Traffic Impact

Elsewhere, It Got Ugly. Here, It Could Be Worse.

How Many Visitors Are We Talking About?

Mid-sized theme parks across the country bring in huge crowds:

Dollywood (Tennessee) – ~3 million visitors/year
Six Flags Fiesta Texas (San Antonio) – ~2.1 million/year
Hersheypark (Pennsylvania) – ~3.4 million/year

Even on the low end, developers typically aim for 1 million visitors per year — that’s:

2,700 people per day on average
10,000–20,000 people per day on peak weekends

What Does That Mean for Traffic?

Most guests travel by car, with 4 people per vehicle. So:

A peak day = 2,500+ vehicles entering and exiting the area
That’s 5,000+ vehicle movements per day

Traffic will spike hardest between 9–11 AM (arrivals) and 4–7 PM (departures)

Why Waller County Roads Can’t Handle It

This isn’t just about how many cars show up—it’s about where they go and how they get there. The proposed site is surrounded by narrow, rural roads with tight turns, railroad crossings, and no shoulders—creating built-in bottlenecks long before a single ride opens.

From the North (Hempstead): Multiple bottlenecks, a railroad crossing and sharp turns through town
From the Southwest (Bellville): Sharp turns + a railroad crossing
From the South (via I-10, Brookshire & Pattison & Monaville): A string of five tight turns on country roads + a railroad crossing
From the East (via US290): Bottlenecks at turns + a railroad crossing

These routes were never meant to handle:

High traffic volumes
Tour buses or RVs
Emergency response with time-critical access
Large-scale evacuation if needed

Real-World Examples Show What Happens

Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) – Right in Our Backyard

Draws ~500,000 people over 2 months
Still causes massive backups on weekends
Locals plan their lives around traffic delays
Emergency vehicles have been delayed
→ That’s a seasonal event. TexasLand USA would be year-round.

Legoland New York (2021)

2 million guests/year in rural Orange County, NY
Opening week: gridlock for hours
Locals overwhelmed; traffic signals had to be reinstalled, reroutes created, and law enforcement deployed → and that was after years of preparation.

Hersheypark (PA)

Even with advanced highway access, local town faces regular congestion
Entire traffic control systems built around park hours
→ And that’s with major transportation investment — which Waller County hasn’t seen.

TexasLand USA would bring tens of thousands of vehicles into an area served only by narrow, two-lane Farm-to-Market roads with multiple hard turns and some railroad crossings. The existing infrastructure was never meant for this scale of traffic.

It’s not sustainable — and it’s not safe.

TexasLand USA Theme Park vs. Rural Texas: A Fight for the Land We Call Home