We were recently sent this link to a drone video shoot of the Shanghai Disneyland construction site. The aerial views are almost unprecedented when it comes to Disney theme park construction. Many buildings appear to be nearly finished, while some areas of the park are… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland aerial drone video – June 2015
Disney recently announced the opening of Shanghai Disneyland would slip from late 2015 to mid-2016. The park will actually be bigger than originally planned and that extra construction is taking a little more time than expected. For the first time ever, a Disney Park will… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland Pirates E-Ticket Scale is Huge!
Although things are not perfect at Disneyland Paris, it’s no question things are a lot better today than they were 4 years ago. A lot of that is owed to the leadership of Philippe Gas. It makes sense that Disney would want him at their… Read More »Disney moves Disneyland Paris Chief to Shanghai Resort
Disney has been building its China strategy for over 15 years now. It started with Hong Kong Disneyland, includes some unique film partnerships, Disney English schools, and soon Disneyland Shanghai. Current Chair and CEO Bob Iger has been right there at the center of it for most of the effort. So it’s with more than a little authority that he took the stage last week at the Fortune Global Forum in Chengdu, China. Bob shared his unique insight into where Disney is headed, the company’s place in the global economy and his overall outlook on business — particularly business in China.
Below the jump are a few highlights from Iger’s responses:
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Get your passport renewed and start saving your pennies, earlier today at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Walt Disney Company, chairman and chief executive officer Bob Iger unveiled the first image of a model of Shanghai Disney Resort, featuring the resort’s theme park,… Read More »Disney Unveils First Image of Shanghai Disneyland Model
Shanghai Disneyland is being built a bit off the beaten track, but relatively close to a major freeway that helps outline the future expansion for the city. It was just announced that Shanghai’s Metro (a system of mass transit that includes Subway, Light Rail, and… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland to get Exclusive Metro Line
Shanghai Disneyland officials told members at of a digital media forum that technologies shown at Shanghair’s World Expo in 2010 will find their way into the park. Additionally, several of the next-gen technologies being developed for Walt Disney World, will be part of the park.… Read More »Shanghai Disneyland Announces Incorporation of 2010 World Expo technologies
Okay, Walt Disney Imagineering has worked on some pretty amazing projects before. There was Lucky the Dinosaur, himself a descendant of other self-standing dinosaurs that never saw a public appearance. There have been a host of ride systems they tested that never saw the light… Read More »Disney Testing Flying Dragon Ultralight in California