Our most populated areas here in Canada are the ones fairly close to the US border. If you built a park in these areas, you would not only be drawing from Canada, but from the northern US states who would be much closer to the Canadian park than the ones in Anaheim and Orlando. We also have 5 cities in Canada with populations of 1,000,000 or more, with three of those within 60 miles or less of the US border. I don't think population would be the issue-climate will always be the issue, as our amusement parks here typically run from late April-October. As a previous poster mentioned, Vancouver would be the most temperate climate, but with a ton of rain. DLP proves that Disney is not afraid to put a park in an area that does receive cool to cold weather-even snow-but Paris is more temperate than any area of Canada.
That level of conservative restriction on women is changing. Women will be allowed to drive NEXT MONTH(!), which will open up a whole panoply of social advancement. I expect quite a different KSA in five years.
Can't afford? Really? A more accurate statement would be that they choose not to spend their massive cash pile on a new location that would not generate the desired return on investment.
This is true. Canada’s Wonderland which only operates 4 months full time then two months just on weekends brings in attendance numbers of approx 3.7millon visitors. Slap the Disney name on the park and open more than just 4 months full time, you’d easily get numbers that greatly surpass Paris’ attendance of 8.4 million!
Canada would have to implement a "Disney Visa," because huge numbers of Americans from the Northeast and Midwest would likely turn their attentions to that park during the summer.
I don't think any of us are saying that it will happen-in fact, I stated in my post that I don't think there is a chance, based solely on the climate/operating season, not the population. Even if population was the only obstacle, you don't think people from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York & New Jersey would cross the border to visit a Disney park in Ontario? A large amusement park just outside of Toronto, only open full time for 4 months a year, gets over 3 million visitors a year, where DLP gets just over 8 million a year (thanks to @discos for the numbers). If a park in this area of Canada could operate 12 months of the year at full capacity, it would equal, or surpass, DLP in attendance. But, again, regardless of that, the climate is not conducive to that, so no Disney park in Canada.
And I don't think the Canadian government would have any issue with creating a "Disney Visa" since a Canadian resort would provide thousands of jobs for Canadians!
Ehh Tennessee is too close to Florida. Depending on where in Tennessee, less than a 12 hour drive. If not Texas, I would think the Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa area would be better suited.
Any Minnie’s skirt is waaaay too short.
