Disney america?

[KEMdisney]

I need some of you disney EXPERTS right now! I just got word that there is possibly a DISNEY AMERICA being built in my home town!!!! I live in Bellmawr, NJ which is a very very small town just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Does anyone have ANY information regarding this???????? A family friend of mine works for the borough of Bellmawr and told me of this news, but does not have much information regarding this.

 

[Luv2Roam]

 

[Robo]

A family friend of mine works for the borough of Bellmawr and told me of this news, but does not have much information regarding this.

Translation:

Fugettaboudit! Ain't happin.' No way.

A CLASSIC Disney "urban legend."

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I think your friend must have misheard something. A Disney's America park was going to be built in Virginia in the early 1990's, but it was cancelled due to complaints that it would be located too close to Civil War battlefields. There are no plans to resurrect the project or, as far as I know, to build any other Disney park within the Philadelphia/New Jersey area.

 

[Lynne M]

I think your friend is having some fun with you. As the PP said, Disney's America was supposed to be built in VA many, many years ago. The project was killed due to local opposition. It's an old story, but the rumor still crops up several times a year. The only thing that changes is the town where it's supposedly going to be built.

These rumors usually get started when Disney buys land. Everyone assumes it's for a theme park or attraction, when they often buy land just for investment purposes, or for a call center or something like that.

 

[Disney_Villain]

If you want to read up on this scrapped plan, there's a Wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_America

 

[wdwwishes]

These rumors have popped up all over from Branson, Mo to somewhere in TX. I don't think so. I personally like my Disney in Florida.

 

[Condorman]

I've got news for you...

You're living in Disney's America.

 

[DisneyWorldbuff]

A Belated "April Fool's" perhaps?

 

[KEMdisney]

Hm, I suppose you are all right. I guess it was pretty silly for me to believe there would be a Disney park built right here in my home town. We have a pretty sizeable piece of land up for sale (over 100 acres), and there have been rumors flying frequently about what this land will become. My friend was reading a published article, so it just seemed real! Now Im realizing that was pretty silly. She said the articles were online but i cant find anything. The closest thing I've found was googling "Disney park in Bellmawr 2009" and a blog from blog.Markmathews.com. You can read clips of the post off of the google search site, but I was unable to read the actual post.

Thanks guys for bringing me back to reality!

 

[KEMdisney]

Oh I did find the site my friend was referring to. Here it is:
http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache...ney+in+bellmawr+2009&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

again, i realize that if this WAS true it would be published on a more reliable site than someone's blog! But, hey, it was fun to think it for a few minutes!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

When Disney worked on its plans for Disney's America in Haymarket, VA they had gotten options on 3,000 acres of land. I lived 22 miles away and was very active on the groups, including the Prince William County Chamber of Commerce, which were supporting it. If a vote had been taken in Prince William County it propably would have been about 85% positive. It was unfortunate that the next county out from Washington, Faquier, was home of many of the "super-rich" (Such families as Mars (M&M/Mar's Candy), Firestone, Graham (The Washington Post)) and they were opposed. And it was about the time that Frank Wells died; as my late wife said at the time "the wrong man died". He was from "old money" and could have gotten it through.

 

[SafetyPinndSally]

Yeah, I was all for Disney America being built only fifteen minutes from me (I live in Gainesville VA) but a lot of people were up in arms over it due to the closeness of Manassas Battlefield and they were worried that traffic would get even worse...which it has anyways but ohwell.

 

[DOOM1001]

Oh I did find the site my friend was referring to. Here it is:
http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache...ney+in+bellmawr+2009&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

again, i realize that if this WAS true it would be published on a more reliable site than someone's blog! But, hey, it was fun to think it for a few minutes!

Did you notice that blog you're friend showed you was dated April 1st?

 

[ryley26]

I'm going to move this to Rumor and News Board It a better fit there. Rich

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

As much as I wish this were true, I just checked the CM portal and there's nothing about it at all. Plus, I'm sure the Philly news stations would have picked it up by now. Sigh...it would be nice though!

 

[black562]

If this were an authentic Disney press release, it would be listed on PR Newswire, as all of their others are. I've followed Disney's America in great detail and did many college projects on it back in the 90s when it was first announced. I also helped create the wikipedia article as well. This was Eisner's pet project and much of it was integrated into California Adventure.

This is an April Fools joke or some very wishful thinking, but it is not a press release from the Disney Company.

 

[Metro West]

As much as I wish this were true, I just checked the CM portal and there's nothing about it at all. Plus, I'm sure the Philly news stations would have picked it up by now. Sigh...it would be nice though!

Be careful what you wish for...I live far enough away from the parks that I don't have to deal with the tourist traffic on a daily basis but if Disney were to come into your area, lots of bad things would follow. The traffic, crime, hotels, restaurants, tourist trap stores, etc. would follow. You would eventually get tired of it. Just ask any of the long time Orlando residents how they feel about Disney coming into the area...I know it's not Disney's fault but that's not the point. Even though you might think having a Disney park in your back yard would be nice, you would have to prepare for the bad as well.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Don't we all wish we had a dollar for every post we have ever read anywhere that read something like "Disney is buying lots of land in (fill in the city, state or county) and opening a new north American theme park."

 

[Friend of Figment]

First of all in the blog they refer to the governor of PA, Ed Rendell, and being the head of transportation. Right there tells you that this is a hoax. Second of all the area in reference is only 120 acres. Where in the world would they park cars? Bellmawr has a retail and entertainment project already slated for the landfill as seen at the developer's website bellmawrwaterfront.com


There are retail shops, restaurants, and a possible Spectrum center, and the PATCO rail line..but NO Disney!