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There has been growing buzz that Walt Disney World may be planning a new theme park that would be aimed at adults, according to Orlando Business Journal broadcast partner Central Florida News 13.
Disney neither confirmed, nor denied, reports on Internet blogs concerning a new park that would hold just 2,000 people at a time and be built near Pleasure Island, the station says.
Jim Hill Media was reporting that Disney would open its new park, called Disney's Night Kingdom, in the fall of 2011 and it would cost $520 million.
The park reportedly would only be open 4 p.m. to midnight and not offer traditional rides, but instead have attractions like rock-climbing, zip-lining and a safari tour that would require night-vision goggles, News 13 reports.
Rick Foglesong, author of the critical book Married to the Mouse, told Central Florida News 13 an adult park would be a savvy way to convince more adults to spend their money at Disney.
"In essence, what it does is to bring back people who came as kids, but to bring them back as young adults, but to bring them back with adult experiences" Fogleson told the station.
The Internet blogs claimed the new park would not come cheap. Reports put cost of admission around $300.
A Disney spokeswoman told Central Florida News 13 many ideas they explore never become a reality, but if and when Disney planned to make an announcement, it would be done in grand Disney fashion.
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