Hong Kong DisneyLand Updated Pictures

[GaryT977]

What a stunning site! Imagine walking down Main Street with those mountains in the background. Wow!

 

[disneydawg]

Originally posted by AdLibSean
It angers me to no end to have to share our FL castle design w/ Tokyo. I mean- I know a lot of the attractions were direct copies, when TDL was built but did the castle have to be as well? I hope Disneyland- the original park, can remain unique and not have to share its icon with Hong Kong. Cm'on Imagineers use your heads! :brick:

I like the idea of having unique castles as well. However, in the case of TDL, I have read that the Oriental Land Company wanted things to be copied as directly as they could, including the castle. And since it wasnt Disney's cash, they obliged. Regardless, I hope Hong Kong gets a new castle.

 

[djmatthews]

I'm sure it says on the site it is getting the original DisneyLand castle?

[EDIT]

"Hong Kong Disneyland will be the fifth Disneyland-styled theme park in the world, the eleventh Disney park ever built and the first to recreate many of the exact designs of the original Disneyland in California including its Sleeping Beauty Castle."

From the HK DisneyLand website.

 

[disneydawg]

Thanks for the info djmatthews. And to think I could have answered my own question had actually read the website. D'oh! Anyway, I always thought that Walt always wanted things to be on a bigger scale, but due to financial constraints building DL they were forced to scale back a bit. Hence, WDW's architecture is larger in scale.

 

[nikechic]

Looks like one huge cut and fill job to me. Can't wait to see the progress. I love construction.

 

[djmatthews]

Originally posted by disneydawg
Thanks for the info djmatthews. And to think I could have answered my own question had actually read the website. D'oh! Anyway, I always thought that Walt always wanted things to be on a bigger scale, but due to financial constraints building DL they were forced to scale back a bit. Hence, WDW's architecture is larger in scale.

No problem disneydawg - glad I could help! :sohappy: