Has there been any word/rumors about the Night Kingdom Project?

[mm121]

Has there been any word/rumors about the Night Kingdom Project?

I remember hearing about this back when Pleasure Island initially closed.

It would have been an evening experience with limited hours and a limited capacity with a premium price, similar to SeaWorlds Discovery Cove.

 

[RSoxNo1]

By all accounts, this is dead. Also, don't be surprised to see this as well as your other thread moved or closed.

 

[FutureWorld1982]

If Michael Eisner was still taking care of Walt Disney World, we may already have five parks, maybe a sixth one under construction.

 

[Captain Neo]

Deader than Discovery Bay

 

[Bolt]

Green lit.

 

[breakin2]

Opening this summer.

 

[RandySavage]

Wild Africa Trek is the value-engineered version of it.

 

[mm121]

Also, don't be surprised to see this as well as your other thread moved or closed.

Why???

 

[wm49rs]

Why???

Because it's truly a dead topic, for which there are no new rumors or news....

 

[jt04]

Because it's truly a dead topic, for which there are no new rumors or news....

I believe the decision was made to convert all of DAK to an evening park including elements from the original idea. Seems to me to be the right choice.

And it should really be even better in the future. Still plenty of room for expansion.

 

[wm49rs]

I believe the decision was made to convert all of DAK to an evening park including elements from the original idea. Seems to me to be the right choice.

And it should really be even better in the future. Still plenty of room for expansion.

And that decision (if it comes to fruition) was made as part of the Avatar project(s), not Nightly Kingdom....

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

 

[jt04]

And that decision (if it comes to fruition) was made as part of the Avatar project(s), not Nightly Kingdom....

Still a doubter. How sad. Actually the night safari was going to happen whether Pandora had turned into something else or not. It was inevitable that DAK would be utilized in the evening. They are having to expand at DAK and DTD due to demand. And it likely makes a 5th gate inevitable in a decade or so. IMO.

 

[danlb_2000]

Still a doubter. How sad. Actually the night safari was going to happen whether Pandora had turned into something else or not. It was inevitable that DAK would be utilized in the evening. They are having to expand at DAK and DTD due to demand. And it likely makes a 5th gate inevitable in a decade or so. IMO.

Still hopelessly optimistic. How sad.

 

[wm49rs]

Still a doubter. How sad. Actually the night safari was going to happen whether Pandora had turned into something else or not. It was inevitable that DAK would be utilized in the evening. They are having to expand at DAK and DTD due to demand. And it likely makes a 5th gate inevitable in a decade or so. IMO.

I'll continue to doubt until the project is completed....

And what would you know firsthand of demand at either locale, particularly over the past decade?

 

[mm121]

Still a doubter. How sad. Actually the night safari was going to happen whether Pandora had turned into something else or not. It was inevitable that DAK would be utilized in the evening. They are having to expand at DAK and DTD due to demand. And it likely makes a 5th gate inevitable in a decade or so. IMO.

If they did wish to have a 5th gate ready in a decade they better get started now, as at their current rate of construction it will take 10 years to build it, as just one land is taking 3 from groundbreaking, 4 or more from conception for Avatar land now that its been pushed back to 2017 and only consists of 2 attractions.

 

[jt04]

If they did wish to have a 5th gate ready in a decade they better get started now, as at their current rate of construction it will take 10 years to build it, as just one land is taking 3 from groundbreaking, 4 or more from conception for Avatar land now that its been pushed back to 2017 and only consists of 2 attractions.

They can easily adjust that depending on business needs.

If Uni and WDW adds have the effect of bringing substantially more people to Central Florida than I think a 5th park could happen at WDW in this timeframe. I really do not think anyone knows what the ceiling is in an increasingly connected world. Fortunately MCO has plenty of room to expand.

 

[WDW1974]

Still a doubter. How sad. Actually the night safari was going to happen whether Pandora had turned into something else or not. It was inevitable that DAK would be utilized in the evening. They are having to expand at DAK and DTD due to demand. And it likely makes a 5th gate inevitable in a decade or so. IMO.

Oh, how sad. Trying to be relevant by trotting out 2005-08 era crazy talk of fifth gates. Sad.

And since the boutique animal park is dead and not coming back, the thread should likely be as well.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Night Kingdom was a dumb idea anyway. Animal Kingdom is boring enough during the day, when you can actually see everything. I can't imagine what a night-time version could offer to lure in enough guests to make the cost of it worthwhile. Good riddance.

 

[flavious27]

Has about as much chance of being built as the Asian Resort.