Originally Posted By sjhym33 Repeat after me: There will be no announcement. There will be no announcement. There will be no announcement.
Originally Posted By jkayjs <<Repeat after me: There will be no announcement. There will be no announcement. There will be no announcement.>> Agreed. Agreed. Agreed.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The only thing they're going to announce is what will be on the air at 8, 9, and 10PM.
Originally Posted By Disneyday I don't understand why people Don't want a 5th park. Disney has more than enough money to expand the existing parks and build a new one. I'm not the type that can go year after year and enjoy the same attractions and parks over and over again. I like to have new experiences at parks. Jim Hill once explained that some Disney fans don't want anything to change, that they want everything to stay the way it was when they were a kid. Time marches on, things change and adapt to new generation's tastes...try to deal. My brother isn't a big Disney fan like me. He says that WDW is boring because there's nothing new there. This is the type of guest that Disney wants to get by adding new parks and attractions - not Disney Freaks like me. So, I hope they are working on the 5th, it seems like a very smart move.
Originally Posted By jkayjs <<Time marches on, things change and adapt to new generation's tastes...try to deal.>> I don't believe I've ever seen a post on this topic where someone said they didn't want anything to change. What is often said & as I posted before is we want the parks they have cared for before they try to open a new park. I love new but not @ the expense of the classics. They are spreading things mighty thin as it is I'm really not interested in seeing them drop their standards even more which is what I fear will happen. Oh well that's just my opinion.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I just don't see it happening. The term 5th gate has been bumping around for a while now. I just can't see how a company in cost cutting mode could totally reverse direction and spend all the costs they have just saved on a new park. Anyway, I trust that the insiders like Spirit or Leemac would have heard something long before any announcement was to be made.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Disneyday, think about it. WDW is saturated as it is. Most amercians do not get much vacation time (unlike in Europe where 5 weeks a year is normal), so adding a park is unlikely to add days on people's vacations, so it makes little business sense. Then add in the fact that they struggle to take care of what they have to the standard they traditionally have. Then look at the quality of the cast members. It is not as high as it once was because there is not enough of a quality resource pool available in Orlando. For those reasons, that is why a 5th park is not popular amongst long time Disney fans, it is not the change part (heck, DAK is my 2nd fav park in Florida, and I do not like the MK because it is so unloved by management).
Originally Posted By libertysquare76 <Most amercians do not get much vacation time (unlike in Europe where 5 weeks a year is normal> Most European visitors will come from the UK like myself where the average holiday is 20 days a year not including bank holidays( of which we have 5 spread between March and August)I am quite lucky as i get longer as a teacher BUT my holidays are all peak times and Virgin Atlantic have just added a peak supplement onto flying at these times. This adds an average of £800 ($1301) to the holiday price as a supplement. This is putting off a lot of British guests as there is nothing new at WDW. Personally, I think a new park would be great but I like whats there already and am happy to pay to visit the classics. However, i think I am in a minority here.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed LS76 - we live in the Uk too. and flights used to be about £350 ($600) each to WDW and DL. Now they have gone up so much, we are considering Tokyo DL or HKDL for our next big non DLP trip because of the costs. WDW is cheap once out there (compared to it's brethren), but getting out there is not as cheap as it once was.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I wish they did a new park. I do love the classics, but that's what I was hoping...for a new park, they could do one with classic rides. But I'm just throwing out ideas!
Originally Posted By Disneyday I think that a lot of people don't figure in the international guest factor. I'm sure that they will play a large part in a decision to move forward on future parks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss There's more than enough people who have never been to WDW or any Disney resort. Adding a fifth gate at WDW won't change that, or add to their bottom line. Disney's focus should be on maintaining the quality of their product, and adding or "plussing" to the parks they already have, as necessary.
Originally Posted By SuperDry TWDC will be focused at WDW with whatever in their best judgment is most cost-effectively likely to increase earnings from the resort. When it comes to capital projects, these would be those whose projected increase in revenues most exceed the cost. At this point, I find it hard to believe that a 5th gate would accomplish that, for many of the reasons that others have already pointed out.
Originally Posted By Disneyday People say that it isn't realistic to believe that a 5th park is coming. Let's get real here, attendance will remain relatively flat for the next several years if they don't try a major addition like a new theme park. People will blame the attendance drop on the economy, but that's only part of it. In order to attract new interest in the resort they have to give people something big to get excited about. Sure, new attractions can create attendance bumps at individual parks, but they aren't enough to bring back people who haven't visited in years. I believe that they are developing a 5th park, but don't expect an announcement this year.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<attendance will remain relatively flat for the next several years if they don't try a major addition like a new theme park>> IMO, another theme park wouldn't change attendance much, certainly not in the long term. All it would do is syphon off attendance from the other parks. As it was pointed out before, people only have so much time (and money) for vacations. People won't stay at WDW longer, or spend more just because of a new park. I do believe they have plans for a fifth park, but I don't believe those plans are any indication that they're remotely close to it being a serious project. Rather, it's more like how they have plans to expand the monorail system. It's on paper, but the paper is sitting in a filing cabinet.
