Port Disney
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| Location | Port Disney, Long Beach, California, U.S.A. |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′48″N 118°11′06″W / 33.74667°N 118.18500°WCoordinates: 33°44′48″N 118°11′06″W / 33.74667°N 118.18500°W |
| Theme | Nautical |
| Owner | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts |
| Status | Canceled |
Port Disney was a planned property of The Walt Disney Company that was to have been built on 443 acres (179 ha) surrounding Queensway Bay next to the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, United States. The property was to have featured a marine-themed amusement park, a marina, a cruise ship port, a specialty retail and entertainment area, and hotel accommodations. It was to be built on land occupied by the RMS Queen Mary and Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft (nicknamed the "Spruce Goose"), which Disney acquired as a result of acquiring the Wrather company in 1989.
Port Disney was announced in July 1990, first presented to city and port officials in closed meetings, then revealed in a public meeting on July 31, 1990. This was followed by the publication of The Port Disney News, which was mailed directly to homes in 1991 to drum up public support. The project was canceled in December 1991 in favor of the planned WestCOT theme park in Anaheim. Some elements of the theme park that was to have been built at Port Disney were later incorporated into Tokyo DisneySea, which opened in 2001. On March 6, 1992, Disney announced that it would end its lease on the Queen Mary, Spruce Goose, and surrounding property; and that it would relinquish development rights to all its Long Beach properties.
Port Disney was to be built in two phases:
The planned Port Disney final build-out included development on both sides of Queensway Bay, at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. The northern side of Queensway Bay (adjacent to Long Beach's downtown) was called the "City-side", and the southern side (adjacent to the existing freight Port of Long Beach) was called the "Port-side".
Port Disney was publicly unveiled on July 31, 1990, and would have included the following attractions after the full build-out in 2010:
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