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Old Jan 29, 2011 | 9:45 pm
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Originally Posted by EmSeeOhMike
Short response is it'll never happen. While it looks like wide open spaces, MK is actually shoved almost to the northern most part of what is Disney property. To expand, especially behind Fantasyland, would involve moving too much infrastructure to be worth it. Not to mention having nowhere else relocate said infrastructure at that end of the property. Just working to the north you have the main cast member and freight entrance to the tunnel, train tracks, fireworks bunker, fire house, monorail/steam engine shop, water treatment facility, chiller plant, holiday storage warehouse, Disney University, waste transfer station, main cast parking for MK, and a whole bunch of things that make up the north service area. I believe that we will continue to see small expansions at the existing park and addition of all new parks over the years on the parts of property that can spare the land.

Also worth mentioning is that there is 7,500 acres(~1/4 of WDW) of land that is dedicated to conservation and can never be developed so every project that requires developing fresh grounds is carefully thought out. The area where Fantasyland is expanding is on land that was cleared a long time ago so it won't be any acreage lost.



First let me say I love the classics. When I visit the parks it isn't to do all the latest and greatest things but rather escape the real world for my childhood and do the things that have remained unchanged my entire life. That said 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea IMHO was bar none one of the worst attractions they have ever had. A while back they actually gave it full renovation and update but it still wasn't worth the land it sat on.
Something I love about the concept of Disney World is their conservation.. good to know they reserved 25% of the land for this purpose. Vasts arrays of transportation and expanse of land make it so attractive to stay at Disney World, and visit theme parks weeks on end. Nature aspect is a plus at WDW.

Thats' dumb that WDW didn't have the foresight to see that expansion could happen with Magic Kingdom. I would estimate higher crowds with a Bigger Magic Kingdom.. I wish the Imagineers had the foresight to see that Magic Kingdom would be the most popular theme park in the world.. instead, in order to keep up with the quality, WDW has to wreck attractions to put up new ones.. when they have dead land laying around.. was one big miscalculation imho.
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