| In the early 1950s, Walt Disney dreamed of creating a | | | | take a spin in a teacup, or meet many of the beloved |
| place where children and grown-ups of all ages could | | | | Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Snow |
| have fun together. The result was the world's first | | | | White and the head mouse himself, Mickey Mouse. |
| theme park, a magical kingdom of fantasy, imagination | | | | The centerpiece of Fantasyland will be the brand new, |
| and adventure called Disneyland, which opened in 1955 | | | | one-of-a-kind attraction, Fantasy Gardens -- unique to |
| in Anaheim, California, U.S.A. Now, this world of Disney | | | | Hong Kong Disneyland. |
| fun and family entertainment is coming to Hong Kong. | | | | Adventureland: In Adventureland, guests will begin a |
| Opening in 2005/2006 at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island, | | | | journey into the exotic regions of the Asian and |
| Hong Kong Disneyland will feature classic Disney | | | | African jungles. Adventureland will also showcase |
| attractions, unique shops and restaurants, themed | | | | some of the most spectacular trees and plant life ever |
| resort hotels, dazzling live entertainment and all the | | | | assembled in one place. Here guests can take a daring |
| magic and imagination people have come to expect | | | | ride on a jungle river cruise, and explore many other |
| from Disney parks around the world. At Hong Kong | | | | attractions including a whole island devoted to the "King |
| Disneyland, you'll leave the world of today and enter | | | | of the Jungle." Adventureland will also include one of |
| magical worlds of imagination and adventure in which | | | | the largest, in-door theaters in the world that will be |
| enchanting stories and timeless places literally come to | | | | home to a classic Disney live-entertainment show. |
| life right before your eyes. Here, fantasy becomes real | | | | Tomorrowland: Tomorrowland will be a world filled with |
| and reality becomes fantastic. You'll discover medieval | | | | science fiction and soaring space adventures. Taking a |
| castles and futuristic mountains, encounter jungle | | | | whole new approach to Tomorrowland that will be |
| elephants and elephants that fly, hear snakes that hiss | | | | different from any other Disney theme park, Walt |
| and bears that talk, and ride both old-time fire engines | | | | Disney Imagineers have created and entire land that |
| and space-age rockets. And, of course, you'll be able | | | | becomes an Intergalactic Spaceport - and every |
| to meet all your favorite Disney characters: Mickey | | | | restaurant, shop and attraction will be filled with robots, |
| Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella, Aladdin, | | | | rocket ships and floating planets. Guests will be treated |
| Buzz Lightyear, Mulan and many others. Hong Kong | | | | to the warp-speed adventure of "Space Mountain," as |
| Disneyland is modeled after the original Disneyland in | | | | well as fly their own flying saucer in the attraction |
| California. It will also feature some of the best design | | | | "Orbitron." |
| elements from other Disney parks around the world, | | | | Hotels: |
| including the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in | | | | Two themed hotels evoking the spirit of fantasy, |
| Florida, U.S.A., Tokyo Disneyland in Japan and | | | | excitement and adventure, will be built just minutes |
| Disneyland Paris in France. The result is a familiar yet | | | | from the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park. |
| entirely fresh Disney experience. Hong Kong | | | | Hong Kong |
| Disneyland is divided into four lands, each transporting | | | | Disneyland Hotel: Nestled along the waters edge, the |
| you to another place and time. You can then continue | | | | Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel recalls the elegance and |
| your magical journey at two uniquely themed resort | | | | romance of the hotels at the turn of the 20th century, |
| hotels. | | | | but with all the advantages of the 21st century living. |
| Hong Kong Disneyland Fact Sheet | | | | The luxurious six-story Victorian-style resort features |
| Facts and Figures for Hong Kong Disneyland: | | | | 400 rooms and includes restaurants, lounges, a tea |
| Project Overview: The Hong Kong Disneyland project | | | | cafe, a retail shop, a "kids Club" child care facility, a |
| was announced in November 1999 as a venture | | | | full-service fitness center and beauty salon, a garden |
| between The Walt Disney Company and the Hong | | | | wedding gazebo and ample convention and meeting |
| Kong SAR Government and scheduled to open in | | | | space. |
| 2005/06. The opening day program will include a 5.6 | | | | Disney Fairytale Weddings will be a featured offering |
| million annual visitor Disneyland-style theme park, two | | | | at Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel, allowing guests to host |
| hotels and retail, dining and entertainment uses. The | | | | their wedding in true Disney fashion at the theme park |
| Phase I build-out includes a 10 million annual visitor | | | | resort. |
| Disneyland-based theme park, 2,100 hotel rooms, and a | | | | Disney's Hollywood Hotel: Playing on the theme of |
