There’s already a major corporate theme park (for Lionsgate, Sony, Dreamworks and everybody ELSE who wanted one) in Dubai, UAE, and….hoo-boy.
Anyone for a Hunger Games coaster or a Hotel Transylvania dark-ride?
Although Saudi Arabia brings up one of the issues that Paris and Tokyo have to deal with:
Like Florida and California, it’s SUNNY there.
If you follow real estate numbers you’ll see the state people are moving to is Texas. Weather in central Texas is similar to Florida. Disney should look there for expansion.
I completely agree! We’re in the middle of the country and easy to get to, we have infrastructure and lots of land, especially just south of the DFW area.
That’s just what we need, more liberal Disney… yeah right. Disneyland is a disaster zone and has been for years, why do you think that is? California is a terrible stain, Florida isn’t that much better. Some of you folks need to calm down with the blind Disney mania and your quest to make Disney into an ultra left liberal institution, which is certainly never was and never should be. Disney should be neutral, a place where people of all walks of life can go and have a great time and not have politics slammed down their throat, from the left or the right. Disney shouldn’t be making it their business to change the moral thinking, it’s not their place.
All walks of life DO go to Disney. You’re just a bigot and can’t handle seeing gay and trans people having a good time without being bothered. I think the Midwest would be perfect for another Disney park. We need more people like you, being made to feel uncomfortable because of your blatant hate and bigotry.
Not wanting politics shoved down ones throat at an entertainment venue does not make them a hater or a bigot. At the prices we are paying we want to escape all that for a few hours and be a carefree kid again. That is the job of an amusement park. To amuse. If i want hate and divisiveness of EITHER side there are places aplenty to find it. You may not agree but that is my opinion. And for the record i dont hate anything except intolerance on EITHER side.
Having been to every Disney park in the world now (all in January even, including WDW during polar vortex), people are missing out on a key factor: weather. Wandering around outside all day is not fun when it starts getting below freezing. It’s barely tolerable when it’s in the upper 30s. Paris tried the indoor park thing, but it’s not the same and you don’t get the iconic landmarks Disney is known for. There’s a reason theme parks in the middle of the country nearly all close for winter and it’s not just an issue of finances.
I think Disney, as a corporation, should have planned to build another park before now. (I don’t know my population and climate that well, but would guess in Texas.) The negative being, would the competition with itself allow the prices to be so high? The positive being, a better experience for the customers, i.e. shorter wait times.
But today, between Covid and political choices, I don’t know what their crowd size will be in 3 or 4 years. They might have sufficient capacity in 2023 and going forward. Time will tell…
I think as far north as St. Louis might work OK with roofs, heaters, and awnings.
I imagine one reason theme parks close for winter is simply that it’s hard or impossible to clear ice off a roller coaster or other ride. But Disney tends to build their rides and other attractions indoors, so it wouldn’t be an issue for them.
Slightly northeast of St. Louis along the Amtrak line from Chicago to St. Louis would be good.
Walt loved trains. Disney could build a proper train station right on property and run their own trains or get a railroad company to haul Disney-owned passenger cars from Chicago. If you make a show of it, people would pay quite a bit extra to take the Disney train on its own. (Make it a character experience, theme it as strongly as one of the cruise ships.)
You have the right idea for sure especially including trains. Having a direct line of transportation would be a great plus factor. Get off at the train station and have a giant Resort right there. Then monorail to the park(s)
When they wanted to do the VA theme park they wanted to be open 9 months out of the year. In VA. Central US would be more like 6 I would guess. Might not be worth the cost.
They almost built one in northern Virginia, but a few elitist snobs did everything that they could do to get many people in Virginia to vote against it via a disinformation campaign. What’s worse is they actually preferred a Wal-mart to a Disney Park
The US population has grown tremendously since the parks opened. There is enough demand, but don’t hold your breath.
Michael Eisner did grow and expand the parks, but Iger and Chapek are not visionaries and the business model has been to squeeze profits out of the parks and purchase content. Very little creative content coming out of Disney Studios in years. Basically, lazy business model by corporate politicos.
