New Theme Park?

[Cherylbug]

Hi guys! We heard that Disney bought some land in north Georgia and was planning on building a theme park there. Since we live in Georgia we are really excited about this. Does anyone know if this is true or not?:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[raven]

I doubt that they would build a theme park that close to WDW. It could to build warehouses for the Disney Stores or office buildings.

 

[FutureCEO]

Originally posted by Cherylbug
Hi guys! We heard that Disney bought some land in north Georgia and was planning on building a theme park there. Since we live in Georgia we are really excited about this. Does anyone know if this is true or not?:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

same thing with Texas. Forget it. Never gonna happen. Just like Virginia.

 

[mkt]

Disney is an ENTERPRISE. Enterprises have LOTS AND LOTS OF COMPANIES. Disney is MORE than theme parks. And like ALL OTHER ENTERPRISES, Disney owns and buys land EVERYWHERE. And they use it for more than theme parks. What does this mean? THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A DISNEY THEME PARK IN GEORGIA. And now for some hard evidence... a list of Disney Owned/Affiliated companies:

FILM, TELEVISION, AND MUSIC

DISNEY OWNED

Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Caravan Pictures
Miramax Films
Film distribution rights for independent production companies Cinergi Pictures Entertainment,
Interscope Communications and Merchant-Ivory Productions
Walt Disney Home Video
Buena Vista Television
Touchstone Television
Walt Disney Television
The Disney Channel
Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
Hollywood Records
Wonderland Music
Walt Disney Music Co.
Lyric Street Records

CAPITAL CITIES/ABC OWNED

ABC Television Network
ABC News
ABC Sports
ABC Radio Network
ESPN
Lifetime (jointly owned with Hearst)
A&E Network (jointly owned with Hearst and NBC)
WASC- AM, New York, NY
KABC-AM, Los Angeles, CA
KMPC- AM, Los Angeles, CA
WLS-AM, Chicago, IL
KGO - AM, San Francisco, CA
WJR - AM, Detroit, MI
WBAP - AM, Arlington, TX
WMAL- AM, Washington, DC
WKHX - AM, Atlanta, GA
KQRS - AM, Minneapolis- St. Paul, MN
WPLJ-FM, New York, NY
KLOS-FM, Los Angeles, CA
WLS-FM, Chicago, IL
WHYT-FM, Detroit, Ml
KSCS-FM, Arlington, TX
WRQX-FM, Washington, DC
WABC-TV, New York, NY
KABC-TV, Los Angeles, CA
WLS-TV, Chicago, IL
WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA
KGO-TV, San Francisco, CA
KTRK-TV, Houston, TX
WTVD-TV, Raleigh-Durham, NC
KFSN-TV, Fresno, CA

THEME- PARKS AND RESORTS

DISNEY OWNED

Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA
Euro-Disney, C.A. (Disneyland Paris), Paris, France

VACATION PLANNING AND PROVIDER SERVICES

DISNEY OWNED

Disney Vacation Club-Orlando, FL
Disney Vacation Club-Vero Beach FL
Disney Vacation Club-Hilton Head Island, SC
Disney Coronado Springs Resort
Disney Cruise Line
Walt Disney Travel Co

MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN SERVICES

DISNEY OWNED

Walt Disney Imagineering
Disney Development Company
Bueva Vista Construction Company

REAL ESTATE

DISNEY OWNED

Celebration Florida, a planned community designed and developed by Disney

PUBLISHING

DISNEY OWNED

Mouse Works Publishing
Disney press
Hyperion Press
Hyperion Press for Kids
Disney Hachette Editions
Disney Adventures magazine
Discover magazine
FamilyFun magazine
Family PC magazine

CAPITAL CITIES/ABC OWNED

TRADE JOURNALS

Childrens Business
Daily News Record
Footwear News
Home Furnishings Daily
Home Fashions
SportsStyle
Supermarket News
Womens Wear Daily
American Metal Market
Assembly
Automotive Body Repair News
Automotive Industries
Automotive Marketing
CED
Cablevision
Commercial Carrier Journal
Convergance
Distribution
Electronic Industry Telephone
Directory
Energy User News
Expansion
Feedstuffs
Food Engineering
Food engineering International
Food Formulating
Food Master
Hardware Age
HazMat Shipping
Industrial Maintenance& Plant
Operation
Industrial Paint & Powder
Industrial Safety & Hygiene
Jewelers Circular-Keystone
Manufacturing Systems
Metal Center News
Motor Age
Multichannel News
New Steel
Obras
Owner Operator
Product Design and development
Quality
Review
Tacks 'n Togs Merchandising
Selling
Software Solutions
Video Business
Video Software Magazine
Warehousing Management
Wireless Week

