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> What it was was the first theme part based on a particular set of core values. That's what makes it a 'theme park'. Previous large-scale amusement parks didn
by cynicalkane 7y ago
> What it was was the first theme part based on a particular set of core values.
That's what makes it a 'theme park'. Previous large-scale amusement parks didn't have central defining themes, though there were older examples of small-scale theme parks.
By modern standards, 'old timey carnival' might be a theme, but obviously it wasn't at the time.
- sandworm101 7y agoYa, 'core values' isn't a theme. I'm talking about family/american/christian values. Disney had Regan and a Protestant minister open the park. This was a park backed by the american political and religious establishment. It wasn't a religious theme park, nor a political one, but an idealized image of how the two could/should/would get along.