Disney Land brings all of our favorite fairytales to life and allows us to join their world. Thanks to Disney Land, we are able to experience different worlds. Disney Land has expanded throughout the years and now there are Disney Land locations around the world. Although each Disney location feels like classic Disney, they each have special elements to highlight the uniqueness of their country.
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong Disney is one of the smallest Disney locations, but its size does not mean it lacks the classic Disney allure. At Hong Kong Disney you will enjoy Disney-themed food, taking pictures with your favorite Disney characters, and exploring parts of the park that are unique to Honk Kong Disney.
The Parks
The park consists of seven themed areas: Main Street, U.S.A., Fantasyland, Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Grizzly Gulch, Mystic Point, and Toy Story Land. When you enter a park, the guest is completely immersed in a themed environment and is unable to see or hear any other realm. Each park contains shopping areas and restaurants.
Main Street, USA: The decor is small-town America from the years 1890–1910. Unlike Main Streets from other parks, Main Street at Hong Kong Disneyland is built mainly of wood instead of stone.
Adventureland: This land features jungle themed adventures and sights. It features a large island area home to Tarzan's Treehouse, which is circled by the Jungle Cruise. Adventureland is also home to the "Festival of the Lion King" show.
Tomorrowland: This land is a vision of the future. The design features metallic trim, dominated by blue and purple hues.
Fantasyland: This land brings characters from fairy tales and Disney films to life. Fantasyland features Castle of Magical Dreams (Sleeping Beauty's Castle) as its icon. It also has several attractions based on Disney films such as The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, It's a Small World and Cinderella's Carousel. There is also Fantasy Gardens where costumed Disney characters can be met, and a Fairy Tale Forest.
Grizzly Gulch: Is set in an abandoned mining town set amidst mountains and woods. This land is the Hong Kong equivalent of Frontierland and Critter Country.
Mystic Point: This land is the heart of a dense, uncharted rain forest where supernatural events take place. The site features Mystic Manor, home of Lord Henry Mystic, a world traveler and adventurer and his mischievous monkey, Albert.
Toy Story Land: This land is based on the film series Toy Story, and feature's themes and characters for the movies.
What makes it unique?
Hong Kong Disneyland attempted to avoid problems of cultural backlash by incorporating Chinese culture, customs and traditions when designing and building the resort, including adherence to the rules of feng shui. Notably, a bend was put in a walkway near the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort entrance so good qi energy would not flow into the South China Sea. The theme park's cast members speak Cantonese, English and Mandarin. Guide maps are printed in traditional and simplified Chinese as well as English.
Shanghai, China
"Authentically Disney, distinctly Chinese.” There is no “American” Main Street USA, but rather a character-themed Mickey Avenue to funnel guests into the park. Queue lines are shorter as the Chinese don’t mind close proximity to each other. There are more shows as well as character meet and greets, passive activities and lots of picture taking! There is no Haunted Mansion, as ancestor worshiping is a common practice in China and this would be deemed disrespectful. A trip to Disney in Shanghai will give you a Disney experience you know and love while being authentically unique.
The Parks
During the construction of the park's Chinese architects, designers, and teams of researchers were hired to find ways to incorporate Chinese cultural elements. Many usual Disney Park features have been redesigned or are absent from Shanghai Disneyland to cater for Chinese visitors' preferences. The center of the park features a collection of Chinese zodiac gardens called the Gardens of Imagination. Restaurant seating is different because Chinese guests take longer over meals. Also, there is more live entertainment as many Chinese patrons prefer that to thrill rides. The park currently has seven themed areas: Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Treasure Cove, Adventure Isle, Tomorrowland, and Toy Story Land.
Mickey Avenue: Mickey Avenue is the entrance to the park and is equivalent to Main Street, U.S.A. The area is inspired by the personalities of Disney cartoon characters and Disney films.
Gardens of Imagination: Features seven 11-acre Chinese gardens with each of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac represented by Disney characters. Attractions of this park include Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasia Carousel, Marvel Superheroes at Marvel Universe, and a meet-and-greet pavilion featuring Marvel characters. Entertainment includes castle stage shows as well as nightly Ignite the Dream, A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light show.
Fantasyland: Themed to Disney animated films. The land features the Enchanted Storybook Castle. The castle is the largest in any Disney theme park and features the Royal Banquet Hall restaurant, a boutique, Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, and a boat ride around and under the castle that takes guests past scenes from films including Tangled, Aladdin, Mulan, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Attractions in this park include Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Alice's Curious Labyrinth, and the Hunny Pot Spin.
Treasure Cove: Themed to an 18th-century Spanish harbor town located on a Caribbean Island that has been captured by Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. The main attraction of this land is Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure, a dark ride based on the films.