| 28,000 square meters (300,000 square foot) retail, | | | | Hollywood in the golden era of the 1930s and 1940s, |
| dining and entertainment complex. | | | | Disney's Hollywood Hotel will capture the fun of |
| Size: 126 Hectares (310 acres). | | | | movie-making with allure of Hollywood's famous Art |
| Location: Overlooking the water at Penny's Bay, and | | | | Deco architecture and style. This stylish eight-story |
| on a main transit route from the new Hong Kong | | | | hotel features 600 guest rooms, dining, shopping, and a |
| International Airport, the project will position Lantau | | | | garden courtyard that unfolds like a map of Los |
| Island as a world-class tourist destination. The Disney | | | | Angeles with popular and well-known Hollywood |
| resort site will take advantage of the location's easy | | | | streets, landmarks and icons. |
| access by rail, highway and ferry to attract guests to | | | | Main Street, U.S.A., is a trip back in time to America at |
| the park. It is located 10 minutes from the new airport | | | | the turn of the 20th century. The United States was at |
| (also on Lantau Island) and 30 minutes from downtown | | | | the crossroads of an era as the discoveries of the |
| Hong Kong. | | | | late 1800s were changing people's way of life. The gas |
| Current Project Status: Over the past 18 months, The | | | | lamp was being replaced by the electric light, the |
| Hong Kong SAR Government has completed the land | | | | newfangled automobile was challenging the |
| reclamation and building the preliminary infrastructure | | | | horse-drawn carriage for the right of way on the |
| work that will support the entire Hong Kong Disneyland | | | | town's roads and the slower pace of those times was |
| Resort, including the roads and support systems to | | | | gradually giving way to the hustle and bustle of |
| accommodate the thousands of workers and activity | | | | modern life. This is the world that Walt Disney grew up |
| taking place on the construction site. Walt Disney | | | | in as a boy and it's the era that he looked back on |
| Imagineers have been working on the theme park for | | | | fondly throughout his life as a time of carefree |
| the past two years with preliminary designs taking | | | | pleasures and happy memories. |
| place at the Imagineers headquarters in California. The | | | | Adventureland features adventurous journeys to |
| design work has been supported by local Hong Kong | | | | mysterious, far-off places, both real and imagined. It is |
| architectural firms and has recently been transferred | | | | strange, exotic and unknown, giving people like you the |
| to Hong Kong in preparation for construction. | | | | chance to experience far away locales where |
| Benefits and Employment Status: The project is | | | | "danger" lurks around every bend and surprises |
| estimated to create 18,000 new jobs at opening -- both | | | | appear from every direction. Adventureland at Hong |
| from Disney and other employment opportunities, rising | | | | Kong Disneyland also finds inspiration in the world of |
| to 36,000 once the first park reaches build-out. The | | | | modern-day Disney animated movies, such as Tarzan |
| Government economist estimated that the first phase | | | | and The Lion King. |
| of the project will generate a present economic value | | | | Fantasyland brings to life characters and stories from |
| of HK$148 billion (US$19 billion) in benefits to Hong | | | | Disney's animated movies and television shows. This is |
| Kong. | | | | literally the place in Hong Kong Disneyland, situated |
| The tendering process for the development of the | | | | within the walls of a storybook castle, where childhood |
| project has been underway for several months with | | | | dreams come true. It's as if the classic stories of our |
| three construction contracts already secured, and the | | | | youth have tumbled out of the pages of a storybook |
| remainder to be awarded over the next 18 months. In | | | | and come to life right before our eyes, bringing to |
| total, the project will award 15 to 35 contracts for | | | | reality the make-believe worlds of such endearing |
| large-scale and specialty work that will result in | | | | characters as Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland, |
| significant job opportunities in the construction industry | | | | Dumbo the Flying Elephant and many other Disney |
| throughout the two-year theme park construction | | | | favorites. |
| process. | | | | Tomorrowland serves as a space oasis, a curious, |
| At the peak of construction approximately 4,000 | | | | lighthearted look at what life might be like on an |
| workers will be on site to help build the theme park | | | | intergalactic outpost that will take you to infinity and |
| resort which does not include the thousands of jobs | | | | beyond. Here, you'll get the very real feeling that you're |
| created industry-wide to support the logistics and | | | | blasting off into outer space, while nearby you can |
| production of this large-scale development project. | | | | embark on fanciful adventures with superheroes like |
| In preparation for the operations of Hong Disneyland, | | | | Buzz Lightyear. As Walt Disney once said, "Tomorrow |
| Disney is actively hiring for key management positions | | | | can be a wonderful age. Scientists today are opening |
