Amsterdam
Red Light district, hash bars, it would be awesome!
Some people said Norway wasn’t cool or important enough. It’s actually incredibly cool. It has one of the best pastry shops in the history of the world, a reasonably fun water ride to relax on, some neat buildings - definitely worth hanging around.
I also dont’ think we should be looknga t it from a perspective of, “well, there are enough European nations.” If it’s a good addition, it’s a good addition.
Except in Soviet Russia, pavilion visit YOU.
I always loved the Norway exhibit. It’s badass, no question. No way should it be removed. (Is anyone even suggesting that it be?) Scandinavian culture is completely overshadowed by England, France, Germany and Italy in the American consciousness and few people seem to know anything about it in terms of food or crafts or anything.
And there are zero South American countries & one African country (zero sub-Sahara).
But if it has to be another European country, Russia’s the most interesting choice.
Elbonia. They could sell mud sculptures and skin treatments made by adding water to the mud sculptures.
I know this was a joke, but I feel bound to point out once again that child prostitution has been significantly addressed in Thailand. These days, you’d have to set up a Cambodia pavilion to feature that.
BTW, the Philippines is a southeast Asian nation.
I already addressed that on the last page. I wasn’t trying to imply that the Philippines is not a Southeast Asian country. I should have said “Why don’t they do the Philippines or another Southeast Asian country like Thailand” but I said “Why don’t they do the Philippines or a Southeast Asian country like Thailand.”
See? Make one little mistake and no one lets you forget it. 
That’s… unsettling. It sounds like something dreamed up by the Reich Travel Ministry and Intourist, with help from Bell Labs and the RAND Corporation. :eek:
I’m surprised the plans didn’t call for barbed wire-topped walls, guard-towers with machine-guns and search-lights, and the compulsory carrying of [del]Identity Papers[/del] Disney Fun Passes at all times…
Hell, from what I’ve heard, he’d even planned to be self sufficient in electricity production…courtesy of their own nuclear reactor
“Mickey’s words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS! [sub]huh-HaH![/sub]”
Well, they might have gone off the notion of having a tourist [del]gulag[/del] village, but they did build Celebration, which is vaguely creepy in a wholesome American / Stepford wives sort of way.
My wife and I were just talking about this…
Russia seems like a given. There is a lot of Europe there already, but no eastern Europe, and while I would prefer to see something like Ukraine, you have to bow to the one that once ruled them all.
Peru would be my pick for South America. I would normally choose Brazil, but there are already too many Brasilian tour groups of teenagers that wreak havoc throughout the parks, so why give them something else to raise holy hell over?
Kenya would admittedly overlap with Animal Kingdom and the Animal Kingdom Lodge, but a better African representative is needed (and this comes from someone who LOVES Restaurant Marrakesh).
Other good choices mentioned are Jamaica, Greece, and Australia, but do not expect them to ever get rid of any of the existing countries. Speaking of which, did you notice that the only place where you cannot get a sit down meal is in the USA AND if you visit the Liberty Tree Tavern in the Magic Kingdom, it is presented by Stouffer’s and nearly all of the foods consist of their drek? What’s up with that?
What I always wondered was, why Norway? It’s the least populous and least economically important of the Scandinavian countries. Why not Denmark or Sweden?
It sounds like dozens of other medium-to-small cities in the U.S. What is “creepy” or “Stepford Wives” about it?
All of the pavilions have corporate sponsors (excluding Morocco, which is backed by the Moroccan royal family (can’t provide a cite - I don’t remember where I read that)). So, when the pavilions were being built, whoever ponied up sponsorship money got first consideration. Apparently a Norwegian company was the highest bidder to represent Scandinavia.
Which is funny, because their sponsor has pulled out. THAT may be where all the talk of removing Norway is coming from. BTW, Disney isn’t planning on removing Norway. They’re just looking for another Norwegian sponsor.
There was a rumor on WDW fansites a couple of years ago that a high-dollar, sit-down, upscale restaurant was headed for the USA pavilion. I don’t know if it’s still in development hell or if it has been scrapped, but there it is.
It might sound like it, but when you’re there the atmosphere is sort of unsettling. IIRC everything is measured to be just exactly the same, the houses have to be painted in a certain color scheme, the trashcans have to be at a certain location, inhabitants are vetted thoroughly (or at least they were in the beginning) … you walk through there and it just seems a bit too NICE.