Originally Posted By Disneyday The Orlando Sentinel reported the 10 year growth projections from Reedy Creek Imrovement District. They estimate that a 5th major park may open sometime between 2014-2018. It also projected two minor theme parks to be open at WDW within the next 10 years.
Originally Posted By jkayjs Well I certainly hope they are wrong. Currently they are unable/willing to staff/maintain the parks they have. Just invest the time/money/manpower/creativity in the parks that are there & bagging for some TLC.
Originally Posted By dshyates Here is the article: <a href="http://thedailydisney.com/blog/2009/11/a-look-at-the-last-10-years-of-growth-at-disney-world-and-the-next-10/" target="_blank">http://thedailydisney.com/blog...next-10/</a> What I find interesting is the projected addition of 11,300 new hotel rooms. But take into account these are projections from the Reedy Creek Development plan and do not reflect the actual DisCo. internal plan.
Originally Posted By Disneyday Thanks for the link. I wasn't sure how to link it. It's a very interesting article. I'm sure that they (Reedy Creek)look at the number of jobs created and all other aspects in their evaluation.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>But take into account these are projections from the Reedy Creek Development plan and do not reflect the actual DisCo. internal plan.>> I thought Reedy Creek and Disney Co were virtually one and the same?
Originally Posted By dshyates Reedy Creek is a government body that is responsible for the area in and around Walt Disney World. <a href="http://www.rcid.org/AboutUS_History.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.rcid.org/AboutUS_History.cfm</a>
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Doubt it. They are not ready for that sort of expansion, unless things shape up, and shape up quick.
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 be very careful with these cnversations, spirit of 74 gets very very angry when people speak about change and progress that doesn't involve giving away free things to annual passholders. on a serious note, that timetable seems about right. by 2014 the expansions at dca, mk, and hkdl will be complete, as well as improvemnts in dhs. not to mention a brand new park in shanghai, and two brand new cruise ships and a mega resort in hawaii. i think an announcenmt between 2011 and 2014 and a new park between 2014 and 2018. To all the annual passholders and frequent park junkies who believe we should stop making new stuff and just give tlc to existing attractions, WDI listened to you and the result was space mountain, we are all seeing how that turned out, enough said.
Originally Posted By leobloom >>Reedy Creek is a government body that is responsible for the area in and around Walt Disney World.>> I know that's the official line, but it's no secret that Disney Co pulls the strings.
Originally Posted By Disneyday I had heard that WDW's 5th park is the next major theme park project for imagineering after Shanghai Disneyland.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<be very careful with these cnversations, spirit of 74 gets very very angry when people speak about change and progress that doesn't involve giving away free things to annual passholders.>> Yep. That's me. Should have seen me eating the free food and drinking the free booze on the world's largest cruise ship today with ... some folks that work for Disney/ABC and were doing the same thing! But what you should seriously do (and anyone who reads anything) is READ FOR COMPREHENSION. Nowhere does the blog post state that anything like another park is coming to WDW. If anything it says the opposite. The writer explained quite well why the report is largely a formality. And that the last 10-year report also mentioned that a fifth park was possible. He also pointed out how the last report also left open the addition of smaller additions like water parks, yet Disney shuttered River Country (and later PI during the period). What you should have taken from the story is that Disney has become complete sprawl and blown 'the blessing of size' that Walt had in mind for the Florida property by overdevelopment, especially hotels and timeshares. I guess that's working for them well, since I just got an offer emailed to me offering a 30% discount if I book any Disney deluxue resort between 12/25 to 1/2. The Mouse has less than 3,000 developable acres left in Central FLA. A tiny amount considering they started with 10 times that and most of it has been 'blown' in the past 15 years. <<on a serious note, that timetable seems about right. by 2014 the expansions at dca, mk, and hkdl will be complete, as well as improvemnts in dhs. not to mention a brand new park in shanghai, and two brand new cruise ships and a mega resort in hawaii. i think an announcenmt between 2011 and 2014 and a new park between 2014 and 2018. To all the annual passholders and frequent park junkies who believe we should stop making new stuff and just give tlc to existing attractions, WDI listened to you and the result was space mountain, we are all seeing how that turned out, enough said.>> DCA won't be 'complete' in 2014 ... neither will HKDL. They'll just be starting to resemble true Disney parks. A DVC/hotel on Oahu isn't a 'mega resort' by any stretch. And FLA needs a whole lot more than one clone and new meet and greets at MK. As to Shanghai, they don't even have a timetable for that yet because they don't have a signed plan yet. Although they are sending a delegation to Orlando the first week in December ... gee, I wonder if anyone I know will be around (calls just went out from Burbank to TDO to make sure the Spirit doesn't get within five miles of any member of the delegation! ;-) ) And seriously, did you actually have a point here? Something about the fans being responsible for Space Mountain sucking more than a fanb...at a WDI party ... oops ... did I say too much? You really have no point and completely misstate what most rational folks believe regarding WDW's future. ~Incompetency: It's the new competency~
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I had heard that WDW's 5th park is the next major theme park project for imagineering after Shanghai Disneyland.>> Who told you this? A busdriver? A fanboi? An Imagineer looking to get in your pants (this only applies if you're a young male)? Disney isn't building a fifth major park in FLA. You may some day see a third in Anaheim ... and that's a big 'may' ... but Disney has long since reached the point of diminishing returns and has four stale parks to deal with. Sorry to break your bubble. ~Where'd Pierce Go?~
Originally Posted By mousermerf Spirit, i'm young, male, cute, live in the OC, trained as a designer, and well - ya'll know I'd be good for the company. Ya'll may not like me, they may not like me, but lordy the shiz would get done and done splendidly on my watch. Who I gotta shag?
Originally Posted By Disneyday Sorry Spirit, but my source is Matt Hart. I know you may believe you're the only one with inside sources, that's fine. Are you an imagineer, do you work for the Walt Disney Co.? Where are your sources from? Are you buddies with Iger? I don't mean to sound rude, I'm just curious.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Sorry Disneyday, but I've learned that just because you read/hear something, doesn't make it true. I'm much more likely to believe Spirit.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<my source is Matt Hart>> Who is Matt Hart? (Besides being the admin of another board?)
Originally Posted By Disneyday From what I understand Matt Hart has excellent sources within the company. I wish that I had. I tend not to believe everything mentioned on discussion boards (remember how the Fantasyland expansion was going to be hurt by a slashed budget? It looks pretty good to me.) I do, however, take note when a well known news paper mentions a report from the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Of course there will eventually be a 5th WDW park. It may or may not be when they projected, but it will be built eventually.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Of course there will eventually be a 5th WDW park.>> JMHO, I don't see the need or the desire for a fifth park. If there ever was one, as Disney builds more and more at DLR and outside of the USA, that need for a fifth park diminishes.
