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Hong Kong Disneyland is currently being built by The Walt Disney Company and Hong
Kong Government in the Hong Kong Disneyland
Resort. It is located in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of
China.
Construction
On the 18th of November 2004, a special ceremony was held in the park to commemorate a
major building milestone - the placing of the tallest turret of Sleeping Beauty Castle (a major symbol of the park) in place. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee Hwa and the
president of Disney Parks and Resorts, Jay Rasulo, as well as the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner were all there as were Mickey and
the gang.
Attractions on Opening Day
This subject has caused a lot of critisism among Disney fans. There is not one attraction that will be open on opening day
that is unique to Hong Kong Disneyland, and the amount of attractions is quite small. The following released line-up is as
follows;
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Mickey's PhilharMagic
- Jungle Cruise
- Space Mountain
- Clopin’s Festival of Foods
- Mad Tea Party
- Carousel
- Tarzan’s Treehouse
- Festival of the Lion King
- The Disneyland Railroad
- The Astro Orbiter
Trivia
- The plans for the park, when released in early 2001, made it clear that Hong Kong Disneyland would be based on the original
1950 plans for Disneyland in California - including just four lands (Main Street USA, Fantasyland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland). Public
outcry both from Disney fans and the Chinese caused the addition of Frontierland to the plans.
- This is the first project of The Walt Disney
Company's extension into Asia (despite the Tokyo Disney Resort having opened more than twenty years ago). Animation studios have been set up in
India, Disney are extensively advertising and publicising the traditional characters on
billboards and Asian-only Disney cartoon shows, and plans are being drawn up for a second Chinese resort in the mainland,
probably in Shanghai. Scouts are also surveying Australia for a new resort.
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