| over the next six months and the vast majority of | | | | the doors ... achievements which will benefit our children |
| hiring of up to 5,000 Cast Members (Disney's term for | | | | and generations to come." But tomorrow is also for |
| employees) taking place in 2004. | | | | dreamers, the people with big ideas and rich |
| Construction Fun Facts: In order to create this theme | | | | imaginations. Tomorrowland at Hong Kong Disneyland |
| park resort, the site will contain the following: | | | | has room for both in its world of fantasy and reality. |
| * 57 kilometers (35 miles) of pipeline | | | | This 400 room Victorian themed hotel is sited |
| * 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of cable | | | | prominently between the sea and the Disneyland |
| * 1,000 manholes | | | | theme park near the center of the Hong Kong |
| * 2 million cubic meters (2.5 million cubic yards) of | | | | Disneyland Resort. The hotel's gabled and turreted |
| topsoil created solely to support the extensive | | | | roof forms, balconied facades and lush landscaping |
| landscaping on the site. | | | | with multiple garden courtyards will ensure an engaging, |
| Walt Disney Imagineering: Walt Disney Imagineering is | | | | gracious and entertaining resort experience for all |
| the master planning, creative development, design, | | | | guests. The richly detailed exterior and gardens |
| engineering, production, project management and | | | | reminiscent of the bygone Victorian era are carried |
| research and development arm of The Walt Disney | | | | through into the soaring interior of the reception lobby |
| Company. Its talented corps of Imagineers is | | | | and the major public spaces within the hotel. The |
| responsible for the creation - from concept initiation | | | | subtle, and not so subtle, use of Disney characters, |
| through installation - of all Disney resorts, theme parks | | | | icons and artworks woven into the overall Victorian |
| and attractions, real estate developments and regional | | | | architecture and interior design themes create a one |
| entertainment venues. It is headquartered in Glendale, | | | | of a kind experience for our guests. Extensive |
| California. | | | | conference, banquet, spa, pools and restaurant venues |
| Specifics of Hong Kong Disneyland: | | | | within the hotel and its extensive grounds will cater to |
| Hong Kong Disneyland will be the fifth | | | | every wish of the Disney guests choosing to |
| Disneyland-styled theme park in the world, the eleventh | | | | experience this exclusive themed resort property. |
| Disney park ever built and the first to recreate many | | | | This 600 room Art Deco themed hotel sits expansively |
| of the exact designs of the original Disneyland in | | | | on its generously landscaped site facing the sea. A |
| California including its Sleeping Beauty Castle. Guests | | | | legacy of art deco design icons drawn from the United |
| visiting Hong Kong Disneyland will leave the world of | | | | States, southern California and Hollywood in particular, |
| today and enter a fairytale kingdom that celebrates | | | | are combined with the rich resource of Disney icons |
| the spirit of fantasy, the world of tomorrow and a | | | | and artworks from this period covering the early to |
| sense of adventure. | | | | mid 20th Century. These elements are melded |
| Along with the classic Disney stories and attractions, | | | | together to create a distinctive "Disney Deco" |
| Hong Kong Disneyland has the distinction of featuring | | | | ambience throughout the hotel and its grounds, with a |
| original attractions designed specifically for Hong Kong, | | | | little Hollywood playfulness thrown in for fun. Traditional |
| as well as entertainment and parades that will | | | | strong horizontal and vertical art deco design elements |
| celebrate local culture. | | | | are contrasted and softened by the use of an overlay |
| Main Street U.S.A.: Guests will first enter Hong Kong | | | | of familiar and distinctive Disney themes. Dramatic |
| Disneyland through Main Street, U.S.A., designed after | | | | lighting integrated into both building exterior and interior |
| quintessential small town America and evoking a time | | | | spaces is another attribute of art deco designs that is |
| gone by when the gas lamps was giving way to | | | | being incorporated into this hotel. A highly themed Chef |
| electricity and "horseless carriage" was the latest | | | | Mickey buffet is the primary restaurant venue here. |
| novelty. Its nostalgic design will help transport guests | | | | The adjacent Lobby Lounge provides sweeping views |
| from the real world into a "magic kingdom" where they | | | | into a lushly landscaped courtyard and the sea beyond. |
| can then venture into several different lands. | | | | This courtyard includes an outdoor pool, gardens and |
| Fantasyland: Sleeping Beauty's Castle is to be the | | | | paths whose design theme is based on a playfully |
| gateway to Fantasyland. Here the guests will find a | | | | abstracted Hollywood street map with various |
| magical place where their favorite Disney stories | | | | Hollywood follies placed throughout to entertain our |
| come alive; they can fly to Neverland with Peter Pan, | | | | guests. |