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When World Disney World Canceled the Persian Resort in 1973, the Shah of Iran Offered to Pay for It

After the striking blue-and-white facility was canceled in the early 1970s, Walt Disney World got an offer of help from a highly unusual source.

Walt Disney World Has Tried Twice, and Failed Twice, to Build a Venetian Resort

In the 1970s, Disney tried to built The Venetian Resort. In the 1990s, Disney tried to build the Grande Venezia Resort. Both times, it scrapped the idea.

Germany at Epcot’s World Showcase Nearly Had Its Own Rhine River Cruise Ride

Announced in 1976, long before Epcot had been built, the ride would have taken guests on a Small World-style journey through Germany and the Swiss Alps.

In the 1960s, Disney Tried to Build a Major Amusement Park in St. Louis, Missouri

If Walt had got his way, the second Disney destination would have been in the midwest: Walt Disney’s Riverfront Square.

Walt Disney World Planned an ‘Asian Resort’ That Was Nixed by the 1973 Oil Crisis

Scheduled to open in 1974, the complex would have sat on the site now occupied by the Grand Floridian.

Epcot’s World Showcase Scrapped Plans for Iran, Israel, and Russia Pavilions

Among the other scrapped lands are Spain, Denmark, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Equatorial Africa.

Walt Disney World Scrapped Plans to Build a Mysterious ‘Beastly Kingdom’

The original plan was to build a Beastly Kingdom section of Animal Kingdom, with a massive suspended rollercoaster themed around a dragon.