Why don't they expand the parks?

[Honeibee]

I was watching a video clip of 20,000 Leagues and I was thinking how much I miss it. I'm sure the new Pooh Playground is nice but if they want to add something new to the Magic Kingdom, can't they expand the park? I am pretty sure there is land enough to do that. (I DID open my eyes for the briefest of seconds as we were parasailing by the MK. I'm pretty sure I saw lots of room around the park. But I couldn't be sure. I was too busy clenching my teeth and holding on for dear life.)

Maybe there are building codes or something similiar that would put allow expansion.

I'd just hate to see something else really good go because they wanted to add something new.

 

[Bumbles]

expansion takes money

Numbers are good at the MK....their thought is if it ain't broke, why fix it?

I'm not disagreeing with you, just giving you the suits' perspective

 

[bleeps]

I was watching a video clip of 20,000 Leagues and I was thinking how much I miss it. I'm sure the new Pooh Playground is nice but if they want to add something new to the Magic Kingdom, can't they expand the park?

I'd just hate to see something else really good go because they wanted to add something new.

I know how you feel, but it is important to keep in mind Walt's original vision for the parks -- that they be constantly changing!! He really believed that you had to constantly offer something new, to keep people engaged, AND because he himself just so totally believed in the concept of progress. SO, the parks were never meant to be museum pieces to our childhoods (again, not that I can't second that emotion!) -- the parks were designed with the intention that they changed -- constantly!

 

[RevBob]

20,000 Leagues was shut down and taken out not so much as to make room for something else as for the fact that it was constantly in need of repair, it was a very slow loading ride, and it didn't allow for handicap accesibility. That plus the fact that keeping the water clear enough to see everything was getting way too expensive. I think that Pooh's Playground was an afterthought of what do put in it's place now that there is this empty space.

 

[oogieboogie]

Pooh's Playful Spot isn't that big. There's still tons of room behind it from the old 20K site that they can use for another ride if they choose to. I think PPS was put in there as a stopgap measure so the area does have a great big wall over it ruining the scenery.

The way they made PPS made it so you couldn't see what's behind PPS so it looks like it's a seamless edge of Fantasyland. When and if they decide to use that site, they can easily build behind PPS without messing up the scenery too much.

 

[cdpa4d]

Just thinking bigger picture here, but according to an article in the Orlando Sentinal a while back (the new CEO Iger was interviewed) his vision going forward was to expand and refurbish the existing parks and not build any new parks. I really think we will see a lot of new rides and attractions open up in the next 10 years instead of more theme parks.