Originally Posted By SarahEleanor29 I heard a story today from a good friend that Disney bought some land in McKinney, Texas recently. Does anyone have any information on this? I am interested to know what it would be for. Thanks, Sarah
Originally Posted By trekkeruss That is a rumor that has been floating around for YEARS; pay no attention to it.
Originally Posted By Labuda Yeah, Disney loves me and my money, but not NEARLY enough to build a park in my state. And, actually, they a good deal of and in multiple spots around this great state. They have for many years.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Disney is just planning for the future. When Anaheim and Orlando are submerged because of global warning, Disney will have a safe place to build another theme park (Assuming they stay away from the Gulf coast!!). ;-)
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Anaheim and Orlando are pretty safe from being submerged. Hong Kong and Tokyo are a totally different story, however. Tokyo Disney Sea takes on a whole different meaning in about 50 years.
Originally Posted By ChampDisney I think this is a myth that has been going around for ages already & I feel people should stop talking about it for goodness sake!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Fortunately for ducklings everywhere, they are allowed to talk about whatever they want within the Laughing Place Pond and don't need anyone's permission other than Doobie's. So, don't feel bad for bringing up a topic that you honestly wanted to know about, SarahEleanor29, dear.
Originally Posted By MPierce Actually I believe the location is in Fresno Texas, which is close to McKinney. I also believe that Disney has owned it for some time now. Friends in northeast Texas have reported that they have started clearing the land for development, however I would bet everything I own that it's not for a theme park. I can't say for sure one way or another whether Disney owns anything in the Great State of Texas or not.
Originally Posted By bboi2006 i think its good the they want to build a new park but if they put it in the U.S. it will take away from DL and WDW, being the "big boys" of all the parks
Originally Posted By wfalls Frisco, Texas, actually. It is possible that maybe the movie studios are expanding into the areas (as others have), due to the reduced cost of filming here, lack of crazy media attention, and nice scenery...
Originally Posted By kennect This story has been around for years..I have one question...How much land is it? Does anyone really know....
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn I wonder if anything has been built on the site in Virginia where Disney wanted to build Disney America. The environ-mental-ists and the "Founding-Fathers-were-evil" crowd shot the project down. They didn't want Disney to occupy the precious land. I bet there's a whole lot of development there now.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Disney America, by the way, would make a great 5th Theme Park, planted on the Epcot Monorail line north of Epcot, south of the MK parking gate, and east of World Drive.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I wonder if anything has been built on the site in Virginia where Disney wanted to build Disney America. The environ-mental-ists and the "Founding-Fathers-were-evil" crowd shot the project down. They didn't want Disney to occupy the precious land. I bet there's a whole lot of development there now.>> There is. Subdivisons and even a WalMart, I kid you not.Apparently, they aren't damaging to the local battlefields like a resort would have been ... 60 Minutes did a piece on the whole thing maybe 5-6 years ago. Disney shouldn't have given up on this one.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <Apparently, they aren't damaging to the local battlefields like a resort would have been ...> SUuuuuure they're not ;o) I love to hear arguments about destroying battlefields. Didn't the battle itself do that? I'd rather be standing on a theme parks' merchandise-row rather that worry about occupying the same ground where people stood right in front of a cannpn.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN All you have to do is turn on CNN and see the battlefields being destroyed.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I love to hear arguments about destroying battlefields. Didn't the battle itself do that?>> I guess the argument is that these battlefields, which were literally fields, are 'hallowed ground,' and should remain that way. Not that they have. I don't see any distinction between suburban sprawl and a theme park. Besides that, there already is a Manassas Battlefield national park.
Originally Posted By Mickey4President I have heard the same rumor my entire life, but I never heard of then putting it in McKinney/ Fresno area. The first spot I heard was just outside of Rhome, TX on 287. Then it was Ross Perot Jr. had sold his land in Westlake, TX. Then in was for sure going to be in Weatherford TX. Until I see a castle going up, or Disney putting out an official press release saying they bought land in Texas, I wouldn't believe a word.
