Abstract
The idea of opening a park in China appeared in 1998, and its construction began in 2003, during those 5 years differents possibilities of where to open the park was suggested, like Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong. We know the park opened in Hong Kong we can wonder the following question, why not in Shanghai or Beijing?
Firstly, we will have some information about the Walt Disney Company, and the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Afterwards we will look at the main characteristics like the population, the culture, or the economy of the three cities. Those characteristics could have influenced the decision of the place where to build the park. Next we will have details about the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opening. Finally we will finish by a short analysis.
The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company manages and builds the elite theme parks and vacation resorts that Disney is well known for. Together with Walt Disney Consumer Products, Walt Disney Media Networks and Walt Disney Studio Entertainment, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts forms one of the four major units of The Walt Disney Company.
It was founded in 1971 when the second Disney park opened - the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida - and Disney found that they needed a whole new part of the company to take care of the new park and the pre-existing Disneyland in California. Almost everything you see in Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disneyland Resort Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland have been created by Walt Disney Imagineering.
