Yep - the Persian had one, as did the Venitian; 2 more stops to todays 5. I guess they were sticking to the Disneyland forumla (especially with an unnecessary station - add one more stop!) Maybe we should be glad of the `'73 oil crisis.... the Asian would have looked magnificent, Bay Lake would have it`s much needed second resort (and possibly no unthemed bland DVC Tower to spoil the Persians dome) but the Venitian... glug glug glug!That track layout would have also added more stops to the monorail - I think the resort one has enough as it is.
1971 - Magic Kingdom
11 years later...
1982 -Epcot Center
7 years later...
1989 - Disney MGM Studios
9 years later....
1998 - Animal Kingdom
9 years later....
No 5th gate construction started or announced....and the 4th is still not finished (construction of the mythical animal section of Animal kingdom has not been started or announced....)
Guess they have other priorities for the budget!
But unfortunately somebody is keeping the magic elsewhere.
So, I guess, if you are looking from someone to "blame" about keeping the magic elsewhere... :wave: I guess I'm keeping it with me
Is it in a jar next to your bulk supply of "adnauseum" :drevil: :animwink:
Hey Speck, why did you decide to make an assumption about my knowledge of hotel construction and the hospitality industry? I didn't see in my post where I talked very much about hotel construction I was just asking a question. I would be interested in knowing what in my post tipped you off to what you perceive as my ignorance. Your assumption is very wrong, for what it's worth, if you stay in the major chain hotels very much chances are you have seem my work in use.
There is a saying that people who know dont tell and people who dont know tell".
Any person who does know anything wont say because they would get in a lot of trouble and companies like disney who specifically put small amounts of people on projects till there announced can trace it back to the person who leaked it.
Wow...
Despite the fact that this has ben discussed ad nasuem on the boards... Let me point out a couple of things for you...
No 5th gate - Of course there is not going to be a fifth gate any time soon. The market won't bear it, both it terms of guests visiting and in terms of human resources available. Instead, the money that would be going to build a fifth gate is dispersed among the 4 existing theme parks for new attractions and refurbishments to current attractions... This was already announced at the stockholders meeting last year... That is the priority for the budget.
And Disney's Animal Kingdom is a complete theme park. The "Mythical animal section" has been discussed beyond the point of nauseum on the boards as well... Suffice it to say, just because YOU want what equates to be nothing more than a dreamed-about Blue Sky project, doesn't mean the park is incomplete without it.
Besides, if you can't find the magic.. then its gone within you. In this "what have you done for me lately" generation, people are apt to lose sight of one thing... Not that it all started with a mouse, though that is indicative of the spirit of simplicity that guided Walt. If you require the Disney company to build a new theme park for you every 9 years in order to feel the magic, then brother, you are getting it in the wrong place. The magic is in the simple pleasure of walking down Main Street USA and seeing Cinderella Castle and believing that the princess lives there. The magic is seeing something new everytime you go there, and knowing that the little details you see were there all along. The magic is in experiencing the park with your children, and seeing their faces light up the same way yours did when you were that age...
So, I guess, if you are looking from someone to "blame" about keeping the magic elsewhere... :wave: I guess I'm keeping it with me
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