Overview

For over twenty years now, I've been thinking about what I would do if I was in charge of building a third park at Disneyland.  I've posted brief ideas on Disney forums, but in 2015 decided I should really create a blog to describe it more fully.  I've recently gone through and updated it to include more recent Disney/Pixar movies.

 

My idea for a third DLR park would bear some resemblance to Epcot's World Showcase, but have enough differences that people would see it as unique.  It would be based on countries around the world and feature characters from Disney Animation - part World Showcase, part Fantasyland.  I originally called it "World Faire", but "ImagiNations" might also be a good name for this park.  Rather than being based on National pavilions, as World Showcase is, this park would be divided into six "continents". Also like World Showcase, there would be a central lagoon, but it would be much smaller than the one at Epcot.

It could feature elements from the World Showcase, Animal Kingdom, and Disney Sea - such as Arabian Coast and American Waterfront.  It would be able to incorporate a lot of different themes and characters, but with broad enough themes that new things could be easily added to it.  It could open somewhat small, with several relatively inexpensive clones, but then add more elaborate and expensive attractions over time.

The entrance and the northern most themed area would be Europe. On either side of that would be North America and Asia, then South America and Africa. The southernmost land would be Oceania, consisting of subareas themed to Australia, Antarctica, and Polynesia. This land could have a volcano similar to the one at DisneySea, which would serve as the "weenie" of the park.

It would feature a typical mix of rides, movies, and shows, along with themed restaurants and shops.  Although the exact mix of attractions would depend on what is popular or underrepresented at DL or DCA when it is built, as well as what new ride systems have or are being developed, in general any of the attractions from Epcot's World Showcase could fit, as well as some from DisneySea. 

In short, Fantasyland expanded to include the whole world, and not just northwest Europe.