Main Street Revisited
Jan 12th, 2009 (Mon)
 "Downtown Fort Collins and Disney World have a few things in common, including fun! (2006 Tour de Fat shown)")
Downtown Fort Collins and Disney World have a few things in common, including fun! (2006 Tour de Fat shown)
One bit of trivia about Fort Collins is that its downtown — also known as Old Town — was the inspiration for Main Street USA in Disneyland. But while that Main Street is in Walt Disney’s Southern California theme park, when I ran through a “Main Street” (I’m not sure if that’s what it’s officially called) in Orlando’s Disney World at the end of the Disney World Marathon, I swore I could see a resemblance to Old Town Fort Collins as well.
See the photos below. Belying the 20th century refurbishing of the buildings in downtown Fort Collins, there’s a lot in common, yes?
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It was pretty neat to be 2000 miles away from Fort Collins while running the race, and still feel close to (or be at least reminded of) home.
