New Disney PArk to be Added?

[bgdad]

We vacationed in Disney Workd over the Christmas Holidays, staying at Fort Wilderness. The boat driver mentioned that a "NEW" park was to be added soon, and the information had just been released to employees that day. Has anyone else heard these rumors or know the facts?

 

[tmt martins]

I swear I think either the CMs' do this to here themselves talk and have fun

OR

Disney really tells them this stuff to get everyone talking it up.

Now I don't have any inside info thats for sure but I think they are more to add to the parks they already have space in or refurb (river country) then tobuild new .
But when they tell you these thing they really look cincear.

 

[Dale-n-Chip]

Interesting article I ran across from May 1 in the Orlando Sentinel: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-asecdisney01050105may01,1,3139764.story

The gist is that they aren't planning on adding additional parks to Central Florida. To quote part of the article: "Disney's goal: Make more money through additional time-shares, targeted marketing campaigns, investments in the four existing parks and programs to entice tourists to stay longer and spend more." Yeah, because they don't get enough of my money yet. . .

There are four pages to the article linked above. Made for a very interesting read as a WDW fan. . . as well as Walt Disney Co shareholder (whopping ONE share!).

Will be interesting to hear what's next, though!

 

[rocketriter]

Nope. Unh-unh. Not happening. MGM isn't finished and AK is barely started.

 

[peter11435]

Nope. Unh-unh. Not happening. MGM isn't finished and AK is barely started.

None of the WDW theme parks will ever be finished.

 

[hucifer]

Actually, from what I understand, Disney DOES plan on adding a fifth theme park (and even has the area in mind for it). However, this is a long-term plan and is scheduled to be built within 20-30 years.

So it isn't anything to be impatient about.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Disney has a master plan for their Florida property. The master plan identifies future roads and sites for future resort hotels, future timeshares (DVC), future shopping, and, yes, future theme parks. My understanding is that in addition to the four existing theme parks, there are sites identified for three additional major theme parks.

Having a master plan is a smart idea. It means that Disney won't find themselves having to tear down a hotel to build a future road due to lack of planning.

However, just because there are three additional theme park sites doesn't mean there will be three more theme parks some day — or even one more theme park. The master plan is a land use plan, not a long-term development schedule.

At this point, the execs at The Walt Disney Company have decided that there are much better corporate growth opportunities on other continents than at North America's Walt Disney World — and that the profits from Walt Disney World should should be invested in other parts of the world and other parts of the corporation (not necessarily involving the Parks & Resorts business segment), rather than reinvested in Walt Disney World.

Disney won't proceed with a fifth theme park at WDW until the execs determine that it's the best investment that Disney can make — better than buying cable channels, better than building "Disneyland" parks in countries with developing economies, and better than buying aircraft and leasing them to airlines.

Things can change. Maybe in five years, a fifth theme park will seem like a great business opportunity to the execs at Disney; or maybe in 20 years; or maybe never. Maybe there will be three more theme parks in 20 years; and maybe not.

Maybe they'll have to redraw the master plan to make room for six more theme parks (there's plenty of land). But I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Galahad]

I swear I think either the CMs' do this to here themselves talk and have fun

OR

Disney really tells them this stuff to get everyone talking it up.

.

And it's always the boat drivers.

 

[bicker]

or the bus drivers, or the monorail pilots... I'm sure there is a competition between them to determine which CM can convince the most unsuspecting guests of the wildest rumors...

 

[Kelly Grannell]

And it's always the boat drivers.

It's because they are the ones who decide whether a new park will be built or otherwise

 

[smoochie]

No, But I Did Hear About A Hotel That Was Going To Be Near Epcot

 

[Cobra B.]

And it's always the boat drivers.

I was about to say this very thing. If you need the most bogus rumors ask a boat driver. If you need a confirmation ask a bus driver.

 

[raidermatt]

None of the WDW theme parks will ever be finished.

Funny how what that means has changed over the years.

Well, ok, its not really funny at all.

I swear I think either the CMs' do this to here themselves talk and have fun

OR

Disney really tells them this stuff to get everyone talking it up.

Probably a little of both. At the very least, management apparently isn't doing anything to stop it.