History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / ThemeParks

* As mentioned above, Orange Bird is very obscure Disney character, mostly due to him being associated with the Anita Bryant orange juice boycott of the 70s. However in Japan he has made a small comeback. Back in 2004 Disney decided to bring the character back at Tokyo Disneyland for Japan's annual Orange Day, and was a huge success. Since then he has become somewhat of a mascot for the holiday in Japan.

** Duffy was originally a "merchandise only" character: he didn't appear in any movies or TV shows, he was just a bear you could buy at a toy shop in Disney World. He naturally wasn't a big success, because unlike most of the other Disney characters, he was just a generic teddy bear with no established personality. Then OLC (the company that owns the Disney parks in Japan, running them under license from the Disney Corporation) got hold of him, gave him a name and a backstory, and he became a ''huge'' hit there. Duffy has been brought back to the US, but he's definitely far less popular than Disney's ''other'' stuffed bear, Winnie the Pooh (and even arguably less popular than the bears from Country Bear Jamboree, which hasn't even existed at Disneyland for over a decade but still has some nostalgia value for older park guests).

* Orange Brid is very obscure Disney character. Mostly due to him being associated with the Anita Bryant orange juice boycott of the 70s. However in Japan he has made a small comeback. Back in 2004 Disney Decided to bring the character back at Tokyo Disneyland for Japans annual Orange Day, and was a huge success. Since then he has become some what of a mascot for the holiday in Japan.

* Most of the vistors to ''Ride/UniversalStudios Florida'' are British tourists.

* Orange Brid is very obscure Disney character.Mostly due to him being associated with the Anita Bryant orange juice boycott of the 70s. However in Japan he has made a small comeback.Back in 2004 Disney Decided to bring the character back at Tokyo Disneyland for Japans annual Orange Day,and was a huge success.Since then he has become some what of a mascot for the holiday in Japan.

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** In the United States, ''Journey into Imagination with Figment'', the third incarnation of ''Journey into Imagination'', is a LoveItOrHateIt affair. In Japan, however, it's loved by many people who have visited Disney World, because of how Japan loves characters that are both mischievous and adorable (such as the Minions from Despicable Me and Stitch), and the titular character fits such criteria in the new version of the ride.

* Disney in general is very popular in Japan. Even [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland]], the first park to open overseas, was done in the style of the American park, compared to the massive changes made to Disneyland Paris a decade later. Disneyland in Southern California ''still'' receives a massive amount of Japanese tourists, who treat the park as a sort of "Mecca".

** In a similar vein, the Japanese fandom for the Orange Bird, a Walt Disney World exclusive character that was created to promote Florida Citrus in TheSeventies, managed to find a new life in Japanese Disney fandom in conjunction with the country's Orange Day, and managed to help spur interest again back in the States to receive nostalgic merch as well as a cameo in an ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' children's book; this eventually culminated in the bird's return to the Magic Kingdom's Sunshine Tree Terrace he once called home.

** In the United States, ''Journey into Imagination with Figment'', the third incarnation of ''Journey into Imagination'', is a LoveItOrHateIt affair. In Japan, however, it's loved by many people who have visited Disney World, because of how Japan loves characters that are both mischevious and adorable (such as the Minions from Despicable Me and Stitch), and the titular character fits such criteria in the new version of the ride.
* There's alot of Europeans (both western and eastern Europe) that fly across the Atlantic to visit Cedar Point in US state Ohio.

** In a similar vein, the Japanese fandom for the Orange Bird, a Walt Disney World exclusive character that was created to promote Florida Citrus in TheSeventies, managed to find a new life in Japanese Disney fandom in conjunction with the country's Orange Day, and managed to help spur interest again back in the States to receive nostalgic merch; this eventually culminated in the bird's return to the Magic Kingdom's Sunshine Tree Terrace he once called home.

** Speaking of Disney, OriginalCharacter Duffy the Disney Bear started out as "The Disney Bear" stateside, but [[{{Understatement}} didn't turn out to be the hit that Disney had hoped for]]. Then Japan remade him as Duffy the Disney Bear, and he became popular enough to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XotxKZxUFUA queues]] as long as the lines for actual rides for his Meet and Greet. Then, Disney had the bright idea to bring him over to the stateside parks again, and had him pretty much take over Epcot. Unfortunately, [[AmericansHateTingle Americans hate Duffy]] and view him as [[CreatorsPet The Wesley]].

