I think it should be in DFW area and I think it would be way better than 6Flags. We need a place like Disney in Texas. With some Texas size pretzels and Texas size rides
This is exactly what I was thinking. I would love to see Disney try again for the History park somewhere between Virginia and Tennessee. We are losing so much of our history and Disney would do it justice by helping it live again.
I believe it should be located near Houston, Texas and I would choose the west or southwest side as the north side gets a lot of rain and flooding. Houston is warm almost year around… Mid February through early December… and some years even December feels like a hot summer day in Orlando. So it’s really only cold a couple of months a year when it is having what it considered a “cold winter”. Houston maybe gets a light snow that does not stick and usually melts within an hour once every 20-30 years. Houston has two major airports (plus several smaller ones that are growing at rapid speed), tons of hotels, dining, sports, theaters, parks, museums, and other venues and attractions for families to enjoy when not at the parks. Dallas may be a big city but definitely not a good investment for Disney as it is a lot like Oklahoma and gets a ton of tornadoes, is way too cold (including snow and ice) in the winter. East Texas (around Tyler) also has way too many thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes.
How about Austin or San Antonio? Austin is a fast growing metropolitan area which also does not have one single theme park! San Antonio is right close by like an hour or two away but they already have enough with Six Flags and SeaWorld so why not look at Central Texas and put a new Disney theme park in the Austin suburbs????? Somewhere in Round Rock, Travis County or the hill country even New Braunfels I mean compared to Houston or DFW why not take a look At Austin it’s a booming metro one of the fastest growing regions in the country I don’t think Austin gets enough attention as it should it’s a music city I think it would fill in great.
Just wonder how Austin would feel about that??? They liked being weird and quirky prior to all the recent growth. I have heard way too many complaints from native Austonians that have lived there all their lives about how it is changing the place and they hate it. So, don’t think they would welcome Disney as it would really overwhelm them and change things in a huge way. I agree that San Antonio already has so much to offer… River walk, the Alamo, Fiesta Texas, Sea World, fun parks, a nice zoo and more… so I would not recommend it being there. Oh well, we are probably just dreaming anyways as all there has been for years is “rumors” of a Texas park followed by Disney’s denial of such plans. It would be great but apparently not going to happen sadly.
Oh ok I was just looking at Austin it is just a rapidly fast growing region your right this wouldn’t be really good for Austinites but I just think since the metro region is growing I think this would really boost the tourism industry in Austin I know they have an indoor water park resort coming to around Round Rock I’m not specifically talking about in the city of Austin I would say outside of the city still have it located in central Texas like Travis county or even new braunfels whete schlitterbahn water park resort is. FYI Houston may be getting Grand Texas Theme Park so I don’t know if they would get a Disney park.
Oh my God, I hate to call people names or altogether focus on the negative, but as for whomever decided to start this rumor, How in the world can this person be so moronic as to even think this would ever be a possibility… talk about treading on sacred ground?? If the Disney company wanted to build a third US park in Texas, they would build a third park in Texas. Who in the world believes that they are going to uproot the very first park that Mr Walt Disney himself dreamed up and created, with all of his hopes and dreams, practically where his spirit lives, and “move to Texas” on a whim! Holy cow, I am truly dumbfounded. This would go against everything that the company and Mr Disney himself believed, not to mention the amount of unforgivable backlash they would face for doing such an unholy thing.
Anyone who thinks there’s some crane that can”pick up” Disneyland and place it in Houston is an idiot.
A Disney park in Texas? I could see it happening, but it’s unlikely. But Disneyland isn’t about to shut down and start from scratch in a new city when they already have a (currently-suspended) good thing going. That would would just be stupid.
There was a persistent rumor for years that Disney was planning a park in the Northwest suburbs of Houston. I remember the rumor being repeated back in the early 90s when I was going to high school in that area, and continued through the early 2000s. I haven’t heard it being repeated in years, I think people finally realized it probably was just someone with land up there trying to get speculators to pay a higher price for his land.
Doubt it would ever happen, but if it did, near Austin or San Antonio. I am partial to Austin area and maybe I’m dreaming but it doesn’t feel as humid as further east.