Disney became a woke POS corporation…and hopefully someday soon the Disney Corporation will become broke …sorry but this corporation is all about pedos, hidden easter eggs of inappropriate sexual gestures, and grooming minors sexually and for this reason it has lost a huge base market of the public …I hope to see it crumble
Don’t bother Disney’s the most overpriced rip off in the world you need to take an equity loan just to visit for a week they can keep it been going there many years I’m done with Disney because I’m broke you get more for your money at universal studios
Good. Please keep your promise to stay away. It just means more space for the rest of us when we go. And your choice of “aol” for the website entry on the comment form also speaks volumes as well.
Florida is one of the most Pro Business states in the USA. Florida gave Disney self governing status that saved Disney Billions in taxes. Disney abused the privilege by being overly political and woke. So now Disney will be treated the same as Universal Studios and other theme parks in the area and be required to pay their fair share of taxes.
I love in Florida a 2 hour drive to Disney world. We cannot afford trips to Disney like we used to. Disney as well as universal studios make a trip so expensive. They used to offer discounts to Florida residents but not anymore everything is so expensive food lodging parking.
I used to feel another park was needed.
But not now with Disney getting into politics.
I do think there should be a new big theme park centrally located, but NOT DISNEY.
In NYC, where the had the 1964 World’s Fair. Plenty of room for a theme park. As for weather, NYC isn’t Buffalo or Minnesota. It would probably only have to close for a few months tops.
I would like to see one in Louisiana, by New Orleans. You have Tiana and Navine already.
I think that would be great. bring tourist to New Orleans and the weather would be nice all year. Let’s face it I have been to Disney world in December and January wearing my winter coat from up north in Pa.
Having been born in MO. and grown up in LA., I love both as locations especially since Walt’s family moved to MO. when he was 4 (parts of Main St USA are based on his hometown there) and he lived and worked in K.C. and it is centrally located. The rumor in LA. has always been that Walt looked at LA. prior to FL.and he was always a fan of NOLA and there is already a large tourist base. I also would vote for SE OH. given proximity to Northeast major US pop centers and Chicago, Detroit and an under utilized large enough airport in Cincinnati/NKY that used to be Delta’s 2nd largest hub. Realistically they would probably go to TX. for the cheap land and access to large already developed airports.
A third park in Texas would be awesome. It seems like the obvious location. Far enough south that winter weather is rarely an issue. Somewhere in central texas(Austin, Waco) seems like the best option, but would require substantial infrastructure to accommodate the number of guests Disney would want to bring in. In the 90s there were rumors that Disney was buying massive amounts of land north of dallas(in the Collin/Denton county area) I don’t know if that was true, but at this point the dfw area has expanded so much they’d have to be way out from the he city to get a decent amount of land.
My dad was a title examiner and some paperwork came across his desk that Disney was looking to purchase land near I-10 and 99, in Katy, Texas. This was some time in the 90’s and they were looking at the area where the Katy Mills Mall is now located.
I think just north of Houston Texas is the perfect place for a third Disney park, it’s in between California and Florida has mild winters, low taxes and seems to be such a growing area with
Friendly people
I would love to see another built because it’s been overcrowded for many years. I’m sorry so many people have a problem with Disney saying LGBTQIA’s are humans who matter too. I wish they’d build one in Seattle as we are sorely lacking in the theme part dept, but it would probably have to be indoors.
Nah, Disney should build a third gate in California, there is a lot of ocean around to build DisneySea in the USA. Connect the Anaheim property to it with Monorail, you are good.
Disneysea was supposed to be built in Long Beach when back in the day instead of DCA. Too bad they decided to replace the parking lot instead of bringing over what is probably the best themed Disney park in the whole world IMO.
…..or work with City of L.A. The golf course or two and take out a golf course or two in Griffith Park along with the old Griffith Park zoo that’s been abandoned get a good deal on property and build one right next to the I-5 freeway close to all the tourist attractions in LA.
If Disney stayed in Florida and becomes an Anti-LGBTQ company then Disney will have a safer heaven in Florida that means that DeSantis agrees, that the LGBTQ community protesting against Disney means that Disney is safe in Florida.
Yet making all the Disney Villains LGBTQ means that Disney is doing the best job to stay in Florida.
Probably for a third park then Texas will be the perfect location.
