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Hotel booking sites report that searches for FICTIONAL Wakanda from Black Panther are up 620% (tr)
Daily Mail ^ | March 13, 2018 | Ted Thornhill

Posted on 03/14/2018 1:26:15 PM PDT by EdnaMode

It seems that the Black Panther movie has done such a good job of immersing audiences in its world that many people think it's real.

Two hotel booking sites have revealed that site searches for the word 'Wakanda' – the name of the fictional African country the movie is set in – have risen dramatically.

Hotelscan.com reported that the number of people landing on its Wisconsin Wakanda Water Park page is up by 620 per cent and Hotels.com reported that searches for neighbouring Wakanda Park are up by 55 per cent year on year.

A spokesperson for hotelscan.com commented: 'The fact we've seen such an increase in the number of site visits to the Wakanda Water Park destination page on our website since the launch of Black Panther suggests that, until people visit our website searching for trips, they're not aware it's a fictional destination.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blackpanther; wakanda
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To: EdnaMode

They can waste their money on visiting Wakanda if they want to. But I’m buying 5 lbs of vibranium on e-bay. I’ll be able to stop paying for medical insurance and I’ll have super powers.


21 posted on 03/14/2018 2:41:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: EdnaMode

I understand you can’t get there anyway because Wakanda international Airport has been snowed in.

Global warming strikes again.


22 posted on 03/14/2018 2:47:48 PM PDT by moovova (Hillary lost and all I got was this lousy arsenal.)
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To: EdnaMode

Wakanda is right next to Zamunda.


23 posted on 03/14/2018 2:55:37 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: EdnaMode

24 posted on 03/14/2018 2:56:08 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: kaehurowing

Wakanda and Zamunda:

http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/columns/wakanda-and-zamunda-a-fictional-comparative-analysis/


25 posted on 03/14/2018 2:56:56 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing

But where is Wacompton??


26 posted on 03/14/2018 4:32:38 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: EdnaMode
Democrat voters?

Worse, public school graduates.
27 posted on 03/14/2018 4:38:46 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: EdnaMode

You can’t find it on the inner-web because they don’t want outsiders coming in.

Keep visiting juntas until you find one that seems a’ight.


28 posted on 03/14/2018 4:52:44 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: EdnaMode
I'm afraid the closest thing to Wakanda in reality is Detroit:


29 posted on 03/14/2018 4:53:09 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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30 posted on 03/14/2018 4:54:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Does that mean that Bumf*ck is a real place?


31 posted on 03/15/2018 1:12:59 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: gigster

What about Clawhammer, Egypt??????


32 posted on 03/15/2018 1:15:26 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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