MEDICAL JOURNALS

Review of Ophthalmology
Review of Optometry
Clinical Psychiatry News
Family Practice News
Internal Medicine News
Ob.Gyn News
Pediatric News
Skin & Allergy News

GENERAL INTEREST AND ADVERTISING NEWSPAPERS

CAPITAL CITIES/ABC OWNED

The Advertiser-Branford CT
Abington-Rockland Mariner-Rockland, MA
Albany Democrat-Herald- Albany, OR
Armada Times- Armada, MI
Braintree Forum- Braintree, MA
Branford Review - Branford, CT
Brown City Banner- Brown City, MI
Canton News - Canton, CT
Clinton Recorder- Clinton, CT
Cohassett Mariner, Cohassett, MA
Cottage Grove Sentinel- Cottage Grove, OR
Daily Tidings - Ashland, OR
Gresham Outlook- Gresham, OR
The Oakland Press- Pontiac, MI
Hamden Chronicle- Hamden CT
Hanover Mariner - Hanover MA
Highland News -Leader- Highland, IL
Hingham Mariner - Hingham, MA
Holbrook Sun - Holbrook, MA
Kingston Independent Voice - Kingston, MA
Lebanon Express - Lebanon, OR
Little Nickel Want Ads - Lynnwood WA
Marshfield Mariner - Marshfield, MA
Milford Citizen - Milford, CT
Narragansett Times - Wakefield, RI
Newport News-Times- Newport OR
Niantic News - Niantic, CT
Nickel Ads - Portland OR
Nickel Nik - Spokane, WA
Norwell Mariner - Norwell, MA
O'Fallon Progress - O'Fallon, IL
Pembroke Mariner - Pembroke, MA
The Pendelum - East Greenwich, CT
Cape Cod Pennysaver - Cape Cod, MA
Pictorial Gazette - Old Lyme, CT
Prarie Farmer - Lombard, IL
Randolph Mariner - Randolph, MA
Regional Standard - Colchester, CT
Sandy Post - Sandy, OR
Scituate Mariner - Scituate, MA
Shore Line Times - Guilford, CT
Springfield News - Springfield, OR
Standard Times - North Kingstown, RI
St. Louis Countian - Clayton, MO
St. Louis Daily Record - St, Louis, MO
Weymouth News - Weymouth, MA
Sparta News-Plaindealer - Sparta, IL

MAGAZINES

Los Angeles Magazine
Institutional Investor

PUBLISHING COMPANIES

Diversified Publishing Group
Fairchild Publications
Financial Services Publishing Group
Agricultural Publishing Group
Chilton Enterprises
Farm Progress Publications
Imprint, Inc.
NILS Publishing Company
Chilton Book Company
Chilton Datalog
Miller Publishing Company
Hitchcock Publishing Company
Wilson Publishing Company

RETAIL

DISNEY OWNED

The Disney Store
UNOCO

EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS

DISNEY OWNED

Childcraft Education Corporation
Disney Educational Productions

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISES

DISNEY OWNED

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Professional Hockey Team
The Anaheim Angels Baseball Club

MISCELLANEOUS ENTERPRISES

DISNEY OWNED

Reedy Creek Energy Services
Vista Insurance Services
WCO Port Properties

CAPITAL CITIES/ABC OWNED

Chilton Research Services
Chilton Management Information Systems
Chilton Direct Marketing & List Management Company
Professional Exposition Management Company
Legal-Communications Corp.

 

[FutureCEO]

never realized they owned all of those. half of them i never even heard of.

 

[Irrawaddy Erik]

mk i needed a bookmark for you post but yea would they build so close to WDW its prob just a warehouse ....... we have one here in Baton Rouge...i think its for trucks

 

[no2apprentice]

Man, talk about being prepared! Hey, mktiggerman, you weren't a boy scout, were you?
:animwink:

 

[JPVonDrake]

MKTigger,

Is this a current list or just all the things that the Company is/was the owner of? I may be wrong, but didn't Disney sell off most of the newspapers and publications shortly after getting Capital City/ABC? Also didn't Childcraft shut down just a few years ago? I was just curious. THANKS!