Why did you have to drag in politics? What difference does it make if the state is “red” or “blue”? It’s getting old. BTW, Walt was a conservative FWIW.
how about
Disney Park
In a real existing forest
not on flat land
it would be spectacular
combining reality and fantasy
so many new possibilities
for so many classic ideas
Uncle Walt liked to ski – didn’t he own a ski resort back in the day? I’d say it’s time for “Disney’s Frozen Hellscape” somewhere in New England. It could be a seasonal sort of park – summertime regular Disney, and when the winds from Hoth start to blow, it could be a “Hoth/Frozen” hybrid. 😛
?Several thoughts…..The stores were ruined by a line of merchandise that sucked! plain and simple – they cut back, they cheapened the experience probably becuase they could not squeeze enough ridiculous profits out of the places. I know I worked there. It was GREAT in the beginning and then “those that know better” messed it up in the same way Paul Pressler ruined merch on Main Street. The writer forgets about the large tract of land that Walt wanted to build a park on in Marceline MO. This land was only sold off in the 70ish era after wal’ts death and Roy became invovled in the Florida project.
The writer also forgets about the idea of the ski resort in CA – that’s where we get the country bear jamboree from. and finally THANK GOD Disney never built the history park At the time I was in favor of it – but what a politically correct nightmare that would be. They screwed with Abe Lincolns speech by grafting several excerpts from several different of his speeches and made it say something he never said. That was 20 years ago! Until Disney can stand up like netflix finally did (and we’ll see if that sticks) I will not give another nickel to this America loathing company. Meanwhile crickets chirp as the communist Chinese govt. produce goods with slave labor and hold people in concentration camps. Where is Disney, NBA, etc on that?
The United States didn’t need yet another overpriced theme park. Especially one that cancels or alters attractions based on a minority of vocal perpetually offended self righteous busybodies that expect everyone to be tolerant except themselves.
I see a lot of people in the comments, talking about how weather in the Midwest would affect the parks ability to operate. And while that would present an obstacle in Chicago, or New York, it presents a lot less of an obstacle in Denver. For the most part Denver doesn’t really get blizzards anymore. And when they do it’s less than a foot of snow, is cleared in an hour or two, and is melted in at most a day or two.
Additionally, Denver provides an opportunity for Disney Imagineers to study cold-weather capable attractions. We also have the existing infrastructure and experience to operate parks on a level that most Disney theme parks have never seen. Imagine the Matterhorn, but with real falling snow. We can do that in Denver. In fact, imagine the Matterhorn, but in the parts were you raced through the mountain, you encounter fire in flames. The juxtaposition of a cold exterior, and a warm interior, would create and experience only a state with a cold winter would be able to provide.
Now we can turn to the matter of space. Any new Disney worlds, land, or whatever they might decide to name it, he’s going to require a massive amount of land. Ideally for cheap. And while native Denverites complain a lot about the expensive Ness of houses, land remains relatively cheap when purchased in bulk. Right now there is a massive swath of undeveloped land along E470, just north of Denver international airport. This land would be perfect for development into a theme park on the scale that Disney would need to make it viable.
Speaking of Denver international airport, here’s some little known facts about the airport.
The real reason it went so far over budget was not because of any illuminati conspiracy or Masonic Temple of doom, but the fact that the infrastructure for five concourses was put in place even though only three concourses have actually been constructed above said infrastructure. This would allow Denver international airport to rapidly expand to accommodate even more flights per day, should such a need arise, which building a new Disney theme park would prompt.
Also needing addressing is that if there’s one thing Disney needs to run its theme parks, its housing, both for employees, and its fans, which currently, it has been exploring with its Palm Springs Disney living communities. Denver’s housing “crisis” is nationally recognized at this point, with housing in the Denver metro area being far too expensive for even above minimum wage workers to afford.
That said, Disney’s municipality contracts would provide a fantastic opportunity to expand north of the Denver metro area, providing a second area of expansion for residential growth to congregate around. With more reason to expand further from Denver, development companies would be able to justify building houses further away from the Denver area, which would provide more affordability to Colorado citizens.
Finally, outward expansion from the main city of Denver would provide CDOT(the Colorado Department of Transportation) with the reason, and thereafter the means, of updating its highways and transportation network in what has until recently been considered a more rural area.
Growth with Disney would mean prosperity for both Disney, and Colorado.
TL:DR: build it in Denver! We’ve got the snow covered, we’ve got sun, and we’ve got space and a big ass airport!
First there was Disneyland.
Next came Disneyworld.
Then Disney parks in other countries…Disney (insert foreign city here).
DisneyAmerica has a nice ring, imo and would be fun. A third park venue in the USA won’t happen tho. Too much money and not enough workers.