I have heard this rumor most of my life as well. The rumor was that they would be building up where the Renaissance Festival takes place (North of Houston). For the most part, all native Houstonians have always known it to be false but we can still hope, right? I agree with the above poster that said that Houston would be a logistically ideal place for all of the reasons stated but one reason was omitted… Houston is the home of ME (and I would love to share with Mickey). 🙂
Austin might be best suited with it’s mild winters and water resources. Houston is affected by hurricanes too often and San Antonio is too saturated as it is. As mentioned the DFW area receives tornadoes as well as ice storms. Austin is quickly becoming the Orlando of the west hosting several large events each year, such as SXSW and a Grand Prix race. Its a beautiful city that tourists are flocking to. The biggest hurdle, how far out of town do you need to go to find cheap real-estate?
I lived in SA TX for 3 and a half years but recently moved back to my hometown of Los Angeles. While living in SA I visited Six Flags Fiesta Texas and had soon realized within an hour of being there that it was not a great area to even have an amusement park. Well at least not during the summer which is when I went. It was extremely hot & humid so you’re in need of water like every 5 seconds, it’s unbearable waiting in line because of how uncomfortable you feel from the weather, AND everyone was throwing up left to right both on and off the rides because of the heat! I mean EVERYONE! YUCK!!!!! I left after one hour because I couldn’t do it. It was disgusting, the weather made your skin feel all clammy, just ugh no!!! And when you think fun at the amusement park you think summer & spring with great weather: sun, nice cool breezes…. no bugs and hot rain (oh yeah it rained too making the humidity worse & delaying the opening of the park to begin with!). People who were born & raised there kept saying yeah it’s best to go when it’s winter and cold. Um, excuse me??? How is that best that’s not even fun cause their cold is COLD cold so now you have to freeze your butt off! Yeah no thanks I’ll pass and I think anyone considering that area to build anything should reconsider as well. It just isn’t a smart business move financially. The weather would ruin it as far as damaging property, delaying openings and preventing people from even wanting to go at all.
I think it would fit better in San Antonio, I feel like it’s better there. Sure we have six flags but Disney can make it better here. Not to throw shade, but why put in Dallas or Houston, I mean come on, they already have things and attractions. It’s San Antonio time to shine.
I’ve been visiting the parks for years and noticed that the existing parks are far too overcrowded and have become an unpleasant experience. a third park would reduce visitor levels in the two existing parks and provide a greater turnover overall between the three parks?
I wish Disneyland would move to Texas. California has become an absolute toilet run by moronic socialist Democrats. No business can thrive in California. Policies here are completely anti-growth and anti-business. They will tax everyone into oblivion.
It should definitely be put in San Antonio because many other theme parks are there like SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. San Antonio is like the Orlando of Texas only a little smaller with less theme parks.
I think disneyland shouln’t move. Just built one more in texas. We are california resident . we like disneyland a lot. I think it should bulit in more in sourth dakoda instead of texas.
While this was satire…and I can never see them actually closing and “moving” the original park….Disney has repeatedly shown dissatisfaction with CA/Anaheim. It wouldn’t be THAT far of a stretch for them to open a Park in Texas. It does feel like they are giving up more and more on expanding/updating the CA park with all the red tape they keep running into and rising costs. CA/Anaheim has become ungrateful for having Disney there. It makes much more sense for them to make a park in Texas they can expand and run cheaper and more efficiently.
Side note: I personally escaped CA about a year ago to move to FL.
Disneyland will always be the main park, California Adventures is a sister park, Disney should make more sister parks across the U.S. (example) Las Vegas, NV – Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.
I think it’s already been decided. I heard through the grapevine that thousands of acres have been purchased in McDade, TX.
They just built the largest indoor water park in Round Rick. Austin has the highest tourist turnout in the country. Or at least close to it.
DFW has more land big international airport more people whit money , Texas will be better money maker than Florida and California both together, any questions, just come and check it out, Disney, pss ,,,,thank me later
Comments for Rumor Debunked: Was Disneyland Planning to Move to Texas?
Kristy
I think it should be in DFW area and I think it would be way better than 6Flags. We need a place like Disney in Texas. With some Texas size pretzels and Texas size rides
Greg
They should come back to Virginia and reboot their history inspired theme park they were going to build before Eisner lost his right hand person.
Jan
This is exactly what I was thinking. I would love to see Disney try again for the History park somewhere between Virginia and Tennessee. We are losing so much of our history and Disney would do it justice by helping it live again.
DAVID P MARTINEZ
San Antonio is the perfect destination.
