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CostaFreak
02-16-2007, 09:10 PM
In the future, Disneyland Resort Paris may want to put a new park in the resort. What if this park were to bring science and world cultures together and build something that Europeans can only dream about. What if there was a EuroCOT in DLRP.

The way the park is designed is different from Epcot. The park would be in a circular shape, which would have World Showcase circling the entire park, and would have the Universal Core separated from it by putting it on an island at the center.

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Universal Core, the park's Future World, would be located on a 40 acre center island. The island would be divided into 5 sectors: The Land, Oceana, Life, Horizon Bay, and Space Station Earth.

Space Station Earth would be at the center of the island, being the parks icon. This 300 foot structure would have a smooth white sphere enclosed in a geodestic glass sphere. Inside is an omnimover ride through the world of communication. At night, the sphere inside the glass case would be lit up by colorful lights.

The Land would be on the west side of the island. The outside fascade has rocks covered in moss. The top of the building has a glass dome so the plants inside get sunlight. The main attraction would be a boat ride, starting off in a mid-western crop field, a plant showcase, and a grand finale through an earthquake scene.

Oceana would be on the east side of the island. It would be a 50ft. glass dome covering the pavillion. Inside, an omnimover ride takes you through the tank and into the aquarium. At one point of the ride, a projection the Greek god Posidon comes and narrarates the entier ride.

Life would be on the north of the island. Inside, an old favorite comes back with Adventures Thru Inner Space. This would be an updated version of a long lost favorite.

Horizon Bay would be on the south end of the island. This area would include it's star attraction, an updated version of the long lost Horizon. Horizon Bay is also home the one of the park's biggest restaurants, with nighttime entertainment playing every night on the center stage.

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The World Showcase surrounds the island, separated from it by a large body of water. The World Showcase has 10 areas: International Gateway, The Alps, The Mediterranean, Arabian Coast, Norway, Great France, Liberty Square, The United Kingdom, Oriental Bay, and Polynesia.

International Gateway would be the park's enterance. Flags from every single country surround the Fountain of Nations. The area is in a futuristic setting, showing future unity of all the Earth's nations.

The Alps would contain two countries, Switzerland and Germany. Switzerland would have a version of the Matterhorn, exept using an actual trackless bobsled coaster. The ride finale would be going on tight turns in a swiss village with a max. speed of 35 mph. Germany would be home to the Das Festaus, a big restaurant where German festivities happen every day.

The Mediterranean would be a harbor themed area which is 1/3 Spanish, 1/3 Italian, and 1/3 Greek. Spain would have a Fortress Explorations. Italy would be full of canals, with gondola rides that take you through the area. Greece would be themed after ancient Greece and would have an E-ticket attraction based on the Oddysey.

Arabian Coast would be a middle eastern themed area. Here, you would find art and exotic spicy foods from the area. The only attractions here are a Circlevision theater and a magic carpet type dark ride over Agrabah.

Norway would be themed to a Viking infested Norway. the main attraction here is Maelstrom.

Great France would be the "American Adventure" of this park since DLRP is located in France. Inside will be an AA show showing the history of France. A 50 ft. Eiffel Tower can also be used as an observation tower.

Liberty Square would be an area themed to America. In here would be exibits about American history.

The United Kingdom would be an area themed to 3 countries: England, Scotland, and Ireland. In England, there's an array of antique shops and taverns. In Scotland, bagpipe players walk the streets. In Ireland, a theater has an exotic riverdance show.

Oriental Bay would be themed to Asia. The area would be home to Chinese acrobat performers and a Circlevision theater.

Polynesia would be an area themed to the tropical islands of Polynesia. One of the main attractions here would be the thrilling Journey to the Center of the Earth. The other main attraction would be a river rapids ride through the jungles of Polynesia.

ah92us
02-16-2007, 11:32 PM
Great ideas! However, is it feasible (economically and financially) to build EuroCOT in DLRP?

CostaFreak
02-17-2007, 06:49 AM
It should be 5 or 10 years from now. It'd probably be around $4 billion to build, but Disney should have that money by then. It'd bring many more into the resort, and it'd get them to stay longer. EuroCOT is gonna be at least a 2 day park, so a lot of money is gonna be coming in. DLRP will then turn into Europe's WDW. There's alot of room to put EuroCOT in, since DLRP is about half the size of WDW.


Plans to come along with EuroCOT:

Built in hotels inside EuroCOT which include The Seven Seas Hotel, The Polynesian Hotel, and The Hotel Asia.

A monorail system. The stations will be in the Disney Village and EuroCOT.

wdwmickeyfan
02-17-2007, 10:44 PM
Isn't the Disneyland Resort Paris still in debt right now? It would be a risky expenditure and given their past experiences with spending too much money and going overbudget, I don't see them spending that much money on a single park. $4 billion is about DOUBLE what it cost to build Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney Studios Paris. In fact, the resort cost about $5 billion to build and that includes EVERYTHING (two parks, hotels, Disney Village, golf course, etc).

