![]() Yet it seems like one place, doesn't it? Those sneaky Imagineers were up to their old tricks again, blending everything together with an incredible eye for the details. Thus, in the Disney version of the Wild West, we see Davy Crockett's wilderness, Mark Twain's Mississippi River Country, the Southwestern motif of Pecos Bill, and a post-goldrush ghost town in the Utah Territory. ![]() That way the visitor, from wherever he came, could identify with some portion of the landscape. Like Adventureland, Walt wanted Frontierland to be an amalgamation of several frontiers. ![]() And once he found that fortune, he made quick work of focusing on nature in his cartoons and live-action films. Like the early Pioneers, Walt headed West to seek a new fortune. He grew up in Marceline, Missouri-a small town just ninety miles from the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens, author of the Tom Sawyer and Huck Fin franchise. Like me, Walt Disney felt a bond with the spirit of Western Expansion. My family owns DVC points at the Villas at Wilderness Lodge, our house decor is decidedly Western, and we enjoy a camping trip here and there. Then again, I've always been attracted to the great outdoors. ![]() It's just that Frontierland strikes a chord with me. Frontierland is my favorite themed area of the Magic Kingdom. ![]()
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