Talk:Splendid China (Florida)
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[edit] More information
I have information on Florida Splendid China, especially about the folks that protested at the park. Although the addition of this material will be objectionable to some, it should be allowed to stand according to the groundrules. I just wanted to provide a 'heads-up' Jchurchward (talk) 01:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Splendid China's Location
As an individual that travelled to the theme park known as Florida Splendid China on the average of every other month and sent letters regularly to the park's management, the park had a legal mailing address of Kissimmee, Florida. The Florida Department of State's entry for Splendid China was Kissimmee, Florida. All the bylines from newspaper and magazine coverage used 'reporting from Kissimmee, Florida.' Officially, the theme park was in Kissimmee, Florida by every measure, even though it may have been in an unincorporated area close to the city limits of Kissimmee, Florida.Jchurchward (talk) 18:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A visual aid to alleviate some ignorance
Here are the boundaries of Celebration and Kissimmee. Note that Kissimmee lies far to the east of Splendid China, and Celebration is much closer to Splendid China (Florida).
Postal addresses are irrelevant. People who live as far as 30 miles from a city use the city's name for their address; i.e. people in Homestead, Kendall and Doral use Miami as their address. This does not mean that a house in Homestead is 'in' Miami. It simply isn't. This is strictly for postal purposes (since Miami-Dade County is on a street grid system) and has nothing to do with factual location. Miamiboyzinhere (talk) 19:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] "Artful" youths?
Entry reads "After closing its gates, Splendid China suffered a rash of attacks from thieves and vandals. Usually the work of artful but destructive local area youths, hundreds of items were taken ranging from small miniatures to portions of life-size statues." What, pray tell, is an "artful" youth? The footnoted source never mentions the age or suspected age of the thieves and vandals. Could someone please rewrite this section? Bricology (talk) 16:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
