Originally Posted By pierrot A few updates re HKDL according to a few local dailies. 1) Shanghai Park – I know it’s been mentioned many times but Shanghai Financial News today says the Shanghai park will become operational as soon as 2010, to coincide with the World Expo that will take place in the same year. There have also been reports that the new Disney theme park will not be an MK. 2) HKDL news – Ming Pao Daily quoted an imagineer as saying that there will be modest attractions being built in the next 2 – 3 years; large-scale attractions won’t appear until 3 – 5 years later.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< 2) HKDL news – Ming Pao Daily quoted an imagineer as saying that there will be modest attractions being built in the next 2 – 3 years; large-scale attractions won’t appear until 3 – 5 years later. >>> Then I hope they're only expecting modest attendance in the next 2-3 years and that large-scale attendance won't appear for another 3-5 years.
Originally Posted By Kayoss It's a pain, since I would really love to visit the Hong Kong park, but there's absoutely nothing compelling enough there to visit it. I've been to every single Disney Park in the world except Hong Kong Disneyland, and have no reason to go there for perhaps 10 more years! Oh well
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Well, Hong Kong is a great, tourist friendly city. The park is certainly a welcome addition to the city, but that's all it really is at this point: an addition. It isn't really a destination in its own right yet, but hopefully with time they will be able to expand it to its true potential.
Originally Posted By wildghostz from the current aerial pic of hkdl, the construction site of IASW is located right beside storybook theater, which is also right behind the mad tea cup... you could see a big square site there. lucky they seem to not remove the pom pom tree garden. <a href="http://www.freewebtown.com/ricky_3339/GF151_rpt/GF151_9.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.freewebtown.com/ric ky_3339/GF151_rpt/GF151_9.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought IASW was going to be on the other side of Fantasyland, near the path to Adventureland. There is a grassy area that leads up to the train tracks, which would allow for a facade similar to the one in DL. If they are building it behind the teacups (which is entirely possible) they will need to reconfigure the queue and entrance, along with how the facade will be seen from the entrance.
