Master Plan of Hong Kong Disneyland

[moth2lite]

Here is a illustration of the plan

I downloaded it from a local newspaper - Apple Daily's website sometime ago.

Another Master plan that i downloaded from the internet....I forget the source website's URL.

The park seems small, but they leave a lot of empty space around the park. It seems to me they want to open a half completed park first, then add other attractions after it opens.....

 

[ogryn]

No Thunder or Splash??

 

[moth2lite]

Originally posted by ogryn
No Thunder or Splash??

probably, according to the chinese descriptions in the first photo, it is the only Disneyland which is designed according to Walt Disney's original concept.....may be that is the reason?

and Hong Kong's another theme park, Ocean Park, has rides quite similarly to Thunder or Splash.

And Ocean Park is on a mountain itself, no need to build a artificial mountain, just using the natural landscape, it creates a real "mountain ride" experience

 

[jrriddle]

Very Cool!
Information about the park are few and far between over here.
Please keep the information coming!
Thanks!

 

[jrriddle]

Hey would someone be able to translate the first may of the park?

 

[cherrynegra]

I work in the criminal courts here in San Francisco, and we have a ton of interpreters on hand. We have one that handles many Chinese dialects. I will print this out and see if she can translate it for us. I'm assuming that the characters are in Mandarin since it is the official dialect for China. Stay tuned.

 

[moth2lite]

Originally posted by jrriddle
Hey would someone be able to translate the first may of the park?

OK
I translate

Text on the right:
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Features of Hong Kong Disneyland

1. The only Disneyland built according to the founder, Walt Disney's original concept.

2. After closing of the park at night, allow guest to shop and dine in Main Street USA.

3. Consider Feng Shui Master's advice, adding water decoration such as fountain and spring in the park

4. According to Feng Shui Master's advice, a 5-tons Stone would be put on the sidewall surronding the park.

5. The only Disneyland has mountain as backdrop.

Source: Walt Disney Imagineering Company
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Yellow label:
Top - Fantasyland
left - Adventureland
middle - Sleeping Beauty Castle
right - Tomorrowland

Black label:
Main Street USA (Shops and Restaurant on the side)

 

[jrriddle]

Thanks for the translation.
#2 is pretty interesting. Sort of a built in Downtown Disney.

 

[cherrynegra]

Ahhhhh.....beat me to the punch. Thanks for the translation.

 

[jrriddle]

Looks like Ocean Park is not going down without a fight:

Hong Kong's Ocean Park gears up to meet competition from Disneyland

By Channel NewsAsia's HK Correspondent Roland Lim

HONG KONG : Ocean Park, the number one paid tourist attraction in Hong Kong, is gearing up to take on Disneyland.

It plans to build at least two hotels, more rides and upgrade the Park's attractions and restaurants.

Its newly appointed CEO Tom Mehrmann spoke to our reporter on the challenges ahead.

Sightseeing and shopping may top the list of things to do in Hong Kong but Ocean Park remains the number one 'must-see' attraction.

Mainland Chinese visitors say that is because it offers something for the whole family, with a view to match.

"There are different kinds of things to do here. There's the dolphin show and exciting roller-coaster rides," said one visitor.

"The rides are a lot of fun, and the service is good too," said another.

But Ocean Park is on the verge of being swallowed up by a bigger fish - the Disneyland theme park - when it opens within the next year or two.

Enter new CEO Tom Mehrmann, with over 21 years experience in the business.

He is ready to take on the big boys by completely redeveloping the park, and capitalising on its animals and mountain attraction.

He said: "Concepts are what we have, we're hopefully going to be taking that to the level of actually putting them into a more 'storyline' basis, design architectural renderings and presentation basis which we can then take to our board and take to the government, and we hope to get them as excited about the future."

Ocean Park has been around since the 1970s so it is now about time that it gets a major overhaul.

The plan is to get the government to support the project by the third quarter of this year, and start the renovations when Hong Kong Disneyland opens.

When contacted, Hong Kong Disneyland says it does not really see Ocean Park as a real threat and is not concerned about being outmanoeuvred in the theme park stakes.

With record attendances helped by more visitors from the mainland, there may also be enough business to go around.

Mr Mehrmann said: "You've got someone new coming to town, you've got a real energy coming out of the Hong Kong Tourism Board to draw more tourists to the market, so you add all those things up, it's hard not to get excited."

So, unlike its star giant panda An An, Ocean Park is not ready to become an endangered species. - CNA

 

[cherrynegra]

Anyone who has seen Ocean Park will realize what a great park it is. I mean they have a coaster that's built on the side of a cliff and parts of it hang over the ocean. Yikes!! It really is a cool park and I'm sure they're not going to just lay over and let Disney have its way.