Texas84
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It cost $12 at closing.
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Will ANYTHING ever happen to Discovery Island?
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Heppenheimer
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Well, my parents' money. I think I was 7 the last time we went there.
MaryJaneP
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It is hard to imagine there ever being enough ROI to justify the expense that would seem to be needed to provide enough water/sewer/electricity to the island for any of the intensive uses previously mentioned. Here's hoping they can make good use of the space one way or the other.
esskay
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All the suggestions of simple things (dinner shows, mini golf, etc) aren't really viable. By the time they rewire (it needs it) sort out plumbing (most likely shot), clear the place (its a mess) and then build whatever it is they were to put on there they've lost any hope of it being profitable for a long, long time. Just imagine the expense of laying fiber, power, plumbing all over again, all the heavy plant machinery needed to restore the place, etc. Then you need new ferry boats to get people there, most likely new docks, and probably thousands of extra things I can't think of.
I don't see it ever being viable. Theres nothing to gain in wasting time spending money on it (something Disney arent exactly going to be in a position to do for a few years now).
I don't see it ever being viable. Theres nothing to gain in wasting time spending money on it (something Disney arent exactly going to be in a position to do for a few years now).
Anything you do with the island needs to be profitable. Disney is a business.
Because of its small size, you're not going to get a profit through volume. So, whatever it is converted to is going to be relatively expensive.
And it doesn't make sense to convert that land to a profit center when there's so much other land that's much more accessible to make into the same thing as whatever you were going to do to the island.
If the old water parks was left to rot for decades until converted into DVC, you can pretty much bet that the island will be left to rot a lot longer.
Because of its small size, you're not going to get a profit through volume. So, whatever it is converted to is going to be relatively expensive.
And it doesn't make sense to convert that land to a profit center when there's so much other land that's much more accessible to make into the same thing as whatever you were going to do to the island.
If the old water parks was left to rot for decades until converted into DVC, you can pretty much bet that the island will be left to rot a lot longer.
Kobe!!
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Exactly. And to add to your point, Disney has A LOT of land. Why bother putting something (small) on a island when they have bigger plots of land all over WDW.
You're right..it's Warner Bros who hold the rights along with EMI.
MrPromey
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The few times I went, it was with comped access. I'm guessing that wasn't uncommon.
John park hopper
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If you only ever spent an hour or 2 on Discovery Island then you wasted your money going there
Never thought it was waste of time and money --to each his own
mergatroid
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It's only a tiny percent of available land that Disney owns. Accessing it requires a boat trip, which also adds to the cost. Anything other than a nature reserve which is what it basically was, could easily be situated elsewhere more cheaply. For these reasons I'm guessing it won't be used for anything else.
Quietmouse
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So sorry for the 4 year bump, but hear me out:
If the concern is how to make this island profitable, would it not make sense to add a skyway from magic kingdom to discovery island and have an e ticket or 2 (2) and have it be a separate add on attraction package charge for guests ? I feel like that could really help allow discovery island have a solid return on investment if there was a small collection of epic rides that were placed on the island.
If the concern is how to make this island profitable, would it not make sense to add a skyway from magic kingdom to discovery island and have an e ticket or 2 (2) and have it be a separate add on attraction package charge for guests ? I feel like that could really help allow discovery island have a solid return on investment if there was a small collection of epic rides that were placed on the island.
bmr1591
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At this point, they’d have to completely redo DI and I don’t see that happening.
Quietmouse
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I don’t see it happening in the near future, but a business never wastes their real estate assets. That’s a bad business practice…
Bocabear
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OK, first, go on to Google maps and look at the space you are advocating a skyway line to.....the skyway length from Magic Kingdome over and beyond the Contemporary and across the broad water of Bay lake to get to the island would cost a fortune and be a rather long ride... It is not feasible for the amount of property that is there. I would love to see them do the pirate cruises go there again... but I think the facilities there are too far gone and would requirte a major investment to bring back online...also in the extremely litigious society we live in, I am sure they don't want the legal problems of kids running around that island, ADA concerns etc... I guess getting rod of TSI woould end those problems too.
DreamfinderGuy
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Disney has so much land to develop that doesn't have the drawbacks of an island. I would be surprised if we see a Discovery Island development within our lifetimes.
Quietmouse
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I see what your saying, but I have to imagine Disney doesn’t like owning real estate assets that don’t generate profit and sit there.
I guess you could make the argument that Disney should just let it rot, but I have to imagine the department that is responsible for managing all of the real estate assets that Disney owns want to ensure they are utilizing every square inch the best they can.
So type of innovation would have to be done to make transportation more efficient, but I can’t imagine Disney is just willfully happy that it’s not be used to generate income.
DreamfinderGuy
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EPCOT is going on 25 years of one empty facility and 17 on another, plus Stitch. If it were that much of a concern for them I think we would have seen movement on all of those by now since they're within active parks. Discovery Island is out of sight & out of mind.
John park hopper
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I was thinking
Exactly and that was what I was thinking what better place for Frontierland than close to Ft wilderness