If Switzerland became an EPCOT World Showcase pavilion, what would you want in it?

[tarheelmjfan]

If Switzerland became an EPCOT World Showcase pavilion, what would you want in it?

A ride of some kind. It's hard for me to get excited about more shops in WS.

 

[Buzz Rules]

A ride of some kind. It's hard for me to get excited about more shops in WS.

I think WDW corporate is only excited about shops.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I think WDW corporate is only excited about shops.

Sadly, I agree with you.

 

[amcnj]

They could also have St Bernard dogs with kegs of water around their necks to aid park goers stuck in long lines in the heat. And have employees hand out Ricola lozenges to those who strained their throat screaming on thrill rides.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

This how I picture the pavilion.

New Glarus, Wisconsin has some really cute Swiss architecture.

 

[Buzz Rules]

New Glarus, Wisconsin has some really cute Swiss architecture.

https://bluemountainbelle.com/2020/06/29/ouray-little-switzerland-of-america-guide/

https://www.cityofouray.com/

Colorado has a little Switzerland too.

 

[GAN]

https://bluemountainbelle.com/2020/06/29/ouray-little-switzerland-of-america-guide/

https://www.cityofouray.com/

Colorado has a little Switzerland too.

Switzerland has a little Switzerland as well….

https://www.swissminiatur.ch/

 

[Buzz Rules]

Switzerland has a little Switzerland as well….

https://www.swissminiatur.ch/

If Disney has a Swiss pavilion, then another little Switzerland will exist.

 

[MillauFr]

New Glarus, Wisconsin has some really cute Swiss architecture.

Nice. New Glarus are just like Leavenworth in Washington and Solvang in California.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Nice. New Glarus are just like Leavenworth in Washington and Solvang in California.

Good to know. We need to spend more time on the west coast. We did visit New Glarus last summer. It was a relaxing, quaint small town. We really enjoyed our visit there.

Sorry, I took us OT, Buzz.

 

[wabbott]

Leavenworth, WA is great, as is Helen, GA. But the Alps cannot be accurately duplicated anywhere on Planet Earth. I mean, they just thrust up all of a sudden - cliffs, peaks, overhangs - almost like you can reach out and touch them.

 

[MillauFr]

Good to know. We need to spend more time on the west coast. We did visit New Glarus last summer. It was a relaxing, quaint small town. We really enjoyed our visit there.

Sorry, I took us OT, Buzz.

If you ever get back to Wisconsin, I enjoyed Mt Horeb and House on the Rock.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

If you ever get back to Wisconsin, I enjoyed Mt Horeb and House on the Rock.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take note. We're planning a family vacation to Wisconsin, then Minnesota to watch the Tar Heels play the Golden Gophers in football next August. We loved Wisconsin & want to take our DS to our favorite places, plus some places we didn't get to.

 

[SirDuff]

But it is White, not green like ours.

No, we have both.

 

[john7994]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take note. We're planning a family vacation to Wisconsin, then Minnesota to watch the Tar Heels play the Golden Gophers in football next August. We loved Wisconsin & want to take our DS to our favorite places, plus some places we didn't get to.

Many childhood memories around the Brat Stop and the Wisconsin Dells …

 

[wabbott]

If Switzerland became an EPCOT World Showcase pavilion, what would you want in it?

I recalled this morning there almost WAS a Disney/Switzerland pavilion. In fact an entire resort, circa late 1960s.

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost...o-build-a-ski-resort-in-sequoia-national-park

Disney’s Lost Plans to Build a Ski Resort in Sequoia National Park

Today, Mineral King Valley is a remote hideaway within California's Sequoia National Park, accessible only by foot-trail or a winding, treacherous automobile road. But in the 1960s this mountain paradise of snowmelt streams, white-fir forests, and hulking granite peaks nearly became home to a massive ski resort developed by the master of mass entertainment: Walt Disney.

