Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1354194.php" target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/ocre gister/homepage/abox/article_1354194.php</a> >>City officials aren't ready to give up on the idea of a theme park. They point to a new study by the city's consultant, Newport Beach-based Ledo International Inc., which encourages the city to pursue not one, but two theme parks. And today through Friday, staff members from the city's Economic Development Department will attend an international trade show in Atlanta. They hope to court developers and film studios such as Paramount and MGM to invest in the InternationalWEST resort, which has been Garden Grove's dream project for years. The idea for a theme park was resurrected after the city scrapped its plans for a Las Vegas-style resort and casino in 2004. City officials still hope to reshape Garden Grove into a lucrative destination by adding high-rise hotels and chain restaurants to capitalize on the neighboring Disneyland Resort. The city is trying to move away from the concept of an "amusement park," with its multitude of rollercoaster rides, said Chet Yoshizaki, the city's economic development director. "We hope to partner with a film studio to form a theme park so the rides and attractions in the park will be based on films produced by the studio," he said. "It's very much like what Universal has." The theme park feasibility study projects the park could attract 4.6 million people and generate about $350 million a year. The study also recommends building a water park.<<
Originally Posted By SuzieQ This is already being discussed in the DL Expansion topic as a possible motivation for DCA to improve. <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-81797-P-1&Refresh=1115213127" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/de fault.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-81797-P-1&Refresh=1115213127</a>
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^I posted this Wednesday afternoon, the DCA thread was started Wednesday Evening around 5 PM.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss ^^True, but for anyone else wishing to discuss the topic, it's better to do it in the other thread since that one has dozens of posts already.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ Yes. That was my reason for posting what I did. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Originally Posted By Butters I hope this plan really does happen. Disney is getting too comfortable, and this will show Disney that they need to up their anty.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <I hope this plan really does happen. Disney is getting too comfortable, and this will show Disney that they need to up their anty.> I don't see Disney getting too comfortable. And have you been to the Disneyland Resort lately? I don't really see a lack of guests visiting the place.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Compared to WDW DLR has been very active. For instance, DLR is getting its subs back, where as in WDW they filled the sub lagoon with dirt and it became a playground. DLR has to stay on its toes because it relies so much on repeat local business. If they let it get stale attendance will drop (at least until they discount AP's). Unless the GG park is IOA quality it won't present much competition to DLR. As others have said, it will just be another KBF (which we don't bother to visit anymore since it began its transformation into a fancy Six Flags).
