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July 1, 2009

More On HKDL

The details keep coming about the investments Disney is making in Hong Kong Disneyland. Some of my favorite nuggets:

• Disney is investing $452M, or a little less than half of what they're spending on the rebuild of California Adventure.
• For the money, the park is getting 30 new attractions and three new lands. Physically, the park will grow by roughly 25%.
• Two of the new lands - "Grizzly Trail" and "Mystic Point" will be unique to HKDL; the other, "Toy Story Land", will also open at the Walt Disney Studios in Paris in the coming years.
• The Shanghai Disneyland project is a big catalyst, here; that project (while still unofficial, it's the worst-kept secret in Disney history) is expected to go live in 2014. Shanghai is going to be huge, and will give HKDL a real run for the tourist dollar in the same way Disneyland and Walt Disney World compete here in the states.

Blue Sky Disney has the best roundup (and commentary) on the project (and some thumbnail-sized artwork); personally, this all sounds like great news, and gives me an excuse to nip off to Hong Kong in a few years' time.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at July 1, 2009 5:52 AM. Posted to Disney.

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