Walt Disney Coming to Panama - NOT!

[magamaga]

Apparently there is an email going around the internet advertising that Walt Disney is coming to Panama.

Don't believe it. It was someones "April Fools day" joke for the year.

Below is the email that is going around.
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Walt Disney Coming to Panama
Wednesday, April 01 2009 @ 03:49 PM EDT

By Rodrigo Campos, Associated Press Writer Ciudad de Panama—Panama officials confirmed today that the government of Panama has issued The Walt Disney Company the required permits to begin construction on a $658 million theme park near the Pacific Coast. The first phase of the project, which will be named Disneylandia, is set to be completed in November 2012 and will include a theme park, hotels, airport, and production studio. Located on the Pan-American Highway near the entrance to the resort town of Coronado, the 350 acre park is expected to significantly increase the number of tourists entering the Central American country annually. Disney officials cited many reasons for choosing Panama as the new location of Disney, including a dollarized economy, strong democratic government, and the need to give Latin American residents who find it difficult to get an American Visa the opportunity to visit the home of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Disney purchased the land in 2001, and plans to purchase more land in the future for expansion. (more)


As part of a deal struck with Panamanian officials to bring the theme park to the tiny country, the names of nearby coastal areas will be changed to reflect Disney inspired themes. This has drawn the ire of local residents, who claim that the government never met with them to discuss the changes.
"The government has sold out our beautiful community without telling us anything," says Ernesto Arosemena of Gorgona, which will soon be named Agrabah, after the Arabian town in Aladdin. The area at the entrance to Gorgona is slated to become a satellite parking lot, and officials plan to build a train from there to the main entrance of the park.
Disney officials are assuring locals that they will hardly notice the construction, officially set to break ground on December 28th. Although the park plans to have construction 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they tell residents that they should only expect traffic delays Mondays through Saturdays.
Luis Carlos Tribaldos
Asesor de Publicidad
2264000. Ext: 49292
Fax: 2702046
Cls 50 y 74 san Francisco, Edif. St .George Bank Piso 12
Panamá - Panamá

[magamaga]

Este tambien fue parte de la misma broma.


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PARQUE DE DIVERSIONES
Disney en Panamá Doralis Montenegro Escobar
dmontenegro@elsiglo.com
E l sueño para muchos panameños de conocer a Minnie y Mickey Mouse se hará realidad, pues en esta semana, la Compañía Disney recibieron el “sí” del gobierno nacional para comenzar a construir un parque de diversiones de Disneylandia.

Este será construido en las costas del Pacífico y la primera fase será terminada para noviembre del 2012; tendrá parques, hoteles, aeropuertos y estudio de producción.

El parque estaría ubicado la vía Interamericana, cerca de la entrada del resort de Coronado.

Los representantes de la compañía de Disney aseguraron que escogieron a Panamá porque tiene una economía fuerte y basada en el dólar.

Además, a las personas en Centroamérica se les hace difícil viajar a EE.UU., siendo una de las causas la obtención de la visa.

Este parque además moverá la economía nacional.

Pero ya los residentes del área de Gorgona se han quejado, porque el Gobierno no les ha informado de algunas situaciones como que los nombres de algunas de las áreas de la costas se podrían cambiar por nombres característicos de los personajes de Disney, además de las incomodidades en el tráfico de los que día a día transitan por esta área. Por lo que la compañía pide una buena comunicación y armonía.