"Atomic testing is misunderstood," claims a proponent of the plan. "Once you get past the gamma rays, it's actually kinda neat, just ask John Wayne and Susan Hayward."

Disneyland in Orange County, California, is the nearest major attraction among west coast amusement parks and the competitor to beat. A tourism department official boldly claimed that "We can match Disneyland ride for ride and attraction for attraction."

"Where Disneyland has the Magic Kingdom, we'll have the Fallout Zone. Where Disneyland has the Log Flume, we'll have the Max Planck Heavy Water Rapids Run. Where Disneyland has the Petting Zoo, we'll have the far more sanitary Hairless Animal Petting Zoo. Where Disneyland has Frontierland, we'll have Barrenland. Where Disneyland has Space Mountain, we'll have Yucca Mountain. Where Disneyland has Michael Jackson in Captain Neo, we'll have Dr. Strangelove in Ground Zero. Where they have 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, we'll have 2,000 Feet Underground. And where Disneyland has the nightly Electric Parade, we'll have the nightly Luminous Mutant Jackrabbit Extravaganza!"

Disney CEO Michael Eisner had no comment.