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Originally Posted by Wayward Memphian
I once posted how Disney should start riverboat cruises and how this property could have been a A Disney resort/DVC property complete with a very large retractable roof Tom and Huck themed water park for year round , 365 a day use and a Downtown Disney area. Disney also has a problem in that Universal still has the theme park rights east of the Mississippi for the vast majority of Marvel movies that Disney makes thanks to having them pre sale.
I would propose that Disney had set up shop at the Harrah's resort with the waterpark and privately fund building a bridge to the Arkansas side of the river for a Marvel theme park. The bridge would be tolled but connect I-40 west of West Memphis to I-69 there in Tunica. They'd get tolls from through traffic and folks either staying at the resort coming from the west and going to the Resort coming from the east. The bridge would also be a crossing for a Disney Monorail. Connecting the resort to the theme park. The Bridge would feature a hidden mouse in the superstructure that would be lighted at night. Disney now has parks in Tokyo and Paris that have winter weather and they don't miss a beat. Neither would this one. Most of the newer Disney attrations are indoor anyways.
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It's needed imo. This region of the country could use a regional draw. From New Orleans, parts of southern Mississippi, south eastern Arkansas, and west Alabama, There's no real Amusement park. Memphis, New Orleans, and Jackson, MS would be the direct cities to market, and maybe more.
I almost forgot that the Six Flags in New Orleans was closed back in 2005, because of Katrina. So it's really nothing like that in the Delta, Deep southern region areas of that magnitude.