i originally posted the below on the old board late last week and was hoping for some responses, so i'm posting it here on the new, improved board. here it is:
ok, i'm being selfish here, pining for a disney theme park in my backyard, but i think it would work.
first of all, a disney chicago makes sense. this is walt's home town, after all, and one of the largest feeder markets to the existing parks. that's why dis built its first disneyquest outside of wdw in downtown chicago.
chicago's notoriously bad weather could be minimized by building domed stadium type facilities with retractable roofs (to answer a reply from the previous post: yes, walt disney himself wanted to place the whole of wdw under a giant dome). the roofs can open for the five months we have decent weather.
i would build three circular stadiums that, from above, can be seen as the world's largest set of mickey ears. one dome would be the magic kingdom, another would be an epcot-like park theme that mirrors chicago's ethnic diversity (for example, can have several african showcases, such as egypt, kenya and congo; poland; lithuania; mexico; puerto rico; ireland; and others) and the third dome could be something entirely new (maybe that land of villains park people keep talking about).
you could even built skybox-like facilities in the domes that would serve as really awesome hotel rooms. imagine sitting on a balcony watching fireworks explode at eye level. other resort facilities would surround the three domes, connected by monorail.
another reason i know it would work is because indoor theme parks do pretty well in the midwest. look at the mall of america. there used to be a place called old chicago in one of the suburbs here. i used to love going there as a kid. they, in fact, had one of the earliest looping roller coasters.
the ideal location for disney chicago would be the lakefront on the south side. heck, i'd even build it on the lake. we can use comiskey park, where the white sox try to play baseball, as landfill. seriously, it can be done and would be an amazing sight. it would also be good for economic development on chicago south side -- the baddest part of town -- and replace some abandoned steel mills.
if disney will provide the financing, i'll get started on the concept art right now.
anyone wanna come to disney chicago when it opens in summer 2021?
ok, i'm being selfish here, pining for a disney theme park in my backyard, but i think it would work.
first of all, a disney chicago makes sense. this is walt's home town, after all, and one of the largest feeder markets to the existing parks. that's why dis built its first disneyquest outside of wdw in downtown chicago.
chicago's notoriously bad weather could be minimized by building domed stadium type facilities with retractable roofs (to answer a reply from the previous post: yes, walt disney himself wanted to place the whole of wdw under a giant dome). the roofs can open for the five months we have decent weather.
i would build three circular stadiums that, from above, can be seen as the world's largest set of mickey ears. one dome would be the magic kingdom, another would be an epcot-like park theme that mirrors chicago's ethnic diversity (for example, can have several african showcases, such as egypt, kenya and congo; poland; lithuania; mexico; puerto rico; ireland; and others) and the third dome could be something entirely new (maybe that land of villains park people keep talking about).
you could even built skybox-like facilities in the domes that would serve as really awesome hotel rooms. imagine sitting on a balcony watching fireworks explode at eye level. other resort facilities would surround the three domes, connected by monorail.
another reason i know it would work is because indoor theme parks do pretty well in the midwest. look at the mall of america. there used to be a place called old chicago in one of the suburbs here. i used to love going there as a kid. they, in fact, had one of the earliest looping roller coasters.
the ideal location for disney chicago would be the lakefront on the south side. heck, i'd even build it on the lake. we can use comiskey park, where the white sox try to play baseball, as landfill. seriously, it can be done and would be an amazing sight. it would also be good for economic development on chicago south side -- the baddest part of town -- and replace some abandoned steel mills.
if disney will provide the financing, i'll get started on the concept art right now.
anyone wanna come to disney chicago when it opens in summer 2021?
