It’s been 5 months since Shanghai Disneyland opened and two recent news articles check in on the status of Disney’s newest park and its older Chinese sibling – Hong Kong Disneyland. Are the two parks both doing well, or is the new park siphoning off… Read More »How is Hong Kong Disneyland doing now that Shanghai Disneyland is open?
It didn’t take long for Shanghai Disneyland to reach the point where it would need to expand. Fans of Pixar’s Toy Story movies will soon be able to meet Woody, Buzz and other Toy Story characters in an all-new land of their own in Mainland… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland announces first expansion – Toy Story Land
Shanghai Disneyland opened to the world just two short months ago and already it has hosted more than 1 million visitors. A new official video from Disney features a six minute look at how the magical kingdom was made along with an interview with Disney… Read More »The Making of Shanghai Disneyland – official video
Like clockwork after every big project led by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), there is a layoff. The finish of Shanghai Disneyland is no different. The Glendale, CA facility has confirmed that layoffs in the ‘low single digits’ were made, with no one in senior staff… Read More »Layoffs impact Walt Disney Imagineering
The Walt Disney Company is well known for supporting Children’s Hospitals in the communities where it has a presence. In Florida they’ve built a whole pavilion for the Florida Hospital for Children. In California, the support for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County is great.… Read More »The Walt Disney Company to build play areas at Children’s Hospitals across China
Another piece of great video from Shanghai Disneyland, which is in soft-opening mode prior to its June 16 grand opening. This time we have full ride video from the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure attraction. It uses a new innovative… Read More »Pirates of the Caribbean full ride video from Shanghai Disneyland
We’re just a couple days into the first ever preview days for Shanghai Disneyland and already the photos and videos are coming in a steady stream showing off the new attractiosn (those that are open) and the theme park design (which is said to be… Read More »Onride POV Video: TRON Lightcycle Power Run at Shanghai Disneyland
Disney’s domestic theme parks are going strong according to their latest financial reports, but the international parks, not so much. There are now wide reports that overseas struggles are causing the domestic parks to trim their budgets to make up for the overseas losses. Disneyland… Read More »Are Disney’s struggles overseas impacting theme parks in the United States?