As a few other people were mentioning, and not because i’m a resident of the state, but I say Texas. Going along with the idea that another commenter said, building it anywhere along from New Braunfels to Cleburne would be awesome. That is an AMTRAK route that goes from San Antonio to Fort Worth. I would stay just outside of San Antonio, and all the way to Austin, because that area is already quite populated, but anything else along that route would be awesome. You would have infrastructure with at least 7 airports that I can think of off the top of my head to fly into (San Antonio, Austin, Houston Hobby & Bush, Killeen, DFW, and Dallas Love), I-10, I-35, and I-20 within reach of that as well, and the aforementioned AMTRAK. Lots of land in that area to build to suit as well if the price is right. Weather might be a touch too humid sometimes, but so is Florida. Closer to the DFW area and you’re in tornado alley, and closer to Houston, you’re dealing with hurricanes.
Yes, a third Disney resort within the US has been needed! The cries of overcrowding would diminish if this occurred. One does have to keep in mind weather, an area without a lot of rainy days, possible tornadoes.
I live in Arizona; I would say the northeast area of a populated state like Texas. Could build two DIsney parks and a water park.
They better consider climate and weather into the factor. Many saying Kansas or Missouri. 🤔 snow, cold, ice… not good combination for drawing in the crowds let alone rusting the equipment etc.
I would say the state of Illinois would be a great location. The state is Blue surrounded by red states. No stupid Governor like in the state of Florida, plenty of open flat Prairie land. Illinois would welcome Disney and would gladly let them operate as a “City State”.
Missouri is not a bad place to plop a Disney park. Plenty of land, lower prices, and people eager to go, but can’t afford the trip to CA or FL. Check it out at least.
I also think Texas is a good idea. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I think the weather is just to miserable 8 to 9 months out of the year to have a theme park. Texas seems to have similar weather to Florida
If there were to be one it should be near Lake Charles, LA. Close to Dallas, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, great weather, great teeming opportunities, and Tiana’s Castle.
I would love for Disney to build a third U.S. Resort. California and Florida are always crowed. Seems Texas geographically makes the most sense. Yet Disney Paris and Tokyo Disney seem to work year round despite the cold. I would love for there to be another resort to visit and for the two existing resorts to be less crowed.
Comments for A Third American Disney Park? Fans Debate
Karl Joseph Eichholtz
Bring one to Saudi Arabia.
EricJ
There’s already a major corporate theme park (for Lionsgate, Sony, Dreamworks and everybody ELSE who wanted one) in Dubai, UAE, and….hoo-boy.
Anyone for a Hunger Games coaster or a Hotel Transylvania dark-ride?
Although Saudi Arabia brings up one of the issues that Paris and Tokyo have to deal with:
Like Florida and California, it’s SUNNY there.
TruthSeeker
If you follow real estate numbers you’ll see the state people are moving to is Texas. Weather in central Texas is similar to Florida. Disney should look there for expansion.
Gretchen
I completely agree! We’re in the middle of the country and easy to get to, we have infrastructure and lots of land, especially just south of the DFW area.
joe
I agree with texas
Bonnie
What country is Texas in the middle of? It is as far south as you can get.
Roy
That’s just what we need, more liberal Disney… yeah right. Disneyland is a disaster zone and has been for years, why do you think that is? California is a terrible stain, Florida isn’t that much better. Some of you folks need to calm down with the blind Disney mania and your quest to make Disney into an ultra left liberal institution, which is certainly never was and never should be. Disney should be neutral, a place where people of all walks of life can go and have a great time and not have politics slammed down their throat, from the left or the right. Disney shouldn’t be making it their business to change the moral thinking, it’s not their place.
EricJ
Next time…do your homework before presenting your term paper in front of the class.
Mike
I’d be down for another Disney park!
Yourmom
All walks of life DO go to Disney. You’re just a bigot and can’t handle seeing gay and trans people having a good time without being bothered. I think the Midwest would be perfect for another Disney park. We need more people like you, being made to feel uncomfortable because of your blatant hate and bigotry.
Backcountry164
Blatant?? I don’t think you know what that word means. Which surprises no one…
SomeMumblingBum
No, I think YourMom pegged you.