 

[Justin149]

excellent list tiggerman

the next theme park disney is gonna build is prolly gonna be in california, check out this website

www.thirdthemepark.com

its official and pretty interesting

-justin

 

[Fievel]

Um...that's not official.....if it was official it would be under the disney.com family of webpages.

True, it looks good, but anybody can make a webpage that looks like something disney can do.

 

[NowInc]

They are planning a 3rd park in cali..but it wont even break ground until the hong kong park is done

...and as for who owns\made http://www.thirdthemepark.com/ ?

Registrant:
WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING
1401 FLOWER STREET
GLENDALE, CA US
91221

Registrar: NameSecure.com
Domain: THIRDTHEMEPARK.COM
Created on 07-05-2000
Expires on 07-05-2002

Administrative Contact:
TOMMY CHAN
Phone: 818-544-4904
E-mail: thirdthemepark@zeeweb.com

Technical Contact:
Namesecure.com, Inc.
Phone: 1-888-939-6263
E-mail: support@namesecure.com

Name Servers:
NS1.SECURE.NET 192.41.1.10
NS2.SECURE.NET 161.58.9.10


...but its no secret

 

[Bdis86]

Looks Official to me. hee hee

 

[radioandy]

There have been plenty of public comments made by Disney that they want to make Disneyland a resort similar to WDW, so that's probably the best guess for the next park. They make lots more money when they're feeding and housing guests for 4 or 5 days!
That was an interesting list of Disney-owned businesses. When there are rumors of Disney buying land, no one ever says: "Wow, I hope it's another HazMat Shipping!" :sohappy:

 

[Chropistopy]

Just an FYI...I'm also from Georgia. I heard on the Atlanta local news that a "major" theme park is coming to the Atlanta area to compete with Six Flags. I'm all about Disney buying land a couple of hours away from me.

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by JPVonDrake
MKTigger,

Is this a current list or just all the things that the Company is/was the owner of? I may be wrong, but didn't Disney sell off most of the newspapers and publications shortly after getting Capital City/ABC? Also didn't Childcraft shut down just a few years ago? I was just curious. THANKS!

this is the most current one I've been able to find. It is current as of 1999. They did sell of major portions, but they still retained partial ownership of a lot of the publications, thus making them part of Disney

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by no2apprentice
Man, talk about being prepared! Hey, mktiggerman, you weren't a boy scout, were you?

nope.. even better, a non-union guitar tech (sorry IATSE.. i'll eventually join). So for me to get jobs, I had to work harder, and be a better tech than the union guys.

 

[Chernabog]

Originally posted by Chropistopy
Just an FYI...I'm also from Georgia. I heard on the Atlanta local news that a "major" theme park is coming to the Atlanta area to compete with Six Flags. I'm all about Disney buying land a couple of hours away from me.

I recall hearing that not too long ago also, but I seriously doubt that Disney is building another theme park this close to the Orlando one. Besides, if I remember correctly the people who were planning on building the park were ex-disney imagineers but I could be wrong. Also, after 9-11 I'm not sure how many people want to build a theme park since tourism is so slow. Does anyone know where exactly the land is that was purcahsed? I'd like to drive over and have a look at do some snooping.

 

[WDWspider]

I remember about two years ago first hearing news on the park you are talking about. It is not Disney but it will be a major park, with resorts and a couple of parks. It will be based on transportaion -- all aspects of it... coasters, airplanes, locomotives, etc... I wish I could remember where all that information is now, but according to the articles, it was a greenlit project approved by Georgia and would be many years in the making. I think one of the early features was going to be a recreated battle scene in a big lake where planes would bomb and sink a boat. I'll try to find some of that old info, it should be the same park you are mentioning now, since it's had time to go through all the red tape by now.

 

[NowInc]

One key factor here guys...

Disney NEVER builds a park to "compete" with anyone..usually its the other way around.

 

[Cherylbug]

Hey mktiggerman! I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION! YELLING AT ME WAS VERY UNNECESSARY! Thanks for the info on all the companies that Disney owns but don't insult my intelligence! The reason I was asking is because I live in the Atlanta area and on the local news they said a major theme park was going to be built around here. Then I heard that Disney bought some land located on Lake Lanier. That's about 20 or 30 minutes north of Atlanta. It probably is just coincidence that they said that a major theme park was coming and I found out about Disney buying some land here, but a girl can dream can't she? That's the reason I asked if anyone had any info on this. You didn't have to be so mean!