In February 1965, the Forest Service issued a prospectus inviting proposals for a ski resort in the valley, then part of Sequoia National Forest. Six proposals answered the call, and in December 1965 the Forest Service announced the winner: a bold plan from the company that created Mickey Mouse and Disneyland.

Artist's rendering of Walt Disney Productions’ proposed Mineral King ski village | Mineral King Development Records, USC Libraries

An artist's rendering of the proposed Mineral King resort | Mineral King Development Records, USC Libraries

The proposal by Walt Disney Productions (today, the Walt Disney Company) envisioned an "American Alpine Wonderland" on the floor of Mineral King Valley: a five-story hotel with 1,030 rooms, a movie theater, general store, pools, ice rinks, tennis courts, and a golf course. Twenty-two lifts and gondolas would scale the eight glacial cirques above the village, leading to ski runs four miles long with drops of 3,700 feet.

Disney realized that ski operations alone were rarely profitable, but visitor services would produce projected revenues of $600 million over the resort's first decade. Ten restaurants and cafes would feed the hungry crowds — including a 150-seat coffee shop perched atop Eagle's Crest Ridge, 11,090 feet above sea level. For entertainment, Disney's Imagineers designed a show with singing, robotic bears that eventually became the Country Bear Jamboree attraction at Disneyland.

 

[GAN]

I recalled this morning there almost WAS a Disney/Switzerland pavilion. In fact an entire resort, circa late 1960s.

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost...o-build-a-ski-resort-in-sequoia-national-park

Disney’s Lost Plans to Build a Ski Resort in Sequoia National Park

Today, Mineral King Valley is a remote hideaway within California's Sequoia National Park, accessible only by foot-trail or a winding, treacherous automobile road. But in the 1960s this mountain paradise of snowmelt streams, white-fir forests, and hulking granite peaks nearly became home to a massive ski resort developed by the master of mass entertainment: Walt Disney.

In February 1965, the Forest Service issued a prospectus inviting proposals for a ski resort in the valley, then part of Sequoia National Forest. Six proposals answered the call, and in December 1965 the Forest Service announced the winner: a bold plan from the company that created Mickey Mouse and Disneyland.

Artist's rendering of Walt Disney Productions’ proposed Mineral King ski village | Mineral King Development Records, USC Libraries

An artist's rendering of the proposed Mineral King resort | Mineral King Development Records, USC Libraries

The proposal by Walt Disney Productions (today, the Walt Disney Company) envisioned an "American Alpine Wonderland" on the floor of Mineral King Valley: a five-story hotel with 1,030 rooms, a movie theater, general store, pools, ice rinks, tennis courts, and a golf course. Twenty-two lifts and gondolas would scale the eight glacial cirques above the village, leading to ski runs four miles long with drops of 3,700 feet.

Disney realized that ski operations alone were rarely profitable, but visitor services would produce projected revenues of $600 million over the resort's first decade. Ten restaurants and cafes would feed the hungry crowds — including a 150-seat coffee shop perched atop Eagle's Crest Ridge, 11,090 feet above sea level. For entertainment, Disney's Imagineers designed a show with singing, robotic bears that eventually became the Country Bear Jamboree attraction at Disneyland.

I actually thought this was the basis of the original question. Why do I feel a land with a new Epcot resort is in the cards???

 

[Lord Manhammer]

If Disney has a Swiss pavilion, then another little Switzerland will exist.

As much as I love Disney's theming, there just ain't nothing but the real thing. I enjoy WS's Eiffel Tower, but compared to the real Le Tour Eiffel, there is just no comparison.

 

[VandVsmama]

If Switzerland became an EPCOT World Showcase pavilion, what would you want in it?

Definitely:

• a guy yodeling
• oompah music
• goats
• cows with those gigantic cowbells around their necks
• something involving chocolate
• Swiss army knives
• people playing those big long horns like on the Ricola commercials

 

[Disneychick75]

Info on how hard it is to become a Swiss citizen.
Oh and chocolate

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