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I doubt it. Besides, Fun Spot America still has unused space. They are also not a major US theme park operator.Could Fun Spot be the outsider?
I doubt it. Besides, Fun Spot America still has unused space. They are also not a major US theme park operator.Could Fun Spot be the outsider?
Their US parks are pretty small affairs. The three that were formerly Kennywood properties (Kennywood, Idlewild & Lake Compounce) are their largest and they've put very little into anything new in those parks since the purchase). If it's them, I would expect a fairly inconsequential park. They are very tight when it comes to spending money. Diagon & Hogsmeade are probably worth more than all of their US properties combined.Screamscape took a look at possible buyers of Artegon. Here is their speculation:
Pondering it over, I do have to say my biggest hunch tells me to keep an eye on PARQUES REUNIDOS. Who are they? They are a Spanish owned chain of parks and smaller attractions that are fairly wide-spread throughout the European market who own parks such as Bobbejaanland, Bonbon Land, Mirabilandia, TysenFryd and Parque Warner Madrid. However they also bought up a small chain of American owned attractions who still operate the US division under the name of Palace Entertainment. Palace properties include well-known waterpark and FEC names like Wet ‘n Wild, Raging Waters, Castle Park and Noah’s Ark, but they also acquired the chain of parks that includes Kennywood, Lake Compounce and Idlewild as well as the small StoryLand, Miami Seaquarium and Dutch Wonderland parks and attractions.
The article goes on to discuss how the company meets the criteria and how they are in a position to make such a move.
Orlando
Screamscape took a look at possible buyers of Artegon. Here is their speculation:
Pondering it over, I do have to say my biggest hunch tells me to keep an eye on PARQUES REUNIDOS. Who are they? They are a Spanish owned chain of parks and smaller attractions that are fairly wide-spread throughout the European market who own parks such as Bobbejaanland, Bonbon Land, Mirabilandia, TysenFryd and Parque Warner Madrid. However they also bought up a small chain of American owned attractions who still operate the US division under the name of Palace Entertainment. Palace properties include well-known waterpark and FEC names like Wet ‘n Wild, Raging Waters, Castle Park and Noah’s Ark, but they also acquired the chain of parks that includes Kennywood, Lake Compounce and Idlewild as well as the small StoryLand, Miami Seaquarium and Dutch Wonderland parks and attractions.
The article goes on to discuss how the company meets the criteria and how they are in a position to make such a move.
Orlando
I hope that Herschend buys the land. They could actually outclass Universal and Disney when it comes to smaller scale live entertainment and would have experience creating decently themed but affordable attractions.
It seems silly that Universal wouldn't just buy this even if they had no plans to use it for a long time given the proximity and Comcast money though.
I would have also thought Ferrari land would be a possibility, but they aren't US based I guess unless it would be in partnership with someone else.
I just hope they start building it soon before we hit some sort of recession and the developer gets spooked.
Interesting theory, but Lance's post immediately before says no existing FL properties--wouldn't Miami Seaquarium disqualify them?
First I've heard of Herschend's Celebration City, which may have failed in Branson, but from the cursory description sounds like a tailor-made fit for I-Drive. I wouldn't be so quick to rule them out.
That design looks perfect.:thumbsup:View attachment 3299 Throwing out some more ideas. Both hotels could have direct access into the park similar to DCA and would have views over the theme park and water park.
The indoor water park could make a great weenie driving up I Drive.
When you say Car Park, you mean one of these things right? Just want to make sure I follow you.Here's Islands, CityWalk, Volcano Bay, 1 Car park and Cabana Bay. This is slightly blowing my mind how big this piece of land actually is.
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When you say Car Park, you mean one of these things right? Just want to make sure I follow you.
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All good. Just wanted to make sure I understood your reference.Yeah. I just copied the different parts of UOR and copied them into that piece of land.