mysto
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Don't underestimate the mole people's ability to alter the landscape! They could even open a channel to an undiscovered geothermal hotspot.
Now there's some untapped IP, quick, trademark it.
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Construction between Contemporary and TTC
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Don't underestimate the mole people's ability to alter the landscape! They could even open a channel to an undiscovered geothermal hotspot.
Now there's some untapped IP, quick, trademark it.
Location, proximity, access, unobscured views north and west, water on 3 sides
DVCakaCarlF
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According to Holland, it’s simply been a timing issue. Is it that simple?
Not that I know of. Is that someone quoted in one of the previous links?
I’ve an official press release saying it was coming in the 1990s
nickys
Premium Member
What’s 30 years between friends?
peter11435
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Robert Holland has spoken about it in a couple interviews. Always firmly stating that other issues (mostly economic) got in the way. Not ground stability.
I’m not aware of him, sorry. I believe those I personally know.
castlecake2.0
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You say large scale, do you think they would ever do something like a super upscale restaurant or something of that nature or is it just not worth it?
There’s that empty plot of land across the road from the contemporary behind the MK bus depot that seems like it would be a good spot for a waterside restaurant but not sure the logistics would make it worth it.
peter11435
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Among other things he was Vice President of resort development for WDI for many years.
peter11435
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He went into more details. The interviews are all available if you’d like to hear it directly from the source.
This^^^
My first thought is economically unviable due to poor site conditions. If the Kansai airport can be built over water, a hotel could be built on this patch of land. Whether it makes sense to do so financially is another question.
peter11435
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The project almost moved forward more than once despite the cost. They didn’t stop because of new/unknown costs with the site itself. Rather timing and economic conditions outside of WDW
networkpro
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- In the Parks
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Kansai was built on top of a landfill and is sinking 2-3cm each year.
Tim Lohr
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Those 15 foot markers, with the yellow and black "caution tape" across the top, are to make sure no vehicle large that 15 foot uses that dirt road... basically so there won't be another lager vehicle hitting the 17.5 foot monorail beam between. That being said, 15 foot is pretty high, so it seems they plan on taking some fairly large vehicles back there.
Isn't D23 coming up this summer? maybe an announcement soon about what ever this is. I'm guessing it'll mostly likely it'll be a hotel/DVC combo, since they make tons of money on those
It was built on 2 man-made islands on Osaka bay and yes it is sinking. The sinking was expected and accounted for in the design (the 900 +/- columns supporting the building all sit on hydraulic rams that are adjusted every 2 years), but the rate at which it initially sank was grossly underestimated probably cutting the expected life of the airport in half.
In spite of all of the problems, the airport is still supposedly still in the black.
JaxFLBear
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November
30 year WDI VP of Resort development
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Maybe we are reading to much into this. Those markers were installed in line with an existing path into that area. Maybe this is just a precaution in case a vehicle needs to access that area, maybe even prompted by the recent accident near MK where a truck hit the beam. Not sure about the need for the fencing, but when you do construction you often put up silt fencing to project from soil run-off, but that is not what was installed there.
It is all just to allow large lawn mowers into the area
