I've been arguing about this with several people spread across several unrelated threads here. Instead of continuing the discussion disconbopulated on those threads, I want to continue it here on its own focused thread.
We can go back and forth forever and get nowhere with "it's coming" and "no it's not", so that's not where I want to go here. I won't be vindicated, any way, for many years to come, so arguing about it is pointless. You are welcome to keep your opinion that it will never happen until it happens.
Where I want to go from here (whether it happens or not) is discussion of something I heard Eisner say many years ago that has stuck out in my memory like a nagging headache.
When DAK opened, Eisner was interviewed. In that interview, he was asked if there would ever be a fifth gate. He said there are DETAILED plans for a fifth gate, and less detailed plans for a sixth gate. He said these are long term plans and he shouldn't be talking about it. The interviewer kept prying for information, asking what the themes are. Eisner's response was something I will never forget.
He said "I know what the theme for the fifth gate is. We have several concepts being tossed around for the sixth gate, but nothing has been decided yet."
The reporter pressed for information for the theme of the fifth gate, which Eisner claimed had already been decided on. Eisner said he already gave too much information and that both parks are long-term projects that would be announced long after he's retired from the company. He would not devulge the theme of the fifth park, regardless how much the reporter tried asking.
What stood out more than anything was that Eisner said that he knew the theme of the fifth gate. He devulged that it is a project that's been in the planning stages for some time, as well as a pathfinder exploratory project for a sixth gate. It stood out also in my mind because he said he wouldn't be working for the company in the future when either park is ready to be announced.
It's possible that Bob Iger cancelled these two projects, but it sounded like (from the way Eisner spoke about it) that the fifth gate was pretty solid and conceptually advanced in its planning by the time Iger took charge, so it makes no sense to me if Iger was to terminate work on it in its advanced stages. He could have finished planning for it and then shelved it (like WRE was) - that's possible.
Again, this isn't a "no, it will" / "yes, it won't" get built discussion. These plans are/were actual. Whether it will get built or not, my curiosity is what exactly are or were these plans. What was this theme that Eisner "knew" but couldn't share?!
We can go back and forth forever and get nowhere with "it's coming" and "no it's not", so that's not where I want to go here. I won't be vindicated, any way, for many years to come, so arguing about it is pointless. You are welcome to keep your opinion that it will never happen until it happens.
Where I want to go from here (whether it happens or not) is discussion of something I heard Eisner say many years ago that has stuck out in my memory like a nagging headache.
When DAK opened, Eisner was interviewed. In that interview, he was asked if there would ever be a fifth gate. He said there are DETAILED plans for a fifth gate, and less detailed plans for a sixth gate. He said these are long term plans and he shouldn't be talking about it. The interviewer kept prying for information, asking what the themes are. Eisner's response was something I will never forget.
He said "I know what the theme for the fifth gate is. We have several concepts being tossed around for the sixth gate, but nothing has been decided yet."
The reporter pressed for information for the theme of the fifth gate, which Eisner claimed had already been decided on. Eisner said he already gave too much information and that both parks are long-term projects that would be announced long after he's retired from the company. He would not devulge the theme of the fifth park, regardless how much the reporter tried asking.
What stood out more than anything was that Eisner said that he knew the theme of the fifth gate. He devulged that it is a project that's been in the planning stages for some time, as well as a pathfinder exploratory project for a sixth gate. It stood out also in my mind because he said he wouldn't be working for the company in the future when either park is ready to be announced.
It's possible that Bob Iger cancelled these two projects, but it sounded like (from the way Eisner spoke about it) that the fifth gate was pretty solid and conceptually advanced in its planning by the time Iger took charge, so it makes no sense to me if Iger was to terminate work on it in its advanced stages. He could have finished planning for it and then shelved it (like WRE was) - that's possible.
Again, this isn't a "no, it will" / "yes, it won't" get built discussion. These plans are/were actual. Whether it will get built or not, my curiosity is what exactly are or were these plans. What was this theme that Eisner "knew" but couldn't share?!
