Everyone knows how the classic comedy National Lampoon's Vacation ends- Clark Griswold forces John Candy's security guard character to open up Walley World for his family at gunpoint, which sparks Roy Walley himself to arrive and get talked into dropping all charges against Clark.
This wasn't the original ending, however. Instead of returning to the theme park with a gun, Clark buys a map of the star's homes and tracks down Roy Walley, who is conducting a board meeting in his backyard.
Clark confronts Roy and forces the board to entertain his family, since they drove out to California for nothing since the park is closed. Walley's household staff summons the police who arrive to take this lunatic and his family away to jail. However, right as the family is about to be carted away, Roy's daughter pulls up in her red Ferrari, finishing up her own cross country drive. Does she look familiar?
In the original ending, the hot blonde who Clark flirted with is Roy Walley's daughter, who convinces her father to let the Griswolds go- and open up Walley World for them. Which he does.
So why was this ending scrapped? Test audiences were upset that after all the discussion about Walley World, the inside of the park is never shown. Warner Brothers quickly budgeted for a four day shoot at Six Flags to create the ending that audiences would see in the final film. The fate of the original ending is unclear; Warner Brothers claims it destroyed all copies, though Chevy Chase says he owns a copy. In either case, the studio has shown no interest in releasing the footage.
