Shanghai Disneyland

Club33Hopeful · Post by **Club33Hopeful** » Aug Wed 03, 2005 7:56 pm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/or ... travel-hed

Post by **spaulo** » Aug Fri 05, 2005 1:07 pm

Oh goody, another McPark... when are they going to go back to building the big, well-themed parks? DCA, WDSP, HKDL... sad, sorry little parks... (though I still love some rides at DCA)...

COOOOLkid · Post by **COOOOLkid** » Aug Mon 08, 2005 12:03 am

If they had enough budget, this could work. (TDS... just look at it!)

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Aug Tue 16, 2005 10:17 pm

If HK works then I think they can make it happen. And keep in mind HK is starting out like the orignal more - small with growth potential... But it needs to be done right, I hope they are consulting with the Tokyo folks heavily on their projects!

Post by **spaulo** » Aug Wed 17, 2005 12:04 pm

Yeah, it seems like OLC are the only ones getting it right lately... though Animal Kingdom is promising... but the things I hear about DisneySea just blow my mind...

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Feb Thu 09, 2006 11:17 pm

It's back in the news, this week the local [Shanghai] papers are reporting Disney is officially talking about their talks. Not much we haven't seen before but this is the first time they are admitting to looking at Shanghai...

stev02 · Post by **stev02** » Feb Fri 10, 2006 9:05 am

Link is down.

TrojanGrad · Post by **TrojanGrad** » Feb Sun 12, 2006 4:27 am

I think that the strategy behind Hong Kong Disneyland is misunderstood by many people.

Theme-park visitors (especially us hardcore Disney fans) tend to rate parks by how many new and original rides they contain. We get slightly bummed when a new park (like DCA) is filled with rides that we have already been on in WDW.

However, to the citizens of China, the perspective is very different. Millions of people live in China and will probably never have the means to travel to DisneyWorld or Disneyland (or even Tokyo Disneyland Resort). For this reason, repeat rides might be exactly what the doctor ordered.

After all, if you were living in mainland China and HKDL was the ONLY park you would ever visit, would you want it to contain 12 rides that are already elsewhere in the world or 8 new attractions? You can't tell the difference, so 12 would probably be better.

That being said, 12 rides still isn't enough. But that is another rant entirely. The less affluent the market Disney is catering to, the less likely they will ever SEE another resort. So, while original rides are CRITICAL for Disneyland, Disney World, Tokyo and Paris, local parks in China may not be judged according to the same standard.

Ok, I am done with my soapbox now.

G2-4T · Post by **G2-4T** » Mar Sun 19, 2006 11:09 pm

AP is reporting today that the mayor of Shanghai is very serious about getting Disney into their city and states how much they want to have their own park. They also report on how HKDL has been at capacity and the demand for a second resort in China could be high already. Sounds like they are already getting serious over there - another interesting front to watch...

Fantasrick · Post by **Fantasrick** » Apr Sat 15, 2006 10:50 am

For the amount of people in China, Disney should build a park in Shanghai to accomodate to meet the demand if such a demand for the park exists.

robwhite · Post by **robwhite** » Aug Wed 16, 2006 9:29 am

I'm thinking that Disney has having trouble with space for Development on the other Continents.Those places that they're building seem to have not enough space for expansion.