Naomi
What about in Houston it never gets dry
Curtis
I believe it should be located near Houston, Texas and I would choose the west or southwest side as the north side gets a lot of rain and flooding. Houston is warm almost year around… Mid February through early December… and some years even December feels like a hot summer day in Orlando. So it’s really only cold a couple of months a year when it is having what it considered a “cold winter”. Houston maybe gets a light snow that does not stick and usually melts within an hour once every 20-30 years. Houston has two major airports (plus several smaller ones that are growing at rapid speed), tons of hotels, dining, sports, theaters, parks, museums, and other venues and attractions for families to enjoy when not at the parks. Dallas may be a big city but definitely not a good investment for Disney as it is a lot like Oklahoma and gets a ton of tornadoes, is way too cold (including snow and ice) in the winter. East Texas (around Tyler) also has way too many thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes.
Jayson
How about Austin or San Antonio? Austin is a fast growing metropolitan area which also does not have one single theme park! San Antonio is right close by like an hour or two away but they already have enough with Six Flags and SeaWorld so why not look at Central Texas and put a new Disney theme park in the Austin suburbs????? Somewhere in Round Rock, Travis County or the hill country even New Braunfels I mean compared to Houston or DFW why not take a look At Austin it’s a booming metro one of the fastest growing regions in the country I don’t think Austin gets enough attention as it should it’s a music city I think it would fill in great.
Curtis
Just wonder how Austin would feel about that??? They liked being weird and quirky prior to all the recent growth. I have heard way too many complaints from native Austonians that have lived there all their lives about how it is changing the place and they hate it. So, don’t think they would welcome Disney as it would really overwhelm them and change things in a huge way. I agree that San Antonio already has so much to offer… River walk, the Alamo, Fiesta Texas, Sea World, fun parks, a nice zoo and more… so I would not recommend it being there. Oh well, we are probably just dreaming anyways as all there has been for years is “rumors” of a Texas park followed by Disney’s denial of such plans. It would be great but apparently not going to happen sadly.
Jayson
Oh ok I was just looking at Austin it is just a rapidly fast growing region your right this wouldn’t be really good for Austinites but I just think since the metro region is growing I think this would really boost the tourism industry in Austin I know they have an indoor water park resort coming to around Round Rock I’m not specifically talking about in the city of Austin I would say outside of the city still have it located in central Texas like Travis county or even new braunfels whete schlitterbahn water park resort is. FYI Houston may be getting Grand Texas Theme Park so I don’t know if they would get a Disney park.
V Dog
Oh my God, I hate to call people names or altogether focus on the negative, but as for whomever decided to start this rumor, How in the world can this person be so moronic as to even think this would ever be a possibility… talk about treading on sacred ground?? If the Disney company wanted to build a third US park in Texas, they would build a third park in Texas. Who in the world believes that they are going to uproot the very first park that Mr Walt Disney himself dreamed up and created, with all of his hopes and dreams, practically where his spirit lives, and “move to Texas” on a whim! Holy cow, I am truly dumbfounded. This would go against everything that the company and Mr Disney himself believed, not to mention the amount of unforgivable backlash they would face for doing such an unholy thing.
Ahnsael
Anyone who thinks there’s some crane that can”pick up” Disneyland and place it in Houston is an idiot.
A Disney park in Texas? I could see it happening, but it’s unlikely. But Disneyland isn’t about to shut down and start from scratch in a new city when they already have a (currently-suspended) good thing going. That would would just be stupid.
As is anyone who believes this ridiculous rumor.
Mark
There was a persistent rumor for years that Disney was planning a park in the Northwest suburbs of Houston. I remember the rumor being repeated back in the early 90s when I was going to high school in that area, and continued through the early 2000s. I haven’t heard it being repeated in years, I think people finally realized it probably was just someone with land up there trying to get speculators to pay a higher price for his land.
Kate
Doubt it would ever happen, but if it did, near Austin or San Antonio. I am partial to Austin area and maybe I’m dreaming but it doesn’t feel as humid as further east.
Tonya
I have heard this rumor most of my life as well. The rumor was that they would be building up where the Renaissance Festival takes place (North of Houston). For the most part, all native Houstonians have always known it to be false but we can still hope, right? I agree with the above poster that said that Houston would be a logistically ideal place for all of the reasons stated but one reason was omitted… Houston is the home of ME (and I would love to share with Mickey). 🙂
LL
Austin might be best suited with it’s mild winters and water resources. Houston is affected by hurricanes too often and San Antonio is too saturated as it is. As mentioned the DFW area receives tornadoes as well as ice storms. Austin is quickly becoming the Orlando of the west hosting several large events each year, such as SXSW and a Grand Prix race. Its a beautiful city that tourists are flocking to. The biggest hurdle, how far out of town do you need to go to find cheap real-estate?
