Shanghai Disney Resort (Pinyin : Shànghǎi Díshìní Dùjiàqū) is a themed resort and the first Disney park resort in mainland China and the second in China, after the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Construction began on April 8, 2011 and the resort opened to the public on June 16, 2016. The site covers 963 acres (3.9 square kilometres) in Pudong, or approximately 3 times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland at a cost of US $ 5.5 billion

SHANGHAI DISNEY RESORT

• Shanghai Disney Resort (Pinyin : Shànghǎi Díshìní Dùjiàqū) is a themed resort and the first Disney park resort in mainland China and the second in China, after the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
• Construction began on April 8, 2011 and the resort opened to the public on June 16, 2016
• The site covers 963 acres (3.9 square kilometres) in Pudong, or approximately 3 times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland at a cost of US $ 5.5 billion
• The Walt Disney Company owns 43 percent of the resort; the majority 57 percent is held by Shanghai Shendi Group, a joint venture of three companies owned by the Shanghai government

PepsiCo announced a strategic partnership with the resort, making the Shanghai Resort the first Disney property in 25 years to sell Pepsi products and not Coca-Cola products

The Shanghai Disney Resort features

• Shanghai Disneyland Park
• An entertainment district
• Two themed hotels
• Recreational facilities
• A lake and associated parking and transportation hubs.
• Additional phases will see the development of two additional theme parks at the resort

The Shanghai Disneyland Park park has seven themed areas :

1. Mickey Avenue
2. Gardens of Imagination
3. Fantasyland
4. Treasure Cove
5. Adventure Isle
6. Tomorrowland
7. Toy Story Land.
8. An eighth themed land based on Disney’s Zootopia (announced)

DIFFERENCES WITH OTHER DISNEY PARKS WORLDWIDE (US-CALIFORNIA & FLORIDA, FRANCE-PARIS, JAPAN-TOKYO, CHINA-HONG KONG)

• Layout : Authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese.
• So many usual Disney park features have been redesigned or are absent from Shanghai Disneyland Park to cater for Chinese visitors’ penchants

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NOTABLE ABSENTS & EXCLUSIONS

• The park does not feature a steam railroad surrounding the park’s perimeter
• Has no earthen berm to obscure the outside world from guest view
• Several staple attractions, such as Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, and It’s a Small World are excluded as Disney wanted to avoid criticism of cultural imperialism

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NOTABLE REPLACEMENTS & INNOVATIONS

• As a replacement for a central-spoked/hub – the center of the park features a 11-acre collection of Chinese zodiac gardens called the Gardens of Imagination
• Main Street U.S.A. has given way to Mickey Avenue, which introduces Chinese visitors to Disney characters
• Conventional-themed lands such as Adventureland are reimagined into Adventure Isle, and other lands, such as Frontierland are omitted entirely
• Restaurants seating has been revised upwards after studies found that Chinese guests take longer over meals
• Extensive picnic areas are better adapted to extended families with grandparents.
• There is more live entertainment as many Chinese patrons prefer that to thrill rides

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MICKEY AVENUE

(EQUIVALENT OF MAIN STREET U.S.A)

• The entrance to the park-which leads onto Mickey Avenue.
• The area is inspired by the personalities of Disney cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Chip ‘n’ Dale as well as Disney films, including Ratatouille, The Three Caballeros, and Lady and the Tramp Avenue M Arcade, the largest gift shop in the park is modeled after the Carthay Circle Theater
• The Storytellers statue, which depicts a young Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, is at the end of Mickey Avenue

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GARDENS OF IMAGINATION

• The hub of the park, this land features seven 11-acre Chinese gardens with each of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac represented by Disney characters
• Attractions include Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasia Carousel, and Marvel Super Heroes at Marvel Universe, a meet-and-greet pavilion featuring Marvel characters
• Entertainment includes castle stage shows as well as the nightly Ignite the Dream, A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light
  Mickey’s Storybook Express, a parade with a musical soundtrack and colorful performers on the longest parade route in a Disney park

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FANTASYLAND

• Fantasyland is the park’s largest land themed to Disney animated films
• The land features the 60 m Enchanted Storybook Castle, themed to Disney princesses
• The castle is the largest in any Disney theme park and features the Royal Banquet Hall restaurant, a boutique and Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, a boat ride around and under the castle that takes guests past scenes from films including Tangled, Aladdin, Mulan, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
• Attractions include Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan’s Flight, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, For the First Time in Forever : A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Alice’s Curious Labyrinth, a walk-through hedge maze inspired by the 1951 and 2010 versions film adaptations, and the Hunny Pot Spin, a spinning Teacups-style ride themed to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

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TREASURE COVE

My faviourite : I liked the dark ride Pirates of the caribbean very much !

• Treasure Cove, featuring Shipwreck Shore and one of the Explorer Canoes
• Treasure Cove is themed to an 18th-century Spanish harbor town located on a Caribbean island that has been captured by Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean
• The land’s marquee attraction is Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure, a dark ride based on the films
• Guests, riding in magnetically propelled boats, travel past audio-animatronic and projected depictions of Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones as the two battle against each other in attempt to seize the cove’s sunken riches
• The land also is home to Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular, a stunt show inspired by the films and Siren’s Revenge, a shipwreck-themed three-story interactive play area set aboard a wrecked French galleon.Explorer Canoes are also located in this area.

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ADVENTURE ISLE (ADVENTURELAND IN OTHER DISNEY PARKS)

• Adventure Isle is the park’s counterpart to Adventureland
  Focused around a mysterious lost world full of hidden treasures, the land features Roaring Rapids, a river rapids ride through the land’s towering Roaring Mountain and Soaring Over the Horizon, a hang gliding flight experience across the world
• Additionally, the land features Tarzan: Call of the Jungle, a live acrobatic stage show, and Camp Discovery

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TOMORROWLAND

• Tomorrowland is the park’s futuristic-themed land
• The entrance to Tomorrowland, with Jet Packs and Tron Lightcycle Power Run visible in the background
• Unlike the other Tomorrowlands, this version does not have Space Mountain and instead is home to TRON Lightcycle Power Run, an indoor Tron-themed roller coaster. Similarly, instead of an Astro Orbiter attraction, Shanghai’s park includes a spinning Jet Packs ride.
• Other attractions include Star Wars Launch Bay, Stitch Encounter, and Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue, a variant of previous Buzz Lightyear dark rides

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TOY STORY LAND

• This Toy Story franchise-themed land, the park’s first expansion opened on April 26, 2018
• The Celebration Café, a restaurant that opened on opening day, was meant to be in Toy Story Land
• Additionally, the nearby bathrooms are the same as the Toy Story Green Army Men attractions found at the other parks