Is Mickey Going to Branson? NO!
So it was a prank (it seems) and it didn’t take long before it was uncovered. Jim Hill had a couple of answers ready showing this whole rumor was nothing bad a bad joke. (You wonder what is gained by it.)
Well, let’s start with that “500 S. Buena Vista St.” address. In the 50+ years that the Walt Disney Company has been in the theme park business, has the Mouse ever made this sort of bush league mistake before (I.E. Allowing the actual address of its corporate headquarters to be used on any documentation for a yet-to-officially-be-announced project)? No. (Jim Hill)
And there is more proof that this rumor is dead!
But do you want to know the real reason that I was extremely leery about this latest round of Disney-in-Branson rumors. Check out the name of the ARM Risk owner who reportedly lives at 500 S. Buena Vista Street: Robert Brown. Does that name ring a vague bell? If you’re a big-time Disney history buff, it should. You see, Robert Brown was the name of the man that Walt’s daughter, Sharon, married back in 1959. (Jim Hill)
Jim had a little chat with the writer of the first article talking about why this rumor was suspicious and a follow up article was written killing of the rumor.
“I just talked to the vice president of public affairs for Disney, and she said there’s nothing to it,” (News Leader)