* Disney in general is very popular in Japan. Even [[DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland]], the first park to open overseas, was done in the style of the American park, compared to the massive changes made to Disneyland Paris a decade later. Disneyland in Southern California ''still'' receives a massive amount of Japanese tourists, who treat the park as a sort of "Mecca".

** Speaking of Disney, OriginalCharacter Duffy the Disney Bear started out as "The Disney Bear" stateside - he flopped. Then Japan remade him as Duffy the Disney Bear, and he became popular enough to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XotxKZxUFUA queues]] as long as the lines for actual rides for his Meet and Greet. Then, Disney had the bright idea to bring him over to the stateside parks again, and had him pretty much take over Epcot. Unfortunately, [[AmericansHateTingle Americans hate Duffy]] and view him as [[CreatorsPet The Wesley]].
** The Japanese fandom for the Orange Bird, a Walt Disney World exclusive character that was created to promote Florida Citrus, managed to find a new life in Japanese Disney fandom and managed to help spur interest again back in the States to receive merch and eventually culminated in the bird's return to the Magic Kingdom's Sunshine Tree Terrace he once called home.

** Disney World's second-biggest tourist audience (after the United States) are guests from the United Kingdom. The resort's unofficial "twin city" is actually the town of Swindon, England.
** When Creator/DaveBarry went to Tokyo Disneyland, he was amazed at this. Why would the Japanese feel nostalgic about TheGayNineties version of small town America?

* There's alot of Europeans (both western and eastern Europe) that fly across the pond to visit Cedar Point in US state Ohio.

* There's alot of Europeans that fly across the pond to visit Cedar Point in US state Ohio.

** When DaveBarry went to Tokyo Disneyland, he was amazed at this. Why would the Japanese feel nostalgic about TheGayNineties version of small town America?
** Speaking of Disney, OriginalCharacter Duffy the Disney Bear started out as "The Disney Bear" stateside - he flopped. Then Japan remade him as Duffy the Disney Bear, and he became popular enough to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XotxKZxUFUA queues]] as long as the lines for actual rides for his Meet and Greet. Then, Disney had the bright idea to bring him over to the stateside parks again, and had him pretty much take over Epcot. Unfortunately, [[AmericansHateTingle Americans hate Duffy]] and view him as TheWesley.

** So does Walt Disney World.

** French people generally have quite a thing for Westerns, which is why Frontierland in Disneyland Paris is larger than the others and has more backstory.

** The Japanese fandom for the Orange Bird, a Walt Disney World exclusive character that was created to promote Florida Citrus, managed to find a new life in Japanese Disney fandom and managed to help spur interest again back in the States to receive merch and eventually culminated in the bird's return to the Magic Kingdom's Sunshine Tree Terrace he once called home.

** Speaking od Disney, OriginalCharacter Duffy the Disney Bear started out as "The Disney Bear" stateside - he flopped. Then Japan remade him as Duffy the Disney Bear, and he became popular enough to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XotxKZxUFUA queues]] as long as the lines for actual rides for his Meet and Greet. Then, Disney had the bright idea to bring him over to the stateside parks again, and had him pretty much take over Epcot. Unfortunately, [[AmericansHateTingle Americans hate Duffy]] and view him as TheWesley.

** Speaking od Disney, OriginalCharacter Duffy the Disney Bear started out as "The Disney Bear" stateside - he flopped. Then Japan remade him as Duffy the Disney Bear, and he became popular enough to have [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XotxKZxUFUA queues]] [[BeyondTheImpossible as long as the lines for actual rides for his Meet and Greet]]. Then, Disney had the bright idea to bring him over to the stateside parks again, and had him pretty much take over Epcot. Unfortunately, [[AmericansHateTingle Americans hate Duffy]] and view him as TheWesley.

* Disney in general is very popular in Japan. Even [[DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland]], the first park to open overseas, was done in the style of the American park, compared to the massive changes made to Disneyland Paris a decade later. Disneyland in the United States ''still'' receives a massive amount of Japanese tourists, who treat the park as a sort of "Mecca".

* Disney in general is very popular in Japan. Even [[DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland]], the first park to open overseas, was done in the style of the American park, compared to the massive changes made to Disneyland Paris a decade later. Disneyland and Walt Disney World in the US ''still'' receive a massive amount of Japanese tourists, who treat the American parks as a sort of "Mecca".