Searches for Hotels in Fictional Country ‘Wakanda’ Rise 620% Following ‘Black Panther’ Release

Breitbart ^ | 03/14/18

[Liberty7732]

Searches for hotels in the fictional African country of Wakanda are up by 620 percent, following the release of Black Panther.

According to the Daily Mail, “Hotelscan.com reported that the number of people landing on its Wisconsin Wakanda Water Park page is up by 620 percent and Hotels.com reported that searches for neighbouring Wakanda Park are up by 55 percent year on year.”

[cameraeye]

“Fredonia is a real place, too.”

We should give them maps! n/s

[jmcenanly]

There were real world filming locations in "Black Panther", but none of them are in Africa. Here is a list . Of the 15 locations listed, 9 are in south Korea.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Enabling stupid.....

[Sam Gamgee]

Ha ha. The same people who said Obama promised them a free car if elected.

[PUGACHEV]

It sounds like there’s a great unmet demand that someone could fill just by changing their hotel’s name. Anyone stupid enough to do a search for Wakanda in the first place would never notice the difference.

[Feckless]

One has to wonder if the EBT was accepted for tickets....

[scrabblehack]

Fredonia, NY
There was Freedonia in one of the Three Stooges’ movies.

[a fool in paradise]

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.

[a fool in paradise]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/native-texan/article/Marx-Brothers-road-to-stardom-began-in-Nacodoches-6092712.php

The Nacogdoches Opera House, complete with historical marker, is still on the corner of East Main and Church Street, although the building is now an art gallery. The little Texas town that changed his life seemed to stick with Groucho too. Now and then on his quiz show, “You Bet Your Life,” something would remind him of Nacogdoches - and roaches.

And then there’s “Duck Soup,” with Groucho as Rufus T. Firefly, leader of Freedonia (”Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!”). Did Groucho know about the real Fredonia? In 1820, Texans in and around Nacogdoches rebelled against Mexico and for six weeks were citizens of their own free state. They called it the Republic of Fredonia.

I wouldn’t bet my life that Groucho got the name from Nacogdoches, but it’s a fact that Fredonia Street intersects Main Street. It’s just a few blocks from the opera house where he and his brothers found their real show-business calling.