Wasnt Epcot suppose to get a preview center about the upcoming Hong Kong Disneyland Park around the 50th anniversary celebration? If so, where will they put it?
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I looked at the preview posted on another website. I was just thinking with the minimal number of actual rides, that they could have spent the money on the preview center on adding a Snow White's Adventures to Fantasyland in Hong Kong or something. I mean, how much could it have cost to put in a Snow White or Pinocchio?
Cris
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It's amazing, TDL. I both love you AND hate you! lol
Will email you soon to try to firm up plans for a Labuda/TDL meet in May.-Ann
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Originally posted by CrispyI looked at the preview posted on another website. I was just thinking with the minimal number of actual rides, that they could have spent the money on the preview center on adding a Snow White's Adventures to Fantasyland in Hong Kong or something. I mean, how much could it have cost to put in a Snow White or Pinocchio?
Cris
It's literally 1955 over there people. They don't have a 3 generation love affair with Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. They arent Japan, which glorifies and adores all things American... (Check the Pasadena swap meet some time, its all 2nd hand store BUYERS collecting Americana for TOKYO.)
They are more likely to know NEMO or something released in this century, as I dont think Disney films are widely distributed and available in China yet. It is just beginning to develop a middle class that can afford the disposable income on a Disney vacation. They are likely going to need to tailor this to local tastes more than Japan and more than France. Those countries have seen Disney movies over the decades and were at least familiar with the concepts and characters of the Disney library.
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I was l00king for it yesterday at EPCOT after the PH preview of Soarin'.. I couldn't find it. I thought it would be in Japan, then China, then... I gave up and went to dinner at Marrakesh.RicDirector, Concierge Services
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Originally posted by TDLFANFunny... Shanghai and Peking sure don't look 1955 to me... especially Shanghai (and i go there quite often on business), and certainly not Hong Kong.
I mean, much like the post WWII prosperity that transformed America in the late 40s and 50s shaped America's middle class, CHINA is just now opening up to foreign movies and theme parks and their citizens are just now getting the disposable income to be able to support such a park.
Or do you think theres some other reason 2 billion people cant support a Chinese owned park / movie / animation industry?
Oh, and sure Hong Kong itself was British colony and the population there is more Westernized and democratic and open and well off. But HKDL is going to need to bring in guests from outside the city to be profitable. It has to draw from a good chunk of the surrounding provinces.
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