The House was a Tomorrowland fixture back in the 1950s, and was later stripped, boxed up and moved to Florida, where it is now rotting, I believe, on U.S. 192 in Kissimmee. Disney's revisited the concept of futurist living over the years more times than I can count: Carousel of Progress, Horizons, the old Space Mountain exit, to name three examples that pop into my head immediately.
Now reports say that Disney's trying again, with a 5,000-sq.-ft. home that will open in Tomorrowland in May.
The $15 million home is a collaboration of The Walt Disney Co., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., software maker LifeWare and homebuilder Taylor Morrison.Visitors will experience the look of tomorrow by watching Disney actors playing a family of four preparing for a trip to China.
"It's much different than a spiel that you would get at a trade show," said Dave Miller, director of alliance development for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. "We won't get into the bits and the bytes. It will be about the digital lifestyle and how that lifestyle can help you."
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I can remember Fairs back in the day exhibiting the projected views of life in the 2000s.
Well we're still driving vehicles with wheels, we're not wearing aluminum foil suits and we still don't have personal robots looking after us.
But is was fun thinking it might happen. So Disney needn't bother getting too highbrow with this.
Mind you my walkie-talkie from the 50s looks pretty naff next to a Blackberry.
It'll indeed be inside the Innoventions building, like the Epcot version.
http://www.yesterland.com/futurehouse.html
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