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Norway is a pavilion located within World Showcase in [[Epcot]]. It is located between the [[Mexico]] and [[China]].
==Pavilion History==
What The history of what would one day become be known as the Norway pavilion , actually began its development in 1978 as the Denmark pavilion. Denmark was one One of the World Showcases' original concepts for World Showcase, with the idea that it would Denmark pavilion was originally going to be the parkScandinavia's Scandinavian representative <ref name= "martin"> http://vimeo.com/13283957 </ref>. Between 1978 and 1982 however, in the pavilion went through a series of changespark. Before EPCOT Center’s openingCenter opened in 1982 however, the pavilion was dropped, reinstatedreinstation, and then moved next to and moved around World Showcase Lagoon (at one point the China pavilion <ref name= "martin"/>was to be located where [[China]] sits today). Eventually, it was Disney decided that the Denmark pavilion would open with be built at a later date, as part of EPCOT Center's Phase II of Epcot, which was scheduled to take place shortly after the park opened <ref name= "martin"/>. Due to Although not present on the fact that park's opening day, a shortage of restrooms in World Showcase needed more led Disney to create Danish themed restrooms however, some were built in the planned location of Denmark, with the idea that the other buildings rest of the pavilion would eventually be constructed built around them <ref> http://progresscityusathese structures.com/2009/12/03/retro-neverworlds-In fact, in 1983, Disney was still in discussions with LEGO about sponsoring the-lost-potties-of-denmark/ </ref>pavilion.
By 1983 , plans for the an autonomous Denmark pavilion had been cancelledwhere shelved in favor of a new "Scandinavian Showcase". Instead On October 3, it was decided 1983, Disney announced that it had reached an agreement with Scanshow A/S (a subsidiary of the Norwegian company Selmer-Sande and Kloster) to create the new pavilion. This pavilion, which would represent Norway, Sweden, and Denmark would open , was to be built in between the "Scandinavian Showcase" which was scheduled [[France]] and [[United Kingdom]] pavilions. Imagineers Claude Coats and Tim Brunner were tasked with heading the project. By 1984, plans for the pavilion were were nearing completion, with a planned opening date of 1987 <ref name= "martin"/>.  The Scandinavian Showcase pavilion was designed by WED and "Norman International"- one to be made up of Oslo's largest construction companiesarchitecture from all three of the represented counties. Due to Egeskov Castle and houses from Odense and Copenhagen would represent Denmark, Stockholm Stadshus and buildings from Gamla Stan would represent Sweden, and finally Bryggen i Bergen and Akershus Festning would represent Norway. Of the fact three countries that most were to make up the Scandinavian Showcase, only Norway provided the funding necessary to create the pavilion. Because of this, the funds were coming focus of the pavilion shifted away from Scandinavia as a whole and solely to Norway. In order to fund the pavilion, an organization named NorShow as formed by the Norwegian sources howevercompanies: Aker, plans Norsk Data, Norway Foods, Den norske Creditbank, Det Norske Veritas, Frionor, Kosmos, Vesta Group, Selmer-Sande, SAS and VARD. Their funding, combined with contributions from the Norwegian government raised $34 million dollars for the pavilion changed once again. This paid for more than two-thirds of the pavilion's cost, with Disney picking up the rest.  The Norway pavilionw as designed and in June built by Walt Disney Imagineering, with the help of 1985 it Scandinavian architects. One point of contention between Disney and NorShow, involved the pavilion's lighting. While the other World Showcase pavilions were wired to a grid that allowed them to light up during the park's nightime firework show (at the time Laserphonic Fantasy, soon to be Illuminations). While NorShow believed that the spilled light from the [[Mexico]] and [[Canada]] would suffice, Disney knew better but was announced unwilling to pickup the cost (assuming that NorShow would cave). With neither entetiy willing to budge, Norway was built without the nighttime lighting given to the other World Showcase pavilions.  Construction on the Norway pavilion would be named "began on May 29, 1986, when Minister Kurt Mosbakk laid the pavilion's foundation. When constructing the pavilion, Norway's exterior was overseen by archiect Birger Lambertz-Nilsen, Gateway while the interior was under the responsibility of Ulla S. Ujort. On June 3, 1988, the Norway pavilion was officially dedicated by Crown Prince Harald V and wife Sonja. The opening ceremonies were broadcast in prime time to Scandinavia"<ref name= all of Norway on NPK. At the dedication Harald V declared: {{Quotation|"martin"/>Ladies and gentlemen, wishing the best of luck to Disney World and those who will be responsible for the operation of the pavilion, I hereby declare the Norway pavilion open. Thank you,"}}
The original Norway pavilion was designed with 58,000 sq. ft. of interior space <ref name= "martin"/>. This area was then divided up into stores, an exhibition, a restaurant, and EPCOT Center’s first thrill ride- SeaVenture. The plans for SeaVenture called for an interior boat ride attraction, on which guests would encounter trolls and gnomes as they searched for a rainbow bridge to Valhalla (an earlier idea would have had guests traveling through a day in the life of a Viking) <ref name= "martin"/>. This storyline was deemed too short however, and the concept was expanded so that it now included a history trip that took guests from the folklore of Norway, all the way through modern times<ref name= "martin"/>. The thrill part of the attraction was planned to come from a new ride system where the boat’s direction could be reversed during the ride.
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