Friday, May 25, 2007

Disney, it Ain't

Bemusement park: Where Dickens meets Disney | csmonitor.com: "Welcome to Dickens World, a theme park with a difference. If you thought theme parks were all about thrilling roller coaster rides, wolfing down hotdogs and cotton candy, and shaking hands with overgrown mice and goofy dogs, you're in for a rude awakening. Dickens World recreates the filth, squalor, and even the unpleasant whiffs of Victorian London, the city in which Charles Dickens lived and breathed, and wrote so memorably about in 'A Tale of Two Cities,' 'Great Expectations,' and 'Oliver Twist.' It's less a theme park, and more a 'grime park.'"

4 comments:

Brent McKee said...

Bill, I think I sent you the URL for this place's website along with the Harry Potter amusement park info.

mybillcrider said...

You probably did, but I posted only the HP one. This account is pretty intriguing.

Anonymous said...

It looks great. I love the comment that Dickens would probably be a shareholder if alive today.

mybillcrider said...

He'd be doing hourly readings.