Originally Posted By Bob Paris A $5 billion super park that will be a cross between Tokyo DisneySea and a Villains park. Apparently Imagineers are secretly at work on new ride technologies that will make the new HP land at IOA seem like Pooh's Pitiful Spot.
Originally Posted By Mr X I heard they're even installing an ocean. You know..for authenticity (DisneySea just wouldn't be the same without it!).
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The fifth park has already been built and is hidden by a cloaking field. It's only for Disney fans who are good-looking, wear stylish yet conservative clothing, don't smoke, don't use SUV strollers, and wipe the sink in the restrooms after using it.
Originally Posted By juicer I follow the directions on how to wash my hands that are posted in the restrooms...does that count?
Originally Posted By Bob Paris Plans already exist for a sixth park. Ironically, it won't be a park at all but rather the WDC plan to take out a long term lease on Mars and rename it "Disney Planet". Just steer clear of the Yul Brynner animatronic.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome Of course, since there is nobody left in the Orlando area to work at Disney, they'll have a new Dream Job contest. All new cast members, every day of the year.
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 I am glad someone else is starting a thread like this. The last one that that was made kinda fell out of orbit. It is obvious they are making another park. All you have to do is look at google maps and see the two gigantic cleared out spaces on property. One could be a resort and the other a theme park. So before you anti-fifth park bashers come on and ruin this thread like you did the last one, come up with a logical explanation for the empty space (new empty space). You would figure that a new park would be five years in the making from announcement to opening. So, lets say thats in the next year or two, thats 2014-2015. Thats gives disney plenty of time to finish all of their other park enhancements both on the east and west coast and earn money for the new parks. There are so many people who go every year, or every other week if your me and I personally know we are all looking for a new park. For those of you are going to respond with 'I think disney needs to pay attention with fixing their existing parks first', THEY ALREADY ARE. there are projects for all 4 parks going on right now. They are going to do everything they can and then really work on the fifth gate. I know they already started the plans. Anyone have any ideas on what themes and attractions they would like to see?
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 <<Of course, since there is nobody left in the Orlando area to work at Disney, they'll have a new Dream Job contest. All new cast members, every day of the year.>> Disneys waiting list for applicants is about 3 months long depending on the position. They are waiting for positions to become available for everyone that passed the first interview. They could run and brand new park without having a single job fair.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome >> Disneys waiting list for applicants is about 3 months long depending on the position. They are waiting for positions to become available for everyone that passed the first interview. They could run and brand new park without having a single job fair. << Disney may have 3 month waits for some positions, but they continually are running ads in the paper, and at least 2 people I trust have given me an idea of how short Disney is on staff. They certainly do NOT have enough housekeepers and haven't for some time. If they did, then there wouldn't be the "between 3 and 5" timeframe often given at the front desk when rooms are supposed to be done by 3. I will say that Disney did quite well over Christmas, I would guess a lot of CT's worked a few shifts to keep their status. I don't believe that Disney could easily staff a new park. Wages aren't that great (though benefits are good), housing prices are still too high. Perhaps that will be different in 5 years. But there just isn't an unlimited supply of people here willing to work for Disney wages. (I actually would be fine doing it if the park was a little closer, but gas prices are also high).
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <come up with a logical explanation for the empty space (new empty space).> Because trees are such a nuisance.
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2kq5om" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2kq5om</a>
Originally Posted By bean well i am not sure what two areas of land he/she is talking about being cleared but i know of two. They are both being cleared out for comercial and housing development. They are both within disney's property. Both areas are being designed and will be overlooked by disney with strict regulations on what can and cna not be built. Disney is also making sure that hotels and large buildings do not go pass a certain height. Disney is not considering a fifth gate in WDW. The only park that is being designed and is still under big consideration to be built will be the third gate in Anaheim.
Originally Posted By dshyates blueharvest. That is a farm and is off-property. They aren't clearings for construction they are fields for crops. And once again from all I've heard there are no plans to breakground on a new park anytime within the forseeable future. You can listen to some of the people here who actually do know things. Or not.
Originally Posted By dshyates " there are projects for all 4 parks going on right now." Really. What's the big project going on right now in the MK? Oh yeah. Nothing. And over at DAK? Yeah, nothing. EPCOT Center did get some TLC, but most of that is done. And , oh yeah, Toy Story Mania is coming to the Studios but RatCoaster has been put on the back burner. So as of now the only thing on the horizon is TSM. With nothing planned as of yet for the 40th Anniversary. Maybe they will have a huge marketing campaign with new signs and collectable paper cups and napkins for the 40th.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris Oh dshyates, you are such a cynic. *Slaps dsh on the shoulder* Damn. That's a firm shoulder you got there sir. ; )
Originally Posted By dshyates It's the official gay guy diet. Coffee, cigarettes, and protein shakes.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, if you want to get down to the bare bones of it, the 50th at DL didn't have anything really spectacular or permanent in the plans, but they managed to make the most of it and basically have the busiest two years they have seen in a long time, if not ever. Buzz Lightyear opened that year (in March, when the celebration started in May), and Space Mountain reopened after being closed for several years, but everything else was just temporary stuff that they were able to come up with in less than a year. There were two amazing parades, and a ton of little details that showed what Disney used to be known for. If they do something similar for MK (and all of WDW's) 40th, then I won't be too upset. The problem is that they haven't really been showing signs that they will be able or willing to pull something like that off.
