Disneyland China

coastergraham · Disneyland China

Reports claim that the proposed Disneyland park in Shanghai are back on track again.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-11/14/content_6252584.htm

At least most of Disney's merchandise won't have too far to go to this park Wink

Magic

Shanghai and Dubai look like future must do destinations with all these new parks being built there. Shame no one is building a major new park in the UK.

coastergraham

Paul H.

Call me old fashioned but to me, Disney is the whole American experience and I can't imagine getting that feeling elsewhere in the world, especially China.

I have been to Shanghai and it is a great place but I just can't imagine visiting a Disney park there.

bluea61

I think the main problem with building a park from scratchin the UK is that you have a lot of initial investment and expect a good return beofre adding on.

Take Thorpe for example if you were to acquire the land and then build the coasters, flats, food places, arcades, toilets, entrance, dome, pathways, scenery, etc etc it would cost millions. You would then expect a good return before adding say the new coaster or new flat. Problem is people will get bored and not come in if nothing new is added.

Magic

Surely it doesn't matter what country a theme park is in. If it's a good theme park it should transform you to an imaginative land no matter where in reality it is built. Disney are the themeing masters so an Asian Disney park should be just as imersive as a US one.

Boozytwin1

Hong Kong Disney is themed very nicely, exactly as you would expect from Disney. The problem they have is that they did not open with many rides.... no Big Thunder Mountain, no It's a small world, no Pirates, no Haunted Mansion etc... Surely you would put at least a couple of these rides in from the start...! They just have a Space Mountain.

bluea61

Wow one ride, I bet the queues were long Laughing

Boozytwin1

Surprisingly not... I waited about 5 mins for my first go on Space Mountain... then got a fast pass for another go later. The park was relatively new when I visited, they have put Autopia in now and a few other smaller things. I would not like to be there when its busy though...!

The park must of cost a fortune to build, they flattened mountains and all sorts to make it. They even have their own trains to get you out there from Kong Kong Island.

Auntie Murial

The problem i have with foreign disney parks, is not the rides or theming, but the fact that the charecters do not speak english, and to take paris for example, i think mickey mouse saying bonjour is silly, hehe

Happy Helen