Back in the 1990s Disney showed extreme interest in developing a park near Haymarket, Virginia. The proposed park was to be named Disney's America, and like its namesake it was to be themed strictly to America. The town Haymarket, was a quiet but yet historical town that was home to vineyards, farms, and civil war battle sites. Interestingly enough, the town fought against Disney in fear that the park would ruin the culture and the way of life of the small town. The town eventually won and Disney was forced to try and pick another site. They did look at applying this concept to Knott's when the park went up for sale but the Knott family refused to sell to Disney. The Disney's America concept has been abandoned, however a lot of elements of this park can be seen in California Adventure. Can you imagine if the original project succeeded?

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Never knew this was a thing.  I just looked more into it.  It could have been great.  But it could also have been an utter disaster as Disney parks all depend solely on who was in charge at the time and well.. the 90s wasnt the greatest for the parks.  

I remember really looking forward to this park being built since I liked the idea of having a Disney park around 5 hours away. It was disappointing to never see it happen.