If WDW was closed for good…

[Buzz Rules]

If WDW was closed for good but it’s land and hotels were repurposed, what would Floridians want built there? As a non-Floridian, I would think the hotels would become expensive apartments and MK would become a modern city with restaurants and a variety of businesses. The Disney buses, sky-liner, and monorail would serve as public transportation (reducing the need for owning a car) to get kids to the local schools (that would be newly built on WDW) and the value/moderate resorts could become the affordable housing FL residents need. I know this is all fictional but I do think WDW may not exist in 100 years. Thoughts?

 

[HopperFan]

I think Disney would auction off everything it possibly could, including parts of popular buildings then I think it will be completely bulldozed. Land for sale.

At the pace Florida is going it's simply going to be too expensive for the average person to live here so not sure there would be any reason to build anything ... there will likely be plenty of empty apartments and buildings all over.

 

[georgina]

Let the swamp reclaim it. Most of Florida may be under water in 100 years.

 

[BrianL]

It's unlikely, but I agree that Disney would demo everything and I doubt anyone would want to redevelop the land.

 

[Buzz Rules]

It's unlikely, but I agree that Disney would demo everything and I doubt anyone would want to redevelop the land.

Not even affordable housing?

 

[BrianL]

Not even affordable housing?

I'm not sure there would be much need once Orland's entire economy implodes. I imagine people would flee the city and there would be easier housing options for those who remain.

 

[tvguy]

Not sure there is much value to the property if it isn't still Disney.

 

[Dead2009]

Id move into one of the hotels by the Magic Kingdom.

 

[Kitty 34]

possibly a prison........

 

[goofyernmost]

Not sure there is much value to the property if it isn't still Disney.

Another retirement community with an in place infrastructure that is probably superior to anything else in Florida. They would easily recoup at least three times what Walt paid for it. And salvage value alone would be pretty significant. It will take some time though and it depends a lot on what the next few months brings. there are many places in the warm belt that would kill to have Disney in their backyard. They would possible get that same amount of land free in some other place. Universal, although quite good, is not now and never will be Disney. Once in a literal millions of years event.

 

[goofyernmost]

Id move into one of the hotels by the Magic Kingdom.

But MK would no longer be there so all you'd be looking at is either a pile of rubble or a fantasy ghost town.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Only thing that could fit and bring in enough people would be a giant Las Vegas style convention & sports complex with hotels hosting concerts and such as well. Right now the regions that host these things are very high crime areas which keeps lots of people away, the crime and unsavory underbelly is a huge deterrent for those who want the nightlife and none of the ick that tends to follow. Since WDW land is buffered so much by unused land best guess is crime could probably be more easily controlled so it could be a much safer version.

 

[tvguy]

But MK would no longer be there so all you'd be looking at is either a pile of rubble or a fantasy ghost town.

It does sort of remind me of all the visions of what would happen with all the closed military installations during BRAC. We lost three here over 20 years ago. They sit largely vacant still. They offered space, but most of the facilities were too specialized or not up to code so could not be reused. And face it, Military installations employee more people per acre than private industry, so thousands and thousands of jobs are gone.

 

[Magical2017]

Library after library filled with books like Slaughterhouse Five and Henry Aaron's Dream.

 

[Genie+]

In 125 years WDW will be the furthest point east, south and west in “Old Florida”.
New Florida will be the surrounding man made islands that finish off the shape of Mickey Mouse.

 

[DCLMP]

I have seen some weird thread on this forum, but this one takes the prize. I take that back I just read the "question about Eeyore".

 

[Beezle2]

Not even affordable housing?

Doesn't that imply that "the poors" might invade? Doesn't seem likely that would be allowed.

 

[Dead2009]

But MK would no longer be there so all you'd be looking at is either a pile of rubble or a fantasy ghost town.

Ima go for the fantasy ghost town.

 

[OKW8297]

Not even affordable housing?

Such actions don’t appear to be a top priority for the government in Florida

 

[Buzz Rules]

I have seen some weird thread on this forum, but this one takes the prize. I take that back I just read the "question about Eeyore".