How many acres does Hong Kong Disneyland cover?

The Hong Kong Disneyland project was announced on June 1999 1 1, and was jointly developed by Walter Disney Company and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The opening projects of Hong Kong Disneyland include a Disney-style theme park that receives 5.6 million visitors every year, two hotels and shopping, dining and entertainment facilities. After all the expansion in the first phase is completed, there will be a Disney-style theme park, which will receive 65,438+0,000 tourists, 2,654,38+0,000 hotel rooms and a shopping, dining and entertainment complex of 28,000 square meters (300,000 square feet) every year. Hong Kong Disneyland will officially open on September 6th, 2005.

Covering an area of 65,438+026 hectares (365,438+00 acres), the park is located along Penny's Bay in Lantau Island and is the only traffic artery of the Hong Kong International Airport. Visitors can choose railway, expressway or ferry to reach the park. It takes 10 minutes to get there from the airport or Lantau Island, and about 30 minutes to get there from downtown.

Hong Kong Disneyland is the fifth theme park in the world, the 1 1 th theme park in the world, and the first theme park based on California Disneyland (including Sleeping Princess Castle).

There are four major theme areas in the park: American Town Street, Fantasy World, Tomorrow World and Adventure World. There are also two hotels: Disneyland Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel; And different leisure, entertainment and dining facilities.

Another feature of Hong Kong Disneyland is that China color permeates the architecture, layout and performance of the park. For example, "enchanted gardens" in "Dream World" is a unique attraction of Hong Kong Disneyland.

In addition to the well-known classic Disney stories and amusement facilities, Hong Kong Disneyland will design amusement facilities, entertainment performances and cruise ships specially designed for Hong Kong in line with Hong Kong's cultural characteristics.

In terms of economic benefits and employment opportunities, the whole park project is expected to create 65,438+08,000 direct and indirect jobs for Hong Kong when the park opens. After the completion of the first phase of expansion, it is estimated that the number of employed people will increase to 36,000. According to the estimation of Hong Kong government economists, the first phase of Disneyland is expected to bring economic benefits of HK$ 654.38+04.8 billion (US$ 654.38+09 billion) to Hong Kong.

Attachment 1, Hong Kong Disneyland Memorabilia:

1999165438+1October: Walter Disney Company and the Hong Kong SAR Government officially announced the joint development plan of Hong Kong Disneyland.

200365438+1October 12: Disney and the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region jointly held the groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong Disneyland.

September 23rd, 2004: The Sleeping Princess Castle, the main building of Hong Kong Disneyland, was capped.

2004165438+122 October: Hong Kong Disneyland and the Hong Kong SAR Government announced the opening date.

February, 2005 15: Disneyland Hotel Reservation Center Hotline (852) 1830830 was officially opened.

March 3, 20051day: Hong Kong Disneyland launched a city-wide talent recruitment campaign.

July 20th, 2005: Hong Kong Disneyland took the lead in receiving media from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan Province to visit and try out mobile games.

August 1 day, 2005: The fantastic subway Disney branch line was officially opened to traffic.

August 9, 2005: Hong Kong Disneyland opened two hotels to the media for the first time-Disneyland Hotel and Disney Hollywood Hotel.

August 2005 16: Hong Kong Disneyland launched a series of performances 18, inviting employees' families and people from all walks of life to take the lead.

September 4, 2005: Hong Kong Disneyland held a charity day, with as many as 29,000 people entering the park, which was the highest capacity of the park at that time and raised nearly10 million yuan for the public welfare fund.

September 2005 10- 12: Hong Kong Disneyland officially opened. During the three-day opening ceremony from September 10 to September 12, nearly 1000 guests and more than 900 Chinese and foreign media will attend the opening ceremony.

Annex II: The Best of Hong Kong Disneyland:

Shortest construction period: 1999 Disney and the Hong Kong SAR government have determined the plan of Hong Kong Disneyland. Construction started at the beginning of 200 1 and opened on September 12, 2005. It took only four years to build and became the fastest park in the world.

China Architecture Debut: The first exhibition hall with pure Chinese style will be unveiled at Hong Kong Disneyland for the cartoon character Mulan to dance.

The first use of musical fireworks: The fireworks closed every day in Hong Kong Disneyland incorporate the latest high technology and can bloom with the rhythm of symphony, which is the first of Disney.

Set up a photo area for Disney characters for the first time: Disney found in previous surveys that among the 10 things that Asians, especially China people like to do when visiting scenic spots, taking photos ranks first. What about in the "fantasy world" There is a "fantasy world" garden in front of it, where children can take photos with their beloved Disney characters, which is unique in the world.