Big Disney Fan
06-19-2007, 09:08 AM
Here is the fifth in the series of "improving Disney parks" threads, this time focusing on the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort! As always, if you have your own ideas to improve the parks, feel free to add to 'em! First of all, most of the attractions originally planned for the park and then some (but which got removed) will now come into being.
And now, without further ado, here are my updates:
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
1. An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom: See the Disneyland improvements thread for information. It will play in the theater at Town Square. The only real difference between this version and Disneyland's is the language, to be played in Cantonese. There are headphones in the back of the theater for English and Mandarin translations.
FRONTIERLAND
A new themed area, probably built outside the berm. It will be featuring the following attractions:
1. Big Thunder Mountain: Hold onto your hats, partners, for the fastest, wildest train ride this side of the Mississippi. Watch out for coyotes, rattlers and other varmints at every turn! And if you just when you think it's all over, you find yourself inside a dangerous cave-in within an ancient gold mine!
2. Frontierland Shootin' Gallery: Do you fancy yourself as a hot-shot? Then step right up and take pot shots at cacti, trees and tombstones for your chance to be the "Best In the West"!
3. Mark Twain Riverboat: Enjoy a leisurely trip down the Rivers of the Far West aboard a romantic sternwheeler. Named after the popular 19th Century American author whose stories about life on the Mississippi River are now regarded as classics, the Mark Twain Riverboat's ornate decoration and authentic design captures the look, period ambiance, refinement and dignity of a stately paddlewheel steamboat.
4. River Rogues Keelboats: Take a keelboat cruise down the Rivers of the Far West.
5. Splash Mountain: Join Brer Rabbit on a hair-raising flume odyessy that includes both a trip through a "Laughin' Place" and one of the world's tallest, steepest, spine-tinglingest waterfalls ever! The version I plan to put in the park will be based on the one I have in mind for Disneyland Paris; click here to see the details (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202804&postcount=38) (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202804&postcount=38).
ADVENTURELAND
1. Haunted Mansion: Another tried-n-true classic coming to Hong Kong. A new storyline will follow soon.
2. Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Ice Dragon: Follow in the footsteps of Dr. Indiana Jones in a harrowing, life-or-death quest for the legendary Vault of Fortunes. But beware - the Vault is purported to be guarded by a vengeful, supernatural spirit known as the Ice Dragon!
3. Jungle Tours: The Jungle River Cruise is invaded by edgier Jungle Land Trek safari jeeps.
4. The Magic Carpets of Aladdin: Climb aboard a magical carpet and take your imagination to a whole new world of fantasy.
5. Raging Spirits: As you pass by the vengeful spirits awakened during the excavation of the ruins of an ancient ceremonial site, the bursting flames, encompassing steam, and a spine-tingling 360-degree loop will make it a truly thrilling experience!
You may have notice that my list does not include Pirates of the Caribbean. That's because rumor has it that it's coming to HKDL around 2010 or so.
That's the first part of Hong Kong Disneyland improvements; look for Part 2 soon.
And now, without further ado, here are my updates:
HONG KONG DISNEYLAND
MAIN STREET U.S.A.
1. An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom: See the Disneyland improvements thread for information. It will play in the theater at Town Square. The only real difference between this version and Disneyland's is the language, to be played in Cantonese. There are headphones in the back of the theater for English and Mandarin translations.
FRONTIERLAND
A new themed area, probably built outside the berm. It will be featuring the following attractions:
1. Big Thunder Mountain: Hold onto your hats, partners, for the fastest, wildest train ride this side of the Mississippi. Watch out for coyotes, rattlers and other varmints at every turn! And if you just when you think it's all over, you find yourself inside a dangerous cave-in within an ancient gold mine!
2. Frontierland Shootin' Gallery: Do you fancy yourself as a hot-shot? Then step right up and take pot shots at cacti, trees and tombstones for your chance to be the "Best In the West"!
3. Mark Twain Riverboat: Enjoy a leisurely trip down the Rivers of the Far West aboard a romantic sternwheeler. Named after the popular 19th Century American author whose stories about life on the Mississippi River are now regarded as classics, the Mark Twain Riverboat's ornate decoration and authentic design captures the look, period ambiance, refinement and dignity of a stately paddlewheel steamboat.
4. River Rogues Keelboats: Take a keelboat cruise down the Rivers of the Far West.
5. Splash Mountain: Join Brer Rabbit on a hair-raising flume odyessy that includes both a trip through a "Laughin' Place" and one of the world's tallest, steepest, spine-tinglingest waterfalls ever! The version I plan to put in the park will be based on the one I have in mind for Disneyland Paris; click here to see the details (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202804&postcount=38) (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/showpost.php?p=202804&postcount=38).
ADVENTURELAND
1. Haunted Mansion: Another tried-n-true classic coming to Hong Kong. A new storyline will follow soon.
2. Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Ice Dragon: Follow in the footsteps of Dr. Indiana Jones in a harrowing, life-or-death quest for the legendary Vault of Fortunes. But beware - the Vault is purported to be guarded by a vengeful, supernatural spirit known as the Ice Dragon!
3. Jungle Tours: The Jungle River Cruise is invaded by edgier Jungle Land Trek safari jeeps.
4. The Magic Carpets of Aladdin: Climb aboard a magical carpet and take your imagination to a whole new world of fantasy.
5. Raging Spirits: As you pass by the vengeful spirits awakened during the excavation of the ruins of an ancient ceremonial site, the bursting flames, encompassing steam, and a spine-tingling 360-degree loop will make it a truly thrilling experience!
You may have notice that my list does not include Pirates of the Caribbean. That's because rumor has it that it's coming to HKDL around 2010 or so.
That's the first part of Hong Kong Disneyland improvements; look for Part 2 soon.