A video claiming Disney will build a $100 billion Disneyland Ohio near Cincinnati is spreading again. It started as satire in March, and Disney has announced no such park.
If your aunt just shared a video about Disney building a giant new resort in Ohio, here’s the short answer. It isn’t real.
A claim about “Disneyland Ohio” is making the rounds again on social media this week. Disney fan sites including Inside the Magic and Disney Dining reported on Friday, Oct. 30, that a Facebook video is spreading the story. The video pitches a massive Disney resort outside Cincinnati.
The story first popped up in March 2026, and it came from a satire site. Disney has not announced any park in Ohio.
What does the Disneyland Ohio rumor claim?
The details are big enough to be fun, and that’s part of the problem.
According to the original story and fact-checkers who tracked it, the fake plan includes:
A $100 billion price tag
About 50,000 acres near Cincinnati
Five theme parks, including one called “Marvel Infinity Kingdom”
“More than 30 hotels, 5 golf courses, 100 pickleball courts,” per a quote in Primetimer’s March write-up
An opening around 2035, according to an unnamed “internal source”
That would make it roughly twice the size of Walt Disney World, which Primetimer put at about 25,000 acres. Disney often describes its Florida resort as nearly 40 square miles.
A hundred pickleball courts should’ve been the giveaway.
Where did the Disneyland Ohio story come from?
It came from Mouse Trap News, a satire site that writes made-up Disney stories on purpose.
The original piece ran on March 11, 2026, under the headline “BREAKING: A New Disneyland is Coming to Ohio.” Its footer called it a “totally made-up story.”
The site doesn’t hide what it is, either. Its About page says, “Mouse Trap News is the world’s best satire and parody site,” according to the fact-checking site Lead Stories. The same page says “anything you read here is not true, real, or accurate.”
Jokes travel without their labels. Someone screenshots the headline, someone else turns it into a video, and people start planning a road trip to a park that doesn’t exist.
Did anyone fact-check Disneyland Ohio?
Yes. Lead Stories debunked it on March 14, 2026, just a few days after it first ran.
“The news originated on Mouse Trap News, a satirical publication specializing in Disney-related stories,” Lead Stories wrote. It also found no real news reports about any such project.
Primetimer came to the same conclusion on March 15, 2026. This week’s video adds no new evidence. It’s the same joke in a new outfit.
We couldn’t find any comment from Disney or from Ohio officials about the video, and none of the reports we read included one.
Is Disney building any new theme parks?
Yes, just not in Ohio.
In May 2025, Disney announced a new resort on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, built with partner Miral. Disney called it its seventh resort destination. It will be the first Disney theme park resort in the Middle East.
Disney has also been spending big on its existing parks. In September 2023, the company said it planned to invest about $60 billion in its parks and cruise business over roughly 10 years. That includes new Encanto and Indiana Jones rides coming to Animal Kingdom’s former DinoLand area.
Disney is building plenty. Cincinnati just isn’t on the list.
Has this happened before with fake Disney parks?
All the time.
In January 2024, a fake Wikipedia screenshot about a “Disneyland Oklahoma” went viral, and fan sites had to explain that it never existed. Mouse Trap News also used its “Marvel Infinity Kingdom” name in an earlier 2024 hoax, according to Primetimer.
Fake park announcements work because people want them to be true. A Disney park a short drive away? Of course the Midwest shared it.
How can you spot a fake Disney park announcement?
A few quick checks help:
Look for the source. Real park news comes from Disney itself, usually through the Disney Parks Blog or a company press release.
Check whether major news outlets are reporting it. A $100 billion project would be everywhere.
Watch for wild numbers. Five parks, 30 hotels and 100 pickleball courts all at once is a red flag.
Read the site’s About page. Satire sites usually say what they are.
Disney does announce new parks, but it does it with press releases, concept art and executives on the record. It doesn’t do it through a Facebook video your cousin shared at 2 a.m.
So, sorry, Ohio. If you want Disney magic, Orlando and Anaheim are still where it’s at.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
Inside the Magic (Oct. 30, 2026), the resurfaced Facebook video
Disney Dining (Oct. 30, 2026), the resurfaced Facebook video
Lead Stories (March 14, 2026), the fact-check and Mouse Trap News’s About page
Primetimer (March 15, 2026), the claim’s details and the earlier Marvel Infinity Kingdom hoax
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