Holy Land Experience

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Anybody traveling to Orlando may want to consider also visiting the Holy Land Experience (after visiting the wonderful Orlando temple). Read the linked article for some warnings about the experience, which was mostly positive. Anybody on the bloggernacle been there?

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Geoff B graduated from Stanford University (class of 1985) and worked in journalism for several years until about 1992, when he took up his second career in telecommunications sales. He has held many callings in the Church, but his favorite calling is father and husband. Geoff is active in martial arts and loves hiking and skiing. Geoff has five children and lives in Colorado.

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  2. I pass the Holy Land Experience every day on my way to work. It is located on I-4 just north of Universal and not too far from the temple (about 10 miles or so). I live five miles south of it (near SeaWorld). It is a nice little side trip from the bigger theme parks if you can handle the evangelical slant and ignore the critcism of the Church that can occassionally pop up.

  4. Bill, that’s about right. But if you’re in Las Vegas, going to the Venetian can be great. But I wouldn’t go to Vegas to see Venice, I would go to Venice. Same applies to the Holy Hand Experience. Go to Israel if you want to see the real thing.

  5. Is this same vein, you could block of dozen blocks of El Paso and sell tickets to it as “The Albuquerque Experience.”

  6. 2 I pass the Holy Land Experience every day on my way to work. It is located on I-4 just north of Universal and not too far from the temple (about 10 miles or so). I live five miles south of it (near SeaWorld). It is a nice little side trip from the bigger theme parks if you can handle the evangelical slant and ignore the critcism of the Church that can occassionally pop up.

    Wait they actually complain about Mormons at the park? I’ve quickly lost interest in doing anything that would put money in these people’s pockets.

  7. JJ, in my experience, the anti-Mormon stuff is simply in the literature they offer in their book stores. It is not an official part of the park’s mission statement. There are worthwhile things to see there (certainly as worthwhile as the Magic Kingdom or Universal Studios).

  8. Ah, ok. I was under the impression a tour guide was explaining how Mormons sacrificed virgins as they showed you around the Holy Land.

  10. I spoke with Guest Relations and they said they had hosted several LDS youth groups at the Holy Land Experience. Not everyone can afford a trip to Israel, and having a visual image of Biblical places is beneficial.

    Of course, Lehi’s cave, placing messages with names into the Western Wall “in a sure place”, the reasons for Jews abandoning blood sacrifice aren’t mentioned. They try to make all Christians welcome – however, several of their evangelical books identify Christian sects termed “cults” because they don’t subscribe to the Nicene Creed. The tabernacle in the wilderness gives a good account of the Aaronic priesthood, and the Scriptorium gives one an appreciation for what John Wickcliffe and Wm. Tyndale went through to provide the Bible to the people (necessary for the restoration of the Gospel).

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