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Proposals to open a [[Disney Experiences|Disneyland]] [[amusement park]] in [[Australia]] have existed since the late 1990s.<ref name="el">https://m.ellaslist.com.au/articles/there-s-a-serious-plan-cooking-to-bring-disneyland-to-australia</ref><ref name="hp">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disneyland-australia-theme-park_n_564d47cbe4b08c74b7345cff/amp</ref> However, the [[Walt Disney Company]] has never opened a Disneyland park in the [[Southern Hemisphere]].
Proposals to open a [[Disney Experiences|Disneyland]] [[amusement park]] in [[Australia]] have existed since the late 1990s.<ref name="el">{{Cite web |title=Could Disneyland Australia Finally Be Coming Down Under? |url=https://www.ellaslist.com.au/articles/there-s-a-serious-plan-cooking-to-bring-disneyland-to-australia |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.ellaslist.com.au |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607024305/https://www.ellaslist.com.au/articles/there-s-a-serious-plan-cooking-to-bring-disneyland-to-australia |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hp">{{Cite web |date=2015-11-19 |title=Is Disneyland Headed To Australia? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disneyland-australia-theme-park_n_564d47cbe4b08c74b7345cff |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083112/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disneyland-australia-theme-park_n_564d47cbe4b08c74b7345cff |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the [[Walt Disney Company]] has never opened a Disneyland park in the [[Southern Hemisphere]].

The majority of [[#Proposed locations|recent proposals]]{{when|date=September 2024}} have been in [[Melbourne]] and [[Adelaide]].


==History==
==History==


===Early proposals===
===Early proposals===
The first reports of a proposal to build a Disneyland park in Australia were in the 1990s, when a park was proposed on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. The [[Walt Disney Company]] reportedly liked the idea, but a last minute intervention saw the plan abandoned in favour of a park in [[China]]. [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] opened in 2005.<ref name="gcb">https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/new-billion-dollar-theme-park-to-rival-dreamworld-to-be-built-by-chinese-developers</ref><ref name="hp"/>
The first reports of a proposal to build a Disneyland park in Australia were in the 1990s, when a park was proposed on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. The [[Walt Disney Company]] reportedly liked the idea, but a last minute intervention saw the plan abandoned in favour of a park in [[China]]. [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] opened in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2015 |title=New billion-dollar theme park to rival Dreamworld to be built by Chinese developers |url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/new-billiondollar-theme-park-to-rival-dreamworld-to-be-built-by-chinese-developers/news-story/1e536af740bbd01d2088c4af0f9b5a43 |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=goldcoastbulletin.com.au}}</ref><ref name="hp"/>


In 2007, the Walt Disney Company itself proposed building a [[Disney Experiences|Disneyland Resort]] in [[Sydney]], with the proposed name "Disney Wharf at [[Sydney Harbour]]".<ref name="hp"/><ref name="smh">https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/walt-disney-company-proposed-a-disney-resort-in-sydney-20140111-30nfk.html</ref><ref name="rt">https://reviewtyme.com/the-history-of-sydneys-secret-cancelled-disney-resort/</ref><ref name="sfg">https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disney-failed-minipark-australia-suburbs-18417936.php</ref> However, the company abandoned the plan due to hefty costs.<ref name="hp"/>
In 2007, the Walt Disney Company itself proposed building a [[Disney Experiences|Disneyland Resort]] in [[Sydney]], with the proposed name "Disney Wharf at [[Sydney Harbour]]".<ref name="hp"/><ref name="smh">{{Cite web |last=Snow |first=Deborah |date=2014-01-11 |title=Walt Disney Company proposed a Disney Resort in Sydney |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/walt-disney-company-proposed-a-disney-resort-in-sydney-20140111-30nfk.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083111/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/walt-disney-company-proposed-a-disney-resort-in-sydney-20140111-30nfk.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rt">{{Cite web |date=2023-01-05 |title=The History of Sydney's Secret Cancelled Disney Resort |url=https://reviewtyme.com/the-history-of-sydneys-secret-cancelled-disney-resort/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=ReviewTyme |language=en-US |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083120/https://reviewtyme.com/the-history-of-sydneys-secret-cancelled-disney-resort/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sfg">{{Cite news |last=Dowd |first=Katie |title=Disney's failed attempt to put a mini-park in the suburbs |url=https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disney-failed-minipark-australia-suburbs-18417936.php |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=SFGATE |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606083111/https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disney-failed-minipark-australia-suburbs-18417936.php |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the company abandoned the plan due to hefty costs.<ref name="hp"/>


===Recent proposals===
===Recent proposals===
In recent years, proposals for a Disneyland park in Australia have resurfaced.
In recent years, proposals for a Disneyland park in Australia have resurfaced, with [[#Proposed locations|the majority of proposals]] being in either [[Melbourne]] or [[Adelaide]].


