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Hong Kong Disneyland expansion
Three new areas planned
Toy Story Land
Three new themed areas will be added to Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) over
the next five years, bringing the total number of attractions, entertainment, and
interactive experiences at the resort to over 100. The plans were approved
recently by the Hong Kong SAR Government.
Two of the new areas, Grizzly Trail and Mystic Point, will be exclusive to the
Hong Kong park for the first five years after their respective openings. The third,
Toy Story Land, will be exclusive within Asia for the same period.
Highlights include a major new attraction called Big Grizzly Mountain Coaster
in Grizzly Trail, a Mystic Manor haunted dark ride in Mystic Point and a U-
Grizzly Trail
shaped shuttle coaster and parachute ride in Toy Story Land. The three new
areas will be located outside the existing park perimeter, just behind
Adventureland.
"This substantial investment represents our continued commitment to and
confidence in Hong Kong Disneyland and solidifies our partnership with the
Hong Kong government helping assure the resort’s long-term success,” remarks
Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. “The expansion will further
enhance HKDL’s position as a world-class family tourist destination."
The expansion should also go some way to silencing critics who accuse the
park, with some validity, of being too small. The new offerings will open in
phases until 2014 and are expected to create the equivalent of 3,700 jobs,
including 850 within the first year of construction. After the completion, the total
number of “cast members” at HKDL will swell to more than 5,500.
Disney reveals plans
by 2013. As already announced, guests will be able to share a dance with
Cinderella in her castle. They will be also be able to dine or enjoy an
enchanting story performance in the Beast's Castle Library.
for US parks
A new Dumbo attraction, twice the size of the existing one, will fly high inside
a interactive, three-ring circus tent. Visitors will also be able to journey under the
sea with The Little Mermaid in Ariel's Adventure and meet Tinker Bell and her
Ariel’s
friends in the magical world of Pixie Hollow.
Adventure
The multi-year expansion of Disney's California Adventure continues, including
the new World of Color attraction slated to open next spring, plus the 12-acre
Cars Land due to open in 2012. Ariel's Adventure will also open at the same
park in 2011.
As well as an expansion of its park in Hong Kong (see above), Disney also
has plans for a new cruise ship, the Disney Dream, plus a family destination
resort on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Significant expansions to its American theme parks have been announced by
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Jay Rasulo, including new attractions at
the Magic Kingdom in Orlando and Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim,
plus a 3D Star Wars attraction at both domestic resorts.
Star Tours will open at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Florida and Disney's
Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, in 2011. Based on George Lucas’
blockbuster Star Wars films, the intergalactic experience will be an immersive 3D
Magic
Kingdom
update of the existing Star Tours simulator attraction.
expansion
In Florida, the Magic Kingdom (Disneyland) park is due for its largest ever
in Florida
expansion with a number of new additions at Fantasyland, due to be completed
10 OCTOBER 2009
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