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Article: Mickey Mouse meets Jesus (Just a stone's throw from Disney, the tackiest theme park of all).
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2001
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Byline: ANNE DE COURCY
PUSHING the quest for virtual reality to a new extreme is the latest in tourist attractions - the Holy Land Experience, a theme park tracing Christ's footsteps.
It is hard to imagine anything more tasteless, both in execution and concept, than this Disney-inspired mishmash of the Old Testament and the New, of legend (see the Indiana Jones-type show about the Ark Of The Covenant in the Wilderness Tabernacle!) and the most epic moments of Our Lord's life.
In this biblical theme park in Florida, not far from Disney World, the Greatest Story Ever Told unfolds against a background where history and geography have been thrown ...