bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
Anyone lived at (or at least remember) a place where the building of a new theme park was announced, but it just never got built? Maybe a shovel in the ground but then the plans got abandoned? Disney had quite a few. I suppose Disney's America in Virginia is the prime example, but there was also WestCOT in Anaheim or the original plans for a park in Burbank. And the Mineral King Resort in Sequoia National Forest that was supposed to be the original home of the Country Bear Jamboree, although the rest was a European style ski resort.
I understand there is often opposition to such building, whether it's due to traffic or concerns that the character of an area will be changed.
The one that I really thought of was when Marriott decided to get into the theme park business. The idea was that they would be mostly the same. Same logo, similar layout, and often the same rides (with the same names). The plan was for three parks on the west coast, midwest, and east coast. The latter (near DC) never got built due to local opposition. What did get built looked pretty much the same at both locations.
I understand there is often opposition to such building, whether it's due to traffic or concerns that the character of an area will be changed.
The one that I really thought of was when Marriott decided to get into the theme park business. The idea was that they would be mostly the same. Same logo, similar layout, and often the same rides (with the same names). The plan was for three parks on the west coast, midwest, and east coast. The latter (near DC) never got built due to local opposition. What did get built looked pretty much the same at both locations.