The Disney Blog is running a rumor that Walt Disney World is getting ready to move ahead with a land based on the Australian continent for Disney's Animal Kingdom.
There are a number of projects in various stages of development for Walt Disney World vying for go-ahead funding, but the truth is that nothing major is moving forward until after the new Fantasyland opens in 2012.
Years away, it's too early to say what will ultimately go forward. In my estimation, Disney Hollywood Studios has Star Tours 2 on tap for 2011, leaving either Epcot and Animal Kingdom in contention for the next big addition.
My guess is that TDO doesn't have the stomach, or the budget, for another massive capital outlay so soon after reworking Fantasyland. Perhaps something more modest like a new Imagination pavilion at Epcot.
At this point we're pushing 2015, which may be just about the right time for another spending spree...