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Introduction to the world’s five major Disney parks

The world’s first theme park

1. Los Angeles Disneyland, California, USA

In 1955, the world's first modern theme park, Los Angeles Disneyland, was launched.

California Disneyland*** is divided into eight themed areas, each with different characteristics:

1. Main Street, U.S.A.

Imitated for more than 100 years Built on the former American landscape, every plant and tree retains a rather antique feel. For visitors, Main Street U.S.A. is the first stop into Disney’s theme parks, so it has the effect of a “time tunnel”. Main Street U.S.A. is also the most owned by Disney. Areas for service facilities, shops and restaurants.

2. Borderland

Focusing on the pioneering spirit of early immigrants in the United States, Borderland is set in the early reclamation era of the United States. The most popular attraction here is the "Thunderbolt Roller Coaster" , a roller coaster similar to a mining truck, passing through a river bed covered with red stones, dinosaur ribs, and finally a landslide with rolling boulders.

3. Dream Kingdom

The Dream Kingdom, which is most closely related to fairy tales, stands in the center of the park, Sleeping Beauty Castle, and is the spiritual symbol and landmark of the entire Disneyland. Among them, It's a Small World is a classic of Disneyland, full of childlike fun.

4. Adventure World

Integrating the scenic features of many primitive areas in Africa, Asia and the South Pacific, a river runs through the entire park, with every scene and thing of the African jungle on both sides of the bank. A paradise full of wild nature. The most popular adventure in Adventure World is Indian Jones Adventure, which was launched in 1995. It was inspired by the popular Raiders of the Lost Ark series, and the famous director George Lucas also participated in the production, attracting many tourists to come and experience the magical charm of the movie.

5. Mickey's Cartoon City

This is the home of Mickey Mouse and all his good friends. Visitors can enter Mickey and Minnie's home and have the opportunity to take photos with them. All the buildings in Mickey's Toontown are as colorful as their owners, with bright and bold shapes and quite individual personalities. Like a mortal city, Cartoon City also has a city hall, a square, a factory, a post office, and a tram, and cartoon characters often appear here.

6. Animal World

The animal characters in Disney animated films are the biggest selling point of this park. In fact, Animal World may not always be as gentle as its name, because There is a splash mountain that always makes people scream. Under the leadership of a log boat, they meander through the indoor and outdoor watersheds, and finally rush down almost vertically from the real waterfall, bringing the tension to the highest point.

7. New Orleans Square

With New Orleans, Louisiana as the background, it presents the local characteristics deeply influenced by French colonial culture, including French-style open-air coffee. The Seaside and Blue Bay restaurants are the most famous. In the Blue Bay restaurant, you can greet tourists on the Caribbean pirate ship.

8. Tomorrowland

Transportation:

Start from downtown Los Angeles on Highway 10 and head east, then turn to Highway 5 and head south, about 26 miles. Equivalent to 41 kilometers, under Harbor Blvd. It takes about 30 minutes to drive.

Catering:

Los Angeles Disneyland: The most common restaurants in the park are various fast food restaurants. For tourists who want to taste the local flavor, you might as well go to some special restaurants Restaurants like the Lighthouse, where you can get a perfectly grilled salmon steak with a splash of salsa, or a giant burrito. If you want to taste authentic American-style steak, you can go to The Original Pantry restaurant.

Accommodation:

We recommend the Luxe Rodeo Hotel, which is convenient to Disneyland and has the best value for money. The base price for a standard room is 1,900 yuan.

Tickets:

Adults are US$56 per person, which is approximately RMB 450.

2. Disney World, Orlando

In 1964, people began to plan to build a larger amusement park, which was the "Disney World" in Orlando. After five years of construction, Disney World finally opened to the public in October 1971. It cost $766 million and is located outside Orlando, Florida. It is an amusement center suitable for all ages. Orlando Disney World consists of 7 theme parks with different styles, 6 golf clubs and 6 theme hotels. Disney World shocked people on the East Coast just as Disneyland shocked people in the West.

Transportation:

Orlando Disney World is located on the outskirts of the city. If you buy a package ticket to Florida from the International Airport (MCO), the final stop is inevitably Orlando. The package includes various theme parks, hotels and air tickets. If you want to drive directly from the airport to Disneyland, you can transfer from Highway 417 to Highway 536, which ends in Orlando.

Catering:

There are thousands of restaurants around. In addition to many famous chain stores in the United States such as McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Subway, there are also restaurants in China, Italy, France, and Germany. There are restaurants of Cuban, Mexican, Mediterranean, Japanese, Thai, African, British and other cuisines one after another. And the prices are very reasonable.

