Disney Plans ‘Vacation Land,’ April 14, 1959

Posted on April 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

April 14, 1959 Vacation Land The planners at Disneyland apparently toyed with adding a "Vaction Land" adjacent to the park, according to The Times' Jeane Hoffman.
"Walt has an entirely different concept of what a show for sportsmen
should be," Disney official Jack Sayers said. "He visualizes it in a
real-life, natural setting as though the tourist were on an actual
camping trip in the High Sierra."

Hoffman said Disney officials were visiting boat shows and talking
to manufacturers about possible displays. "There would be actual
demonstrations of speedboats, trailers, station wagons as well as the
usual flyfishing, etc.," Sayers said.

Nothing was mentioned in the story about singing bears–perhaps they were envisioned for Phase 2.

–Keith Thursby
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