Adventure Isle: Adventure Isle is the equivalent to Adventureland. Focused around a mysterious lost world full of hidden treasures, the land features Roaring Rapids, a river rapids ride through the land's towering Roaring Mountain and Soaring Over the Horizon. Additionally, the land features Tarzan: Call of the Jungle, a live acrobatic stage show, and Camp Discovery.
Tomorrowland: The park's futuristic-themed land. Unlike the other Tomorrowland's, this version does not have Space Mountain and instead is home to TRON Light cycle Power Run, an indoor Tron-themed roller coaster. Other attractions include Star Wars Launch Bay, Stitch Encounter, and Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue.
Toy Story Land: This land is themed around the Disney films, Toy Story.
City of Zootopia: This land is not yet open but is an upcoming park. The theme of the park will be based on the Disney film, Zootopia. It will be the first Zootopia-themed area at any Disney Park around the world. It is planned to be opened in 2023.
What makes it unique?
Disney Land in Shanghai is uniquely its own and has many distinctions from other Disney Lands around the world. There are many attractions that are only accessible in Shanghai Disney Land. There are also many cultural adaptions that make this park unique. There is no Haunted Mansion, as spirits of the dead are treated with reverence in China. On the ride, Soaring Over the Horizon, the ride ends flying over Pudong, the showplace for modern Shanghai's business and architecture prowess, whereas other parks end the ride over the Disney Land Park. There is also a garden area where Disney characters are associated with the Chinese Zodiacs. Restaurants serve both Chinese and Western foods.
Paris
Disneyland Paris encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disneyland Paris contains 2 theme parks, 8 resort hotels, 7 associated hotels, a golf course, a high-speed rail station, a large outlet center and a large shopping mall.
Parks:
Disney Land Park: Based on a larger scale of the original Disneyland in California and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park: Celebrates show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Shopping, Dining, and Entertainment:
Disney Village: An entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
Val d'Europe: a shopping center with a variety of outlet shops and large department stores.
Golf Course:
Golf Disneyland: Features 9-hole and 18-hole courses.
Roller Coasters:
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Disneyland Park, Frontierland
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril - Disneyland Park, Adventureland
Casey Jr. Circus Train - Disneyland Park, Fantasyland
Hyperspace Mountain - Disneyland Park, Discoveryland
RC Racer - Walt Disney Studios Park, Toon studio, Toy Story Playland
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith - Walt Disney Studios Park, Backlot
Crush's Coaster - Walt Disney Studios Park, Toon Studio
Avengers Assemble: Flight Force - Walt Disney Studios Park, Avengers Campus Paris
Rides:
Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast - Disneyland Park, Discoveryland
Phantom Manor - Disneyland Park, Frontierland
Hotels:
Disneyland Hotel - Themed to Disney Princess, American-Victorian, Early-20th-century Floridian
Disney Hotel New York — The Art of Marvel - Themed to Marvel Cinematic Universe and Art Deco
Disney Newport Bay Club - Themed to New England
Disney Sequoia Lodge - Themed to American National Park Lodge and National Park Service rustic
Disney Hotel Cheyenne - Themed to Toy Story and American frontier
Disney Hotel Santa Fe - Themed to Cars and American Southwest
Nature Resorts:
Disney Davy Crockett Ranch - Themed to wilderness and adventure.
Villages Nature Paris - Themed on aquatic activities and well-being
Florida
Walt Disney World resort comprises four theme parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom), two water parks (Disney's Blizzard Beach and Disney's Typhoon Lagoon), 31 themed resort hotels, nine non-Disney hotels, several golf courses, a camping resort, and other entertainment venues, including the outdoor shopping center Disney Springs.
Theme Parks:
Magic Kingdom - The park is represented by Cinderella's Castle. Magic Kingdom is divided into six themed "lands." The lands of Magic Kingdom include Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland.
Epcot - Epcot is divided into four main themed areas, known as "neighborhoods": World Celebration, World Discovery, World Nature, and World Showcase.
Disney's Hollywood Studios - Disney's Hollywood Studios is divided into seven themed areas inspired by fantasized iterations of either existing locations found in Hollywood and Los Angeles or imagined worlds from Hollywood stories. The locations of this park include Hollywood Boulevard, Echo Lake, Grand Avenue, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Toy Story Land, Animation Courtyard, and Sunset Boulevard.
Disney's Animal Kingdom - The theme of this park is zoological. Disney's Animal Kingdom is divided into seven themed areas including Oasis, Discovery Island, Pandora – The World of Avatar, Africa, Rafiki's Planet Watch, Asia, and DinoLand U.S.A.
Water Parks:
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon - The theme of the park is the "Disney legend" of a typhoon that wreaked havoc upon a formerly pristine tropical paradise.
