robbalvey Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) Check out this article from Attractions Magazine: http://attractionsmagazine.com/exclusive-worlds-largest-theme-park-planned-texas/ It is an immensely ambitious vision, too, as plans call for a massive $4 billion theme park in North Texas with the kind of detail we usually only see in the very best that Disney and Universal have to offer. Read the full article and post your thoughts? Will it happen? What do you think? Edited February 10, 2015 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 4 billion?? That's a lot! Well, the idea sounds very appealing, but I'm not great at making predictions about whether it will happen or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locostitch Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 It sounds amazing, but if they ever do get it open for the 4 billion it would cost there would be a massive amount of money to make up before they even turn a profit. Plus 10,000 acres is roughly 2/3 the size of manhattan, so they would essentially be building a city from the ground up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) The more theme parks the merrier but I still can't wrap my head around the fact that some places in America doesn't have them. I'm looking at you Arizona. If it's being built, build it there. Edited July 18, 2014 by Swede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath on this one actually happening. They floated press releases around in the spring of 2013 and held an announcement celebration in downtown Fort Worth that June. Word from the local press around here was that it was an idea with no money behind it and they were just trolling for investors. They also announced that they were moving their headquarters to Fort Worth and not a word has been said locally about that or the theme park proposal in over a year. The article linked above sounds like it was written using material from the company's web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I've done some research on this company. Here is the website for DreamVision. I think they have the right people to make it happen. Not sure why they picked Fort Worth. I would think a project this size would create more news. They have some more articles on the site but mostly old. I have to admit the animation looks fantastic. Maybe they could give Disney/Pixar some competition. It will be interesting to follow this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 It most certainly sounds ambitious. A company that wants to do everything in entertainment - movies, animation, theme park, resort, etc. Should be interesting to see where this goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlandoGuy Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I definitely look forward to hearing more about this. But to be honest I sort of think the days of building new amusement parks in the US are over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historyfreak92 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Wow! I guess that Texas is getting back on shape! So far I heard adventure pointe Texas city tx, grand Texas theme park new caney tax, and this dream vision something! So I guess that Dallas will have two parks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 I only hope this happens so that it forces Six Flags Over Texas to stop sucking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I definitely look forward to hearing more about this. But to be honest I sort of think the days of building new amusement parks in the US are over. Not even close. There are so many open markets for amusement development right now, but not for these stupid pie-in-the-sky concepts. Grand Texas, Fun Spot Orlando, and Miracle Strip @ Pier Park are great examples of well executed amusement development. I'm just plain tired off all the "I wanna build disneyworld x2 pls give me lots of money" pitches that are thrown around every year. They give off a bad image for the industry and could hinder good developments. At least the Oz and EarthQuest pitches were unique, this one just came off as unimaginative to me. Whatever, this will be the first and last we hear of this I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlandoGuy Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I definitely look forward to hearing more about this. But to be honest I sort of think the days of building new amusement parks in the US are over. Not even close. There are so many open markets for amusement development right now, but not for these stupid pie-in-the-sky concepts. Grand Texas, Fun Spot Orlando, and Miracle Strip @ Pier Park are great examples of well executed amusement development. I'm just plain tired off all the "I wanna build disneyworld x2 pls give me lots of money" pitches that are thrown around every year. They give off a bad image for the industry and could hinder good developments. At least the Oz and EarthQuest pitches were unique, this one just came off as unimaginative to me. Whatever, this will be the first and last we hear of this I'm sure. Oh yeah, Fun Spot and Miracle Strip are very similar to a 4 billion destination theme park resort my bad. You know what I meant. Little places geared toward local audiences with different models have lots of room to develop, sure. But those aren't major parks, and thats what I was talking about. I would love to be proven wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I only hope this happens so that it forces Six Flags Over Texas to stop sucking. Dream on. Of note, for those of you not from the area Ft. Worth is not Dallas and Ft. Worth residence will punch you in the teeth for referring to them as 'Dallas'. Dallas and Ft. Worth are very much different cities and offer different lifestyles. Ft. Worth has a tremendous amount of land available close to the interstate highway system making it a prime choice for potential development. The Dallas/Ft. Worth market is already home to multiple production studios including Southside Studios who produce the TNT show 'Dallas'. DFW also boasts national shows such as 'Cheaters', 'The First 48', and "30k Millionaire"(Currently in production with no aire date set). So in essence it would not be unusual for a new player to come to town. There are also huge tax incentives being offered for a variety of industries which is evident by the amount of stupid Californian's moving in. Not gonna hold my breath on this one, but