Disneyland’s success led Walt Disney to plan a second theme park in Missouri, called Riverfront Square, but high development costs and Disney’s ban on beer sales led to its cancellation. Planned attractions included recreations of Old St. Louis and Old New Orleans, as well as the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Davy Crockett rides. Some of these attractions were later incorporated into Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
Disneyland was originally going to be a one-off project for creator Walt Disney, but eight years after it opened in 1955, Disney was intrigued by the idea of building a second theme park in Missouri, where he had spent much of his childhood. Disney met with the mayor of St. Louis during a major redevelopment for the city’s bicentennial. Soon after, plans were drawn up for Riverfront Square, a five-story indoor theme park that spanned two city blocks. Two years later, high development costs were blamed for scrapping those plans, but some also questioned whether Disney’s not allowing the sale of beer at the park might have been a contributing factor. Disney soon turned its attention to Orlando, Florida, the future site of Walt Disney World.
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Planned attractions at Riverfront Square included recreations of Old St. Louis and Old New Orleans, as well as rides themed around the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Davy Crockett.
Costs for the park have been projected at $40 million USD, with a targeted attendance of 25,000 visitors per day.
Several classic attractions were originally conceived for Riverfront Square, including one that would later become the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
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