Shanghai Disneyland pushes opening date to ‘first half of 2016’

Who called it? Shanghai Disneyland, estimated to have so far cost Walt Disney Co. 5.5 billion USD, will open sometime in the first half of 2016. The opening date had originally been set for the end of 2015, as stated by Disney’s Chief Executive Robert Iger in April 2014. No official statements have been released in regards to reasons for the delay, but co…

Shanghai Disneyland

The opening ceremony for the construction of Shanghai Disneyland was held on April 8, 2011, which means the long-waited Disneyland is finally to open in Shanghai, the biggest city in China. This is the biggest Sino-foreign joint investment yet in the country’s modern service industry. It is expected to open by the end of 2015. It is known that among th…

Transport terminal for Shanghai Disney Resort

A large transport terminal will be built alongside the Shanghai Disney Resort, according to the Shanghai Morning Post quoting the operator of the country’s second Disneyland. The terminal, at the western entrance to the 3.9-square-kilometer park, will include five traffic booths, parking lots for taxis, and a terminus for buses running inside t…

Biggest mall to go near Disney

Shanghai’s biggest outlet mall will open in the Pudong New Area on May 1next year, the Pudong government announced yesterday. The planned shopping center will cover 133,000 square meters, or the size of more than 15 football fields. It will be located beside the future Shanghai Disneyland as well as close to the Pudong International Airport. Visito…

Disney May Expand Shanghai Park to Meet Demand After 2015 Debut

Walt Disney Co. (DIS) may quickly enlarge its Shanghai resort after it opens in late 2015 in order to meet rising demand in the world’s most populous country, Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo said. Shanghai Disney Resort will be almost 1,000 acres (404.7 hectares) in size when it opens, putting it third behind Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Dis…