Accommodation:

There are hundreds of hotels around, ranging from five-star world-famous chain hotels to motels that only cost tens of dollars per night and even local residents provide them for tourists. small family hotel.

Recommended Disney`s Polynesian Resort Hotel, located in Disney World in Orlando, has 853 guest rooms, with standard room prices ranging from approximately RMB 3,200 to 7,200 yuan.

Tickets:

USD 59.75 per adult, approximately RMB 480

3. Tokyo Disneyland

Asia’s number one amusement park: Tokyo Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland, known as Asia’s number one amusement park, was built according to the American Disneyland and is currently the world’s largest amusement park. The largest Disneyland. Its theme park covers an area of ??70 to 80 hectares. It's bigger than the two Disney parks in the United States. Since its opening on April 15, 1983, this park has become a tourist attraction for men, women, old and young. From 1994 to 2000, the number of visitors to the park for six consecutive years was more than that of Disneyland in the United States.

It cost 150 billion yen to build this park. Since it opened in the spring of 1983, it has received 260 million tourists, creating huge profits that are several times the investment. Tokyo Disneyland received 17.3 million visitors in 2000.

Transportation:

Take the monorail from Haneda Airport to Tennosu Station, then take the Rinkai Line to Shin-Kiba Station, then take the JR Keiyo Line or Musashino Line to Maihama Station ( Just get off at South Exit). Or you can take a direct bus from Shinjuku Station (New South Exit) in about an hour. If you drive on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Bayan Line, you can get there in 5 minutes from the Urayasu Interchange exit.

Catering:

The park provides Japanese snacks and gourmet fast food. We also recommend the Izuei Honten located at 2-12-22 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo. It is a traditional eel restaurant founded in the Edo period and has a history of 260 years. The signature dish is Kabayaki eel rice.

Accommodation:

We recommend the Disney Ambassador Hotel, which is located near Disneyland and is convenient for tourists to visit Disneyland. Standard room prices range from 27,000 to 104,000 yen, and deluxe suite prices range from 39,000 to 130,000 yen.

Tickets:

Tour tickets are 5,500 yen/adult per person, approximately RMB 400, and 3,700 yen/child, approximately RMB 250 per person.

4. Disneyland Paris

The Walt Disney Company spent US$44 billion to build the first Disneyland in Europe. In early 1992, Disneyland opened in the town of Marne Vallée on the outskirts of Paris. Initially it had 6 hotels with 5,200 rooms, more than all the rooms in the city of Kenles. Disneyland Paris is the most visited paid amusement park in Europe, attracting 12 million visitors in 2000. However, due to Europeans' resistance to American culture, and because Disneyland Paris built more hotels than needed and the park was too large, the Disneyland did not make a lot of money.

European Disney, the parent company of Disneyland Paris, is currently building a second theme park, which is expected to cost about US$774 million and will open in April 2002. It will also be the 10th anniversary of Disneyland Paris. "Double happiness fills the door".

European Disney Group expects that within 12 months after the second park opens, it will attract a total of 17 million visitors.

Transportation:

Disneyland Paris is far from the city. Please take the French Railways Red Line in the city center (note: it is not a subway, but a train, but you get on the train at the underground station) , the terminal station is Disney, 30 to 40 minutes one way. It is recommended to buy ONE-DAYPASS (one-day pass), which costs about 15 euros, and you can save a lot of money. Otherwise, just taking the red line bus to and from Disney and the city will cost 16 euros!

Catering:

In addition to formal restaurants, of course there are also general public tastes. The home-cooked restaurant is called Bistrot, which provides traditional home-cooked meals at relatively cheap prices. In addition, there are self-service restaurants called Cafeteria, which charge according to the dishes taken, and the price is cheaper than ordinary restaurants.

Accommodation:

Recommend the Four Seasons George V Hotel in Paris. The hotel has convenient transportation. The location is not only convenient for visiting Disneyland by car, but also convenient for reaching other attractions in Paris. The standard room is the best. The base price is approximately RMB 815.

Tickets:

Adults are 49 euros per person, which is approximately RMB 490.

5.

Hong Kong Disneyland

The construction of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort began in January 2003. The Hong Kong SAR government has completed construction preparations, reclamation, road paving and preliminary planning of infrastructure, as well as garden design of public areas before starting construction. Opened to the public on September 12, 2005.

Hong Kong Disneyland will be the fifth Disneyland theme park in the world, the eleventh theme park in the world, and the first theme park based on California Disneyland (including Sleeping Princess Castle). Visitors to Hong Kong Disneyland will temporarily stay away from the real world and enter the colorful fairy tale kingdom to experience the mysterious and fantasy future kingdom and the thrilling adventure world.

