Dr Freeze

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Shanghai Disneyland, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2009 January 9th, 2009 - Shanghai Disneyland discussion resurfaces SEE BELOW! November 4th, 2009 - Project gets preliminary government approval Nov. 14th, 2009 - 5,000 families to be relocated to make room for park Dec. 15th, 2009 - Disney close to a final agreement with Shanghai 2010 Feb. 4th, 2010 - Shanghai officials question park's potential success Feb. 10th, 2010 - China to spend US$23 billion on infrastructure improvements around the park Mar. 4th, 2010 - Disney gets final approval Mar. 10th, 2010 - Park construction expexted to take 5 - 6 years April 17th, 2010 - Disney to get approved land in July May 30th, 2010 - Disneyland Shanghai project ahead of schedule June 18th, 2010 - Disneyland project spotlights forced evictions June 23rd, 2010 - Oriental Land Company may be involved with the park July 6th, 2010 - Disney could start construction as early as November 2011 April 7th, 2011 - Construction to start April 8th, 2011 April 8th, 2011 - Shanghai Disneyland officially announced! August 10th, 2011 - New Storybook Castle details released! December 30th, 2011 - Attraction construction begins this Spring! 2012 April 10th, 2012 - Shanghai Disneyland secures 12.9 billian yuan loan December 8th, 2012 - Metro line extension planned for Shanghai Disneyland December 19th, 2012 - Recruitment begins for Shanghai Disneyland projects 2013 May 26th, 2013 - Construction on Storybook Castle begins! December 5th, 2013 - 'Garden of the Twelve Friends' park hub announced! 2014 January 31st, 2014 - Hotel topped out & China Eastern Airlines partnership February 25th, 2014 - Tron Coaster Construction Photos March 18th, 2014 - 'Treasure Cove' Pirates of the Caribbean land unveiled! April 28th, 2014 - Disney investing $800 million more in Shanghai Disney! June 14th, 2014 - Permanent Broadway production of The Lion King announced for Shanghai Disneyland Resort! August 4th, 2014 - Phillipe Gas named GM of Shanghai Disneyland November14th, 2014 - Two Themed Hotels, Disneytown announced for SDR! 2015 February 3rd, 2015 - Shanghai Disney Resort construction update! 2016 January 13th, 2016 - June 12th announced as opening date March 8th, 2016 - 100 days from grand opening, new pictures released November 10th, 2016 - Ground breaking for Toy Story Land (2018) 2018 January 11th, 2018 - Rex and Trixie figures installed in Toy Story Land! February 22nd, 2018 - New Toy Story Land preview photos & video! 2019 January 23rd, 2019 - Zootopia themed land coming to Shanghai Disneyland! 2020 October 19th, 2020 - SoReal Virtual Reality experience coming to DisneyTown 2023 September 5th, 2023 - New Zootopia land and attraction details! October 24th, 2023 - Zootopia land opening on December 20th, 2023! _____________________________________________________ Original Post: Business Week just posted the following:

cool photos Mr. Yeti thinks Yeti Ball just needs one thing... Yeti Imperial Stout! oh, and Mr. Yeti just sent Yeti Ball a myspace friend request Yeti power!

Just when I thought they couldn't fit any more coasters in that park... Did they take anything out to put that there?

How long was the wait?

Mine is a tie between Son of Beast and Mummy Son of Beats just wasn't that great - a couple big helixes and a loop... not to mention it was one the ruffest I've been on. Mummy just wasn't as impressive as I thought it would be. I guess I just listened to too much hype. The effects were cool and everything, so as a dark ride it was great - but as a coaster it was lame. I also thought the seating wasn't comfortable at all.

I like the section on Tatsu's page that says "relationship status: swinger" Some of these profiles for rides and parks are pretty excessive. I guess some people have that much free time.

^^ ok, I didn't know the cars were self-powered. These new types of rides bring more "gray areas" to what we can call a roller coaster. I still the think half-pipe is pushing the definition. -bret

well here's a question. If the Intamin half-pipes are counted as coasters, would this be counted too? -bret

^ As far as I know there just available at the Expedition Everest gift shop. I doubt they would be selling them online since the ride isn't technically open yet.

Yea, the biggest problem with that is anyone who turns around can easily see it. It's not hard to spot. And considering that is a point where the train is held (waiting for the track to switch), probably half the people look around while they sit there. It just seems like the could have built up the "snow terrain" in between the staircase and the view of the train. Mr. Yeti says: "I'm not sure what you mean by "how much do I cost?" - I'm not some sort of hooker. However if you are interested in the miniature furry replicas Disney has made of myself, than $16 is your answer.

"Hello, my name is Mr. Yeti (just call me Yeti) - welcome to my trip report!" "This was the line just to get into Asia around noon on Saturday (the 28th) for the pass-holder preview." "Here is just *part* of the line for Everest." "here's the drop" "These are some of the statues they have made for me:" "This one is my favorite" "That's right, biatch, beware of me." "...or else this is what might happen to you" "Look at the detail they put into the hand carvings for my shrine. Have you had a shrine like this built for you? Didn't think so." "So techincally I'm not tall enough, but since this whole ride is kinda based on me, they make an exception." "This is the train you will take." "Disney has a strict NO DANCING policy." "gotta love the train." "Lift Hill time! I can see Tower of Terror from here!" "And now we're off. Slow start at first..." "Uh-oh. Look what I did to the track!" "Time to reverse and get out of here.... yea, that guy behind me is kinda weird." "I'm being all badass and messing up more track." "Now going forward again, here is the drop." "Lots of G-force at the bottom." "Helix time!" "...still in the Helix..." "Well I'm not going to show you the end of the ride, but I'll tell you, I look pretty cool. So that's all for now. Maybe I'll see some of you in April!" - Bret "and Mr. Yeti" Pritchett

Well so far they made one good modification to that ride and one bad. The new lap bars was a great change... but I really hated it when the removed the Outer Limits theming. One of my favorite parts of the queue was the Outer Limits Intro.

^ Go inside the train, you can scroll right and get a piece of paper with the combination. favorite line in the game: "The grateful monkey removes the amulet!" - Bret "why couldn't I just remove the amulet?" Pritchett

I thought the effect of the ride was great. My only complaint was that I thought the video that you watched looked low budget for Disney standards. -bret

^^ Where are you downloading the game from? It says "coming soon" when I go to it. Anyone else think that is a Matterhorn Yeti roar? - Bret