Blatant: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
“blatant lies”
Ro
Not wanting politics shoved down ones throat at an entertainment venue does not make them a hater or a bigot. At the prices we are paying we want to escape all that for a few hours and be a carefree kid again. That is the job of an amusement park. To amuse. If i want hate and divisiveness of EITHER side there are places aplenty to find it. You may not agree but that is my opinion. And for the record i dont hate anything except intolerance on EITHER side.
Tom
And how many minorities have you seen there. I counted 4 families at DW one time and 8 on a recent cruise. Don’t say ALL walks of life.
Erik Jeffries
Sounds like you are the only ignorant, uneducated bigot on this thread. That’s typical of you leftists.
Erik Jeffries
That was meant for @Yourmom (original by the way)
Kim
I agree with Roy. Maybe the park could be just for liberals and the lgbtq blah blah community.
Fred Savagery
It sounds like you could find offense in a blank piece of white paper. Stay home with your curtains drawn and stay out of Disney.
Sue
Disney should just move out for Florida we don’t need them down here. Then at least all these liberals would leave
Corn Flake
There should be a Disney Park in Chicago… you know what never mind
Carmen
Disney in Australia first would be great!
stephen
There isn’t nearly the population in the area to support a park. Southern CA alone has almost as many people as the whole of Australia.
J
Gold Coast has pretty big and successful theme parks so don’t think you are right about this. Plenty of tourists
Shelly
Central Texas would be great for A Disney park. The weather.fsvors.year.round operations. Outside Hurricane Zone. Open spaces
ND
Having been to every Disney park in the world now (all in January even, including WDW during polar vortex), people are missing out on a key factor: weather. Wandering around outside all day is not fun when it starts getting below freezing. It’s barely tolerable when it’s in the upper 30s. Paris tried the indoor park thing, but it’s not the same and you don’t get the iconic landmarks Disney is known for. There’s a reason theme parks in the middle of the country nearly all close for winter and it’s not just an issue of finances.
Steve K
I think Disney, as a corporation, should have planned to build another park before now. (I don’t know my population and climate that well, but would guess in Texas.) The negative being, would the competition with itself allow the prices to be so high? The positive being, a better experience for the customers, i.e. shorter wait times.
But today, between Covid and political choices, I don’t know what their crowd size will be in 3 or 4 years. They might have sufficient capacity in 2023 and going forward. Time will tell…
WD
I think as far north as St. Louis might work OK with roofs, heaters, and awnings.
I imagine one reason theme parks close for winter is simply that it’s hard or impossible to clear ice off a roller coaster or other ride. But Disney tends to build their rides and other attractions indoors, so it wouldn’t be an issue for them.
Slightly northeast of St. Louis along the Amtrak line from Chicago to St. Louis would be good.
Walt loved trains. Disney could build a proper train station right on property and run their own trains or get a railroad company to haul Disney-owned passenger cars from Chicago. If you make a show of it, people would pay quite a bit extra to take the Disney train on its own. (Make it a character experience, theme it as strongly as one of the cruise ships.)
Ann Lebelt
You have the right idea for sure especially including trains. Having a direct line of transportation would be a great plus factor. Get off at the train station and have a giant Resort right there. Then monorail to the park(s)
J
I take the train direct from London to the station in the Disneyland Paris resort and it’s so convenient. You are definitely right about the trains
Ryan
Good points, but Florida in the summer is also excessively unpleasant due to the heat
Bonnie
When they wanted to do the VA theme park they wanted to be open 9 months out of the year. In VA. Central US would be more like 6 I would guess. Might not be worth the cost.
Rteker
They almost built one in northern Virginia, but a few elitist snobs did everything that they could do to get many people in Virginia to vote against it via a disinformation campaign. What’s worse is they actually preferred a Wal-mart to a Disney Park
Jose
The US population has grown tremendously since the parks opened. There is enough demand, but don’t hold your breath.
Michael Eisner did grow and expand the parks, but Iger and Chapek are not visionaries and the business model has been to squeeze profits out of the parks and purchase content. Very little creative content coming out of Disney Studios in years. Basically, lazy business model by corporate politicos.
Really sad.
Bonnie
The area is full of upscale houses now.
Reniz
Disney became a woke POS corporation…and hopefully someday soon the Disney Corporation will become broke …sorry but this corporation is all about pedos, hidden easter eggs of inappropriate sexual gestures, and grooming minors sexually and for this reason it has lost a huge base market of the public …I hope to see it crumble
DT
Ok grandpa. Now, it’s time for your meds.
