treesinger
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- Feb 9, 2002
I don't thing it would be wise to split the parks and call one anything that ends in "land".
In Disney vernacular, one of the meanings of "land" is a section of a park. Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Dinoland, etc. True, Disneyland itself ends in "land", but it was not broken up into separate parks either.
I know, a point that is irrelevant to the overall business model and philosophy...
I don't think it's all that irrelevant. Disney is VERY image conscious. Whether or not they try to perpetuate the images is another debate entirely. But something this fundamental and Disney-ubiquitous to the overall Disney concept is pretty important. As veterans, most of us will certainly know the difference. Newcomers will also see the difference, even if for only one reason....their first day WILL be at the Magic Kingdom. They will get a park map and see LANDS. Any future reference to lands will then be ingrained as separate parts of a whole.
Your land comment is inseparable (in the short term) from the Disney image.
And, call me silly, but I would think that Celebration, FL, should be called Epcot, since it actually IS a community, if not quite Walt's intention. 'Course, the real Epcot wasn't quite Walt's image either, but that's another debate.