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Old 05-15-2010, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Tower of Heaven
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Texas needs another Disney theme park After all Cali and Florida have one !

 
Old 05-15-2010, 12:32 PM
 
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Texas needs another Disney theme park After all Cali and Florida have one !
If this thing happens it has the potential to be a national draw, if not quite on a Disney level. Thing is, Disney isn't going to dilute that draw by putting it in everyone's backyard. They make a lot of money off people coming to them and booking expensive hotel rooms.

Contrast with Six Flags - even the original Six Flags over Texas was designed, from the start, to be a regional attraction. It was more to pull in people in Texas and maybe the surrounding states up there who might otherwise go to California or Florida. It was never intended to draw people from California or Florida into Texas. Astroworld worked on the same model even before Six Flags bought it out.

Speaking of Six Flags, that's another good cautionary tale of how overexpanding an amusement park chain leads to a road to nowhere. It has a lot to do with why Astroworld's not here anymore.
 
Old 05-15-2010, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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If this thing happens it has the potential to be a national draw, if not quite on a Disney level. Thing is, Disney isn't going to dilute that draw by putting it in everyone's backyard. They make a lot of money off people coming to them and booking expensive hotel rooms.

Contrast with Six Flags - even the original Six Flags over Texas was designed, from the start, to be a regional attraction. It was more to pull in people in Texas and maybe the surrounding states up there who might otherwise go to California or Florida. It was never intended to draw people from California or Florida into Texas. Astroworld worked on the same model even before Six Flags bought it out.

Speaking of Six Flags, that's another good cautionary tale of how overexpanding an amusement park chain leads to a road to nowhere. It has a lot to do with why Astroworld's not here anymore.
A lot of debt, when they sold the land Astroworld was on, it still wasn't enough to pay for the amount they lost due to the park.

Plus it took countless millions to tear it down, and level the ground.
 
Old 05-15-2010, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Southeast TX
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That sounds great


thats a big theme park
 
Old 05-15-2010, 06:16 PM
 
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Houston is in need of a theme park
i thought they had astro and water world? or something like that
 
Old 05-15-2010, 07:33 PM
 
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How many amusement parks does the Houston area have?
 
Old 05-15-2010, 08:59 PM
 
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How many amusement parks does the Houston area have?
I think just Splashtown up in Spring. And Schlitterbahn if you count Galveston.
 
Old 05-15-2010, 10:25 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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i thought they had astro and water world? or something like that
Astroworld got destroyed and they got Splashtown (Northside), Schlitterbahn (Galveston) and Kemah Boardwalk (Kemah).

I think if Texas were to get a Disney Park; Central or West Texas would be the best locations.
 
Old 05-15-2010, 10:55 PM
 
Location: ATX-HOU
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I think if Texas were to get a Disney Park; Central or West Texas would be the best locations.
Nah any Disney Park would require better airport service. SA and Austin is bad just not good. If it were to move to SA or Austin then I would expect a very extensive airport renovation and expansion to occur.
 
Old 05-15-2010, 10:58 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Nah any Disney Park would require better airport service. SA and Austin is bad just not good. If it were to move to SA or Austin then I would expect a very extensive airport renovation and expansion to occur.
I just don't think Dallas and Houston would be good locations though.
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