In June 2024, [[David Limbrick]], a [[Libertarian Party of Australia|Libertarian]] MP for the [[South-Eastern Metropolitan Region]] of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]], proposed three potential locations for a Disneyland park in [[Melbourne]]. He suggested the southeastern suburbs of [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]], [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]] and [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]] as potential locations.<ref name="news">https://www.news.com.au/travel/australian-holidays/victoria/open-for-business-victorian-mp-david-limbricks-call-to-tourism-minister-as-plans-for-aussie-disneyland-revealed/news-story/0f2f2c7f0d8ec97916b1e66f24e48081?amp</ref> [[City of Frankston#Mayors|Frankston Mayor]] Nathan Conroy supported the proposal.<ref name="guardian">https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/05/disneyland-melbourne-reports-proposed-site</ref>
In June 2024, [[David Limbrick]], a [[Libertarian Party of Australia|Libertarian]] MP for the [[South-Eastern Metropolitan Region]] of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]], proposed three potential locations for a Disneyland park in Melbourne. He suggested the southeastern suburbs of [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]], [[Dandenong, Victoria|Dandenong]] and [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]] as potential locations.<ref name="news">{{Cite news |last=Dobson |first=Tileah |date=2024-06-05 |title='Open for business': Victorian MP David Limbrick's call to tourism minister as plans for Aussie Disneyland revealed |url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/australian-holidays/victoria/open-for-business-victorian-mp-david-limbricks-call-to-tourism-minister-as-plans-for-aussie-disneyland-revealed/news-story/0f2f2c7f0d8ec97916b1e66f24e48081?amp |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=news.com.au |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604222837/https://www.news.com.au/travel/australian-holidays/victoria/open-for-business-victorian-mp-david-limbricks-call-to-tourism-minister-as-plans-for-aussie-disneyland-revealed/news-story/0f2f2c7f0d8ec97916b1e66f24e48081?amp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[City of Frankston#Mayors|Frankston Mayor]] Nathan Conroy supported the proposal.<ref name="guardian">{{Cite web |title=Taking the Mickey: is a Melbourne Disneyland anything more than a fantasy? {{!}} Melbourne {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/05/disneyland-melbourne-reports-proposed-site |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref>


==Proposed locations==
==Proposed locations==
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! Original proponent(s)
! Original proponent(s)
! Reference(s)
! Reference(s)
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| [[Avalon, Victoria|Avalon]]
| [[Geelong]]
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| {{sortname|Lindsay|Fox}}
| <ref name="guardian"/>
|-
|-
| [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]]
| [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| [[David Limbrick]]
| {{sortname|David|Limbrick}}
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
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| [[Melbourne]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| [[David Limbrick]]
| {{sortname|David|Limbrick}}
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
|-
| [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]]
| [[Adelaide]]
| {{flag|South Australia}}
| {{sortname|Amanda|Blair}}
| <ref name="triplem">{{Cite web |title=A Disneyland To Open Up In Adelaide? |url=https://www.triplem.com.au/story/disneyland-to-open-up-in-adelaide-24800/amp |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Triple M |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fishermans Bend]], [[Port Melbourne]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| {{sortname|Sally|Capp}}
| <ref name="guardian"/>
|-
|-
| [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]]
| [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| [[Melbourne]]
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| {{flag|Victoria}}
| [[David Limbrick]]
| {{sortname|David|Limbrick}}
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
| <ref name="news"/><ref name="guardian"/>
|-
| [[McLaren Vale, South Australia|McLaren Vale]]
| [[Adelaide]]
| {{flag|South Australia}}
| {{sortname|Warren|Randall|nolink=1}}
| <ref name="bh">{{Cite web |last=Lu |first=Garry |date=2022-09-23 |title=Disneyland Australia Proposal Reignited For The Third Time |url=https://www.bosshunting.com.au/travel/things-to-do/disneyland-australia/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Boss Hunting |language=en-US |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115033808/https://www.bosshunting.com.au/travel/things-to-do/disneyland-australia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="seven">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=The 'happiest place on Earth' could be coming to a surprising Australian location |url=https://7news.com.au/sunrise/south-australian-business-leader-pushing-for-a-disneyland-c-8320261 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=7NEWS |language=en |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606091224/https://7news.com.au/sunrise/south-australian-business-leader-pushing-for-a-disneyland-c-8320261 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Yatala, Queensland|Yatala]]
| [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
| {{flag|Queensland}}
| {{sortname|Tom|Tate}}
| <ref name="nine">{{Cite web |title=Disneyland Australia: Gold Coast mayor joins push for Disneyland theme park in Australia |url=https://amp.9news.com.au/article/4d2f5f3d-338f-4468-8d10-fd9d2f6b0eb8 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=amp.9news.com.au |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606085935/https://amp.9news.com.au/article/4d2f5f3d-338f-4468-8d10-fd9d2f6b0eb8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 03:28, 5 September 2024

