got close to that. We got a little over a foot. We need more to recharge the ground water after last summer's drought. Re Disney and Disney World... Walt died in '66 but before he died he did set in motion what is now Disney World. Full bio (obviously written to polish Walt's image) starts at... disney.go.com The following clip is from this page... disney.go.com In 1965, Walt Disney turned his attention toward the problem of improving the quality of urban life in America. He personally directed the design of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT®, planned as a living showcase for the creativity of American industry. Said Disney, "I don't believe there is a challenge anywhere in the world that is more important to people everywhere than finding the solution to the problems of our cities. But where do we begin? Well, we're convinced we must start with the public need. And the need is not just for curing the old ills of old cities. We think the need is for starting from scratch on virgin land and building a community that will become a prototype for the future." Thus, Disney directed the purchase of 43 square miles of virgin land -- twice the size of Manhattan Island -- in the center of the state of Florida. Here he master-planned a whole Disney world of entertainment to include a new amusement theme park, a motel-hotel resort vacation center, and his Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. After more than seven years of master planning and preparation, including 52 months of actual construction, Walt Disney World opened to the public as scheduled on October 1, 1971. Epcot Center opened on October 1, 1982.