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Yep, it was B: Ra’s al Ghul

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My source of reference is the Frog Choir from Harry Potter...therefor it is C: Cauldron The frogs would never lie...

Walt's original vision came from a desire to have a safe, clean amusement area where parents could take their children, instead of the what he considered seedy amusement parks of the day. His plans quickly grew, and he had employees at his studio come up with some plans as he outlined his changing thoughts. There's two 'maps' that I know of that were draw up. Both versions of a Mickey Mouse Park were planned to be constructed across the street from the original Disney Studios on Riverside Drive in Burbank California, along a flood control channel for the Los Angeles River. The second 'map' is the more well known version. You entered into a circus area, next came a fairgrounds, then a version of a turn of the century small town, a Western themed street, a country farm, an Native American village, and a mill-themed water ride...with a railroad and horse-drawn streetcars. There was also a small lake with a steam paddle boat that sailed around an island that was to be a bird sanctuary... Here's a photo with that plan placed over an aerial view of the Disney Studios today... Even before either of these site maps came out there were sketches of Disney's evolving plans. No map of this early layout is available, but there's an early drawing of a fairly bare-bones park.... That version of the plans above was a bit more pared down from the earlier version shown below. This earlier version is less well known. I came across a copy of it in a book of Disney maps I had. There you entered a rather fancier turn of the century American small town, complete with a sizeable City Park, industrial area, a Fairgrounds which was hosting a circus, an industrial area, a Western street, a farm, a fort, Native American village, and a railroad. This is the version I'm basing my park on. It's NOT an exact replica, just loosely based on it. I'm going with the idea that this version of the park was actually built, and that the Studio was financially able to even 'plus' it a little. I have the small town (laid out similarly but a little larger...), City Park, smaller industrial area, fairgrounds with a circus, farm, a Western town, a fort, a small Native American area. The lake, the flood-control channel, the paddle wheeler are all there. What I added was a new Fantasy area, themed to Disney's early animated films such as Snow White. The train is still there, the horse-drawn street can still makes a figure-8 track. The entrance is far grander. I also added the Studio buildings across Riverside Drive, as well as other buildings along it and Buena Vista Drive... Of course none of these planned parks were ever built...Walt's dreams were just to large for that plot of land. But the ideas here were what Disneyland itself was built upon...

Despite the claims of some that once I finished my part of the Wonderful World of Oz project, that I sloughed off, sleeping in late, gorging on tropical treats, laid in the sun, listening to the strains of Bossa Nova.. I actually did none of that! Well, maybe the sloughed off part... But I have, in fact, been working on a little project (yes, I know I have a reputation when it comes to 'little' projects, but I digress...). Citytrader has been working on a similar park based on a slightly different version of the same idea. Mine is based off an alternative version of a map for a park first drawn for a very famous person. While neither version of that park ever came into being, they did lay the foundation for a much larger and grander..and ultimately very successful - park some years later. As usual my park is BASED on that particular map, but, as usual, I've taken the idea farther along... While this bench surprising only has but a couple TMTK items created for it (unlike the 700+ made for Oz...), it would not be possible without the generous sharing of work by others downloaded from the Workshop. Many were used 'as-is'...others were tweaked slightly...or a LOT. But each and every blueprint and TMTK item is much appreciated. The park is about 80% complete, so the screenshots will be slow in coming at first as I tend to work on ALL parts of the bench, so there's things that are under construction on ALL parts of the bench. But here's a first glimpse... An alternative version of Los Angeles, California, ca. 1940's Los Angeles, Movie Capital of the World. Boomtown. The Studio has been a busy place over the past few years. Full-length animated feature films have enthralled audiences world-wide. Many would rest on their laurels. But instead there was an idea in the Ol' Maestro's head that had been slowly growing over the years, and is finally coming to fruition. A slice from the World of Imagination found in the animated features, as well as a salute to a slower time not so long ago. A place where one could share an adventure with their young ones...and feel young at heart themselves... This is the story of Mickey Mouse Park...

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I wasn't sure about this theme when it was announced, but when in the hands of someone with a lot of talent it really comes out nice.

Only the best parks have them...levitating lampposts that is. Not all have peeps doing the green apple two-step in search of facilities... I agree, that view is very idyllic in a woodsy-sort of way...I likes!

C: Elephant

Just for JB... 13

It's not the size that matters, but how you use it...certainly you've heard that one before...perhaps repeatedly?

I think I read about this a while back and was rather surprised that it was reported that A: Turkey drank the most tea per capita. I always thought of Turkey as being a coffee-drinking society - Turkish coffee is quite famous.

Yeah, the smoothness is top-notch, and much longer than I expected...very nice!

I don't think they ever used the name E: Space Villas on the X-Files, and that's my go-to source for extraterrestrial stuff.

Jeez...no idea. But I'm going to guess that this refers to a public zoo and not just some rich rulers animal collection maybe? So I'm gonna pick B: Vienna because I'd think all the animals in Paris might have gotten eaten during the Revolution (wasn't that in Les Miz? All that chopping and cutting off heads it gets confusing...).

Just an amazing amount of realism!

Yeah, that was one cool queue...it was especially funny to watch the peeps reactions every few feet as they spotted something else to look at!

WOW! Talk about great memories! Many of these photos I recall, some are of course new to me, but they all remind me of just how enormous this project was - models and RCT3. I always had a love of miniatures like this, just never seemed to have the space to create them. I think that's what attracted me to RCT - sort of a 'virtual miniature world'...

Hmmm, I'm thinking maybe because it's so far from other land masses, and cold most of the year, it might be A: Iceland

I have zero idea, but I'll tag along with JB just so he thinks someone might find his answer plausible...unlikely as that may be. So D: The Clown’s Gallery and Museum.

D: Wales And that's my final answer...

I'm going to agree with JB and choose B: Monaco For the bonus question, I'm going to say B: False. I know they change names depending on where they are, but the storm itself I don't think is restricted by an artificial line, so can cross it.

Those 'llamas' as shown in the bottom image were designed by Mr Baum himself (or some illustrator who came along later...) Granted the one's designed by Goddard look more like horses, but we strive for historical accuracy here! LOL! I think citytrader did an outstanding job translating this to Planet Coaster.

NORTHERN Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, just as Scotland is...at least at present. 😉

Ireland...