I remember as a child, when my family moved to a little town in Louisiana named Abita Springs (it is where Abita Beer is made now) and being told by many people how lucky I was because rumor had it that Disney was going to be opening up a theme park right down the road from where I lived.
Sucks that didn't happen.
What sucks more is that Ponchartrain Beach closed and recently JazzLand opened (which I have yet to visit) near New Orleans and from what everyone who has gone has told me totally sucks.
Ah well, now I live in Florida but both New Orleans and Atlanta are closer to me than Orlando
(I now live on the worlds second longest continuous barrier Island -- I just learned that today so I thought I would share)
I also just heard on the news that Mobile, AL is getting a new theme park, but the estimated budget for its construction is only 18 million... and its going to be mardi gras themed (ugh, sounds like another Jazzland)
What we NEED on the gulf coast is a REALLY cool theme park-- but not in mobile! We need it here in Pensacola Beach

And not one of those little 18 million dollar baby parks either! Ah well, I wish they'd stop building huge expensive condos here and build a water park or something.