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I found this in the San Antonio forum, same topic.
As these plans came together—and as Eisner saw potential profit in more urban parks—Disney announced that they were looking to franchise this concept. Though of course, future urban parks would not include the TV studio and the animation complex, as those would be unique to the Burbank Backlot experience. Specifically, Disney announced that it was pursuing developments in Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and San Antonio—each with a unique theme derived from the area’s local history. “We’ll be doing more of these,” Rothschild explained to a local reporter, “and we will fit them to the needs of the community.”
Michael Eisner left Disney in 2005, so this info is dated & misleading.
Believe me, you will probably never have WDW anywhere else but Florida for a long, long time. They secretly bought swamp and undesirable property when nobody wanted it. Dig deep into Reedy Creek.
I don't think any other state will get one. If there is one more built, it should probably be Texas. If for no other reason that the recent gas prices, it's more affordable to go to a local one than Disneyland in Ca or Disneyworld in Fl.
If they built too many, though, they would be hurting themselves. They would see an obvious decrease in their larger parks, and the operating costs for them would end up going through the roof.
Keep it few (even adding one in Tx would be okay), but don't spread it like a franchise unless they have intentions of downsizing the larger ones.
I think they should create special futuristic Disney software (Virtual Disney) that make you feel like you are at one of their parks. Perhaps you could "sit on a ride" and feel nauseous, dizzy, wet or afraid and/or have your "photo taken" with one of their characters that you can "wish you were here" e-mail to someone like a postcard. You could feel like you have blisters on your feet or sweat like crazy as you walk around in the hot sun. Etc.
You could put the whole family in the game.
Perhaps you could pay a lot of money (with your credit card) to play everytime you entered the Virtual Magic Kingdom so you'd get the ticket price feel.
I vote for Texas. Though Dallas already has Six Flags and Houston, I forget what the name of the place is. Austin would never agree to it and San Antonio already has Sea World.
There are always so many rumors in every state about the next Disney world. I have a guy that worked with me who father works there ;I ask him. He says he doesn't see a new park coming as they are making so much off of films and the cost of travel getting high will hurt the ones they have.He said disney would love to have one in Japan because they get so many asian vistors but the cost and premium on land makes that unlikely.His specialty is designing the rides and exhabits worked for them like 48 years.
I hope they never build another one of those parks again. I live in Florida (Pensacola) and my family had annual passes last year, and we've already been once this year. And it is always a nightmare for me. Long lines for sub-par rides, overpriced everything, and obnoxious people. Not my idea of fun. It has helped out Orlando a ton in terms of growth, but the city is so fake. It's filled with tourist shops and strip malls on every corner. Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty nice city, but it hardly has any original character.
I guess if they built one, San Antonio would be a prime choice. It already draws tons of tourists with the Riverwalk/Alamo, SeaWorld, and Six Flags. So I'm sure Disney would flourish there.
I am a little biased on this questions because I am from Central Florida and most of our economy is dependent on Disney. If another park was build I would fear that it would draw people away for visiting Orlando and that would not be a good thing for our already unstable economy.
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