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Old 09 April 2009, 07:03 PM
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Comment: Hey, I've heard a couple of rumors concerning Walt Disney and
Disney World. I've heard that if you take the map of Disney World and lay
it over the parts of Europe that Hitler ruled over during WWII, they match
up. Also, the statue of Walt Disney holding hands with Mickey Mouse in
the theme park is in the same place as the statue of Hitler. I'm not sure
how true any of this is, but any information given would be very much
appreciated.
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Old 09 April 2009, 07:06 PM
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Which statue of Hitler?
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Old 09 April 2009, 07:17 PM
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Which statue of Hitler?
What map of Disney World, for that matter?
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Old 09 April 2009, 07:19 PM
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How would they "match up" anyway? Are they the same shape?
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Old 09 April 2009, 07:37 PM
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How would they "match up" anyway? Are they the same shape?
They might be in the same general locations as compared to one another. Which isn't that odd, because the countries haven't exactly shuffled around recently. Meaning, Nazi occupied France was (at least more or less, I don't know if it is exactly, WWII isn't something I've extensively studied) in the same place as France is today.

And of course, the Walt Disney w/ Mickey statue is in the same relative position as the really gigantic statue of Hitler that stood in that harbor in Greece. Colossus of Rhodes, what?

eta: I'm assuming the OP is referring to the locations of the different "countries" at Epcot, rather than the different theme parks like MGM Studios, Magic Kingdom, etc.

eta again: looking at a map of Epcot, I don't know what the heck they mean. Pretty sure neither Mexico nor the US were occupied, nor do I think the world is arranged quite like that

If anyone wants to compare to see what the conspiracy theorist probably didn't bother checking:
Walt Disney World
German Occupied Europe

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Old 09 April 2009, 07:53 PM
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Disneyworld does look a bit France-shaped I suppose. Where abouts is the statue of Walt/Mickey, near the entrance and castle? That kind of corresponds with where Paris would be, and where a statue of Hitler might have been situated had he won the war...
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Old 09 April 2009, 07:57 PM
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If anyone wants to compare to see what the conspiracy theorist probably didn't bother checking:
Walt Disney World
German Occupied Europe
For ease of comparison:





Even allowing for the fact the first one is isometric, I don't see any similarity.
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Which statue of Hitler?
Probably the one in Toontown.
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Which statue of Hitler?
The Statue of Hitlerty, in the harbor just off of Hamburg.
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Old 11 April 2009, 05:34 PM
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But that is a map of just Epcot, not Disney World in it's entirety. And the statue of Walt is in a completely different park, so overlaying Epcot over Europe doesn't address the OP.

Now that I'm looking at the actual map of Disney World, I guess someone with a very active imagination could see approximations with the Magic Kingdom being Great Britain, the Animal Kingdom as Spain, Epcot Center over France and Downtown Disney as, I don't know, Poland? Of course that doesn't jibe with Germany's occupied areas.

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Old 11 April 2009, 07:16 PM
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Now that I'm looking at the actual map of Disney World, I guess someone with a very active imagination could see approximations with the Magic Kingdom being Great Britain, the Animal Kingdom as Spain, Epcot Center over France and Downtown Disney as, I don't know, Poland? Of course that doesn't jibe with Germany's occupied areas.
As you alluded to, neither Spain nor Great Britain were occupied by the Nazis.
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