Disney's Cancelled Ski Resort - Mineral King History | ReviewTyme
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- On the 18th of September 1966 atop the Northern Californian Mountains Walt Disney, in his last ever public appearance, would officially announce a Disney owned and operated Ski Resort. A ski Resort that sadly never saw the light of day, leaving Walt Disney's Final Project never completed.
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I'm 63 and grew up as a child adoring all things Disney but I knew nothing of these plans! Thank you Luke!
Me too.
Another Disney Resort that is separate from a theme park resort is Disney’s Vero Beach Resort. It is kind of tied to Walt Disney World in marketing but it is on the East Coast of Florida approximately 2 hours south of Walt Disney World property.
Having been to Mineral King I can't tell you how glad I am this failed.
Nice narration as well as informative and well-composed graphics coupled with wonderfully-presented information make this an excellent documentary, Luke. I'm now thinking about what this country would be today with myriad Walt-Disney-branded national parks scattered throughout it. I learned a lot today. Thank you for making this.
Shameless plug for my dads book Dawn at Mineral King! This gives some real insight into a totally different aspect of this project.
Nice! Was he involved in the project directly?
@Joey Bradley no as it was ages ago but he was able to get into Disney archives about it as well as speak to people directly involved who are still around.
That was a really interesting video never heard about this. Besides North Carolina and Hawaii what about Disney’s resort in vero beach?
And Castaway Cay?
Correct you are about Vero Beach also being included with NC and Hawaii, it somehow completely slipped my mind! - Luke
Having just returned from Aulani I wish DVC could make a few unique projects like this work. I don’t ski, but if it had tubing, other activities, and access to somewhere for day trips it could be nice.
Such an amazing and informational channel
Sequoia National Park, Mineral Kings, •Historic• Kaweah River Bridge 1923
Mineral King, a huge granitic canyon in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, now part of Sequoia National Park, was a mining site starting in about 1870. By 1879 a 25 mile long private toll road was built from the small community of Hammond on the lower reaches of the Kaweah River into Mineral King, but it was not profitable. In 1884 the road was deeded to the County of Tulare, which also did not have funds to improve or even adequately maintain it.
By 1910, however, automobile trips to scenic places in the mountains became increasingly popular, and small resorts sprang up in the Mineral King area. Construction of a new road with a bridge over the Kaweah River began in 1911 and was finished in 1913. The 1913 bridge was a redwood and cedar truss structure spanning 115 feet. It soon showed signs of sagging, and by 1923 the County had to replace the old bridge with the existing concrete arch structure.
The Mineral King area, including the road and 1923 bridge are included in the Mineral King Cultural Landscape on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003
Oak Grove Bridge, an arched bridge made of reinforced concrete, is situated on Mineral King Road, which has long served as an approach road to Sequoia National Park. The modern quality of this bridge contrasts greatly with those located within the park. As part of an effort to create an aesthetic in which structures fit in with the natural environment, the National Park Service had bridges built with a rustic quality. This was achieved through the choice of building materials: Lodgepole and Clover Creek Bridges (HAER Nos. CA-140A and CA-140B) had a stone veneer over a reinforced concrete arch design, while the Marble Fork Bridge (HAER No. CA-141) had a deck-truss log design.
Pumpkin Hollow Bridge 1922.
Well done again, always look forward to these posts
Thanks for covering this very rare lost Disney topic. I remember that peoplemover vehicles looking like mine ore carts would have been internal transportation within Mineral King Valley
Fun fact: in Disneyland Paris there is a hotel called “Sequoia Lodge” named and themed around this ski resort
Amazing editing!
About time someone did a good video on this. I kept requesting Defunctland one, but it never came to be.
Thanks for the kind words Matt, it truly is an interesting topic and a truly important part of Disney history, being Walt's final project. Hopefully I could do some justice to it! - Luke
I love this place, I'm glad it failed.
Also a Disney ski resort sounds horrible.
then why are u watching this
@@joanne-ly1pwbecause I love backpacking in this area and dig local sierra/ski history.
