Last News From Shanghaî Disneyland !

Here are the latest news from Shanghaî Disneyland! First, Philippe Gas, former CEO of Disneyland Paris and now General Manager at Shanghai Disney Resort announced that SDL recently celebrated its new cooperation with over 30 leading Chinese online and offline travel agencies.The new official travel providers of Shanghai Disney Resort will develop and market creative tour packages to guests throughout China to ensure the most magical vacation experience possible.

Shanghai Disney Resort will welcome its first official guests on June 16, 2016 and tickets for Shanghai Disneyland – an authentically Disney, distinctly Chinese destination with world-class attractions and premium guest experiences – will go on sale to the public beginning March 28, 2016. On that date, guests will be able to purchase theme park tickets, tickets to the resort’s THE LION KING Broadway show and make hotel reservations through the following authorized channels:

The newly updated website of Shanghai Disney Resort, www.shanghaidisneyresort.com

The Shanghai Disney Resort Reservation Center at 400-180-0000 or 86-21-31580000

SDL official travel providers.

Guests should only purchase resort-related tickets and make hotel reservations through one of the official ticketing and reservation channels of Shanghai Disney Resort.  Please be wary of unsolicited text and social media messages and emails purporting to represent Shanghai Disney Resort special ticket offers.  Guests with any questions about theme park tickets and resort hotel reservations should contact the Shanghai Disney Resort Reservation Center at 400-180-0000 or 86-21-31580000.

More details about ticket sales will be announced on the official website of Shanghai Disney Resort and via the resort’s official social media channels in the coming weeks.

Two, a special "passport" will be available for Shanghai Disney Resort guests!

Shanghai Disney Resort has entered into a multi-year alliance with Invengo Information Technology Company Limited (“Invengo”). Invengo will be the exclusive provider of the Shanghai Disney Resort Magic Passport, an interactive experience for guests to enjoy in the park that also offers a special souvenir keepsake of their visit.
The radio-frequency identification (RFID) enabled passports are specially designed and created for guests visiting Shanghai Disney Resort, marking the first time that any Disney Park will feature such an interactive passport experience. With this innovative Magic Passport that will be available for purchase at opening, guests will be able to experience the park and collect official stamps at selected passport locations that work exclusively with the official Magic Passport. Once guests have collected each of the stamps, they can receive a special stamp commemorating the completion of this experience. Guests will be able to keep this memento as a souvenir of their exciting adventures throughout Shanghai Disneyland.

The picture below is the one of a passport at Tokyo Disney Resort, not the one of SDL.



Three, Shanghaî Village, the designer outlet village adjacent to Shanghai Disney Resort will open on May 19 in Pudong New Area, aiming to tap the demand of luxury shopping amid potential tourists toward city's upcoming iconic attraction.

From Shanghaî Daily: Shanghai Village, the outlet village adjacent to Shanghai Disney Resort will open on May 19, aiming to tap the demand of luxury shopping amid potential tourists toward city's upcoming iconic attraction.Shnaghaî Village with its art-deco architecture inspired by the famous Shanghaî Bund is located at the other end of Shanghaî Disneyland lake. Shanghaî Village is a joint venture between London-based mall developer Value Retail and state-backed operator of Shanghai International Tourism and Reports Zone, Shanghai Shendi Group - the joint venture with Disney which own SDR.

The project represented the largest investment of the company worldwide, said Mark Israel, chief executive officer of Value Retail China, with about 150 boutiques set to open either upon launch or thereafter in a 55,000-square-meter space.

The UK developer had opened its first China outlet center of such kind in Suzhou back in May 2014. The phase two construction of the Suzhou Village will begin sometime in fall, according to Value Retail, and then move on to other projects in China including Hong Kong. Will Hong Kong Disneyland have a similar outlet village? Time will tell... In the meantime here is a great new night picture of Shanghaî Village.



Four, will Shanghaî Disneyland save Chinese economy?  According to analysts, Shanghai Disneyland will lead China’s tourism industry growth despite the country’s current economic woes.

It opens at a time of great uncertainties for the Chinese economy struggling with a deepening slowdown. Premier Li Keqiang announced an economic growth target at a lower range of 6.5 to 7 per cent for 2016, compared to “about 7 per cent” last year, while addressing the National People’s Congress on Saturday.

“China will face tougher problems and challenges in its development this year, so we must be fully prepared to fight a difficult battle,” said Li.

“Shanghai Disneyland is three times bigger than Hong Kong, so we expect the impact will be even bigger,” said David Lung Wing-hung, a managing partner in the consumer products and retail sector at Deloitte China.

Walt Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, is similarly upbeat. “We build things to last many years. Disneyland was built 60 years ago and has been through the ups and downs of the US economy for six decades,” Iger said in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. “So we’re not concerned with the Chinese economy and we’re extremely bullish about the long-term prospects of it.”

