Just think Mickey Mouse in one of those funny boats

VENICE (Reuters) - A proposal to turn the lagoon city of Venice into a Disney-style theme park has won a prize from a famed Venetian academy, even though it rejected the idea....

"If the first thing visitors to Venice remember is the magnificence of the setting, the second is the frequency with which they were ripped off," [British economist John Kay] wrote.

"Disney wants its guests to have a good time because it cares whether they come back. Most residents of Venice would rather that visitors didn't come back."

[From Briton wins prize for "Mickey Mouse" Venice idea - Yahoo! News]