What If Disney: Walt Disney World Resort's Fifth Gate Park

[HomeImagineer]

Walt Disney World in Florida is the Most Visited Resort in the world & in Florida. Covers nearly 25,000 acres (39 sq mi; 101 km2), of which half has been used. The resort comprises four theme parks, two water parks, 27 themed resort hotels, 9 non-Disney hotels, several golf courses, a camping resort, & other entertainment venues, including the outdoor shopping center Disney Springs, the whole Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida is the place where dreams come true. But what if Disney's fifth gate could make a come back of being the final Disney park to complete the Resort Parks.

Well we are going to planned some things & what park ideas do we need for this Fifth Gate Park. Remember this is Idea/What if & not a real thing.

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Florida's Version of California Adventure

Chapter 2: Tokyo DisneySEA Comes to Florida

Chapter 3: Visiting a World of Wonder & Adventure

Chapter 4: The Story Comes to Life

Chapter 5: A Musical Journey

Chapter 6: Bonus

 

[HomeImagineer]

Chapter 1: Florida's Version of California Adventure

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This Fifth Gate park will be the final park & one of my favorite Fifth Gate Disney park Project i have made so far. Disney's Florida Adventure park is a Florida Version of California Adventure with similar rides & attractions but somethings would be different than California Adventure but it would have the same feel but for Florida. This park is themed to six distinct areas in Florida & Each area will have rides, attractions, restaurants, shops, detailed décor and entertainment. But this park will also had its Lagoon/Lake called The Reflection Pond at the Middle/Hub of the Park similar to World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot & Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure Lagoon.
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Guests begin their trip to Disney's Florida Adventure by entering inside a hotel & stepping out into a grand street called St. Augustine Boulevard. This land summarizes the architecture and culture of St. Augustine, home of the world famous Fountain of Youth.

The story continues into Big Cypress National Park, as their Grizzly Peak from Disney's California Adventure but themed & dedicated to the Everglades, Wetlands and the swamps of Florida.

The Keys, Based in majority on Key West, This land is designed to Represent Hemmingway's Home.

Visit a Town next to the pier of Miami Square, An Beautiful square area celebrates Florida & Latino culture with a nice Village.

Lastly, Daytona Pier presents a Beachside/Boardwalk similar to Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure.

Table of Contents​

ST. AUGUSTINE BOULEVARD:

• Introduction, Ceremony & Dedication
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PARK:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

THE KEYS:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

MIAMI SQUARE:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

DAYTONA PIER:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

PARK SPECTACULARS:

• Introduction

SEASONAL EVENTS:

• Halloween
• Christmas
• Additional Seasonal Events

EXPANSIONS:

• Expansion Possibilities

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

Chapter 1: Florida's Version of California Adventure

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(Just made this logo handmade)

This Fifth Gate park will be the final park & one of my favorite Fifth Gate Disney park Project i have made so far. Disney's Floridan Adventure park is a Florida Version of California Adventure with similar rides & attractions but somethings would be different than California Adventure but it would have the same feel but for Florida. This park is themed to six distinct areas in Florida & Each area will have rides, attractions, restaurants, shops, detailed décor and entertainment. But this park will also had its Lagoon/Lake called The Reflection Pond at the Middle/Hub of the Park similar to World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot & Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure Lagoon.
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Guests begin their trip to Disney's Floridian Adventure by entering back in time like you walk into a photo album & making way into Florida 1920, an 20th century Main Street reflecting a Victorian Floridian Main Street of the 1920s.

From Florida 1920 to our next land St. Augustine, This land summarizes the architecture and culture of St. Augustine, home of the world famous Fountain of Youth.

The story continues into The Everglades, as their Grizzly Peak from Disney's California Adventure but themed to the Forest Wetlands that Florida is known for.

The Keys, Based in majority on Key West, This land is designed to Represent Hemmingway's Home.

Visit a Town next to the pier of Miami Square, An Beautiful square area celebrates Florida & Latino culture with a nice Village.

Lastly, Daytona Pier presents a Beachside/Boardwalk themed land similar to Paradise Pier at Disney's California Adventure.

Table of Contents​

FLORIDA 1920:

• Introduction, Ceremony & Dedication
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

GUEST SERVICES:

• Storage Lockers
• Park Info Board

ST. AUGUSTINE:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

THE EVERGLADES:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

THE KEYS:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

MIAMI SQUARE:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

DAYTONA PIER:

• Introduction
• Land Walkthrough & Details

ATTRACTIONS:

DINING:

RETAIL:

PARK SPECTACULARS:

• Introduction

SEASONAL EVENTS:

• Halloween
• Christmas
• Additional Seasonal Events

EXPANSIONS:

• Expansion Possibilities

I wasn’t sure how a DCA-style park about Florida would work. The biggest surprise was St. Augustine, but it is the first town that Europeans settled. So that could be really interesting. I hadn’t thought of Daytona Pier but that makes a lot of sense. Maybe there could be a Cape Canaveral attraction (sort of this park’s Soarin’)?

