Shanghai Disney

[peaches magee]

Looks like they finally got approval on this new project...

Here is the press release from the Disney Parks Blog
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2009/11/disney-shanghai-theme-park-project-update/

[WDWTigger72]

I have been waiting quite some time to see if they would follow through with a second Disney park inside China, looks like they are finally ready to move forward with the project. Thanks for the information...

[Steph]

This is exciting. I can't wait for this!!

[HitchHikingGhostFangirl]

Really exciting! I'll never get there, but it's still cool to have another Disney Park out there :)

[Chelsey]

That's really cool :). I'll probably never get there either but it's still coll anyway :).

[1rocky]

Another Disney to add to the list of Disneyland's i need to visit.

[toontown]

Hmmm.. I am more interested in Disney Tokyo or Hong Kong

[Steph]

Hmmm.. I am more interested in Disney Tokyo or Hong Kong

Tokyo is much better than HK. Plus Tokyo Disney Resort has Disney Sea, which in my opinion is the most beautiful and picturesque of all of the Parks. Definitely worth a stop if you're going to be in Japan.

I'm exciting about the new one in Shanghai! I need to go to DL Paris first though. Once I get that out of the way I have been fortunate enough to have gone to all of the Parks.

[disneyobsessed808]

From the Disney Parks Blog Today



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I’m writing to you from Shanghai where Bob Iger and I are just about to take the stage for a very special ceremony. In just a few minutes we will officially break ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort.

This is truly a defining moment in our company’s history. We will now begin construction on this exciting new site and cause our creative concepts to leap from the drawing boards and become a wonderful new resort where friends and families can visit and play and create memories that they’ll never forget.

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With Shanghai Disney Resort, we have the chance to introduce the Disney Parks experience to an entirely new group of guests. Scheduled to open in about five years, our new resort in Shanghai will include things that you know and love about a Disney theme park such as Disney characters, attractions and storytelling… but it will also feature all-new experiences and stories that were inspired by and created for the people of China. The best way to describe this new resort is authentically Disney, yet distinctly Chinese.

Shanghai Disneyland will be the name of the theme park itself, but the property will also have two themed hotels, a venue for retail, dining and entertainment, a wonderful sparkling lagoon and some outdoor recreation areas.

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We look forward to sharing more details with you right here on the Disney Parks Blog. Until then, I would like to thank everyone from both Disney and the Shanghai Shendi Group who have worked so tirelessly to make the dream of building a Disney resort in Shanghai a reality.

The concept art is really beautiful, and I hope the park matches its beauty.

I really hope that I get to visit this one day. I am really curious as to see how they incorporate Chinese culture into attractions.

[HitchHikingGhostFangirl]

Woo! Another park with a Cinderella's castle :love:

[1rocky]

I would love to visit this resort .
Hong Kong disneyland is great so would also see this as a great place to visit.
I found Hong Kong Disneyland so totally different experience from La disneyland

[CreateAmations]

Seriously, the last post about Shanghai Disneyland was in April of last year? Come on people, let's get some excitement back into this thread! This park is really going to be awesome. I know there's not a lot of specifics officially released on it right now - and if you're not familiar with why - it has a lot to do with how Chinese companies tend to like to rip off theme park concepts and do them on the cheap to just say they "had it first." From inside buzz I've heard this park is really going to be done right. Not a lot of corners cut, and more importantly not a lot of rides cut either. Anyone a fan of Tron? ;-)

[Brer_Josh]

I am really interested in what happens with this park.
Is there a list of rides yet?