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From: Dave in Dallas - The One And Only on 2 Sep 2006 13:31 On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:27:48 GMT, "Bartender Sam" <bartendersam(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >I think the whole reason there isn't a Texas park and wont be one is because >it seems like the build them in major tourist areas. So Cal, Florida, >Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, soon to be Shanghai, and a proposed park that never >happened on the outskirts of DC. But Disneyland was built in an area that wasn't a major tourist destination in 1955. Sure it was close to Los Angeles, but in 1955 that wasn't an easy outing to get there. It was almost midway between two cities, LA and San Diego with nothing else around to attract tourists. I remember as a kid, to get to Disneyland from Pasadena where I grew up, it was a major drive. Anaheim was way out in the boonies in 1955. It was farm land. It didn't start to boom until Disneyland was built. And So. Ca. didn't have the network of freeways it has today. And if I'm not mistaken, Orlando wasn't a tourist destination until Disney built WDW in Central Florida. So if Disney WERE to build a theme park in the North Texas area it's very probable that what is currently not a tourist destination would eventually become a tourist destination. (Not that I expect this pipe dream to become reality.) Dave in Dallas - The one and only! Accept no substitutes.
From: Dave in Dallas - The One And Only on 2 Sep 2006 13:39 On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:56:52 GMT, "Bartender Sam" <bartendersam(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >But you would have gone to the beaches of Florida so thats probably why they >chose CENTRAL Florida. Valid point. Florida has always had a large tourist economy throughout the state. And Central Florida was on the way to many other long established tourist destinations in the state. Were I-75 and I-4 already in existence in 1971? BUT still, if these proposed highways come into existence through Texas they will create major corridors for people traversing the central United States. Much like I-5 in California and I-75 did in Florida did. So that does bring a possibility of a Disney park in North Texas into the realm of possibility. Still, I'm not soon to be asking for the day off from work just yet to be there on opening day. I'll believe it when I see it. Dave in Dallas - The one and only! Accept no substitutes.
From: Dave in Dallas - The One And Only on 2 Sep 2006 13:45 On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:55:41 -0400, "Jennifer K." <nothankyou(a)goaway.com> wrote: >Nope, in all my trips to WDW, didn't do the beach. Grew up near the beach, >not a beach girl. Just saying, I do love Big D. Just curious, outside of the weather, what about Dallas do you like when visiting? For love nor money, I can't get friends to visit me here in Dallas because they don't believe there is anything to do here. What attracts you to Dallas as a visitor? I think my quality of life living here is great. But I'm always hard pressed to show people around town to "see the sights" because there isn't a bundle of touristy things to do. What am I missing that a non-resident finds fun about Dallas? Dave in Dallas - The one and only! Accept no substitutes.
From: Bumper on 2 Sep 2006 16:48 Hmmmmmm, let's see.............Oh yeah............Taylor Angele, five months old...............cutest baby in the state of Texas. We went downtown once, right after the kids moved there and haven't been back since. So maybe that would be the draw, Disney would be the best draw in town. Is the Six Flags successful? Dave in Dallas - The One And Only <Daveintx(a)swbell.net> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 21:55:41 -0400, "Jennifer K." > <nothankyou(a)goaway.com> wrote: > > >Nope, in all my trips to WDW, didn't do the beach. Grew up near the beach, > >not a beach girl. Just saying, I do love Big D. > > Just curious, outside of the weather, what about Dallas do you like > when visiting? For love nor money, I can't get friends to visit me > here in Dallas because they don't believe there is anything to do > here. What attracts you to Dallas as a visitor? I think my quality of > life living here is great. But I'm always hard pressed to show people > around town to "see the sights" because there isn't a bundle of > touristy things to do. What am I missing that a non-resident finds fun > about Dallas? > > > Dave in Dallas - The one and only! > Accept no substitutes.
From: Jennifer K. on 2 Sep 2006 19:10
When I landed in July it was 107 at DFW. I thought it was fine. We had an outdoor family reunion two days later, I think it was 105, felt great. Then again, I'm from a town two hour south of San Antonio, for most of my life. But I think you are right that there is no real need for another Disney park in the US. People here in Delaware mostly go down to FL to escape the cold in the "Spring," if you can call it Spring, LOL. Jennifer > > Dallas is fine as long as it's under 100 degrees. Right now it's 92 > degrees outside and it's wonderful. But let it hit triple digit and > it's unbearable. It's like walking around with a space heater blowing > on you all day. It just saps the energy right out of you. That can > pretty much be what all of August into September can be. |