It is understood that in addition to the well-known Disney classic stories and rides, Hong Kong Disneyland will also design some rides, entertainment performances and parades specifically designed for Hong Kong in line with Hong Kong's cultural characteristics.

Main Street, U.S.A.:

Visitors to Hong Kong Disneyland will first start their journey on Main Street, U.S.A. Main Street, U.S.A. is designed based on a typical American small town and is full of nostalgia. It shows the era when gas lights were being replaced by electric lights and cars replaced horse-drawn carriages. These nostalgic designs lead visitors into the Magic Kingdom, allowing them to experience different worlds within the park.

Fantasy World:

Visitors to Fantasy World will first start their journey in the Sleeping Princess Castle. Visitors feel as if they are in a Disney story, finding their favorite Disney characters: they can hover in the coffee cup; or they can meet various cute Disney characters such as Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and the big brother - Mickey Mouse.

The central symbol of Fantasy World will be a new and unique Dream Garden, unique to Hong Kong Disneyland.

Adventure World:

Adventure World allows visitors to experience a journey through primeval forests in Asia and Africa. At the same time, Adventure World also displays a variety of rare and exotic plants in one place. . Visitors can join the park's forest river tour and discover other thrilling rides such as an entire island themed after the "King of the Jungle". Adventureland also has one of the largest indoor theaters, which is specially designed for Disney live performances.

Tomorrowland:

Tomorrowland will be a place full of science fiction fantasy and the realization of the fantasy of traveling through space. The new design and feel of Tomorrowland in Hong Kong Disneyland is completely different from other theme parks. Walt Disney Imagineering has created the entire park into a galactic space port dedicated to exploring the adventures and experiences of space odyssey. Each amusement facility, shop and restaurant is decorated with robots, spaceships and floating stars and will become part of the space port. Visitors can experience a time and space journey in "Space Mountain", or ride a flying saucer to and from the space amusement ride "Space UFO".

Transportation:

There are many routes from Shenzhen to Hong Kong Disneyland, including subways, buses, and ferries. Line 1: Exit from Luo Wu Port, take the Kowloon-Guangzhou East Railway, arrive in Mong Kok, Hong Kong in about 35 minutes, and then transfer to the MTR to reach Disneyland; Line 2: Exit from Huanggang Port, take the Hong Kong Cross-Border Day Pass bus to Tsuen Wan in about 25 minutes , transfer to the subway to reach Disney; Line 3: Depart from Shekou Ferry Terminal, take a boat to Kowloon in about 1 hour, and then transfer to the subway to reach Disney. R8 Lantau Link Toll Plaza to Hong Kong Disneyland (circular line) N/A$710 minutes 6-20 minutes first bus 6:00am last bus 12:00am.

Catering:

Each theme park has a unique catering menu, which includes delicacies from all over the world. For example, in Adventure World, you can go to the exotic Bilin Restaurant, located under the shade of palm trees, which provides you with Southeast Asian cuisine, Cantonese barbecue food, curry and stir-fries. What is worth recommending is the Mickey Mouse mooncake with Chinese characteristics, which is both a delicacy and a souvenir.

Accommodation:

There are only Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel around Hong Kong Disneyland. There are no other commercial buildings and hotels. If you want to stay overnight in Hong Kong and continue your visit the next day, you can Choose to stay at one of the two Disneyland hotels or a hotel in the city. Due to the large demand for hotel rooms in the early days of the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland and the shortage of rooms, the prices of Disney's two hotels are very expensive. According to the Hong Kong Disney website, hotel room prices range from HK$1,000 to HK$6,800, and require You must book 21 days in advance to guarantee your stay. If citizens want to reduce costs for an overnight trip, they can choose to book a hotel in downtown Hong Kong. The price of a hotel room for three people in September is about HK$400 (depending on different hotels). Citizens can choose to sightsee and shop in downtown Hong Kong on the first day, and then go to Disneyland to play on the second day, which will save more than 600 Hong Kong dollars.

Tickets:

Tickets are priced from Monday to Friday: HKD 295 for adults, HKD 210 for children (3 to 11 years old); Saturdays, Sundays and special days: HKD for adults 350 HKD, children (3 to 11 years old) HKD 250. Senior citizens (over 65 years old) can enjoy discounts. The ticket price is HK$170 from Monday to Friday, and HK$200 on Saturdays, Sundays and special days.

Children under three years old are admitted free. Special days include public holidays in Hong Kong, school summer vacations (July and August) and the Mainland Golden Week (May 1st to 7th and October 1st to 7th each year).