![]() ![]() On June 30, 2015, Disney officials announced that the Walt Disney World location would close in 2016 as part of the continued redevelopment of Downtown Disney into Disney Springs. After the closure of the Chicago location, Disney Regional Entertainment turned over control of the remaining location to Walt Disney World operations. Disney announced another location to be built in downtown Toronto but the project was canceled. A DisneyQuest at the Disneyland Resort in California never proceeded past the planning stage. Construction that had begun in Philadelphia was scrapped, leaving a giant hole in its place for several years the hole has since been filled and the space later became a parking lot. Īfter the failure of DisneyQuest Chicago, the DisneyQuest project was officially brought to an end. While the location was generating income, it was not enough for Disney. The Chicago location permanently closed on Septemafter 2 years and 3 months of operating due to low visitor numbers as well as other, broader issues. On December 9, 1998, Disney Regional announced Philadelphia as new location as a tenant of the Pavilion at Market East project developed by Goldenberg Group on the former location of a Gimbels Department Store. The Chicago location was in a development, North Bridge, where ESPN Zone, a fellow Disney Regional chain, opened about a month later. The first DisneyQuest outside of a resort was opened in Chicago on Jwith plans for more locations worldwide. ĭisneyQuest first opened on June 19, 1998, as part of a major expansion of the Downtown Disney entertainment district (today Disney Springs) at Downtown Disney West Side, and was intended as the first of a larger chain of similar facilities. However, only two locations were built one in Walt Disney World and a much shorter-lived one in Chicago. Had the project continued, Disney would have had plans to construct locations in many major cities in the United States, like Philadelphia and Baltimore. It was meant to target large cities and urban areas. The DisneyQuest project was designed as a way for the Disney brand to reach populations that may not have the chance to travel to its various theme park destinations. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts (2010–2017)ĭisneyQuest was a chain of indoor interactive theme parks in the United States operated by the Disney Regional Entertainment subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Walt Disney World's DisneyQuest as it appeared in Disney Springs when the district was known as Downtown Disney
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