# World's Fair **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318 "2003-09-18T05:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/21 "2010-11-29T23:32:33Z")
So why haven’t I heard of any of the recent World’s Fairs? Aren’t they as cool as the old days? Or is it part of the changing of society? Is there anything worth seeing at the recent/upcoming ones? By the way, thanks for zombifying this. Reminded me of how cool I thought Habitat '67 was. And it [still is](http://www.habitat67.com/home.html). ---
**Author:** ![AutumnLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@AutumnLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AutumnLeaves)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/22 "2010-11-29T23:43:58Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So why haven’t I heard of any of the recent World’s Fairs? Aren’t they as cool as the old days? Or is it part of the changing of society? Is there anything worth seeing at the recent/upcoming ones? > > By the way, thanks for zombifying this. Reminded me of how cool I thought Habitat '67 was. And it [still is](http://www.habitat67.com/home.html). It kind of seems to me that the Olympics have sort of replaced the World’s Fairs as a “show off your city, get tourists in, build some stuff” thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/23 "2010-11-30T00:19:40Z")
Some people say Epcot is the new world’s fair and it never goes away. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/24 "2010-11-30T01:11:04Z")
> [@digs](#): > > So why haven’t I heard of any of the recent World’s Fairs? Aren’t they as cool as the old days? Or is it part of the changing of society? Is there anything worth seeing at the recent/upcoming ones? The recent World’s Fair in China beat all attendence records. Of course, it did so - according to articles I read - by giving provincial officials quotas of attendees and making them bus people in by the millions. Even back in 1893, approximately half the attendance of the Chicago World’s Fair was foreign. It was under 5% for China. Then travel was exotic, exhibits had to seen in person, and countries competed for glory with artwork, industry, and weaponry. What is the possible draw today to get people to travel halfway around the world to visit a temporary pavilion? > [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Some people say Epcot is the new world’s fair Presumably only people who have never been to Epcot. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/25 "2010-11-30T02:11:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I went to the New York World’s Fair of 1964 (which was not officially sanctioned). Actually, I went several times, since it was only a couple of hours away. Liked the Ford and GM pavilion, as well as the GE Carousel of Progress (which was moved down to Disney World in Orlando, where they changed it – originally, the audience was on a giant merry-go-round, which went from one section to another; the Orlando version just has a revolving stage). The CoP was moved to Disneyland before making its way to Orlando. And the audience is still on the merry-go-round, revolving around the stage. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/26 "2010-11-30T03:13:22Z")
Who needs a World’s Fair? The Internet has everything and more. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318/27 "2010-11-30T05:16:46Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Some people say Epcot is the new world’s fair and it never goes away. I only saw ten seconds of _Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure: The Animated Series_, but I flipped past it just as the boys arrived back in ancient China, and Ted said: _ **“Whoa… it’s like Epcot, only bigger!”** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fair/202318.md?page=1)