if they build it, you'll find me there instead of that other place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkid124 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I don't see this happening.... Yet. 10,000 acres, 4 billion dollars. A company that nobody has ever heard of is not going to be able to do something this massive. However, their work judging on the pictures really looks good. If they can start producing some good movies and products, they may have a start. I just don't ever see that massive of a project happening for any company maybe besides Disney. Where is this company planning on getting the money? In sure that the state isn't going to just throw it at them for something that could fail. If anything, they would have to start out small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historyfreak92 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I only hope this happens so that it forces Six Flags Over Texas to stop sucking. Dream on. Of note, for those of you not from the area Ft. Worth is not Dallas and Ft. Worth residence will punch you in the teeth for referring to them as 'Dallas'. Dallas and Ft. Worth are very much different cities and offer different lifestyles. Ft. Worth has a tremendous amount of land available close to the interstate highway system making it a prime choice for potential development. The Dallas/Ft. Worth market is already home to multiple production studios including Southside Studios who produce the TNT show 'Dallas'. DFW also boasts national shows such as 'Cheaters', 'The First 48', and "30k Millionaire"(Currently in production with no aire date set). So in essence it would not be unusual for a new player to come to town. There are also huge tax incentives being offered for a variety of industries which is evident by the amount of stupid Californian's moving in. Not gonna hold my breath on this one, but if they build it, you'll find me there instead of that other place. We'll not what he really meant to say about that! What he meant is that ever since astroworld closed Texas was getting in bad shape and sucking on it's amusement industry till kemah, and the pleasure pier is built in Texas, and grand Texas, adventure pointe, and dreamvision, is coming to Texas, he's saying that would bring Dallas/ft worth, a great idea especially Texas, or forgive me if I'm wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shavethewhales Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I definitely look forward to hearing more about this. But to be honest I sort of think the days of building new amusement parks in the US are over. Not even close. There are so many open markets for amusement development right now, but not for these stupid pie-in-the-sky concepts. Grand Texas, Fun Spot Orlando, and Miracle Strip @ Pier Park are great examples of well executed amusement development. I'm just plain tired off all the "I wanna build disneyworld x2 pls give me lots of money" pitches that are thrown around every year. They give off a bad image for the industry and could hinder good developments. At least the Oz and EarthQuest pitches were unique, this one just came off as unimaginative to me. Whatever, this will be the first and last we hear of this I'm sure. Oh yeah, Fun Spot and Miracle Strip are very similar to a 4 billion destination theme park resort my bad. You know what I meant. Little places geared toward local audiences with different models have lots of room to develop, sure. But those aren't major parks, and thats what I was talking about. I would love to be proven wrong though. No, I didn't quite get what you meant. I was trying to make a distinction between reasonable development and ridiculous concepts that will never get off the drawing board. I see what you were getting at now though, but I still think there's room in the U.S. for even a few more major parks - maybe not of the $4 billion variety though. $4 billion just isn't going to happen. It's a stupid number to throw out there. I wanted to give them a little credit at first, but their numbers are a big red flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I only hope this happens so that it forces Six Flags Over Texas to stop sucking. I pretty much had the same reaction as everyone else, 4 billion for a theme park is freaking huge and the whole project seems rather ambitious. Hopes that it will work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I only hope this happens so that it forces Six Flags Over Texas to stop sucking. Dream on. Of note, for those of you not from the area Ft. Worth is not Dallas and Ft. Worth residence will punch you in the teeth for referring to them as 'Dallas'. Dallas and Ft. Worth are very much different cities and offer different lifestyles. Ft. Worth has a tremendous amount of land available close to the interstate highway system making it a prime choice for potential development. The Dallas/Ft. Worth market is already home to multiple production studios including Southside Studios who produce the TNT show 'Dallas'. DFW also boasts national shows such as 'Cheaters', 'The First 48', and "30k Millionaire"(Currently in production with no aire date set). So in essence it would not be unusual for a new player to come to town. There are also huge tax incentives being offered for a variety of industries which is evident by the amount of stupid Californian's moving in. Not gonna hold my breath on this one, but if they build it, you'll find me there instead of that other place. We'll not what he really meant to say about that! What he meant is that ever since astroworld closed Texas was getting in bad shape and sucking on it's amusement industry till kemah, and the pleasure pier is built in Texas, and grand Texas, adventure pointe, and dreamvision, is coming to Texas, he's saying that would bring Dallas/ft worth, a great idea especially Texas, or forgive me if I'm wrong! Um, yes, I know what he meant, but thanks for clarifying. The remaining comments were generalized to the rest of the conversation in the thread as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miracleman Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I remember when these guys first came to Ft. Worth last year and held a big fireworks show. I'm rather skeptical. Also, I could've sworn the guy announced a $2 billion dollar theme park last year, as well as a theme park in South Africa and Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasbest2015 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 No new update on this project??