Disney's Persian Resort was a themed hotel planned for

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. Due to the

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, the project was cancelled, along with

Disney's Venetian Resort Disney's Venetian Resort was to be a Disney-owned resort at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, that originally would have begun operation on October 1, 1971. It was going to be themed after Venice, Italy, located on Seven Seas Lago ...

and

Disney's Asian Resort Disney's Asian Resort was a planned resort to be located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Its concept was developed in the 1960s and was expected to open in 1974, three years after its parent complex began operations ...

. Forms from 1978 showed that the Shah of Iran,

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ( fa, محمدرضا پهلوی, ; 26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980), also known as Mohammad Reza Shah (), was the last ''Shah'' (King) of the Imperial State of Iran from 16 September 1941 until his overthrow in the Irani ...

offered to fund the project's construction and operation but after the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

the project was permanently shelved. The resort was to be located on the shores of Bay Lake, not the

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like the rest of the resorts. The early drawings would have had a monorail spur going to it and through

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Theme

The resort would have been laid out in a circle with a central building. It would have had a 24-foot dome on the main building which would have housed the entrance area and meeting facilities. The main colors would have been white and blue.

Facts

* Deluxe *Theme:

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

*Location: West side of Bay Lake (never built)

References

* {{Walt Disney World Persian Resort