Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "The other two international resorts aren't that unique to visit." I guess that's kind of the point. I wish they were more intriguing.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I guess that's kind of the point. I wish they were more intriguing. <<< The second park of each resort should be something unique. DLP's secend park is unique, because it's the worst Disney park ever built. I wouldn't visit TDR just for TDL. TDS is the reason why foreign Disney fans would visit. I also wouldn't visit WDW just for MK. I visit because of EPCOT, DAK and DHS. DLP gets some visits from foreign fans, because it is still considered the most beautiful MK style park.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I love DLP. Other than the original it's the most outstanding and unique Magic Kingdom. "I also wouldn't visit WDW just for MK. I visit because of EPCOT, DAK and DHS." Even with all of those Disney parks in one place I still struggle to find a good reason to fly to Florida from California to visit (a 5-6 hour nonstop flight from SF) with DL and DCA nearby. For a little more money and a few more hours flight time I can just fly to Paris or Tokyo, which are cities that interest me more than Orlando.
Originally Posted By dagobert Interview with WD Imagineer Bob Weis about SDL in an English Chinese Newspaper. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/people/Our-company-is-a-bit-like-a-candy-store/shdaily.shtml">http://www.shanghaidaily.com/f...ly.shtml</a>
Originally Posted By dagobert According to an anonymus source, SDL is behind schedule and will not open before the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2016. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparx.com/shanghai-disneyland/?p=5760#post5760">http://www.themeparx.com/shang...post5760</a> Does anyone have any infos about that delay.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't have any information, but that has been the online chatter for a while now. I've heard they're realistically looking at the first half off 2016, which would be the 2nd and 3rd fiscal quarters (since FY starts in October)
Originally Posted By dagobert Maybe that's the reason, why we didn't get any official informations about the attractions yet. Will SDL get MyMagic+?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I know there's been talk of MM+ in Shangai, but I don't think that the park will have it when it opens. However, I would expect that they would design the park with MM+ in mind, so that conduits are already laid for FP infrastructure and the queues are configured so that a FP queue can easily be added to the non-FP attractions
Originally Posted By dagobert Here you can see some new construction photos and videos including the castle. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.themeparx.com/shanghai-disneyland/">http://www.themeparx.com/shang...neyland/</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's a big castle! Even the "small" wall where they're doing samples of the textures and paint is huge. It will take some getting used to seeing something of that scale (even if it's only a few feet taller than the MK/TDL one, it just feels a lot more massive) It's also interesting that much of the progress is visible from the roads outside the park. For the most part, Disney does a good job of hiding nearly everything inside the parks from the outside world (DLR and DCA specifically excluded). I wonder if they're planning to plant big trees or something to block all the views of the back side of the various structures and backstage areas
Originally Posted By dagobert The official Disney Parks Blog has posted some images from SDL. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/02/first-look-shanghai-disney-resort-images-revealed/">http://disneyparks.disney.go.c...evealed/</a> I'm really looking forward to the pirates attraction.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Great find! That pirates attraction looks like it's going to be huge; I know we've heard a lot about it, but I wasn't expecting it to be on a scale so much larger than the existing POTC rides. It will be interesting to see how the new technology works out, and what the storyline and pacing are like; it looks like it will be a very different experience The photo of the Toy Story hotel also looks interesting. You can see the park in the background, with the Tron coaster and castle most visible. It also looks like there's some sort of residential area immediately next to the hotel, which seems like strange placement; I'm not sure I'd want a view of someone's home from a Disney hotel room (though I'm sure DLR has the same issue). Plus, I'm still not sure I understand how they got the clouds on there, and how they'll impact the views from inside those rooms (will it be like looking through a bus wrap?)...
Originally Posted By dagobert Maybe this resendetial area is just temporary for the construction workers. The Tron coaster building is also huge.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I'm really looking forward to the pirates attraction." Aside from Storybook Castle it's the only thing that looks interesting to me.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Are you kidding me? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/dlp%20encounter/New%20album%2043/Capturedrsquoeacutecran2014-12-07agrave234542.png">http://i843.photobucket.com/al...4542.png</a> That is ridiculously small! If Anaheim's version was a house ... that's a half bathroom off the foyer!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Never mind. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/loaloauk/dlp%20encounter/New%20album%2041/art5.jpg~original">http://i843.photobucket.com/al...original</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean 65 years of creating new "mk" parks .. the company notoriously can't build a decent size/worthy TL on opening! Every single one of them! It's like a disease. The TWDC can't escape it, or cure itself of it!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I bet if they put a Great Moments With Kim Kardashian attraction in TL at SDL it would be a big hit!
