The scheme, officially called The London Resort - but dubbed the UK's Disneyland - was first announced in 2019. It entailed building a huge £3.5bn theme park. The six-land theme park hoped to open by 2024 on the Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford, in Kent, across 535 acres.

As of early 2026, there are no official plans for a Disney theme park to be built in the United Kingdom. This remains one of the most persistent urban legends in the travel world. While there have been decades of rumors—ranging from sites in Kent to the West Midlands—the "Disney UK" project has never been greenlit. The primary reason is that Disneyland Paris serves as the official European hub for the brand, and building a park in the UK would effectively "cannibalize" its own market. Furthermore, the UK's unpredictable weather and high land/labor costs make it a less attractive location for a year-round outdoor mega-resort compared to southern Europe or Asia. For a brief period, there was hope for a "London Resort" (originally dubbed the "UK Disneyland" by the media) in the Swanscombe Peninsula, but Disney was never an official partner in that project, and the project itself has faced massive environmental and financial setbacks. If you want a Disney fix in the UK, your best options remain the Disney Cruise Line departures from Southampton or a short Eurostar trip to Paris.