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The idea for Liberty Square originally started as an addition for Disneyland's Main Street USA. Although never used in California, the idea was revisited in the late 1960's during the planning of the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Liberty Square was originally brought back up because Imagineers had a problem. In Disneyland they had a land called “New Orleans Square”, but Walt Disney World was so close to New Orleans that Disney felt the land would not hold the same appeal. Liberty Square was the perfect answer to their problem. Instead of being based on New Orleans, the Imagineers themed Liberty Square to be a colonial town, thus the land was similar to New Orleans square, but distinctive enough to hold the attention of the guests.
Another difference between Liberty Square and New Orleans square was its architecture. In Liberty Square the architecture progresses through time. It starts by the [[Haunted Mansion]] (New York 16801660-80) and travels through the colonial times before ending in [[Frontierland]] with [[Big Thunder Mountain Railroad]] (California 1880).
==History==
Liberty Square opened with the rest of the Magic Kingdom in 1971. The land opened with four attractions- the Hall of Presidents, the Haunted Mansion, the Liberty Belle Riverboat, and the Mike Fink Keel Boats. Unlike the rest of the lands, Liberty Square has only had one major change, the closure of the Mike Fink Keel boats. The Mike Fink Feel Boats were free floating boats based on the popular Disney television show, Davy Crockett, which allowed guests to take off from Liberty Square and circle around Tom Sawyers Island. In 1997, one of the Disneyland Mike Fink Keel boats capsized with guests on board and after the accident both the Disneyland and the Walt Disney World versions of the attraction were permanently closed.
