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| New, clearer concept art shows more rides and a new castle. Photo ©Disney All Artwork ©Disney |
Disney has released three new pieces of concept artwork for Shanghai Disneyland. This release comes the same day as they break ground for the new park. The first concept artwork piece as shown above shows a new layout for the theme park. It combines the hub and castle theme from Disneyland and a lake like Tokyo DisneySea. If you look at the bottom left of the photo below, click on the photo to make it bigger, you can see what looks to be a copy of the Dumbo Ride at Disneyland.
There also looks to be a waterfall underneath the front of the castle in the artwork below but in the other two pieces of artwork below, you can see that there are no waterfalls underneath the caste. The art above also shows no new attractions, only one that looks like Dumbo and one that looks like the King Arthur Carousel.
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| The ride circled in this art shows a ride that looks like Dumbo. |
There also looks to be a waterfall underneath the front of the castle in the artwork below but in the other two pieces of artwork below, you can see that there are no waterfalls underneath the caste. The art above also shows no new attractions, only one that looks like Dumbo and one that looks like the King Arthur Carousel.
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| The new design of Shanghai Disneyland's Castle. |
This next piece of artwork shows the walkway up to the castle for Shanghai Disneyland but does not show the waterfalls as seen in the artwork above. The top of the castle as seen below has different designs from many different castles and does not have one main castle's theme.
The middle and bottom of the castle follow the same design choices as the top of the castle: many different castles' designs mixed into one. You can see the middle part of the castle's artwork below.
The last piece of artwork released today is a clearer version of the one that was released earlier this year.
It shows what the park layout will look like minus the new version of Pirates of the Caribbean. It looks as if the park will be about the size of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World with extended areas to both sides of the castle. The artwork shows an area that will be called Shanghai Disneyland and will include the theme park, two themed hotels, a Downtown Disney-like area, a lagoon, and outdoor recreation areas. Shanghai Disneyland is scheduled to open in 2015. Stay tuned for the official press release from the ground breaking.
