Will Disney ever build a resort in America’s second largest state Texas?

OrlandoIsTheBest6124

OrlandoIsTheBest6124

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I know Florida and California will always be home
to 2 popular Disney resorts but in the future going forward do you ever see a themed Disney resort coming to the lone star state where would it go also Houston, Dallas, Austin or San Antonio. I know this is not very likely but everything is bigger in Texas as they say so I would think the state does have a lot of room and good infrastructure to work with to bring a 3rd Walt Disney resort to the United States one day not anytime soon.
 
Hakunamatata

Hakunamatata

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OrlandoIsTheBest6124 said:
I know Florida and California will always be home
to 2 popular Disney resorts but in the future going forward do you ever see a themed Disney resort coming to the lone star state where would it go also Houston, Dallas, Austin or San Antonio. I know this is not very likely but everything is bigger in Texas as they say so I would think the state does have a lot of room and good infrastructure to work with to bring a 3rd Walt Disney resort to the United States one day not anytime soon.
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No
 
lazyboy97o

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Not unless someone is going to fork over the land and infrastructure for free along with a commitment to pony up nearly 60% of the ongoing costs. Disney’s costs are too out of control for them to justify a new resort complex.
 
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DisneyJoe

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OrlandoIsTheBest6124 said:
I know Florida and California will always be home
to 2 popular Disney resorts but in the future going forward do you ever see a themed Disney resort coming to the lone star state where would it go also Houston, Dallas, Austin or San Antonio. I know this is not very likely but everything is bigger in Texas as they say so I would think the state does have a lot of room and good infrastructure to work with to bring a 3rd Walt Disney resort to the United States one day not anytime soon.
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Just for the sake of argument - what are the average temps in Texas (as well as the highs and lows) vs Anaheim and Orlando?

Whenever I talk to someone who lives in Texas, all I hear is how hot it is and how hardly anyone goes outside....please correct me if I am wrong.
 
Heppenheimer

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Even if Disney built a new stand-alone DVC resort, I doubt it would be in Texas, unless they really wanted yet another beach property.

lazyboy97o said:
Not unless someone is going to fork over the land and infrastructure for free along with a commitment to pony up nearly 60% of the ongoing costs. Disney’s costs are too out of control for them to justify a new resort complex.
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If the Disney Company ever wants to revisit Walt's 1960s idea of owning a ski resort, may I suggest Jay Peak and Burke Mountain up here in Vermont? The previous owner scammed his investors and now the properties are held in receivership. Disney could buy them both for pennies on the dollar.
 
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Smiley/OCD

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I'll add to the chorus of no's...everyone on here complains that WDW has gone downhill in the maintenance in the last few decades...you want them to add ANOTHER place to look after and allot funding for the existing parks to fund a NEW one? Nope, not going to happen.
At least it BETTER not! lol
 
ninjaprincesst

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DisneyJoe said:
Just for the sake of argument - what are the average temps in Texas (as well as the highs and lows) vs Anaheim and Orlando?

Whenever I talk to someone who lives in Texas, all I hear is how hot it is and how hardly anyone goes outside....please correct me if I am wrong.
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And here is the major problem with Texas , It is October , today's high is going to be 95 it gets far too hot in the summer and when winter finally does come 40"s and 50's are not theme park weather either, not to mention we have tornadoes , and Houston has Hurricanes, and to have enough land it would have to be built in outside the cities where you would have a long distance from the nearest airport, and Texas weather is A.D.D you can be 85 degrees in the morning then, you have a thunderstorm , then the temperature drops 50 degrees and all the sudden boom ice all in the same day.
 
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Simba’s Mom

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ninjaprincesst said:
And here is the major problem with Texas , It is October , today's high is going to be 95 it gets far to hot in the summer and when winter finally does come 40"s and 50's are not theme park weather either, not to mention we have tornadoes , and Houston has Hurricanes, and to have enough land it would have to be built in outside the cities where you would have a long distance from the nearest airport, and Texas weather is A.D.D you can be 85 degrees in the morning then, you have a thunderstorm , then the temperature drops 50 degrees and all the sudden boom ice all in the same day.
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As a Texan, I agree with the temperatures. Where I live, we don't have tornadoes, but the "feels like" temperature is always at least 10 degrees hotter than the actual temperature. As I told a few Orlando natives when I was at WDW a couple weeks ago, "I'm probably one of the very few guests who came here this week and enjoyed the cooler temps versus back home." However, in the 25 years that I've lived here, I've heard that "Disney's going to build a theme park in Texas" at least 10-15 times.
 
PixarPerfect

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Disney actually went so far as to purchase land outside of DC in Virginia for a Colonial themed park. It didn't happen and the tourist traffic is already in place.

Texas is far too hot and unless it's Dallas or Houston, not great for direct flights. But really it's far too hot.

Of course if California ever gets the "big one" things might change, lol.
 
Heppenheimer

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Minthorne said:
Confirmed: Disney's Christmas land in Canada.
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Ironically, Walt had considered the land now occupied by Canada's Wonderland as the location of his second resort. I guess someone reminded him about Toronto-area winters.

EDIT: And if you Google "Disney Resort Toronto", the first hit will likely be an April Fools Day gag article about Disney's plans to develop the Toronto Islands into their next theme park.
 
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ninjaprincesst

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Simba’s Mom said:
As a Texan, I agree with the temperatures. Where I live, we don't have tornadoes, but the "feels like" temperature is always at least 10 degrees hotter than the actual temperature. As I told a few Orlando natives when I was at WDW a couple weeks ago, "I'm probably one of the very few guests who came here this week and enjoyed the cooler temps versus back home." However, in the 25 years that I've lived here, I've heard that "Disney's going to build a theme park in Texas" at least 10-15 times.
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I have been hearing it my whole life, but it just does not make since when there is no where in Texas where a theme park could be open 365 days a year.
 

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