Interesting and rather exciting news emerged today that Hong Kong Disneyland’s $467 million expansion will be completed a year early. According to sources, Toy Story Playland (ugh) will open later this year, while the two other new areas – Grizzly Trail and Mystic Point – will open in 2012 and 2013. This early [...]
 A model of the three Hong Kong Disneyland mini-land expansions from the 2009 D23 ExpoBefore the holidays, Hong Kong Disneyland posted a rather triumphant video showing the construction that is currently underway in that park. The massive expansion site sits outside the park’s berm, and will contain three mini-lands: Grizzly Trail, Mystic Point and Toy Story Playland (ugh). It’s always exciting to see earth being moved in a Disney park, even if I don’t speak a word of Chinese. At least everyone seems really excited! You’ll find the video below. After that, I’ve included some pictures from 2009 of models and artwork for the Big Grizzly Mountain Coaster. It looks like it should be a fairly entertaining ride, as wacky animatronic bear gags are always welcome. We’ve shown artwork for Mystic Manor in a previous post; for Toy Story Playland you’re on your own. You can see the model in the video, though, which just goes to show how badly it will screw up the park’s sightlines. Those parachute towers will look great from the Jungle Cruise! The other new areas look pretty nifty, though, so check it out: Continue reading Diggin’ In Hong Kong Disneyland The Ministry of Information has released this new propaganda video about the expansion now under construction at Hong Kong Disneyland. It’s mostly fluff, but there are some nice peeks at unseen art and models for Mystic Harbor (yay!), Grizzly Trail (meh!) and Toy Story Land (BOO!). Actually, that “meh” for Grizzly Trail is probably [...] While I was writing about Hong Kong Disneyland, news apparently continued to happen. On the subject of Hong Kong, there was a key provision of the expansion deal that I neglected to mention. It was reported, and widely reiterated in the press, that two of the new areas – Grizzly Trail and Mystic Point [...] I’m a pretty nice guy – really, I am. I consider myself fairly affable; I think being southern at least predisposes one to a general aspiration to pleasantness. I abhor confrontation. As much as I’d like to be Walt, I could never be Walt because I could never look someone in the eyes and [...] |
 
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