CostaFreak
02-18-2007, 06:59 AM
This is 10 or 20 years from now. By then, they should be out of debt. I just said $4 billion because I took wild guess. It'd be more like $2.5 billion. I suck at math, so I don't really know how much it would be.

disney_dreamer
03-19-2007, 10:55 AM
yeah, I think that would be a brilliant idea. Making a Europe Epcot would be good, but is there much space for them to build it? I'm not saying it would work, but where would it go? Plus you need to add a really good scary ride for guests to want to visit it. Like a one-of-a-kind rollercoaster, or thrill ride like test track or mission space at Epcot in WDW. :smile:

CostaFreak
03-19-2007, 12:19 PM
Uh, if you read the entire post, you should have seen that I put quite a few thrill rides there.;)

Oh, and there's tons of land to put it in. The fact is, the amount of land DLRP sits on is about 1/3 (size approxamite, results may vary) of the size of WDW. The land that is now the parks, hotels, and the village is just a small area of that land available. If EuroCOT would ever be built, the monorail, and the hotels around it, DLRP would still have 1/2 of the land undeveloped.

imagineer_me
03-19-2007, 08:02 PM
Nice idea CostaFreak!

Wig
04-17-2007, 04:40 PM
DLRP has a special financial and political history. The French goverment was and is involved very strongly in the setup of the park. Counting on a general raise of touristical profits/revenue for France/Paris AND on investment profits, the act on establishing "Eurodisney" included a "must" on steady-go-on devellopment of the track of land. Whatever would be included... Parks, hotels, sports facilities... or just anything. A lack of speed in development would be punished through the severe contract rules. I heard a rumour that just dwellings would be build on part of the land, to be able to meet the contract enforcement to develop in time...
DLRP allmost went bankrupt, first, because the day-ticket prices etc. were many times higher than any other park in Europe at that time. The fact you get more for your money does NOT count. A family is calculating their budget and hence, deciding to visit or NOT. There is just nothing inbetween (like a half-visit.. haha) So, We Europeans decided abundantly NOT to visit Eurodisney, in these first days. It was immediately know that also the food quality inside the park was 'scrap' against double the price from downtown Paris... the news was horrible to average Europeans. So, many tried to live on cookies picniq while IN the park, and have decent dinner in central Paris afterwards. All this and more, was due to massive mistakes made by US-Disneypeople, who just had no knowledge of manners in Europe or France, before setting up everything. (Same mistakes in the first years of Tokyo etc etc... history repeats itself)
Then, to save the whole lot from bankruptcy, new investors came in (Arabian, like ALLWAYS in such cases... haha), prices were CUT down seriously to match the European average, quality and portions of food improved .. and suddenly the visitors came. At the other hand, Disney has done quite a lot of inventive juggling with the book-keeping of DLRP, to keep Euro-Paris on the 'official' rim of bankruptcy, while sweeping off profits directly to the US....
Its not allways 'koosher' you know...
Anyway, DLRP is right now very profitable, in REALTY.

wdwmickeyfan
04-17-2007, 06:04 PM
Uh, if you read the entire post, you should have seen that I put quite a few thrill rides there.;)

Oh, and there's tons of land to put it in. The fact is, the amount of land DLRP sits on is about 1/3 (size approxamite, results may vary) of the size of WDW. The land that is now the parks, hotels, and the village is just a small area of that land available. If EuroCOT would ever be built, the monorail, and the hotels around it, DLRP would still have 1/2 of the land undeveloped.

Disneyland Resort Paris is approximately 4,200 acres, about 1/6 the size of Walt Disney World. However, one of their promises was that the land could be used and devloped by other companies if they failed to devlop it themselves within a set time period. Reason why they had to rush to build a second gate (and poorly built I might add). If they don't build another park within the next decade or so, that huge parcel of land may just be taken by another company for other purposes.

Wig
05-30-2007, 07:09 AM
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The United Kingdom would be an area themed to 3 countries: England, Scotland, and Ireland. In England, there's an array of antique shops and taverns. In Scotland, bagpipe players walk the streets. In Ireland, a theater has an exotic riverdance show.

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I forgot to mention that in your theming proposal, you made a serious political error !!
Ireland is 2 parts.
The republic of Ireland does absolutely NOT belong to the UK. It is an independent country and they even use the Euro there, not the ? ... You have been quite lucky that you have not yet had Irish readers here, they would rage over your thread! Irish people can get very nervous if they hear someone saying its part of the UK, you know, VERY VERY nervous... :) :)
At the other hand, you made The Welsh nervous as well! Wales belongs to the UK, and you then seem to put that part of the kingdom in the dustbin!???
Haha..
(Allright, but look up the geography first before making propositions, allways better...)