The Epcot theme park that was eventually built diverged from Walt Disney’s plans for his ‘community of tomorrow.’
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Imagining new kinds of places to live is an American tradition.
When a group of white and African American integrationists entered a St. Augustine, Fla. segregated hotel pool in 1964, the hotel manager poured acid into it.
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Rollercoasters have grown higher, faster, loopier and they’ve even entered the virtual world. Soon you might not even need to visit a theme park to enjoy the ride.
Old West, as seen through 1967 Orange County eyes.
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Knott’s Berry Farm and others romanticize the state’s past and influence visitors’ sense of history. But their ideology reflects mid-20th-century political conservatism more than settlers’ reality.
Queensland Emergency service personnel are seen at the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld.
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