Duplicating Disneyland is Harder Than You Think

Six Flags wasn’t supposed to be the first successful theme park after Disneyland. There were three false starts that helped pave the way, thanks to the smooth-talking huckster who was responsible for getting Walt’s park built…right before he got fired.

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