<p><b>Disney is looking at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk as the perfect location for a new theme park to rival its operations in Paris, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.</b></p>
<p>Executives at the leisure giant want to expand European reach and see Yarmouth, which is Britain's premier upmarket holiday destination, as ideal.</p>
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<p>Key to Disney's final choice is the availability of a quality local workforce. Recruitment specialists scoured Norfolk to find potential candidates and returned with positive reports:</p>
<p>- Many locals appear familiar with Disney characters, with 2014 Norfolk birth records showing 750 babies were named Goofy, while another 429 were called Dumbo</p>
<p>- Norfolk residents with webbed feet are <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/ducks-evolved-from-norfolk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">closely related to ducks</a> (as revealed in the Suffolk Gazette last month), so would be able to act out Donald's character with ease</p>
<p>- There are plenty of local big-eared rodents capable of playing Mickey Mouse (although these men currently work in nearby turkey factories)</p>
<p>- Hundreds of other men closely resembling the Disney character Shrek were spotted working on farms north of Yarmouth</p>
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<p><i>A Norfolk farm worker celebrates news that Disney might open in Yarmouth</i></p>
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<p>The Suffolk Gazette understands a report is now on the desk of senior Disney management who are expected to make a decision by the end of the year.</p>
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<p>A Yarmouth council insider said: "Our seaside resort is the perfect place for a new Disney theme park. Why go to France, Florida or California when you can come to Norfolk?</p>
<p>"It's the perfect place for weird and wacky characters."</p>
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