Hot Rumor about land purchase!!!!!!

[wdwguide]

Thank you for the information.
I share your judgement about the rumors in Missouri and Texas - unless the existing US theme parks started to fill to capacity on a very regular basis with no prospect to growth, additional US resorts would mainly spread an identical target audience over a larger number of destinations. The actual increase in total domestic visitation would increase very slightly, and the number of nights spent on property, one of the prime sources of revenue, might actually decrease since millions of former long-distance visitors would suddenly become locals.
It is quite possible that they are purchasing promising pieces of real estate to have them available for future use "just in case".
But we will see what happens... who would have expected Dusney to buy Fox Family just a few weeks ago? They are still good for surprises!

 

[HFC1969]

I agree that the idea of building a park in Missouri is a little bit out of the norm. The Six Flags them park that is located here is only open May til October. Winters here are down right cold, thats why we try and go south whenever we can.

So lets set aside the idea of a park in Missouri. That information was given to me by a gentlemen that would appear to be giving the information a boost just for story telling purpoes.

However, the information of the land purchase, was given to me by more than one reliable source, that are not connected in anyway.

So what do you do with 3500 acres of rolling farm land 60 minutes NW of St. Louis?????

 

[Planogirl]

But the Six Flags parks always close for the winter season (except for Holiday in the Park) no matter where they're located. They could reasonably stay open longer in Houston and San Antonio if they were only concerned with weather.

How far is this site from Branson? I would look it up on the Internet but my ISP is being balky tonight.

 

[HFC1969]

Branson is or was supposed to be the new Nashville of the country music scene, espically for the older entertainers. Branson is located in the southern most part of Missouri. To get to Branson from "the land purchase site" you would have to drive 4 1/2 hours by car. Branson land geography is a lot different than the supposed site area. Branson is extemely hilly almost cliff like typical "ozark hills", Eolia area is flat with slight rolling hills.

I agree that the chose of Missouri for a year round "outdoor" theme park seems extremely weird. It is cold here from November to March! I'm not saying its a park, I'm just saying I have good sources saying they (Disney) are buying land in Missouri. If Walt was still around I might be more opt to think its a park, we all know the history that St. Louis was the first choice way back when.

Well I just think the hole thing is exctitng. If you lived within a few miles of Walt Disney supposedly buying 3500 acres, you might be excited too.

 

[wdwguide]

Disney was looking into buying a DVC resort in Branson shortly after the program's inception, which was quite interesting to follow, especially since I lived in Springfield at the time - just half an hour away.

 

[roymccoy]

Somebody's yanking on your chain. If Disney can't make a theme park work in So. California in this economy, there ain't NO WAY there going to give it a try in Missouri. I know Missouri, I was born right accross the river in Illinois and it's a place people want to "escape from" not "vacation to"...the winter would never support a theme park and it's usually gray outside. Disney likes a lot of sunshine for their parks. Walt may have been born there, but I bet he was born with "the urge to travel!"

Roy

 

[YoHo]

No offense to Missouri Residents As I love your beer (milwakee's is better ) But Us Northern Illinoians Call it Misery. Of Course roymccoy you better watch it, most of use FIBs up here consider Southern Illinois WORSE then Misery. (Little Egypt would seem to support that idea based on general horridness of the situation.)

 

[roymccoy]

Sorry Yoho, but debating about which part of Illinois is worse (north or south) is a little like arguing the best place to live on the Moon.
My dad always said that there were two things to do in So. Illinois for entertainment...watch the paint peel AND watch the weeds grow up through the cracks in the sidewalks.

Roy

 

[josierac]

here is a link to the news section of this board. It is title's Eisner going on shopping spree?

http://www.wdwinfo.com/newsroom/newsdetail.htm#992285030

 

[JeffJewell]

...actually, we've already seen the results of the spree Eisner speaks of in your link: The Fox Family channel and a few thousand hours of Power Rangers re-runs, in exchange for only five billion dollars.

Jeff

 

[ralphd]

According to the local tv and radio stations in Atlanta, Disney is going to open a 1000 acre park south of the city. More later!

ralphd

 

[HorizonsFan]

He did say that the land purchase is complete and that nothing has gon public at the county court house..

Part of completing a land purchase is filing papers at the courthouse.
If there are no papers filed, there is no purchase...

 

[padams]

that possible theme park south of Atlanta is being put together by a group of people that includes some ex-Disney execs, not Disney.

 

[Werner Weiss]

ralphd wrote:

According to the local tv and radio stations in Atlanta, Disney is going to open a 1000 acre park south of the city. More later!

It's not Disney. See:

• Henry theme park floated, a detailed article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Ex-Disney Executives Envision Theme Park for Suburban Atlanta, a Cox News Service story at Entertinment News Daily (a shorter version on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution story)
• Group considers theme park in Henry County, from WSB AM 750

Don't get too excited yet. They need $500 million, but so far they only have initial financing of $300 thousand.
The articles don't name any ex-Disney executives except for former Walt Disney University teacher Richard J. Milano.