Sup? Just thought id ask a question

[TheJackyl]

Does anyone here know if Disney has got any plans for the very rumored about 5th park? I keep hearing its on again off again on again off again... whats the deal? Thnx for reading and be down with the sickness!

 

[MajinBuu]

It depends on who u ask. u r probably gonna get a lot of different answers here. i heard they put it on the backburner for now until they get the right amount of money.
Oh, and welcome to the boards.

 

[mkt]

not even on the backburner right now..

 

[Chad]

Yeah, I'd say more like 'tossed out the window' so maybe it landed on the neighbors stove..Otherwise, it's that farthest thing from their minds right now

 

[Javier&Christie]

I think it's safe to say at least a minimum of 10 years b/w new park openings.. it's seemed to be the trend for the most part..

MK 1971
Epcot 1982
MGM 1989 (okay a little quicker that time, but this was back in the day when there was nowhere near the amount of stuff there is to do now)
AK 1998 (back on track)..
Next Park?? 2008-9? probably later since we haven't heard anything definite for even a theme..

 

[Davis224]

New park would be nice, but I say they need to get the parks back to the normal seasonal hours and get everything back to normal first

 

[FutureImagineer]

I remember on the 25th anniversary we went into this theatre to watch a movie about the future of Disney World, and they had a huge add for Animal Kingdom. Anybody else check that out? As you walked out you got a 25th anniversary poster.

 

[WDWFanatic]

Hey yeah i do remember that. I still have some of those posters around here somewhere. I wonder where they store all the miniature models of the parks that were in the front part of the disney story. Thats a place id love to take a look at.

 

[The Mom]

Originally posted by Davis224
New park would be nice, but I say they need to get the parks back to the normal seasonal hours and get everything back to normal first

My exact sentiments...first things first!

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I'm sure there have been a few ideas, but nothing has been put in to stone or announced. But right now, your guess is as good as ours.

 

[wanabeimagineer]

Originally posted by Javier&Christie
I think it's safe to say at least a minimum of 10 years b/w new park openings.. it's seemed to be the trend for the most part..

MK 1971
Epcot 1982
MGM 1989 (okay a little quicker that time, but this was back in the day when there was nowhere near the amount of stuff there is to do now)
AK 1998 (back on track)..
Next Park?? 2008-9? probably later since we haven't heard anything definite for even a theme..

I agree, and also judging by official announcement dates, we should hear something in about 2005 since Animal Kingdom was announced in 1995 and opened in 1998.

 

[mkt]

I feel they should put more money into the parks they have now, before opening up a new one.

 

[AkiraRaptor]

Originally posted by FutureImagineer
I remember on the 25th anniversary we went into this theatre to watch a movie about the future of Disney World, and they had a huge add for Animal Kingdom. Anybody else check that out? As you walked out you got a 25th anniversary poster.

Yea, I remember that too. It was at MK, on the right side after you walked through the tunnel. Was that the town hall? I don't remember. But I remember the model with the tree of life at the middle, and all the areas including Beastily Kingdom too. :lol:

Then they gave you that free poster, and I think we got a 25th anaversery pin too. (a cheap one, not the stuff you can buy today).

 

[raven]

Originally posted by FutureImagineer
I remember on the 25th anniversary we went into this theatre to watch a movie about the future of Disney World, and they had a huge add for Animal Kingdom. Anybody else check that out? As you walked out you got a 25th anniversary poster.

I did that too. I lost the poster since then though.

It takes years (8-10) for a theme park to go from an idea to the first day. I would be that Imagineers have been working on something for a while and are still in the middle of trying out new ideas for the property at WDW. Who knows as to where there are in the thought process though.

 

[BradleyJ]

Originally posted by AkiraRaptor


I remember the model with the tree of life at the middle, and all the areas including Beastily Kingdom too. :lol:

Then they gave you that free poster, and I think we got a 25th anaversery pin too. (a cheap one, not the stuff you can buy today).

The model was only of the Tree of Life and Safari Village, they did have other artwork and smaller models of Africa, Asia, and Dinoland. There was practically nothing on Beastly Kingdom, probably becasue by that time, it had alread been put on the back burner for Asia.

 

[YEoflittlefaith]

Originally posted by mktiggerman
I feel they should put more money into the parks they have now, before opening up a new one.

BINGO!!!

 

[AkiraRaptor]

Originally posted by BradleyJ


The model was only of the Tree of Life and Safari Village, they did have other artwork and smaller models of Africa, Asia, and Dinoland. There was practically nothing on Beastly Kingdom, probably becasue by that time, it had alread been put on the back burner for Asia.

Yea, it's foggy in my brain, but I think I remember like concept art on the walls. I distinkly remebr stuff about dragons and fantacy creatures. I love everything related to dragons, and I rember being really excited about this. I was hoping they'd do a deal with Anne McCafrey and do a Disney's World of Pern Land! :lol:

 

[Bryy2001]

I wouldn't count on any new park at WDW anytime soon. With Disney Hong Kong, Disney Sea's, and Disney Studios Paris, it's just not in the cards right now for Disney. With California Adventure costing upwards of a billion dollars, the new parks, ABC doing tremendously bad, the Disney empire not in the greatest place financially right now and park attendance at a low, it may be quite a while before WDW gets a new park, Im not getting my hopes up right now.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

Originally posted by mktiggerman
I feel they should put more money into the parks they have now, before opening up a new one.

I agree with you 100%!!! There are so many little holes that can easilly be fixed if they just use the money. I would rather see the parks improved than a new one. There is so much to do right now, that a new theme park might just not be practical (eventually though there will be a need).

I would rather see Buzz Lightyear get a paint job now than a new park. It needs it so bad **thread drift**

 

[Chad]

Yeah, I read somewhere that one thing disney noticed was that a new theme park didn't bring more people in, it just spread them out more..So, they should build more spectacular rides in the existing parks, to bring more people in, then build another park to even the new growth out.