Gutterflower Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1678 If youve read Captains fantastic China/Thailand TR ( http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35010&start=0 ) currently on the forum you may of noticed the Shijingshan Amusement Park being a bit of a disney rip off. but i never realised just how much of one it was. Check out the above link for some awesome shots and explanations my personal fave is this one Some have claimed that the park is illegally copying Disney’s Minnie Mouse. However, the park’s operators have insisted that the character on the right is not a mouse. It is a cat with very large ears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 ^ God, that's pathetic. Most Japanese parks are good at coming up with their own original (albeit weird) park mascots and characters. Why should this park be any different? people must notice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asr Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 ^ God, that's pathetic. Most Japanese parks are good at coming up with their own original (albeit weird) park mascots and characters. Why should this park be any different? people must notice... This park is in china. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Yeah... whoops... Isn't there a park in Japan that also rips off Disneyland? I had the two confused despite the text in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 ^Maybe you mean Nara Dreamland, it was a sort of Disney ghetto park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Heck, everything seems to be pirated and knocked off in China, so why would a Disney park be any different? But still, the Disney knock-off park has a bigger castle than Disneyland's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the sound Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 ^ It's not that hard if you think about it. I mean, even WB has a bigger castle than Disneyland! Disclaimer: Not my pciture. Reference: http://www.elvision.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Only because Disneyland's castle was the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyPants Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 "Mom, can we please please please go to Plagiarism Land?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Hi, yeah Shijingshan Amusement Park in Beijing has some disney copies like the castle or the "spaceship earth building" with a 4D film inside called SOARIN (with the picture of the real soarin). And yes, there is also some disney, warner or universal merchandise available and yes, the park main page is advertising: But I can say that most of the park is more unique (although it`s more creepy than unique). And you are right: Nara Dreamland, Japan was an even bigger copy of Disneyland with a main street, the castle and a matterhorn blitz coaster. And by the way a lot of parks in china are using the disney figures like Pearl land in Zhuhei or the Beijing Amusement Park. But I think they`ll pay a lot for the licence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattLCV Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 They mention the mouse (or "cat") but what about the duck!? Surely that's Donald Duck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dood Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 It's not Donald Duck, silly goose, it's a dog with a beak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmilo24 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Wow, they even have a Spaceship Earth there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 They aren't rip off's, they are original creations, its Rickey Rouse and Monald Muck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiCoastal Kid Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Is this the same company that has the show with a Mickey-looking character saying they were gonna kill all the Jews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Ummm, no. Hamas doesn't operate any theme parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost007jas Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Chinese park denies copying DisneyTHE NEXT BEST THING?: A banner over the entrance to Shijingshan Amusment Park removed this week told visitors, `Disney is too far, so please come to Shijingshan.' AP, BEIJING Friday, May 11, 2007, Page 10 That round-eared mouse dancing with kids? Not a copy of Disney's Mickey Mouse, the Shijingshan Amusement Park insists. And that raven-haired woman with seven men in elf suits? Not Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In a country awash in pirated music, movies and other goods, the state-owned Shijingshan park stands out. "We do not have any agreements with Disney," its deputy general manager, Yin Zhiqiang, said on Wednesday. "The characters in our park just look a little bit similar to theirs. But the faces, clothes, sizes and appearances are different." Such rampant Chinese copying has strained ties with the US, whose trade deficit with China soared to US$232.5 billion last year. Both governments are preparing for what are expected to be contentious talks from May 23 to May 24 in Washington on Beijing's trade policies, its currency and other issues. On Wednesday, a Chinese delegation signed deals at a ceremony in San Francisco to buy US$4.3 billion in US technology in an apparent effort to ease US anger. The contracts went mostly to software, semiconductor and telecoms companies including Microsoft Corp, Oracle Corp, Cisco Systems Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co. China regularly makes such purchases of US jetliners, soybeans and other goods before high-level contacts. But it was unclear what effect the latest buying spree might have on the souring US mood. Facing rising criticism from Congress, the administration of US President George W. Bush has threatened trade penalties over product piracy. Washington last month filed a WTO complaint against Beijing. Over the weeklong May Day holiday, the Shijingshan Amusement Park filled its grounds on Beijing's western suburbs with actors in costumes resembling Disney characters and other foreign characters. A video shot by Japan's Fuji TV on Tuesday last week showed children cavorting with Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Japan's Hello Kitty and Doraemon. A banner over the entrance said, "Disney is too far, so please come to Shijingshan." On Wednesday, the banner was down and none of the cartoon characters were on display. An employee who would give only her surname, Li, said the performances usually take place during the summer and holidays. Lawyers for the park and the Walt Disney Co were in negotiations, said Yin, the deputy general manager of the park, which is owned by the government of Beijing's Shijingshan District. "The results will come out in a couple of days," he said. A Disney spokeswoman, Alannah Goss, declined to comment on the Shijingshan park but sent a statement affirming Disney's determination to fight copying. "Disney values and protects its intellectual property vigorously and takes reports of suspected infringement very seriously," the statement said. Despite the striking similarities to foreign characters, Yin insisted that the Beijing park's characters were all locally designed. "Take our Cinderella as an example. The face of Disney's Cinderella face is European, but ours is a Chinese. She looks like a young Chinese country girl," Yin explained. At the center of the park is a building labeled "Cinderella's Castle" on park maps. It bears a striking resemblance to the original at Disneyland in California. In a mixup of cartoon images, the castle ticket booth is built to look like Snow White, while a nearby statue of a woman with seven dwarves is Sleeping Beauty. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2007/05/11/2003360419 Interesting to say the least... WW3 begins over copyright infringement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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