Visit Disney World in the comfort of your own home free, from Google

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jun 6, 2008 3:38 AM EDT

Article Source: Business Week

I'm going to virtual Disney World!

No, I'm not talking about Disney World in Second Life… though it wouldn't surprise me if such a thing existed. I'm referring to the new 3D Disney World Experience offered in Google Earth, launched June 5.

Virtual visitors can basically tour the whole Disney theme park in Google Earth, even going so far as seeing inside rides. The site is part of a big online advertising push by Disney to draw real vacationers to the real destination.

It seems to me that this is just the kind of thing that Google could develop for its long-rumored travel offering. Imagine taking a 3D Google Earth tour of a sponsored destination such as Paris' Le Marais district, all the while, seeing ads for hotels in that area, restaurants, and the like. Such a site would have lots of appeal for travel enthusiasts and a ton more appeal for marketers and tourism boards.

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