Interesting article. Though your skyway portion is fraught with errors, urban legends and misinformation. The skyway was closed for many reasons but the ones you listed were not the main culprit.
This is called a "peace child". The concept is not new and even sparked an international production of a new musical in the 80s with the same name. The idea was to host an exchange of performers between the USSR and the USA. I was on the American National tour of this production. I claim no responsibility but the cold war did end shortly thereafter. :)
Wes Craven directed Music of the Heart, a drama about the Harlem Violin Program staring Meryl Streep. Craven usually directs horror like Last House on the Left, Nightmare on Elm St and Scream.
Yes it is true the attraction was originally conceived as a restaurant but it was scrapped *BEFORE* construction began. The restaurant was supposed to be a much bigger building than the attraction turned out to be. You can see some prints of the original concept art for this large eatery on display inside of Team Disney Anaheim.
The building was not deemed to be too small for dining and thus became an attraction but rather they scrapped the food concept altogether and scaled down the entire affair before construction to suit the needs of the show.
Also the Tahitian Terrace concept came after the food concept for the tiki room was abandoned - so all three were not supposed to be restaurants from the beginning. One was added after the other was changed.
Overall, as I stated at the beginning, this was a fun article!
PS: Some of your Dole information is incorrect too but I will let that one slide… ?
Yes it is true the attraction was originally conceived as a restaurant but it was scrapped *BEFORE* construction began. The restaurant was supposed to be a much bigger building than the attraction turned out to be. You can see some prints of the original concept art for this large eatery on display inside of Team Disney Anaheim.
The building was not deemed to be too small for dining and thus became an attraction but rather they scrapped the food concept altogether and scaled down the entire affair before construction to suit the needs of the show.
Also the Tahitian Terrace concept came after the food concept for the tiki room was abandoned - so all three were not supposed to be restaurants from the beginning. One was added after the other was changed.
Overall, as I stated at the beginning, this was a fun article!
PS: Some of your Dole information is incorrect too but I will let that one slide… ?