Disney next door to Dolly?

[chittlins]

From a friend back home. I'm trying to get this verified with a childhood friend that's on Governor Haslam's staff as well.

"I'm only counting this as a rumor at this time but I've heard from a reliable source that in the next 30 days that there will be an announcement made that Walt Disney has purchased property around the I-40 & I-81 split and is going to build a Walt Disney World.

From what I hear, I've heard that Walt Disney has purchased the property from the beginning of I-81 up 4 miles to exit 4 and the property goes back toward the Smoky Mountains some ways."

[shavethewhales]

Nope. The "New Walt Disney World" rumor pops up just about every year or so in one place or another. A year or two ago even the media bought into the idea that Disney was building something near Branson, which turned out to be nothing but run-away real estate speculation.