After years and years of rumors and negotiations, we have a report that seems to indicated that ground breaking for the Shanghai Disneyland theme park will begin with a ceremony on April 8, 2011.
Early Saturday morning, or late Friday in the U.S., invitations were issued by Disney, together with an arm of the Shanghai government and a local business partner of Disney's, inviting recipients to "a special event in Shanghai" on April 8. Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger is expected to attend the groundbreaking ceremony. Shanghai Disneyland will be the Burbank, Calif.-based Disney's sixth major theme park in the world, and its first in mainland China.
To put this in perspective for those who are geographically-challenged, here's map of a portion of China showing Shanghai and Hong Kong. The two cities are roughly 800 miles apart, certainly far enough away from one another. As I've mentioned earlier regarding the possibility that the Shanghai theme park may cannibalize the attendance of Hong Kong Disneyland, this might not be the case.
Still, we will have to wait till this theme park is completed, and if they've learned anything from their early mistakes made at Hong Kong Disneyland.
Zz.
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