CNN's Matt Rivers got to spend a day at Shanghai Disneyland and see how the company is making its theme park experience more relevant for Chinese visitors.
A Shanghai-centric Disneyland isn't weird. It's just like in Universal Studios & Harry Potter in Japan, where every character speaks only Japanese, and there are anime and manga stuff around.
Seems like the Correspondent really didn't want to do this piece and was forced to do so. Couldn't have gotten someone who at least looked like he or she was having fun or even then pick someone who likes Disney.
Shanghai Disneyland looks amazing, but it should be 3-5 times larger in order to handle the 330 million potential consumers that live within 3 hours of Shanghai.
Kashif Ahmed I'm in guangdong province, hongkong one is closer but going there would cost effort, and hongkong people are too proud to take our(their poor neighbour) money
They found out with Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland that "Disneyland" as we know it is not exportable. The Chinese (for better or for worse) are not Americans (nor are the French) so they don't have that sort of connection to the Disney brand and worlds beyond Mickey Mouse.
Amelia Solomou I'm going tooo!!! in July. I'm from Indonesia. I visited Australia last July 2016. Your country is so beautiful and the people there are so friendly. Love Australia 😘😍
I think if you're looking for that 'Disney Charm', you're not going to find it in Shanghai. - Firstly the staff/cast members and guests do not have the same level of appreciation and understanding of what Disney is about, for example most didn't grow up watching Disney movies or aren't familiar with the characters and stories. It's more so a foreign wonderland filled with fun strange things to them. - Secondly, the magic is only in the detail of the rides and the physical design of the complex, which most guests don't notice. - Thirdly, the confronting crowd behaviour, long waiting times, and expansiveness of the complex will tire you out from enjoying what limited magic there is. And so ultimately, if you want an actual Disneyland experience, choose any of the other parks: Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Anaheim, etc. Otherwise, Shanghai offers everything else.
This is the worst correspondent ever could be sent to cover an opening, who is directing this? Please fix it, how Disney let this to come out like this?
Technically yes.. the one in Orlando and the one in Tokyo Disneyland are both called "Cinderella's Castle". However, this one in Shanghai is called "Storybook Castle", and is for ALL the princesses and not just one specific princess (which I think is dumb but whatever)... Inside of this castle at Shanghai, you can meet all the princesses instead of just one. Either way, it looks a lot like the one in Orlando and Tokyo but it's a lot bigger and taller (which I also think is dumb because they shouldn't try to out do WDW since it's the only "world" out of all the parks..but OH WELL)
no one is obsessed with disneyland and disney movies like the americans some of american families visit disney land and disneyworld more than once a year
This guy acts like he got stuck with the dirty work. "Aww, why do *I* have to spend a day at that stupid park for free? I'd rather sit at my desk and scribble up bullshit news stories because that's all I'm good for!"
No, he's international (for the money). If you have noticed with the recent Mickey shorts that has him be in other countries and doing things in those countries, that is Disney's way of "internationalizing" Mickey, making him not ONLY an American but a world citizen. Disneyland Shanghai is NOT Disneyland in China but China's Disneyland.
What's with the pessimistic theme in this, LOL? Disney is about having fun...not the money. I wish the park very well, and hope everyone has a great time there...
