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When will Disneyland build another theme park in Anaheim? - Orange County Register/Robert Niles
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lazyboy97o
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What a crappy article. Fans didn’t speculate about a third gate, Disney said it would happen and even had the land zoned.
Universal is building a new park in Orlando. Early site work has already commenced.
Universal is building a new park in Orlando. Early site work has already commenced.
And the last part of the OCR Article...
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If Disneyland ever expanded to a third gate, much of its attendance likely would come at the expense of other parks, rather than from growth in the Southern California tourism market. But why would Disney spend the billions of dollars that a viable new park would cost simply to shift its own customers over from Disneyland and California Adventure? The company would be better off developing the limited space it has at the resort as new hotels to earn extra money from those visitors.
As much as fans might like to see it happen, the numbers just don’t add up for a third Disneyland park in Anaheim right now.<<
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If Disneyland ever expanded to a third gate, much of its attendance likely would come at the expense of other parks, rather than from growth in the Southern California tourism market. But why would Disney spend the billions of dollars that a viable new park would cost simply to shift its own customers over from Disneyland and California Adventure? The company would be better off developing the limited space it has at the resort as new hotels to earn extra money from those visitors.
As much as fans might like to see it happen, the numbers just don’t add up for a third Disneyland park in Anaheim right now.<<
Disney can’t even consider a third park without adding at least 2 more hotels. Then it needs to add a high capacity people mover system to get people to the parks. Add another two parking structures. Disney had its favorable Anaheim City Council, then it sat on its hands and did nothing. Will it screw up again? It screwed up when they gave up California Adventure.
Californian Elitist
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Disney is currently doing a -poor job with its second park in Anaheim.
truecoat
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I'm not a subscriber to that theory. Besides the fact that the parks have some room left to build out, parking is the biggest hindrance to a third gate in my opinion.
Before that happens, it would be easier to just bulldoze the Pixar Pier area including the water and use that land for something new. That 17 acres would provide a better opportunity at themed attractions . I don't see this really happening and they'd probably replace the 9+ attractions with 3 or 4 but damn the rock work would be off the hook.
If it costs $50K to build a Deluxe quality room, a 500 room hotel costs $25 million. Hotels are highly profitable. $400 a night and often daily room service is not needed. Yet Disney didn’t add a new hotel for almost 2 decades after Grand Californian. So what’s the point of a 3rd park that’ll cost $2 Billion minimum and add another $500 million for infrastructure spending. New hotels are a fraction of this large figure. Disney only utilized a third of its allotment of 5200 permited hotel rooms in the resort zone. They have to be holding out for a grander project or this is the oddest strategic planning of any company. In Orlando, they aren’t holding back.