Disney meets the PH President

[Istudyante-Ni-Pikoy]

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Basin magka disney na ang ph. aw nindot pd.

Clark Air Base, once America’s largest overseas military installation, could become the Philippines’ home of Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy if local boosters get their way.

A January meeting between Walt Disney Co. executives and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has created speculation that a theme park could be built on the old air base that U.S. forces vacated after the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

The idea of bringing Disney to Clark was originally proposed by Filipino politician Carmelo Lazatin, who, according to Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper, wrote to the company in 2012 offering the former base, renamed Clark Freeport Zone, for consideration as an amusement park.

“The Clark Freeport Zone may interest you and Walt Disney as the next location for your famous Disneyland theme park, as it boasts of a 4,400-hectare main zone and 27,600-hectare subzone,” he wrote.

The Philippines is already a popular destination for tourists, with an average of 4 million foreign visitors each year. And Clark Freeport Zone offers tax breaks for investors, Lazatin said.

“Together with our population of more than 90 million Filipinos, a Disneyland theme park in the Philippines could be a major income generating site for your company,” he said in the letter.

The Philippines isn’t the only Asian nation keen to turn an old U.S. military base into an amusement park. In December, the mayor of Ginowan City on Okinawa, Japan, suggested Marine Corps Air Station Futenma be developed as a Disney resort when the land returns to Japanese control after U.S. forces relocate to Henoko in the northern part of the prefecture.

Disney, which already has theme parks in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, did not immediately respond to questions about the prospect of building a park in the Philippines.

Clark Special Economic Zone chairman Guy Hilbero last week confirmed Aquino’s meeting with Disney executives. A sticking point in negotiations has been the cost of the land at Clark, he said.

“The Disney people wanted 100 hectares of land for free, but nobody can give away that much land for nothing,” he said.

There is plenty of land available for development at the old air base, which has already attracted 800 businesses, including tourism operators, factories, information technology companies and schools, Hilbero added.

There’s also a proposal to move government offices there from Manila and transform Clark, which now handles civilian traffic, into the Philippines’ main international airport.

Development plans have some locals questioning the future of the Angeles City red-light district, which includes hundreds of bars and gentlemen’s clubs near the base’s old main gate.

John Gilbert, commander of the Angeles City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, said family-friendly entertainment might be able to co-exist with the bars.

“There’s a problem with the personality of Angeles City, but if you tried to make it family-friendly, what if nobody else comes? They need the tourists who come, and if they happen to be single people rather than families that is how it is for now,” he said.

Source: Disney meets Philippines president to discuss park for former Clark base - News - Stripes

[MrTuthaus]

Basin magka disney na ang ph. aw nindot pd.




Source: Disney meets Philippines president to discuss park for former Clark base - News - Stripes

mangayo cguro nig cash advance for election expenses tagilid raba ron ilang manok.. basta mapildi si Roxas wa ba kaha ni mga kaso nagpaabot ni Pnoy..

[ian_1983]

Not gonna happen. Philippine market is small and infrastructures are inadequate. Disney makes huge parks so they always looks for bigger Markets with good infrastructure. They have theme parks in Hongkong, Japan and Shanghai (opening soon), does not make sense in business stand point to make another park in the Philippines. Besides, majority of the ordinary Filipinos cannot afford Disney ticket.

Maybe they can have alternative parks like the Six flags Brand (Amusement Park) and Schlitterbahn brand (waterparks).

[MrTuthaus]

Not gonna happen. Philippine market is small and infrastructures are inadequate. Disney makes huge parks so they always looks for bigger Markets with good infrastructure. They have theme parks in Hongkong, Japan and Shanghai (opening soon), does not make sense in business stand point to make another park in the Philippines. Besides, majority of the ordinary Filipinos cannot afford Disney ticket.

Maybe they can have alternative parks like the Six flags Brand (Amusement Park) and Schlitterbahn brand (waterparks).

pero ang mga pinoy brad mugasto man jud ni bisag inig uli sa ilang balay gutom kaayo

[im_ur_girl1984]

agree.. labi na trending kaau ang isa ka bag-ong lugar adtuon jud dayon sa pinoy..hehe

[makal34]

for sure ang name ani aquino disneyland philippines.. u know na!!

[Istudyante-Ni-Pikoy]

Kun ma tukod ni murag sa sugod lang ni mo boom kay murag ang style sa pinoy wla rbkaayu kwarta ika gasto. Mo adto lang mga pinoy for experience then later dili na mab balik2x kay nka adto na anang dapita. So in the end Foreign visitors nalang ang gi agad sa Disney kay ang pinoy d man basta2x pd mo gasto labi na ang presyo sa entrance d basta2x ma kuha. Murag iconsider pd cgro sa ilang study na ang number of tourist diri magbisitahan sa Pinas.

[<SMILE>]

At least dili na moadto sa laing nasud to experience Disney,
puwede pud na adtoan once a year nga bakasyon sa pamilya.

[obelisk]

gamay ra dyod ang market sa disney dri. There is not enough visitors dyod na. NIndot ra na for the hype sa start pero in the long run mu hinay dyod na. Not everyone can even afford a plane ticket to manila, much less afford even for the park ticket.

[Scott Bernard]

Bati naman ron ang Disney... unlike sa generations natong mga tiguwang nga way lain sikat, si Donald ug Mickey ra.

Ing ana man jud na. Sa una nga sikat pa, dili ta lingion. Karon nga gamit or nalusyang na, mo duol2x dayon nato nga medyo ni asenso na.