Done with Disney:I’m broke!
Don’t bother Disney’s the most overpriced rip off in the world you need to take an equity loan just to visit for a week they can keep it been going there many years I’m done with Disney because I’m broke you get more for your money at universal studios
journey
Good. Please keep your promise to stay away. It just means more space for the rest of us when we go. And your choice of “aol” for the website entry on the comment form also speaks volumes as well.
Phillip
Disney should move out of Florida. Florida GOP is anti-business, how long can that be sustainable?
Grandpa
Florida is one of the most Pro Business states in the USA. Florida gave Disney self governing status that saved Disney Billions in taxes. Disney abused the privilege by being overly political and woke. So now Disney will be treated the same as Universal Studios and other theme parks in the area and be required to pay their fair share of taxes.
Backcountry164
Exactly! Forcing the park to remain closed for over a year could have crippled the company!!
Oh, wait… That wasn’t Florida, it was California.
ZERO chance Disney leaves Florida…
Vicki
I say build it in VA, MD, PA, or OH! Most visitors to WDW come from the Northeast or Canada! Put a park closer to us and we will come!
Backcountry164
Will you come in January?? Probably not. Probably no one would. Probably why it would never happen…
John
I love in Florida a 2 hour drive to Disney world. We cannot afford trips to Disney like we used to. Disney as well as universal studios make a trip so expensive. They used to offer discounts to Florida residents but not anymore everything is so expensive food lodging parking.
Ryan
They already own land in Missouri near Branson. Would make sense they would have to compete against Silver Dollar City but should be easy for them.
Brent
They do? Can you show where/how much?
John Connor
Build it in Northern Louisiana!
Molly
I used to feel another park was needed.
But not now with Disney getting into politics.
I do think there should be a new big theme park centrally located, but NOT DISNEY.
Bill
In NYC, where the had the 1964 World’s Fair. Plenty of room for a theme park. As for weather, NYC isn’t Buffalo or Minnesota. It would probably only have to close for a few months tops.
Peggy
I would like to see one in Louisiana, by New Orleans. You have Tiana and Navine already.
I think that would be great. bring tourist to New Orleans and the weather would be nice all year. Let’s face it I have been to Disney world in December and January wearing my winter coat from up north in Pa.
Dylan Labrie
Having been born in MO. and grown up in LA., I love both as locations especially since Walt’s family moved to MO. when he was 4 (parts of Main St USA are based on his hometown there) and he lived and worked in K.C. and it is centrally located. The rumor in LA. has always been that Walt looked at LA. prior to FL.and he was always a fan of NOLA and there is already a large tourist base. I also would vote for SE OH. given proximity to Northeast major US pop centers and Chicago, Detroit and an under utilized large enough airport in Cincinnati/NKY that used to be Delta’s 2nd largest hub. Realistically they would probably go to TX. for the cheap land and access to large already developed airports.
Brent
A third park in Texas would be awesome. It seems like the obvious location. Far enough south that winter weather is rarely an issue. Somewhere in central texas(Austin, Waco) seems like the best option, but would require substantial infrastructure to accommodate the number of guests Disney would want to bring in. In the 90s there were rumors that Disney was buying massive amounts of land north of dallas(in the Collin/Denton county area) I don’t know if that was true, but at this point the dfw area has expanded so much they’d have to be way out from the he city to get a decent amount of land.
Jason
My dad was a title examiner and some paperwork came across his desk that Disney was looking to purchase land near I-10 and 99, in Katy, Texas. This was some time in the 90’s and they were looking at the area where the Katy Mills Mall is now located.
Terry
I think just north of Houston Texas is the perfect place for a third Disney park, it’s in between California and Florida has mild winters, low taxes and seems to be such a growing area with
Friendly people
Jeanette
Would home prices go down if a new Disney park were to go to that state?
Juliet Violette
I would love to see another built because it’s been overcrowded for many years. I’m sorry so many people have a problem with Disney saying LGBTQIA’s are humans who matter too. I wish they’d build one in Seattle as we are sorely lacking in the theme part dept, but it would probably have to be indoors.
Fider Lingal
Nah, Disney should build a third gate in California, there is a lot of ocean around to build DisneySea in the USA. Connect the Anaheim property to it with Monorail, you are good.
david
Disneysea was supposed to be built in Long Beach when back in the day instead of DCA. Too bad they decided to replace the parking lot instead of bringing over what is probably the best themed Disney park in the whole world IMO.