 

[HomeImagineer]

I wasn’t sure how a DCA-style park about Florida would work. The biggest surprise was St. Augustine, but it is the first town that Europeans settled. So that could be really interesting. I hadn’t thought of Daytona Pier but that makes a lot of sense. Maybe there could be a Cape Canaveral attraction (sort of this park’s Soarin’)?

Don't worry i feel like Cape Canaveral could be an expansion idea for my vision of Disney's Floridian Adventure, Also you're like of having the pier area does not make sense but it will, since maybe i feel like Dayton Pier could be like Paradise Pier but in a Florida Setting but also having some Florida amusement parks next to the beach/boardwalk like in California.

 

[HomeImagineer]

Great job, you really laid it out nicely.

But I think "Floridian Adventure" would fall into the same hole that California fell into. People can just travel to the areas they want to explore, rather than see the fake version. Especially if they are going to have a train that travels throughout the state.

Then if they get desperate (like DCA did) they would have to force in non Florida IP's. And slowly it would begin to lose it's original identity. Just like many other parks before it (DCA, Epcot, Hollywood).

Yeah but still its a What-If, everything can happen in my What-If World. It may get a little bit of non Florida IPS but making a project like this sometimes it could be hard to think some ideas in my opinion, but it fun to do it just in my own words. But Thanks for Asking that question.

 

[HomeImagineer]

Just to note that I change the named from The Everglades to Big Cypress National Park, & maybe i do more changes of this project you want. Just Asking. & Also if you want me to know what Mascot at Disney's Florida Adventure could be i feel like Orange Bird from the Magic Kingdom's Adventureland could fit as Disney's Floridan Adventure's mascot character like Mickey Mouse at the Magic Kingdom, Figment at Epcot, The Director at Hollywood Studios & Simba or Rafiki at Animal Kingdom.

 

[HomeImagineer]

Good idea, I didn't think of the mascot. The Orange Bird would actually work perfectly in DFA.

Any ideas on what the landmark/weenie of the park would be?

Not sure, but maybe a lighthouse on the lagoon or at the entrance gate of the park.

 

[HomeImagineer]

I'm thinking that a Sun would be the perfect landmark. As long as it isn't tacky like with sunglasses and a stupid grin, LOL.

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Well maybe for the entrance gate/ticket area with a logo but not as the weenie/icon of the park. But i feel like an island similar to Discovery Island at Animal Kingdom but with an lighthouse as the icon of DFA & also has underwater/ground tunnels to some lands of the park would be better & a park that look like this.

(Inspired & took Pascal's brilliant work of an Ideal DLP 3rd gate in the link down below)

Theme Park Conceptual Site Plans: Guest Feature - Explorers World

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But this is different & what i doing to this DFA Project & maybe connected & fit the feel with the Grand Floridian Resort or at a different site at WDW.​

 

[HomeImagineer]

i just add a new chapter at the begin of the title of chapters, as Chapter 6: Bonus Surprise, Can't tell what that would be, but i can't wait to shared this idea in the future.

 

[HomeImagineer]

I guess its been awhile since i never got to do this project because i'm busy, but got one idea is from inspired street of design & architecture in Celebration, Florida. the thing thing for this Entrance area/Main Street USA type area i don think i much called this Florida 1920 so can he can some idea names for this entrance.

 

[HomeImagineer]

Based on the above map I'm think a train/boat station, named Celebration Station. The train could be themed after Casey Jr from the movie "Dumbo" (a movie set in Florida).

Thats a good one but what about Celebration Avenue thats also a good name for the DFA Entrance & Main Street right

 

[SteamboatJoe]

I, too, have spent some time noodling about a Florida-themed adventure park now and again although mine somewhat evolved into an Atlantic Adventure theme instead. I am interested to see how yours develops!

 

[HomeImagineer]

I, too, have spent some time noodling about a Florida-themed adventure park now and again although mine somewhat evolved into an Atlantic Adventure theme instead. I am interested to see how yours develops!

Aww, well thanks joe it means so much to me, it may take awhile since i'm still doing my What If Disneyland Builds a better second gate if u want to check it out & for my Whole What If page, as well for my Parallel Projects, including my versions of WDW's Third Gate Park of Hollywood Studios, if u want to also check it out as well & more content will come up soon. So please if u love what i'm working on, please give this a follow if u are new, so u don't missed anything from ideas to grand content from my mind. Again Thank u for the love of my content, it makes my day happy.

 

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Hey everyone, its been too long but i'm back, so i'm going to make a little changed to my main street of Florida Adventure & its a good thing i did not not making that project yet, so instead of Celebration Avenue, i'm going to put St. Augustine as a Main Street to DFA & called it Augustine Boulevard, Plus this area would include a hotel that would be the replica of the original Hotel Ponce de Leon in St Augustine Florida. This hotel would be at the entrance of the park similar to their hotel entrances to the park from Disneyland Paris & Tokyo DisneySEA.

Soon i'm going to expand some things & stuff of DFA so Stay Tuned & We Would See Ya, Real Soon.