From: lar3ry gensch Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:34:02 GMT Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney Subject: FDC NEWS ITEM II (1-APR-94) D-N-D WIRENEWS (PARIS 1APR94 1201AM CET) - A DISNEY ITEM OF INTEREST HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLISHER OF THE ESTEEMED DIS' 'n' DAT NEWSLETTER. FRENCH EDITIONS OF THE NEWSLETTER INCLUDED AN ADVERTISEMENT, THE TEXT OF WHICH IS REPRINTED BELOW: __________________________________________________________________________ Advertisement __________________________________________________________________________ EVERYTHING MUST GO!!! "The opportunity of a lifetime..." "A truly unique sale..." "Unlike anything that anyone has ever done before..." These are the words that people are using to describe a once in a lifetime sale, and they are right. For a limited time, the management of the Walt Disney Company, in association with Crazy Francois' Liquidation Company (tm), is having its grandest sale of all time... THE EURO-DISNEY "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" SALE Yes, you've read correctly. After months of denying all the rumors, we're finally announcing the closing of one of the costliest flops in the theme park business the world has ever known. All items must go... go... go!!! We have: o Audioanimatronics... be the first on your block to have an offi- cial Pirate of the Caribbean in your home... o Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant, which is a rather large castle sitting in a land where castles are rather ho hum... o A lot of cowboy paraphernalia from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show... o One of only a few 3-D films of Michael Jackson... o More hotel rooms than we'd like to admit, waiting for that per- fect offer... o Gift shops that have never had a single visitor to disrupt the pretty displays... o A rather large and ornate pirate ship... o Over sixteen rides to choose from! All this, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!! You say you'd like to consider a purchase, but France is too far to travel? You're in luck! We have a simple mail-order number for you to call: +6-16-244-5677 - that's +6-16-BIG-LOSS. Just tell us what you want, make us an offer, and you're all set! We accept Master Card, VISA, American Express (the official credit card of Euro-Disney), and I-O-U's (the official payment method of Euro- Disney). Sorry... no C.O.D's accepted. All items available on a first come, first served basis. All orders shipped first class via camel express - please add 5% shipping and handling charge. Defective returns require a return authorization number. Remember, if it was at Euro- Disney, it may have been defective all the time. If you think that an item was damaged in shipping, contact the shipping agent (Pierre). Don't wait and miss out on all the good items... Remember: EVERY- THING MUST GO!!! * * * * * SPECIAL BONUS * * * * * For a limited time only, all purchasers will receive, absolutely free of charge, a copy of that famous single world short story: "The Wonders of Euro Disney." ** DND FRANCE 1APR94 1201AM CET ** ALL DISNEY NEWS FITTED TO PRINT ** EOT ** -- (void) lar3ry(); lar3ry@world.std.com "A theme park near Paris makes the revenues go down... In the most expensive way." -- _DIS' 'n' DAT_ / March 1994