S. King
…..or work with City of L.A. The golf course or two and take out a golf course or two in Griffith Park along with the old Griffith Park zoo that’s been abandoned get a good deal on property and build one right next to the I-5 freeway close to all the tourist attractions in LA.
Miguel A. Alarcon
If Disney stayed in Florida and becomes an Anti-LGBTQ company then Disney will have a safer heaven in Florida that means that DeSantis agrees, that the LGBTQ community protesting against Disney means that Disney is safe in Florida.
Yet making all the Disney Villains LGBTQ means that Disney is doing the best job to stay in Florida.
Probably for a third park then Texas will be the perfect location.
Shane
Why did you have to drag in politics? What difference does it make if the state is “red” or “blue”? It’s getting old. BTW, Walt was a conservative FWIW.
d peter p
how about
Disney Park
In a real existing forest
not on flat land
it would be spectacular
combining reality and fantasy
so many new possibilities
for so many classic ideas
Trisec
Uncle Walt liked to ski – didn’t he own a ski resort back in the day? I’d say it’s time for “Disney’s Frozen Hellscape” somewhere in New England. It could be a seasonal sort of park – summertime regular Disney, and when the winds from Hoth start to blow, it could be a “Hoth/Frozen” hybrid. 😛
Julian
I have loved Disney over the year, but I feel they need to work on the Parks they have now and get it right, before adding another one.
The greed and poor park management is astounding at the moment.
Get that sorted first, then perhaps start looking at another theme park.
Walt
?Several thoughts…..The stores were ruined by a line of merchandise that sucked! plain and simple – they cut back, they cheapened the experience probably becuase they could not squeeze enough ridiculous profits out of the places. I know I worked there. It was GREAT in the beginning and then “those that know better” messed it up in the same way Paul Pressler ruined merch on Main Street. The writer forgets about the large tract of land that Walt wanted to build a park on in Marceline MO. This land was only sold off in the 70ish era after wal’ts death and Roy became invovled in the Florida project.
The writer also forgets about the idea of the ski resort in CA – that’s where we get the country bear jamboree from. and finally THANK GOD Disney never built the history park At the time I was in favor of it – but what a politically correct nightmare that would be. They screwed with Abe Lincolns speech by grafting several excerpts from several different of his speeches and made it say something he never said. That was 20 years ago! Until Disney can stand up like netflix finally did (and we’ll see if that sticks) I will not give another nickel to this America loathing company. Meanwhile crickets chirp as the communist Chinese govt. produce goods with slave labor and hold people in concentration camps. Where is Disney, NBA, etc on that?
JohnF
The United States didn’t need yet another overpriced theme park. Especially one that cancels or alters attractions based on a minority of vocal perpetually offended self righteous busybodies that expect everyone to be tolerant except themselves.
Aaron
I see a lot of people in the comments, talking about how weather in the Midwest would affect the parks ability to operate. And while that would present an obstacle in Chicago, or New York, it presents a lot less of an obstacle in Denver. For the most part Denver doesn’t really get blizzards anymore. And when they do it’s less than a foot of snow, is cleared in an hour or two, and is melted in at most a day or two.
Additionally, Denver provides an opportunity for Disney Imagineers to study cold-weather capable attractions. We also have the existing infrastructure and experience to operate parks on a level that most Disney theme parks have never seen. Imagine the Matterhorn, but with real falling snow. We can do that in Denver. In fact, imagine the Matterhorn, but in the parts were you raced through the mountain, you encounter fire in flames. The juxtaposition of a cold exterior, and a warm interior, would create and experience only a state with a cold winter would be able to provide.
Now we can turn to the matter of space. Any new Disney worlds, land, or whatever they might decide to name it, he’s going to require a massive amount of land. Ideally for cheap. And while native Denverites complain a lot about the expensive Ness of houses, land remains relatively cheap when purchased in bulk. Right now there is a massive swath of undeveloped land along E470, just north of Denver international airport. This land would be perfect for development into a theme park on the scale that Disney would need to make it viable.
Speaking of Denver international airport, here’s some little known facts about the airport.
The real reason it went so far over budget was not because of any illuminati conspiracy or Masonic Temple of doom, but the fact that the infrastructure for five concourses was put in place even though only three concourses have actually been constructed above said infrastructure. This would allow Denver international airport to rapidly expand to accommodate even more flights per day, should such a need arise, which building a new Disney theme park would prompt.
