I wonder what measuring units reign supreme at Disney World in Paris. It is
in a metric country, but if Walt Disney Corporation has the same mindset the
computer- and electronics industry has, I fear the worst. When it opend I
read something about Paris being 20 miles from the park.
Strange that the rental boats are supposed to stay 50 yards away from the
shore. Isn't it true that the yard is hardly used in the USA, except in
American football?
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: [USMA:11882] Disney
> There is almost no trace of metric at WDW.
>
> The only place they mention anything is on the foreign language maps and
sometimes on the English ones in parenthesis only.
>
> All the rides, tours etc, are in English and ifp. In other words: "We are
an American company and if you don't like it don't come". ... and I won't
go
anymore!
>
The pools display some metric but the ".9M" kind. The rental boats tell you
that you should not get closer than 50 yards to the shore. When I asked what
50 yards means,.... you don't want to hear this discussion.
>
> The flames during the night show at Epcot are "xx stories high". That, I
> really have no idea what it means!
>
> Definitely, the term "World" in the title has nothing to do with
> internationalism. More in the lines of: "Disney's Ivory Tower World".
>
> What bothered me, is that although they offer maps and guides in different
> languages these are only a few. Many other nations (ex: north & east
> Europeans, etc.) that are metric only and understand/speak English but do
> NOT speak French, German, Japanese etc. are completely lost. Not to
mention
> the Australians.
>
> I took several pictures of the signs and notices and I will write them a
> letter but I wonder if they will care. Does anybody have any previous
> experiences with them?
>
> A.
>
>
