Shanghai Disney
After years of development, the House of Mouse finally opened its doors to the public last month. The enormous world-class resort includes a gargantuan park with six themed lands, not one but two themed hotels, a huge shopping, dining and entertainment district known as ‘Disney Town’ and also the Wishing Star Park.
The six themed lands will be home to such delights as Adventure Isle, Gardens of Imagination, Mickey Avenue, Tomorrowland, Treasure Cove and Fantasyland. The Enchanted Storybook Castle is the largest of all Disney castles in the world, ever. General admission is RMB499 and Disney is expecting 15 million visitors in its first year of operation, which would put it ahead the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City as the country's most visited attraction.
Fantawild
The Happy Valley of water parks made their debut in the world’s top 10 most attended operators thanks to a strategy of building mid-size attractions across China’s second- and third-tier cities. They have 12 parks in total, with a trio located in their budding base of Wuhu in Anhui Province.
Beijing Happy Valley
The Beijing Happy Valley is owned by the same company that owns Shenzhen Happy Valley. The park features a variety of attractions in an area of 1 square kilometer. It offers more than 50 landscape themes, 10 themed shows, 30 theme rides, and over 20 gaming and business support facilities.
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
This theme park is new, opened in 2004, and it already ranks as the third most popular in China and the 20th most popular in the world with about 6 million visitors each year. It is twice the size as Ocean Park. It is still under construction, but it already has the world's largest aquarium and one of the world's longest roller coasters. You might be amazed watching the miniature sea. It has high quality amusement rides, entertainment, hotels, and theater facilities.
Hello Kitty Anji
Technically, the beloved feline-like character beat Mickey Mouse into China by opening its third theme park in the world in Anji, and first outside its native Japan. While it is a bit far from civilization, the park has been praised as a fun place for the kids since opening last year.
Universal Beijing
The Beijing suburb of Tongzhou will be the home of Universal Studios’ biggest theme park, covering 2.02 million square meters. Set to open in 2019, Universal Beijing will feature a theme park, a water park, a Universal CityWalk retail-entertainment complex, and the world’s first Universal-themed resort hotel. Subway Line 7 will be extended to the park, and Universal is putting their best efforts into the project, recruiting Steven Spielberg to help with the park’s design.