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englishdisneylandfan
04-05-2005, 09:21 AM
This may have been noted before, but if you go to the link www.westcot.com it takes you to the Disneyland homepage? Just shows how far the plans for this park had got if they were registering domain names.

Andrew
04-05-2005, 09:47 AM
From http://samspade.org/t/lookat?a=westcot.com :

westcot.com = [ 199.181.132.250 ]


Registrant:
The Walt Disney Company
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521
US
Domain Name: WESTCOT.COM
Administrative Contact Technical Contact:
Disney domain.registrar@ONLINE.DISNEY.COM


Attn Phil Wahl 500 S Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521
US
818.623.3325 fax: 818.623.3555
Record expires on 23-Nov-2005.
Record created on 24-Nov-1995.
Database last updated on 5-Apr-2005 13: 39: 14 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
SENS01.DIG.COM 199.181.134.16
SENS02.DIG.COM 199.181.135.199
ORNS01.DIG.COM 198.187.189.44
ORNS02.DIG.COM 198.187.190.44


An interesting look at Disney's past Internet ventures, there. The domain was originally registered in November 1995. At that time, WESTCOT was still the plan for the parking lot; it didn't morph into DCA for another year or two.

DIG.com was Disney's attempt at a search engine, after their ill-fated purchase of InfoSeek, which they renamed "Disney Internet Guide" when they couldn't use "GO" for some reason that escapes me for the moment. It seems Disney is still using DIG.com in their infrastructure.

Lani
04-05-2005, 10:22 AM
They might have the domain, but WE have the vanity license plate! :D