I have to reiterate myself and go along with the others that are on here. Just because you have the land and the money doesn't mean that you go and do it.
The parks, with the exception of major holidays, hardly ever fill to capacity. Why build a new park when you can't fill the one's that you currently have?
The 4 existing parks have too much areas needed for improvement and they have the land within those parks to do that expansion and improvement.
EPCOT alone has 1 major pavilion in FW that needs to be filled with a new attraction and I can think of two others that need a major, major update. The Studios....the poor studios....with the exception of a few attractions the park overall was built on the quick and has struggled to find it's true identity.
Way too much work to be done to even be looking a new gate here in Florida.
A coupls of questions for you my friend:
You say they are building/have built new resorts: Where?? Saratoga and Pop were the last two resorts to be built and the DVC expansions we see happening are a part of resorts already in existence.
Blue prints: Have yoiu seen these personally???
Where is the ground clearing?? Disney typically starts to clear the land two years in advance of any construction. Please do not say WEstern Beltway as this is not a park going in there....atleast the hints dropped to me by sister did not indicate a new park.
1. The parks almost never fill to capacity.
THANK GOD FOR THIS! People would walk away from the Disney experience with a negative attitude! Can you imagine if there wasn't a "slow time" and the lines for attractions were at max? I, for one, wouldn't want to go and deal with it...and I think Disney realizes this...sure, the money would flow in but the spread of negative "word of mouth" would eventually hurt them. (People waiting in long lines aren't spending money). If they held out on building a new park based on the parks not filling to capacity...then they never would've built MGM or the Animal Kingdom. They needed MGM to put them back on the map because everybody had "been-there-done-that." If you keep the same parks for the rest of the time...you're mainly going to be drawing in locals. (Look at 6 Flags, Universal, and Disneyland). Universal wouldn't draw in more "out-of-towners" than locals if it wasn't for the big guy down the street. Disneyland brought out a new park to get more "out of towners" through the gates...and 6 Flags...LOL...how many people across the pond come over just to visit a 6 Flags?
2. Epcot pavilions.
I definitely agree that the current parks need more TLC before another gate opens up...and MGM is the front runner in my book...with Epcot coming in at a close second. MGM lost it's theme...I can't find one anywhere I look. It's not a "theme park" anymore...it's a "park." What does the Rock n Rollercoaster have to do with movie-making or movies...other than it's a rollercoaster through Hollywood? They need to completely overhaul this park and break it down into "lands" where each land could be a movie genre.
Wonders of Life is so sad sitting there...and, last week while I was there, I heard more than one guest say, "Why is this always closed when we're here?" There is no excuse for leaving vacant lots like that. Next on the list is Universe of Energy. I hadn't been on it in years...and I decided to ride it...wow...what is the purpose of this? They should call this the "Universe of Energy" sponsored by Ny-Quil. The daytime snoring, boring, awful, aching, throbbing feet, fever, so you can rest pavilion.
Imagination is number 3. Then...work on the back-section of World Showcase because there is no way you can get pre-teeners to have a good time back there when all of the rides are up front.
3. New Resorts.
Maybe not new resorts...but definitely new rooms...they're adding more rooms for a reason. More people on property...the more crowded the parks get...the bigger need for either 1. park expansion or 2. new gate.
Now, don't get me wrong, fix the problems with the parks they have now...but I really don't see a major park expansion to one or more parks or...another gate THAT far off in the future (I'd say 3-5 years).