Also needing addressing is that if there’s one thing Disney needs to run its theme parks, its housing, both for employees, and its fans, which currently, it has been exploring with its Palm Springs Disney living communities. Denver’s housing “crisis” is nationally recognized at this point, with housing in the Denver metro area being far too expensive for even above minimum wage workers to afford.
That said, Disney’s municipality contracts would provide a fantastic opportunity to expand north of the Denver metro area, providing a second area of expansion for residential growth to congregate around. With more reason to expand further from Denver, development companies would be able to justify building houses further away from the Denver area, which would provide more affordability to Colorado citizens.
Finally, outward expansion from the main city of Denver would provide CDOT(the Colorado Department of Transportation) with the reason, and thereafter the means, of updating its highways and transportation network in what has until recently been considered a more rural area.
Growth with Disney would mean prosperity for both Disney, and Colorado.
TL:DR: build it in Denver! We’ve got the snow covered, we’ve got sun, and we’ve got space and a big ass airport!
Mickeymouse3
First there was Disneyland.
Next came Disneyworld.
Then Disney parks in other countries…Disney (insert foreign city here).
DisneyAmerica has a nice ring, imo and would be fun. A third park venue in the USA won’t happen tho. Too much money and not enough workers.
Rose
Mickey rules. H***, yes. I want another park with more Space Mountain. Put a loop on it this time around.
TrustInMe
Disney Paris’ Space Mountain had a loop. It’s weird, though. It starts outdoors.
TrustInMe
*has a loop.
David
As a few other people were mentioning, and not because i’m a resident of the state, but I say Texas. Going along with the idea that another commenter said, building it anywhere along from New Braunfels to Cleburne would be awesome. That is an AMTRAK route that goes from San Antonio to Fort Worth. I would stay just outside of San Antonio, and all the way to Austin, because that area is already quite populated, but anything else along that route would be awesome. You would have infrastructure with at least 7 airports that I can think of off the top of my head to fly into (San Antonio, Austin, Houston Hobby & Bush, Killeen, DFW, and Dallas Love), I-10, I-35, and I-20 within reach of that as well, and the aforementioned AMTRAK. Lots of land in that area to build to suit as well if the price is right. Weather might be a touch too humid sometimes, but so is Florida. Closer to the DFW area and you’re in tornado alley, and closer to Houston, you’re dealing with hurricanes.
Bill
Yes, a third Disney resort within the US has been needed! The cries of overcrowding would diminish if this occurred. One does have to keep in mind weather, an area without a lot of rainy days, possible tornadoes.
I live in Arizona; I would say the northeast area of a populated state like Texas. Could build two DIsney parks and a water park.
Karen
They better consider climate and weather into the factor. Many saying Kansas or Missouri. 🤔 snow, cold, ice… not good combination for drawing in the crowds let alone rusting the equipment etc.
M. Abrahamson
We need one in the Pacific Northwest.
Corn Flake
There needs to be a Disney Park in Chicago… you know what never mind
Wardell Johnson
I would say the state of Illinois would be a great location. The state is Blue surrounded by red states. No stupid Governor like in the state of Florida, plenty of open flat Prairie land. Illinois would welcome Disney and would gladly let them operate as a “City State”.
Julia
Missouri is not a bad place to plop a Disney park. Plenty of land, lower prices, and people eager to go, but can’t afford the trip to CA or FL. Check it out at least.
Durien
I also think Texas is a good idea. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I think the weather is just to miserable 8 to 9 months out of the year to have a theme park. Texas seems to have similar weather to Florida
Christina
I was really pushing for just north of Austin, TX given they just purchased almost 8,000 acres
Kristin Dahlberg
Texas is absolutely the best place for a 3rd park!
Bobbuttons
If there were to be one it should be near Lake Charles, LA. Close to Dallas, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, great weather, great teeming opportunities, and Tiana’s Castle.
Bobbuttons
Should say theming.
Tom
I would love for Disney to build a third U.S. Resort. California and Florida are always crowed. Seems Texas geographically makes the most sense. Yet Disney Paris and Tokyo Disney seem to work year round despite the cold. I would love for there to be another resort to visit and for the two existing resorts to be less crowed.
Christine
Upper Penninsula of Michigan. There’s a ton of land up there.
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