What's caused people to wonder about Disneyland Oklahoma?
Was Disneyland Oklahoma a real thing? The internet wonders
What's caused people to wonder about Disneyland Oklahoma?
IMAGES AND BOOKS WILL GO INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN NEXT YEAR 2024 IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE COPYRIGHT COMMUNITY, AND IT’S BRINGING A SMILE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS A CRACK AT CREATING SOMETHING WITH THE MOST ICONIC IMAGE THAT DISNEY HAS EVER CREATED. BUT AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS, THERE IS ONE HITCH. JANUARY 1ST, TO MOST OF US, IT’S SIMPLY NEW YEAR’S. WHAT IN THE LEGAL WORLD? IT’S ALSO NO PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY. THE DAY COPYRIGHTS TO ALL SORTS OF THINGS COME TO AN END, AND YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHOSE TURN IT IS THIS TIME. THAT’S RIGHT, MICKEY MOUSE. BUT ONLY, I REPEAT, ONLY THE EARLY VERSION OF HIM DATING BACK TO THE 20S. THE LITTLE STICK LEGGED MICKEY THAT APPEARED IN STEAMBOAT WILLIE. THIS IS LIKE BIG A BIG DEAL. IT IS? YEAH. IT’S CRAZY. JENNIFER ENGLERT, A COPYRIGHT ATTORNEY WITH THE ORLANDO LAW GROUP, SAYS NOT ONLY IS THE IMAGE ICONIC, IT’S BEEN SO PROTECTED. I THINK EVERYBODY IS KIND OF KNOWN THAT MICKEY AND DISNEY THAT THEY REALLY TAKE THEIR COPYRIGHTS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE’VE ALL HEARD STORIES ABOUT, LIKE THE DAYCARES WHERE THEY PUT MICKEY ON THE WALL AND THEN THEY’RE GETTING CEASE AND DESISTS AND THINGS. BUT NOT FOR YOUNG MICKEY ANYMORE. FOR ONCE, THE COPYRIGHT IS LIFTED ON JANUARY 1ST. PEOPLE CAN USE IT TO MAKE POTHOLDERS, DISH TOWELS, STATUES, VIDEOS, APPS SOLUTELY FREE, WHICH IS A BIT CONCERNING WHEN WINNIE THE POOH WENT INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, THE LOVABLE BEAR WAS FEATURED IN A HORROR FLICK, A YOUNG MICKEY HORROR MOVIE. YES, I COULD THINK OF A FEW WORSE THINGS. I BET YOU YOU CAN DO SO I’M SURE DISNEY IS NOT JUST GOING TO SIT BACK AND LET JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HAPPEN, AND SOME DISNEY ENTHUSIAST AREN’T EXACTLY THRILLED EITHER. I’VE BEEN TO EVERY DISNEY PARK IN THE WORLD LIKE KELLY LANGTON. SHE SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO STICK TO THE BRAND. THE REAL DEAL EVERY ITEM REPRESENTS. IT’S AN EXPERIENCE OR A MOMENT OR SOMETHING THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. THAT’S A MEMORY. THAT’S BEEN CREATED AT DISNEY. SO FOR NOW, YOUNG MICKEY, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. AND AS FOR MODERN MICKEY, WE’LL HOLD ON TO YOUR MOUSE EARS BECAUSE HIS IMAGE IS STILL OFF LIMITS.
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Was Disneyland Oklahoma a real thing? The internet wonders
What's caused people to wonder about Disneyland Oklahoma?
One of the odder questions that the internet has been searching for to is whether Disneyland Oklahoma was a real thing.| RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Iconic Disney character to hit the public domain in 2024The short answer is no, but what's caused people to wonder about Disneyland Oklahoma?The theme park blog Inside the Magic dove into that question, finding an alleged screenshot from an X user claiming that there was a history of Disneyland Oklahoma. The X post, which has since been deleted, went viral and made many people on the internet believe the park once existed.The screenshot was of a fake Wikipedia post for Disneyland (Oklahoma), which stated that the park was founded in 1987 by Zachariah Richard and that it got the name after it was discovered that the patent for the real Disneyland park had the misspelled name of "Diisneyland." Richard allegedly won a legal battle that allowed him to keep Disneyland Oklahoma open for 35 years before it was destroyed when the International Space Station fell on it in 2022, according to the fake post.As Inside the Magic and Oklahomans know, none of that is real and the post was fake. Oklahoma, however, is slated to get a 1,000-acre resort destination and theme park that will cost more than $2 billion in the northeastern part of the state. American Heartland Theme Park is scheduled to be built just west of Grand Lake on Route 66 near Vinita and open in 2026.KOCO 5 spoke with an industry expert shortly after the announcement of American Heartland Theme Park in July, expressing his doubts that the park will become a reality.Top Headlines Video: TikTok star 'Tunnel Girl' ordered to stop digging underground tunnel system at her home Oklahoma community rallies around one of their local icons Police: Woman dead after hit by car then bus in Oklahoma City VIDEO: Letter lost in the mail for 80 years finally gets delivered after resurfacing at post office Oklahoma sheriff's offices concerned after post says children's location can be shared through gaming apps
One of the odder questions that the internet has been searching for to is whether Disneyland Oklahoma was a real thing.
| RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Iconic Disney character to hit the public domain in 2024
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The short answer is no, but what's caused people to wonder about Disneyland Oklahoma?
The theme park blog Inside the Magic dove into that question, finding an alleged screenshot from an X user claiming that there was a history of Disneyland Oklahoma. The X post, which has since been deleted, went viral and made many people on the internet believe the park once existed.
The screenshot was of a fake Wikipedia post for Disneyland (Oklahoma), which stated that the park was founded in 1987 by Zachariah Richard and that it got the name after it was discovered that the patent for the real Disneyland park had the misspelled name of "Diisneyland." Richard allegedly won a legal battle that allowed him to keep Disneyland Oklahoma open for 35 years before it was destroyed when the International Space Station fell on it in 2022, according to the fake post.
As Inside the Magic and Oklahomans know, none of that is real and the post was fake.
Oklahoma, however, is slated to get a 1,000-acre resort destination and theme park that will cost more than $2 billion in the northeastern part of the state. American Heartland Theme Park is scheduled to be built just west of Grand Lake on Route 66 near Vinita and open in 2026.
KOCO 5 spoke with an industry expert shortly after the announcement of American Heartland Theme Park in July, expressing his doubts that the park will become a reality.
Top Headlines
- Video: TikTok star 'Tunnel Girl' ordered to stop digging underground tunnel system at her home
- Oklahoma community rallies around one of their local icons
- Police: Woman dead after hit by car then bus in Oklahoma City
- VIDEO: Letter lost in the mail for 80 years finally gets delivered after resurfacing at post office
- Oklahoma sheriff's offices concerned after post says children's location can be shared through gaming apps
