Do you think Walt Disney World is running out room?

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wdwfan4ver

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I think WDW has enough space for a 5th park, but that should be the last they should be doing. If they add a 5th park, an average guest would decide on what WDW theme parks that would not see on that trip. An average guest wouldn't missing the Magic Kingdom, but would be looking at not going to one or two of the other current parks.

The other thing is WDW does need a lot of help for their parks. TDO doesn't like to spend on the parks except for DVC, Restaurants, benches, and themed bathrooms. If TDO does spend money on the parks, they want it done the cheapest amount if possible even if it means quality suffers.
 
Genie of the Lamp

Genie of the Lamp

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Thank goodness Walt had Harrison "buzz" Prince on his team. Plus Disney doesn't like odd numbers anyway (just look at the PFTH as an example and how they assume most family that come to WDW have 4 or 6 party members). So yes they have the room but as the above poster stated, WDW is managed by a group of cost cutters that want to spend as little as possible as long as they see green or black ink without seeing red ink and parentheses. Plus adding another park to WDW will also worsen the other parks in terms of general maintence.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Remember, from the 1/3 roughly left, not all is suitable for building. Sinkholes, swamp, unsuitable land. Poor access. Flood plain.

One, maybe 1 1/2 parks, more resorts, a Waterpark if need be.

But let's not talk about mythical more parks until the ones they have are satisfactory.
 
The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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Of all the Disney resorts, WDW is the only one with a substantial area. Yet, if one compares them, the first thing that strikes is how extraordinarily poor WDW has been build up. The others are all tight, clever, efficient. WDW is an illogical, wasteful, unmagical mess. Build randomly, haphazardly, with scant regard for clever long time planning. At least, after 1983. Where were the planologeers?

'The blessing of space' over time has turned into 'the curse of space'.


You see the same with cities. Cities that have unlimited space end up wasting it, they generate boring, sprawling non-cities that lack cohesion and identity. Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Sao Paolo. Where space is scarce, or terrain difficult, magical cities with great identity are formed. New York, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Venice, Amsterdam.
 
CP_alum08

CP_alum08

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BigRedDad said:
They have a lot of land there. However, it is getting to be unusable. I would not be at all surprised if Disney is purchasing large quantities of land elsewhere. I am sure they would love to have something more centrally located in the midwest. It wouldn't be the size of WDW, but 1-2 parks would not surprise me one bit.
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I doubt it. It's not the 1960's anymore, if Disney were in anyway affiliated with land purchases the public would know about it. I can see another resort area (like the midwest) in the distant future but I don't think it's going to be a "surprise" like WDW was.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Florida_is_hot said:
You do know it is very cheap to fly to Florida from Canada, especially if you do not mind driving 1 hour to places like Buffalo.

Besides I like driving, 20 hour drive is not a big drive to me but I hate the way I am treated at airports.

Is Disney opens a park I think they want some place where you have no snow.
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Flying from Buffalo is not cheap as it used to be. Gone are the days when you get $69 or $99 flights. Still MUUUUUCH cheaper than flying out of Pearson.
 
EOD K9

EOD K9

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The Empress Lilly said:
Of all the Disney resorts, WDW is the only one with a substantial area. Yet, if one compares them, the first thing that strikes is how extraordinarily poor WDW has been build up. The others are all tight, clever, efficient. WDW is an illogical, wasteful, unmagical mess. Build randomly, haphazardly, with scant regard for clever long time planning. At least, after 1983. Where were the planologeers?

'The blessing of space' over time has turned into 'the curse of space'..
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I beg to disagree to some extent. When driving on Route 192 you see the sign that says, "Disney World 2 Miles, and then there is a nice long road with nothing around it. Suddenly you come up and over the rise in the road and the welcome arch is ahead of you. You drive under it and Hooray we are in WDW. You know you are there and insulated from the outside world. (By that I mean you don't have urban sprawl right up to the main gate). When my wife and I are in Anaheim on Harbor Blvd, we really don't get that feeling. Its like, "are we here"? In Paris, the same applies, we get off the RER A at Marne La Vallée and we don't immediately feel the magic. There are so many people outside the metro selling mini Eiffel Towers and other tchotchskes. While yes, TDO has wasted some space in Florida, I like how it is controlled from the main gate. Although its not the same when you enter in off of W. Osceola Parkway. Just my two cents.
 
openendedsky

openendedsky

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Florida_is_hot said:
You do know it is very cheap to fly to Florida from Canada, especially if you do not mind driving 1 hour to places like Buffalo.

Besides I like driving, 20 hour drive is not a big drive to me but I hate the way I am treated at airports.

Is Disney opens a park I think they want some place where you have no snow.
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None of this even answers the original question.

Regardless, there's plenty of land, but like everybody else has said, management has seemed to tap out. It's nice that there's space reserved for conservation purposes though.
 
openendedsky

openendedsky

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EOD K9 said:
I beg to disagree to some extent. When driving on Route 192 you see the sign that says, "Disney World 2 Miles, and then there is a nice long road with nothing around it. Suddenly you come up and over the rise in the road and the welcome arch is ahead of you. You drive under it and Hooray we are in WDW. You know you are there and insulated from the outside world. (By that I mean you don't have urban sprawl right up to the main gate). When my wife and I are in Anaheim on Harbor Blvd, we really don't get that feeling. Its like, "are we here"? In Paris, the same applies, we get off the RER A at Marne La Vallée and we don't immediately feel the magic. There are so many people outside the metro selling mini Eiffel Towers and other tchotchskes. While yes, TDO has wasted some space in Florida, I like how it is controlled from the main gate. Although its not the same when you enter in off of W. Osceola Parkway. Just my two cents.
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I've never entered in that way, how is it?
 
olinecoach61

olinecoach61

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There is plenty of room to build if they want to. The key word is want. It would be a tremendous cost to create an entire new park, I personally wish they would add an aquarium to complement animal kingdom.
 
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Zman-ks

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olinecoach61 said:
There is plenty of room to build if they want to. The key word is want. It would be a tremendous cost to create an entire new park, I personally wish they would add an aquarium to complement animal kingdom.
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An aquarium would be awesome! :)
 
openendedsky

openendedsky

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EOD K9 said:
There is a small sign in the right hand corner and there is "The Crossroads" shopping center across the street as well as chain stores etc. Its a lot of urban sprawl. To me, it doesnt have the same feel.
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That's kind of how the Apopka Vineland entrance is. A lot of restaurants, a McDonalds, an overpriced gas station and a large strip mall thing right outside.
 

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