Disney Park in TX in the news again

kfergdisney

Well-Known Member
The one good point about TX...at least they have airports that fly directly to MCO. I have to drive out of state in order to go to an airport that flies direct.
They do love their football, though.
 

The Duck

Well-Known Member
Looks to me like its a fake...I found another article, that mentions it being in the woodlands, it is almost word for word with what this guy has posted with the exception of location.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – The Woodlands real estate community received a much needed boost this week when the Township announced that they closed on the sale of 1,300 acres to The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) for a planned Texas-themed attraction.

The land sale abuts the Spring Creek Greenway north of the newly developed Village of Creekside park, and would remain largely forested even after development, according to Township officials.

A new Texas-themed park, tentatively identified as “Frontierland Texas” could open as early as 2013, according to sources close to the negotiations. It would be Disney’s first new greenfield park construction
project in the US since 1971. Currently Disney operates theme parks in Florida and California in the United States, as well as parks in Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

“Our vision for The Woodlands is to serve as a world-class convention and visitor destination, and this partnership with Disney is one more step in that direction,” said Fran Price of the Woodlands Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We look forward to bringing the Disney Magic to America’s Hometown.”

Walt Disney Company officials were not immediately available for comment.

Both parties were characteristically tight-lipped during the negotiations, which have been rumored to be ongoing for several years. Only when the agreement had been signed and papers filed with Montgomery County officials did sources close to the deal go public.

A joint news conference hosted by The Woodlands Township Board of Directors and officials of The Walt Disney Company is slated for Monday morning at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott. Architectural drawings of the theme park attraction are expected to be unveiled.

The Woodlands is also in the Houston area but it's not in Waller County. I'm calling Hogwash on the whole report.
 

Rodan75

Well-Known Member
Are Americans getting that lazy that a park on each coast isn't enough? ;)

And Texas? With its penchant for brutal heat, wildfires and tornadoes? Pass.

The parks in Asia are much closer together than DLR and WDW, having another park site in the US isn't that much of a stretch...but another park in the USA before they go after South America...
 

toasty

Active Member
If you're in Texas you're not further from Florida than the zillions of people from the NE corridor who make up a rather large percentage of the WDW demo. And you're about as far from Disneyland.

I'm not from Texas, but I am from fly-over country (STL) and it's a pretty good haul from most of the middle of the country to either WDW or DLR. I'm fortunate in that I live somewhere with a major airport, but if I lived somewhere more rural and my options were driving 4 hours to then get on a plane and fly to one of the coasts or spending a couple of days on the road, I think it would have an impact upon my desire to go. Put a park in Texas, though, and that drive becomes a lot more reasonable for a lot of people in the middle of the country. Doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that there might be a market for a Disney park in that area.

That said, I agree that the article is bogus.
 

lunchbox1175

Well-Known Member
I would be all for a park in Texas as long as it isn't Texas themed, I would rather have a clone of the MK or something similar, its bad enough we are going to get some Dinosaur Theme park in the future, I don't want to go to Disney Ranch....Frontierland is themed enough like Texas.
 

ShookieJones

We need time for things to happen.
Has anyone called "Shenanigans" yet?

If not dibs...If someone all ready has..

I call "Bullship!"

and so on and so on with all forms of "not true"until I get one that someone hasn't already called.
 

prberk

Well-Known Member
Yeah EPCOT, DHS and Animal Kingdom are just figments of the imagination. I personally like the San Antonio Progress City rumors better.
:)
EDIT: Sorry left out DCA

.. and Aulani.

... and Hilton Head... and Vero Beach...

and if we are counting projects that were on the books but never got done, they forgot Mineral King in the Rockies and Disney's America right here in Virginia! ;-)
 

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