Never built Disney attractions

[BillsFanGabe]

I was just surfing the web and found it interesting of all the unbuilt parks, attractions, resorts, etc. to be planned for Disney parks, so heres the link for it if anyone is interested in viewing it, it's really cool to see what was going to be built.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_never_built_Disney_attractions

 

[Disneykidder]

Interesting read!!​

Lava Lagoon, Disneyland East and Westcot sound neat. Therer are so many of them!! I'd loooove for Disneyland East to happen!!!!

 

[Southern_Tink]

Stuff like that interests me. Thanks for sharing!

 

[disneydiva72]

Dragon Tower: A dragon themed rollercoaster planned for Beastly Kingdom. Laid-off Imaginer's took the idea to Universal becoming Dueling Dragons.

woops!

Too bad for Disney because that coaster rocks!!!!


When Animal Kingdom first opened I was there within the first few weeks and I have a shirt and a hat representing Beastly Kingdom, it doesn't say BEASTLY KINGDOM but it has the logo for it.

 

[xsupaxmanxsfnex]

After reading all of those ideas I liked everything that ended up coming from those ideas. So basically, I like what actually ended up being built than some of those ideas. I do like the Fire Mtn idea though, that sounds like a cool concept for a coaster.

 

[marni1971]

Never trust Wiki - search these forums for better info!

 

[BrittanyRose428]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Venetian_Resort

Before reading this, I was going to ask why it wasnt built eventually seeing as nothing is in that location now. In the article it says there would have to be deep foundation. I know nothing about building so this might sound stupid, but does that matter? It just seems a little strange that with all the technology there is today there isnt anything they could do about that. :veryconfu

 

[Philo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Venetian_Resort

Before reading this, I was going to ask why it wasnt built eventually seeing as nothing is in that location now. In the article it says there would have to be deep foundation. I know nothing about building so this might sound stupid, but does that matter? It just seems a little strange that with all the technology there is today there isnt anything they could do about that. :veryconfu

I'm not sure that new technology has anything to do with it. Alot of the land in WDW is unsuitable for building because it's just a big swamp meaning that big heavy buildings need big foundations. I guess there are ways of reducing the depth but at the end of the day, you need to build on something solid.

 

[MAGICFLOP]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Venetian_Resort

Before reading this, I was going to ask why it wasnt built eventually seeing as nothing is in that location now. In the article it says there would have to be deep foundation. I know nothing about building so this might sound stupid, but does that matter? It just seems a little strange that with all the technology there is today there isnt anything they could do about that. :veryconfu

I am no expert on this but, I do remeber reading stuff a fews years ago.
To paraphrase, they had said that when they cleared the area and in the initial prep work for building, they drove a lot of piles(telephone type polls) into the gound it had not even hit solid ground. With that said to support such a structure on a elaborate set on very long piles would be risky cause the structure later could shift or need to come down later.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney's_Venetian_Resort

Before reading this, I was going to ask why it wasnt built eventually seeing as nothing is in that location now. In the article it says there would have to be deep foundation. I know nothing about building so this might sound stupid, but does that matter? It just seems a little strange that with all the technology there is today there isnt anything they could do about that. :veryconfu

That matters a lot. If you have problems with the ground you are building on the construction costs can explode due to constructing difficult foundations. A sinkhole can make it nearly impossible to build over it. Of course you can build something to cope with the problem but it would make no sense in economic terms because it would cost far too much.

 

[SirNim]

I pine for Thunder Mesa and the WRE.

 

[BrennaRN]

That was pretty neat. Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry to say, but I'm glad most of these things never came to be.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

I pine for Thunder Mesa and the WRE.

A truly fascinating project it was but it won't come. It was transformed into BTMR which was a part of TM (Mine train ride) and the rest of the grounds where it was planned to be built are now used by Splash Mountain I believe.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

That was pretty neat. Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry to say, but I'm glad most of these things never came to be.

Why? And which?

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

I have some concept art on Lava Lagoon- I'll just have to find it...

 

[marni1971]

A truly fascinating project it was but it won't come. It was transformed into BTMR which was a part of TM (Mine train ride) and the rest of the grounds where it was planned to be built are now used by Splash Mountain I believe.

You forget the alternate WRE (see - Wiki knows nothing!) that would sit outside the berm next to BTM

 

[The Oggmonster]

Aww I wish they actually built the Disneyland East theme park.

 

[Spike-in-Berlin]

You forget the alternate WRE (see - Wiki knows nothing!) that would sit outside the berm next to BTM

I am not quoting wiki (as there informations are very sparse and partially inaccurate) but Jason Surrells book "The Disney Mountains", other imagineering- and WDW-books and some sites from the net. When was this alternate WRE planned?

 

[marni1971]

WRE-lite was planned around the time of BTMs construction as a last ditch attempt to have the main ride built.

 

[MissM]

Anyone know anything about this entry:

Unnamed Duck Tales Attraction
Sketches and comments can be seen in a hidden menu on the rare special edition Duck Tales DVD set available only overseas. Sketches seem to indicate a dark ride style attraction similar to Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin.
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I can't seem to find anything else about this. You'd think there would be screen captures and such. Any validity to this? There's no reference for this entry either.
-m