Disney's Blizzard Beach - The theme and story of this park is that there was a freak snowstorm, so Floridians built a ski lift and a resort around the snow, but the snow turned to slush.
California
Disneyland Park consists of nine themed "lands" and a number of concealed backstage areas. Throughout the park are "Hidden Mickeys", representations of Mickey Mouse heads inserted subtly into the design of attractions and environmental decor.
The Parks: The park consists of nine lands that include Main Street, U.S.A., Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, Critter Country, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Fantasyland, Mickey's Toontown, and Tomorrowland.
Main Street, U.S.A. - Themed on a typical Midwest town of the early 20th century, and took much inspiration from Walt Disney's hometown, Marceline, Missouri. This land has a train station, town square, movie theater, city hall, firehouse with a steam-powered pump engine, emporium, shops, arcades, double-decker bus, horse-drawn streetcar, and jitneys.
Adventureland - Themed to recreate the feel of an exotic tropical place in a far-off region of the world. Attractions include Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones Adventure, and Tarzan's Treehouse.
New Orleans Square - Themed on 19th-century New Orleans. It is home to Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion.
Frontierland - Themed on the setting of pioneer days along the American frontier. Attractions include Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat, Sailing Ship Columbia, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, and Frontierland Shootin' Exposition.
Critter Country - Attractions include Splash Mountain and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Set within the Star Wars universe, in the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions include the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
Fantasyland - Themed to a Bavarian village. Attractions include several dark rides, the King Arthur Carrousel, and various family attractions. Designed to make classic stories come to life.
Mickey's Toontown - Themed on a 1930s cartoon aesthetic and is home to Disney's most popular cartoon characters. Main attractions include Gadget's Go Coaster and Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. This land is also home to character's houses such as the house of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy, as well as Donald Duck's boat.
Tomorrowland - Attractions include Space Mountain, Star Wars Launch Bay, Autopia, Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple, the Disneyland Monorail Tomorrowland Station, Astro Orbitor, and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters.
Tokyo
Tokyo Disney Resort consists of Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, and Ikspiari, which is a variation of the Downtown Disney and Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment areas.
Disneyland
The park has seven themed lands that include World Bazaar, Adventureland, Westernland, Critter Country, Fantasyland, Toontown, and Tomorrowland.
World Bazaar - Themed on early 20th-century America, matching the "Main Street, U.S.A."
Adventureland - Themed on New Orleans and jungle.
Westernland - Themed to an "old west" themed area. Attractions include Big Thunder Mountain, a mine train roller coaster, and the Rivers of America.
Critter Country - A small area of the park with the main attraction being Splash Mountain.
Fantasyland - Fantasyland's attractions are dark rides that take visitors through scenes from Disney films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, and Pinocchio.
Toontown - Themed on the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit, its main attraction is Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin.
Tomorrowland - Themed on science-fiction fantasy. Rides include Space Mountain, Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, and Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters.
Tokyo DisneySea
There are seven themed lands, or "ports of call". The entrance to the park is Mediterranean Harbor, which opens up to six more nautically themed ports: American Waterfront, Lost River Delta, Port Discovery, Mermaid Lagoon, Arabian Coast, and Mysterious Island.
Mediterranean Harbor - The entrance and is themed as an Italian port city, with Venetian Gondolas that guests can board and ride. This land has hotels, shopping and places to eat. Attractions include Soaring: Fantastic Flight, and Fortress Explorations.
Mysterious Island - This land is based on a volcano and relies heavily on the mythology of the volcano fortress mentioned several times in the books called "Vulcania". Attractions include Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Mermaid Lagoon - Themed to resemble King Triton's palace and features seashell-inspired architecture. Decor is mostly indoors and illuminated with cool, dim lighting to recreate the feeling of being underwater. This land is home to characters of The Little Mermaid. Attractions include Flounder's Flying Fish Coaster, Scuttle's Scooters, Jumpin' Jellyfish, Blowfish Balloon Race, and The Whirlpool.
Arabian Coast - Themed on Aladin. Attractions include Sindbad's Storybook Voyage, Caravan Carousel, Jasmine's Flying Carpets.
Lost River Delta - Themed on ruins of an ancient Aztec pyramid. Attractions include Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull.
Port Discovery - Themed on retrofuturistic style. Attractions include Aquatopia.
American Waterfront - Themed on northeastern seaboard of the United States in the early 20th century. It features two themed areas, an "Old Cape Cod" section, and a "New York Harbor" section. The most popular attraction is Tower of Terror.
Fantasy Springs (Future) - This land is scheduled to open in 2023. It will comprise three areas themed to the films of Frozen, Tangled, and Peter Pan. There will be a total of four new attractions, three restaurants, and a new luxury hotel situated in the park itself.
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