Joined: Nov 10, 2005 Posts: 3811 Location: Orlando, FL
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: China approves Shanghai Disneyland Park ºoº
After a courtship of about 20 years, the Walt Disney Company has won approval from the central government of China to build a Disneyland-style theme park in Shanghai, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, said Tuesday.
The agreement for a Shanghai Disneyland is a landmark deal that carries enormous cultural and financial implications. Analysts estimate the initial park — not including hotels and resort infrastructure — will cost $3.5 billion, making it one of the largest-ever foreign investments in China.
The initial resort, with a mix of shopping areas, hotels and a Magic Kingdom-style theme park, will sprawl across 1,000 acres of the city’s Pudong district — with the theme park occupying about 100 of those acres. It would be a little bigger than Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., and on par with the parks in Paris and Tokyo. It is expected to open in five or six years. _________________ John
Joined: Oct 12, 2009 Posts: 38 Location: The International Gateway
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:59 am Post subject:
Although I really love the international Disney Parks, I still wonder, would Walt want Disney to go International? I don't mean this in a way that I am against the parks, but I still wonder... _________________ Wish I was at Epcot...
I know that it's a touchy subject, but, at last years shareholders meetings, someone asked if they thought that Walt Disney would build a park in a communist country. I'm not for one side of the question or the other, but I do wonder about that.
I strongly suspect he would not, but then again, the company has gone on to do a lot of things he wouldn't have done. All in pursuit of the mighty yen.
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