Forrest Gump's Shrimp Boat - Disney Springs - Orlando, Florida.
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The Bubba Gump Shrimp boat "Jenny," used in the movie "Forrest Gump," is enjoying retirement in a lagoon next to Planet Hollywood. Located at Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2014
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"Sometimes dumb rumors lead to great truths. Such was the bizarre faux news report late last year that the shrimp boat used by Forrest Gump in his Hollywood movie was to be “cut in half” — one part going to Planet Hollywood in New York City, the other to Planet Hollywood in Los Angeles.
Jenny.The Forrest Gump shrimp boat may be a prize piece of Hollywood flotsam. But would two restaurants really want to exhibit only half of it? Who wants to look at half of a boat — other than the Titanic?
We checked with Paul Hemus, the Curator of Memorabilia for Planet Hollywood. He said that the boat is still in one piece, and that it will likely remain that way, in a mini-lagoon surrounded by the Planet Hollywood franchise in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It’s been there since 2004.
Paul described its relocation to Florida as “a massive, massive task” requiring lots of money, a giant crane, and a wrecked truck trailer — an ordeal that Planet Hollywood really would rather not go through again. The boat sank a couple of times on its trip from the Carolinas, and sank a couple of more times after its arrival. But its flimsy boards have since been sealed with fiberglass, making it into a kind of superboat" Text Source: (
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