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>>The California Story is a fun filled, two hour walking tour with a specially
trained Disney guide. Students will learn about California history in a
unique way- by discovering how it is built into the newest addition to the
Disneyland Resort, Disney's California Adventure Park. The tour is scheduled
to include a few shows that compliment the content of the tour, and our
group will visit each of the four geographical regions of California located
in
the three districts of the park.<<

Okay, this is surreal. Hey, remember Disney wanted to do a history park in
Viginia, I think, around one of the Civil War battlefields? Folk singer Hugh
Blumenfeld wrote this great song making fun of it:

(when hiroshima comes to disneyland)

the kids will all get crayons to trace their shadows on the walls
& paper cranes inscribed with names
there'll be cranes, cranes flying overhead on wires
& on banners from the parking lots on in
& there'll be origami lessons on demand
when hiroshima comes to disneyland
the gates will open at 8:15 for the fireball & the omnimax
we'll watch oppie reading sanskrit & einstein playing violin
& the twenty-five mangled maidens
will all be made beautiful again (with our american medicine) kabuki players
whiter than a thousand suns will fold their fans
when hiroshima comes to disneyland
every night at sunset poli-sci majors paying off student loans
will stage re-enactments of V-J Day in period clothes--
sailors will go around kissing all the girls in the street
how we'll praise the lives we saved
so we could go to Viet Nam
when hiroshima comes to disneyland
wave to hirohito
& the fish-bellied samurai
(hai hai hai)
goodbye goodbye goodbye
I'm gonna get myself a little boy action doll before I head back to the hotel
enola gay glider kits for the kids & some fused los alamos glass
and when the fireworks flash
I bet they get the smoke to blow 8 miles to the top
& we'll shield our eyes with our transparent hands
when hiroshima comes to disneyland

from his album Mozart's Money




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