took the kids to Disney World last week for fall break... in the middle of a furious "drink around the world"* competition (getting past germany is always difficult but made more so by the "food and wine festival" throwing in several normally unrepresented countries), i was shaken from my beer goggled stupor by a large art deco image off in the distance... i thought at first it had to be boston avenue and it turns it was...
it was a whole "land" dedicated to Oklahoma... with many shots of tulsa (check out the gut wrenching use of a downtown photo from the 40s)... it only runs for 6 weeks and the disney folks said it was a special case... they've never allowed any single state to have this sort of display...
but anywho, it was pretty damn cool... went back a second sober day early in the am to get pics...
the international tourists were all over it...
they had trick ropers performing and some fancy dancers... and it was all staffed by reall ive oklahomans... the three sisters cafe had amazing seared buffalo with a wild onion roulade and zuchini/corn/bean chowder... the wild onion kitchen had indian chefs cooking authentic meals with an overhead viewing mirror and live demonstration... there were three oklahoma wines... but sadly, no beer... however, there was porter peach cobbler and pecan pie... it really gave a great impression...
i was suprised i had not heard about it...
it was really very, very cool...
kinda made me misty...
our friends from iowa, were jealous and commented how "it really makes you guys look great"...
here is a link to a short video (the resolution sucks) but it gives the scale and layout...
youtube oklahoma at epcot...here are a few pics...
a link below is for the entire set...
flickr oklahoma at epcot photoset*
"drink around the world" details