Eddie
Disney has owend land on the ft worth and denton tx line. Just west of i35 s for over 45 yrs . Fact
Anonymous
I lived in SA TX for 3 and a half years but recently moved back to my hometown of Los Angeles. While living in SA I visited Six Flags Fiesta Texas and had soon realized within an hour of being there that it was not a great area to even have an amusement park. Well at least not during the summer which is when I went. It was extremely hot & humid so you’re in need of water like every 5 seconds, it’s unbearable waiting in line because of how uncomfortable you feel from the weather, AND everyone was throwing up left to right both on and off the rides because of the heat! I mean EVERYONE! YUCK!!!!! I left after one hour because I couldn’t do it. It was disgusting, the weather made your skin feel all clammy, just ugh no!!! And when you think fun at the amusement park you think summer & spring with great weather: sun, nice cool breezes…. no bugs and hot rain (oh yeah it rained too making the humidity worse & delaying the opening of the park to begin with!). People who were born & raised there kept saying yeah it’s best to go when it’s winter and cold. Um, excuse me??? How is that best that’s not even fun cause their cold is COLD cold so now you have to freeze your butt off! Yeah no thanks I’ll pass and I think anyone considering that area to build anything should reconsider as well. It just isn’t a smart business move financially. The weather would ruin it as far as damaging property, delaying openings and preventing people from even wanting to go at all.
Maria
El Paso TX
Calling your BS
No one thought that apart from you, jesus christ the IQ of your writers is terrible.
A girl who lives in SA, dub
I think it would fit better in San Antonio, I feel like it’s better there. Sure we have six flags but Disney can make it better here. Not to throw shade, but why put in Dallas or Houston, I mean come on, they already have things and attractions. It’s San Antonio time to shine.
wynne
I’ve been visiting the parks for years and noticed that the existing parks are far too overcrowded and have become an unpleasant experience. a third park would reduce visitor levels in the two existing parks and provide a greater turnover overall between the three parks?
Richard
Should be opened or moved around the San Antonio Area in Texas.
Proud American
I wish Disneyland would move to Texas. California has become an absolute toilet run by moronic socialist Democrats. No business can thrive in California. Policies here are completely anti-growth and anti-business. They will tax everyone into oblivion.
Val
It should definitely be put in San Antonio because many other theme parks are there like SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. San Antonio is like the Orlando of Texas only a little smaller with less theme parks.
mariama
I think disneyland shouln’t move. Just built one more in texas. We are california resident . we like disneyland a lot. I think it should bulit in more in sourth dakoda instead of texas.
Mike
While this was satire…and I can never see them actually closing and “moving” the original park….Disney has repeatedly shown dissatisfaction with CA/Anaheim. It wouldn’t be THAT far of a stretch for them to open a Park in Texas. It does feel like they are giving up more and more on expanding/updating the CA park with all the red tape they keep running into and rising costs. CA/Anaheim has become ungrateful for having Disney there. It makes much more sense for them to make a park in Texas they can expand and run cheaper and more efficiently.
Side note: I personally escaped CA about a year ago to move to FL.
Dusty
DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR DISNEY TO RELOCATE. TEXAS HAS THE ABILITY TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT ANY THEME PARK ESPECIALLY DISNEY.
Laura
West Texas is wide open with lots of spaces and East Texas is pretty with lots of trees, etc. Would love one in Texas!
Gerardo Quiroga
Disneyland will always be the main park, California Adventures is a sister park, Disney should make more sister parks across the U.S. (example) Las Vegas, NV – Disney’s Alice in Wonderland.
Troy Inman
I think it’s already been decided. I heard through the grapevine that thousands of acres have been purchased in McDade, TX.
They just built the largest indoor water park in Round Rick. Austin has the highest tourist turnout in the country. Or at least close to it.
Bilbo Baggins
Disney needs to do a mountain resort, Salt Lake City area. Sorry, trendy Denver, your mountains are much too far away.
Tony
DFW has more land big international airport more people whit money , Texas will be better money maker than Florida and California both together, any questions, just come and check it out, Disney, pss ,,,,thank me later
InTheKnow
It will be outside of Jarrell, just North of Georgetown.
disney insider
off 305 😉
disney insider
since a huge plot of land just sold there, i think that could be accurate.
Vanessa
I feel like Disney should stay right where they are and out of Texas…
Michelle
Jarrel, Texas. The original Disney will stay in California
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