Proposals to open a Disneyland amusement park in Australia have existed since the late 1990s.[1][2] However, the Walt Disney Company has never opened a Disneyland park in the Southern Hemisphere.

The majority of recent proposals[when?] have been in Melbourne and Adelaide.

History

[edit]

Early proposals

[edit]

The first reports of a proposal to build a Disneyland park in Australia were in the 1990s, when a park was proposed on the Gold Coast. The Walt Disney Company reportedly liked the idea, but a last minute intervention saw the plan abandoned in favour of a park in China. Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005.[3][2]

In 2007, the Walt Disney Company itself proposed building a Disneyland Resort in Sydney, with the proposed name "Disney Wharf at Sydney Harbour".[2][4][5][6] However, the company abandoned the plan due to hefty costs.[2]

Recent proposals

[edit]

In recent years, proposals for a Disneyland park in Australia have resurfaced, with the majority of proposals being in either Melbourne or Adelaide.

In June 2024, David Limbrick, a Libertarian MP for the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region of the Victorian Legislative Council, proposed three potential locations for a Disneyland park in Melbourne. He suggested the southeastern suburbs of Cranbourne, Dandenong and Frankston as potential locations.[7] Frankston Mayor Nathan Conroy supported the proposal.[8]

Proposed locations

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Suburb City State Original proponent(s) Reference(s)
Avalon Geelong  Victoria Lindsay Fox [8]
Cranbourne Melbourne  Victoria David Limbrick [7][8]
Dandenong Melbourne  Victoria David Limbrick [7][8]
Elizabeth Adelaide  South Australia Amanda Blair [9]
Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne Melbourne  Victoria Sally Capp [8]
Frankston Melbourne  Victoria David Limbrick [7][8]
McLaren Vale Adelaide  South Australia Warren Randall [10][11]
Yatala Gold Coast  Queensland Tom Tate [12]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Could Disneyland Australia Finally Be Coming Down Under?". www.ellaslist.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Is Disneyland Headed To Australia?". HuffPost. 19 November 2015. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ "New billion-dollar theme park to rival Dreamworld to be built by Chinese developers". goldcoastbulletin.com.au. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ^ Snow, Deborah (11 January 2014). "Walt Disney Company proposed a Disney Resort in Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ "The History of Sydney's Secret Cancelled Disney Resort". ReviewTyme. 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ Dowd, Katie. "Disney's failed attempt to put a mini-park in the suburbs". SFGATE. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d Dobson, Tileah (5 June 2024). "'Open for business': Victorian MP David Limbrick's call to tourism minister as plans for Aussie Disneyland revealed". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Taking the Mickey: is a Melbourne Disneyland anything more than a fantasy? | Melbourne | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  9. ^ "A Disneyland To Open Up In Adelaide?". Triple M. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  10. ^ Lu, Garry (23 September 2022). "Disneyland Australia Proposal Reignited For The Third Time". Boss Hunting. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  11. ^ "The 'happiest place on Earth' could be coming to a surprising Australian location". 7NEWS. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Disneyland Australia: Gold Coast mayor joins push for Disneyland theme park in Australia". amp.9news.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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