Roanoke Va?

[ndcjr]

Ive heard a rumor of disney purchasing land from AEP on or around smith mtn lake to build a new park. Anyone?

 

[ConcKahuna]

Ive heard a rumor of disney purchasing land from AEP on or around smith mtn lake to build a new park. Anyone?

I would think a new DVC resort would be much more likely than a theme park.

 

[CanadianGuy]

We get these threads a lot on this board..

DISNEY COMING TO (Texas, West Texas, East Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Maine, Vermont, Colorado.. __insert state name here____ ) ...

The only one that has ever proven to hold any water was the DVC Hawaii announcement.

In some cases, people throw out the name "Disney" in hopes of selling land at a premium to a few suckers who happen down the road or whatever.

It's really almost as bad as the "I have a bridge I can sell you" scam.

In other cases someone says "You know what would be good there, a THEME PARK, like Six Flags.. Or Disney" and then someone else repeats that and eventually that gets spun around into "DISNEY IS COMING FOR SURE"

Disney does a lot of things in secret.. but one thing they haven't done in secret for a good many years is acquire land in other states for themeparks. Not since the ill-fated Colonial Williamsburg themepark based on American history.

Most importantly, don't forget Disney DOES acquire land for very non-sexy, non-themepark uses like warehousing merchandise, radio and television transmitter land, etc.

And that COULD be happening in your area of Virginia.



k

 

[GoofyforDisney3]

Oh, that is a good one. I really really doubt that Disney would want to build something on SML. And besides that I don't know that there would ever pass approval from the counties around the lake.

 

[Damien2213]

We get these threads a lot on this board..

DISNEY COMING TO (Texas, West Texas, East Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Maine, Vermont, Colorado.. __insert state name here____ ) ...

The only one that has ever proven to hold any water was the DVC Hawaii announcement.

In some cases, people throw out the name "Disney" in hopes of selling land at a premium to a few suckers who happen down the road or whatever.

It's really almost as bad as the "I have a bridge I can sell you" scam.

In other cases someone says "You know what would be good there, a THEME PARK, like Six Flags.. Or Disney" and then someone else repeats that and eventually that gets spun around into "DISNEY IS COMING FOR SURE"

Disney does a lot of things in secret.. but one thing they haven't done in secret for a good many years is acquire land in other states for themeparks. Not since the ill-fated Colonial Williamsburg themepark based on American history.

Most importantly, don't forget Disney DOES acquire land for very non-sexy, non-themepark uses like warehousing merchandise, radio and television transmitter land, etc.

And that COULD be happening in your area of Virginia.



k

Though I agree that the chances of this are less than slim the Virgina Park would have been a done deal if Northern VA wasn't full of idiots. Had Disney found land in southern VA for the park we would have three Disney Theme Parks but that is beyond the point.

You miss spoke the name of that park. It would have been called Disney America and have nothing to do with Colonial Williamsburg. That is a completely different attraction that already exists. That park was not going to be located in Williamsburg...

 

[CanadianGuy]

Though I agree that the chances of this are less than slim the Virgina Park would have been a done deal if Northern VA wasn't full of idiots. Had Disney found land in southern VA for the park we would have three Disney Theme Parks but that is beyond the point.

You miss spoke the name of that park. It would have been called Disney America and have nothing to do with Colonial Williamsburg. That is a completely different attraction that already exists. That park was not going to be located in Williamsburg...

Right you are. I didn't mean what I typed to be the 'actual name' but rather the intent of the content and spirit of the history of the area/region and whatever.

Nonetheless.. you got my point.

 

[Erik_in_TN]

I can see why Disney would not be welcome in Northern VA. Especially if the locals were afraid the place would gradually turn into another Orlando with high rents...low paying tourist jobs..etc.

If any new project comes to light..I hope it is a Disney Sea clone somewhere in FL or CA. One can only hope.