Enormous territory for backpacking would still have remained in the Mineral King Valley and the far larger Sequoia National Park into which it was annexed.
@David Vitrano correct you are about Disney and the Olympics. squaw valley is my home, livelyhood, family and playground. I don't think anyone there (especially at alpine meadows) wants to see Disney buy us. It was bad enough when KSL bought us. I think Disney would completely change the vibe there and lose alot of employees that they are already struggling to keep.
Also to the north east is granite chief wilderness Wich is protected and next to that is the north fork association Wich is a 10,000+ acre private area.
Best bet in the area may be buying out white wolf or sugar bowl, which already has a mount Disney.
Hey, we always have Blizzard Beach :)
LOL
That footage of Walt and Lilly warms my heart.
You just gained yourself another subscriber.
If you look at the topo maps of the area, you can see that this would have been an epic resort. Look at the photo at 7:05. The lodge/base would have been at 7900-8000', while Farewell Gap is 10,700'. The top of White Chief Bowl would have been 11,000-11,500'.
Never knew about this!! Awesome!!!
How did the Disney pencil pushers over spend $300 MILLION on WDW!? All the Magic died with Walt, Disney Corp never had the courage nor the brilliance the man had
Wow, exactly 16 years before I was born. Can't help but to wonder had Walt lived longer, how would the ski resort would have panned out.
Don't forget about Vero Beach!
Today ikon v epic sorta reminds me of the disney v universal theme park battle…I consider vail to be the disney of skiing
Mixed feelings on this. Mineral King is very unique and frankly doesn't need to "pulsed" with a ski resort. California has numerous other ski resorts, and there are other locations in the state that our friends in Burbank could have built something like this.
What no monorail??
Big resorts and ski hotels spoil the land and natural enviroment!
Vero Beach Resort isnt in a park either.
NO wAY!! I would go.
If people think Vail's lift passes are expensive af, imagine trying to get lift passes at a DISNEY ski resort!
@David Vitrano Watch lift passes be like $400 per day
@David Vitrano If Disney ran the place they'd be 400$ per day
Yes walt desiny wanted to build a theme park in the sierra nevada how stupid see what happened he died!
I still think it would be neat if Disney created a ski resort, but I think it should be in Colorado, not California.
Saying Sequoia had the worst air quality is misleading because at the time of Walt's announcement California's fledgling motor vehicle anti-pollution program was only a couple of years old.
These reports of Sequoia valley having the worst air quality of all National Parks is actually from a report in 2015 by the National Parks Conservation Association which gave the park an F Grade in relation to healthy air. Having a Disney Ski Resort there today would arguably only make the problem worse. - Luke
@@ReviewTyme Thank you. Didn't know that. Only ever hear about Yosemite. California's first primitive car anti-pollution measures began in 1962, long before auto computer management systems were invented.
@@ReviewTyme There are actually a number of ski resorts up & down the Sierras. Some have been there for decades.
They should bring this to Orlando, and just build the mountains it’ll cost a fortune but a dream come true to ski and ice skate in Florida
Nice try walt but mother nature kickbutt again!
I wish he completed this project. My kids and I love snowboarding. We would go every year to his resort if it was open.
@Norwegian 787 thats pretty much how the resort my kids go to but this would be bigger. Nothing wrong with black diamond runs
So stoked this resort never happened
@David Vitrano oh hell yeah. They need a ski and snowboard resort
The narrator is being polite and non-controversial. The Sierra Club and the legislation that special interest group promoted is what delayed and killed any possibility of this Mineral King by Disney Ski Resort. Ronald Reagan went with the flow.
As usual, Walt Disney's positive and optimistic vision and modern American architecture provided the greatest opportunity for success. It would have been a fabulous place to vacation.
Many of the Disney ideas and designs have re-emerged in American and European ski resorts many decades later. His emphasis on client experience is but one.
@David Vitrano why you spam the same message?
Disney is the 😈