You can read the full article on scmp.com HERE.

See you soon on D&M for more news about Shanghaî Disneyland!

Shanghaî Disneyland Update : New Pictures of Disney's Most Awaited Project !

And here we go for a new Shanghai Disneyland update with brand new pictures found on a Chinese blog. All pictures were shot outside the park this time and we'll start by new pics of SDL Enchanted Storybook Castle.

Next, pics of Adventure Isle Roaring Rapids mountain. As you'll see they've started to "theme" the mountain by adding vegetation on the "rocks".

One picture of the TRON ride show building and cover as seen from backstage, so from a side that SDL guests will never see.

The buildings you can see raising behind the grass in the foreground are the one of Disney Town. The red one is most probably the building of the Lion King musical theater.

We've got new pictures too of the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel!

But what can we find on the other side of the road nearby the SDL Hotel? Some white cranes birds...

And thefe is plenty of them keeping an eye on the works...

Now, i have a "one more thing" for you. You've seen two days ago the renderings for the Shanghai Village project, a huge art-deco style mall built at the other end of Shanghai Disneyland lake. Nice digital renderings and some of you may wonder when it will be built, considering the delay they already have on the park and resort. Well, it IS built already!!! And we've got the proof with the pics below!

O-Kay, that's all for today about Shanghai Disneyland, make sure to stay tuned on D&M, the only website bringing you each week new pics from Disney's most awaited project!

Shanghai Village, the Other BIG Project of Shanghaî Disney Resort

Something else really big is currently being built at Shanghaî Disney Resort, right at the other end of SDL lake, and it completely escaped to our sight until now. And it's not because it hadn't been announced, it was announced last year but the location of the luxury Shanghaî Village - as it is named - was not disclosed explicitly so we couldn't knew that in fact this huge luxury shopping destination will be in fact located so near to Shanghaî Disneyland.

And don't think that Disney is not involved in it as it is a joint venture between Value Retail China and Shanghai Shendi Group, the developer of Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone (SITRZ). Shendi as we know is the joint venture with Disney and it is master planning SITRZ with premium hotels, health spas, recreation facilities and restaurants that cater to affluent tourists and residents, and of course Shanghai Disney Resort.

Shanghaî Village will be located within the core zone of SITRZ, adjacent to Shanghai Disney Resort, at the other end of the lake. Accessible by car, metro, train and bus, Shanghaî Village will also enjoy the excellent transport links of Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone.

Public transport to the Village will be provided by local buses and by Metro line 11. Metro line 11 is the first cross-provincial metro line in China. In the future, there are plans to extend Metro line 2 into a tail of the existing metro station.

From the local Shanghai Disney Resort metro station ( bottom left on the picture above ) a dedicated shuttle will transport visitors to Shanghai Village. Visitors may also choose to walk along the lakeshore paths or arrive by boat across the lake.

Shanghai Village will ultimately have more than 50,000 square metres of outlet retail and restaurant space. It will serve tourists visiting the Shanghai Disney Resort (an estimated 15 million visitors in the first year), the international and domestic tourists visiting Shanghai, as well as the catchment area of the Yangtze River Delta region, with a population of approximately 140 million.

But what i find really exciting with this Shanghaî Village is its architecture. If just like me you like art-deco style you'll be i heaven as they cleverly did the choice of a style which will remind the old romantic Shanghaî of the 20-30's, still visible on legendary Shanghaî Bund. I let you have a look at the pictures below as pictures as we know worth a thousand words...

Looks great, isn't it? Sure, it's one more place inside Shanghaî Disney Resort where they expect you to buy, eat and spend money but it will be the only luxury outlet shopping destination within the Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone - you can be sure that Disney won't have any competitor miles around - and it will be defined by "a distinctive offer of international luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands and by an authentic European shopping experience, consistent with the nine Villages by Value Retail in Europe.cShanghai Village will be one of the most important luxury shopping destinations in Asia. Shanghaî Village reflects a rewarding 15 year history shared between Disneyland Paris and the popular La Vallée Village, also developed and operated by Value Retail.

Shanghai Village will be home to a unique mix of leading international and Asian luxury and fashion brands, offering their previous seasons' collections with exceptional savings throughout the year. Fashion for men, women and children, together with luxuries for the home, will be available. A suite of carefully prepared amenities will include restaurants and cafés, offering local and international cuisine.

Shanghai Village will be located in Pudong New District, 40–60 minute drive from central Shanghai and if you think it's a long term project for SDL, you're wrong. At the time i write this article Shanghaî Village is currently being built and has an opening scheduled for ...Spring 2016! May be they'll be a bit late but the goal is to open as soon as possible after Shanghaî Disneyland opening. One more good reason to go to ShanghaI Disneyland? Probably and we'll end this article with the video below showing the project and from where the screen captures below are coming.




Pictures and video: copyright Shendi - Value Retail