Originally posted by S.I.R.90210
Hey there-
I'm new here and think the idea of creating our own Disney theme parks is a gret idea! My theory for a new park is Disneyland Texas. It will be just outside of San Antonio on 8,000 acres. There will be three theme parks, 5 hotels, a Downtown Disney area, a water park, and other recreational activities. More to come soon!
Your proposal sounds great! I'm currently in the middle of writing a Disney theme park proposal myself, and if you need feedback, I'll be sure to reply if I can think of any comments or suggestions!
It looks like you're off to a good start so far!
BTW, there has been a lot of talk here about putting the next Disney theme park in Texas, and it seems like there was even a rumor about this a while back. About ten years ago, there was a proposed park for Virginia in the D.C. area, with an America theme. However, this got nowhere; primarily due to obejctions about extra traffic in the area from some residents there, and from a problem that occured with Disneyland in Anaheim-- a huge urban sprawl quickly grew around the park, which Walt Disney hated. Therefore, if the Virginia park had been built, due to the large population in Virginia part of the D.C. metro area and not a large amount of land like the Orlando area, there would have been the same problem as Anaheim-- only
MUCH worse!
BTW, my proposed park was built on a much smaller scale than yours-- on 1,200 acres of land as opposed to 8,000. 8,000 acres is a very good land area for your park, but the park I am planning is smaller since I was trying to turn it into another Walt Disney World. My park is
not intended to be a substitute for WDW in Orlando, but as an additional park to visit, which is why I used less land. IIRC, Disneyland Anaheim is around 280 acres (inlcuding both theme parks, the hotels, parking lots, and the extra land owned by Disney that may be used for a 3rd park) WDW is on 43 acres of property (nearly 30,000 acres), and the soon-to-open park in Hong Kong wit sit on 310 acres of land.
Even though I decided on much less land for mine, for your theme park, I'd stick with the 8,000 acres; no more/no less.
As for location, you made a good choice-- in terms of weather and geography; although it's doubtful that Disney would build another theme park in the continental U.S. Hopefully you could change their minds! For my proposed Disney theme park, my first choice for the location is Hawaii if built in the U.S., and Australia if international. As for the castle, my first choice all along (and still is) is Cinderella's Castle-- since her story is my favorite of the characters who have castles, and as far as appearance and attractiveness, IMHO, none of the of the other Disney castle's can be Cinderella's! I even posted a poll about this, since I figured there would be objection to having the same castle as WDW in Orlando. The gang here voted on Beauty & the Beast castle for my park, which would be my second choice, and I used that one instead. Personally, Cinderella's would work in Australia, due to its distance and isolation from the other parks. Not sure about Hawaii or somewhere else in the U.S. As for myself, even though I've never been to WDW (but plan to go, hopefully, sometime soon!) or any other Disney theme parks, I have no objection to Cinderella's castle in more than one park myself!
Last but certainly not least, let me be the first to personally welcome you to WDWMagic Forums and the Imagineering Forum. I hope you enjoy it here, and I look forward to participating with you here! Have fun!