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brashnir Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 It's hard to hear this and not be skeptical without hearing the hook or tie-in that will be associated with the park. Disney works in part because the movies advertise the park, and the park advertises the movies. It's a symbiotic relationship which drives both to greater success than they might have on their own. A tie-in for a park of this ambition can't be something transient or fleeting, or limited in scope. It has to be family-friendly, but also relatable to adults - either through nostalgia or directly. The only property I can think of that hits all those marks while not already being tied to a chain of parks is the Nintendo catalog. So yeah, if this place is going to be Super Mario World, it's got a chance. If not, I'd need to hear a pretty spectacularly convincing argument about the appeal of the other theme(s) being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/yet-again-the-promise-of-a-5000-acre-theme-park-in-fort-worth-its-news-to-fort-worth-too.html/ Looks like a big week for the Dreamvision people :/ " In May 2013 a press conference was scheduled in Fort Worth to announce a massive theme park planned by a faith-based entertainment-maker called The DreamVision Company. Its CEO, Rick Silanskas, promised big things: “We see this as the future family entertainment capital of the world — that’s a big statement to make,” he told KTVT-Channel 11. “There will be substantial opportunity as far as educational development in film, television, animation, and theme park development.” Around the same time, D reported that “DreamVision officials said they hope to produce films and Broadway shows, and possibly build a Christian theme park in Fort Worth.” But nothing ever came of the fireworks. Today, Fort Worth officials say the company’s gone “silent.” They also had no idea DreamVision until this morning that DreamVision has scheduled another press conference next week to announce … wait for it .. an “approximately” 5,000-acre theme park in Fort Worth. “I can’t imagine where there would be 5,000 acres to do such a thing,” says Fort Worth media coordinator Kevin Neal. He considers it for a second, and says, well, maybe there’s a big enough spot in north Fort Worth — “maybe near Alliance Airport, the only place I could think of.” The office of Congresswoman Kay Granger, who represents that part of Tarrant County, tells The Dallas Morning News this is news to them. On Friday, DreamVision apparently issued a press release promising a $3.5 billion theme park in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, complete with “golf courses, water parks, hotels, theatres, concert venues, retail and more.” That same release also mentioned the resurrection of the Fort Worth theme park. And, sure enough, according to the company’s website an 11 a.m. press conference is scheduled to live stream on the site Monday announcing what’s currently being billed as “DreamVision Mountain” in “DreamScape, Texas,” which I believe is where Dennis Quaid was born. But many questions remain, and DreamVision isn’t yet eager to answer them. We called this morning for more info and two hours later received a press release from Trisha Clayton, who has a San Francisco area code and a Comcast email account. She said she’d set up an interview with Rick Silanskas following the Monday presser, which the release says is scheduled to take place at The Ashton Depot near the Water Gardens and convention center. Per the release, here’s what the press conferences promises: “new details about the park including visuals,” an “approximate opening date,” “estimated employment” figures and “additional ventures and details.” Silanskas will speak; so to will Ron Logan, DreamVision’s chief creative officer and a former executive vice president at Disney who cast most of its live-entertainment productions. In Alabama, local officials are as in the dark as Fort Worth officials. “No city officials were notified of the big news either,” reports WAAY-TV. An Alabama state rep told the Times Daily he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the proposed development there, but the Muscle Shoals mayor had no idea what DreamVision’s talking about. On Friday AL.com’s Paul Gattis wrote that “no one in Alabama seems to know about it … not the mayor of Muscle Shoals, not the president of the Shoals Chamber of Commerce and not the state secretary of commerce.” Gattis followed up yesterday by noting that the release that went out last week announcing the Fort Worth and Muscle Shoals development “was sent to media outlets on Friday from what appeared to be a personal Gmail account.” The press release isn’t on the company’s website, but there is an October 2014 “exclusive” kinda-sorta concerning the proposed development from Orlando-based Attractions Magazine touting “The Birth Of A New Theme Park.” It doesn’t say where. Another “exclusive” on Attractions Magazine’s website in July noted only a proposed $4-billion North Texas theme park with a proposed $4 billion price tag. DreamVision used to be based in Orlando, incidentally. Both pieces promise it will be North Texas’ version of Disneyland — a theme park imbued “with the essence of Walt Disney himself,” as Attractions put it last summer. “I was fascinated by what [Walt Disney] created and the way he presented it,” says Rick Silanskas on his company’s website. “He brought pure, wholesome family entertainment to the entire family. I am humbled by Walt. He is truly a great inspiration. From the age of seven or eight, I would watch everything he did, and how he did it, and what he was doing next.” So … until Monday, looks like. “I guess we’ll all find out at the same time,” says Fort Worth’s spokesman. Gives us all plenty of time to revisit all those stories about Disney’s Frisco venture." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Pretty sure that someone suddenly re-opening Hard Rock Park is more likely than this ever happening. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 The Q&A session should be mildly entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I love how all of the press releases came from personal e-mail accounts. It definitely shows that DreamVision is as skeptical as we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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