We took the MK train ride around the whole park today. We haven't done that in awhile. Looking at the back of the park, it seems like there is tons of room behind Fantasyland that could be developed. Does anyone know if there are any plans to ever develop this area for attractions?
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Land Behind Fantasyland
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ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
you mean the area where 20,000 leagues under the sea used to be? Yes. That is ear-marked for major expansion.
Behind Fantasyland is a large parking area and the main utilidor entrance. Not impossible to expand on, but very expensive. The land around the railroad wasn`t developed in the late 60`s, apart from the railroad and utilities, so could be even more expensive to develop into usable theme park space.
20K Field will suffice for now.
20K Field will suffice for now.
manutdfan1
Active Member
There is enough room to fit a whole Tommorrowland WITH Space Mountain back there. Whether expensive or not, the MK has tons of room to grow and can be and shoud be the best Disneyland type park in the world. As of right now it is probobly only better than HKDL. Disney, please update the most visited park in the world. Your updating DL like crazy and it gets 2 million less visitors thank MK. All I ask is for you is to keep it in good shape. It deserves it.
Fried Chicken
New Member
Well, I wouldn't say 2 million. I would say the gap is a bit smaller than that. The attendance figures given for Disney World are skewed to make attendance higher than it actually is.
scottnj1966
Well-Known Member
Room was never a problem at disney, ever. The problem as always it seems is money.
It would be great for them to build new rides without closing old ones.
It would be great for them to build new rides without closing old ones.
manutdfan1
Active Member
So you think that the MK is going to return to its formal glory soon, just like DL has? I shure do hope so. It would be much appreciated.
DisneyLover10
New Member
I wonder why they took the 20,000 Leagues away. I wanted to see it...:zipit:
bob0012
Member
They really could expand more then just behind fantasyland, their blocked on two sides by bay lake and 7 seas lagoon, but other then that they can grow however they want. The problem is backstage items are currently in the way, and the utilidors would need to be expanded. It's a lot cheaper to expand within the boundrys of the park. Although the old 20k area counts as that.
hammysammy59
New Member
The lines were super long and inaccessible to handicapped visitors because of the nature of the ride vehicles, which bums me out because it was bit of a favorite ride of mine, and awesome as hell.
Also, I think it was a pain to maintain. The H2O had to be kept clear and that is very, very, very hard to do in Florida (unless you have something that is spring fed or something).
flynnibus
Premium Member
See this excellent website for history, photos, and story behind the creation, and closing of the ride.
http://www.20kride.com/history.html
Disney has never stated outright the exact reason.. but the website gives a pretty good back story in what lead to its closure.
ChimneySweep
Member
Hi everyone. 
This is my first post here. I've enjoyed reading the forum and love being among other Walt Disney World fans. It's very exciting. I've been in love with Walt Disney World ever since my first visit in 1978 at 12 years old. I completely agree that there should be more added to Fantasyland. I'm a fan of classic Disney and for a while now I've felt that there has not been enough attention at the Magic Kingdom paid to developing attractions based on the classic films. Even though I love what it already is, I feel that Fantasyland could be so much more. I still miss "The Mickey Mouse Revue". I do love "Philharmagic", but the removal of that magnificent original attraction was a sad move for Fantasyland.
Yes, the fact that this is the most visited park in the world should tell them that it deserves more loving attention the way Disneyland receives.
This is my first post here. I've enjoyed reading the forum and love being among other Walt Disney World fans. It's very exciting. I've been in love with Walt Disney World ever since my first visit in 1978 at 12 years old. I completely agree that there should be more added to Fantasyland. I'm a fan of classic Disney and for a while now I've felt that there has not been enough attention at the Magic Kingdom paid to developing attractions based on the classic films. Even though I love what it already is, I feel that Fantasyland could be so much more. I still miss "The Mickey Mouse Revue". I do love "Philharmagic", but the removal of that magnificent original attraction was a sad move for Fantasyland.Yes, the fact that this is the most visited park in the world should tell them that it deserves more loving attention the way Disneyland receives.