Mickey is going to Shanghai

Disney Shanghai has been approved. Mickey and the gang are coming into town! This is especially exciting news for that kid in me. I still remember when I was a little girl growing up in Shanghai, every Sunday at 7PM, CCTV 1 broadcasted 30 mintues of Disney cartoon. My favourite was Donald Duck.

CBC.ca reports Disney has been pursuing this project for the past decade. Currrently, a strawberry farm, the new Magic Kingdom will be located in the PuDong District of Shanghai, not far from the city's international airport.

Disney Hong Kong opened in 2005. Many found it strange that Disney wants two amusement parks so close to (1200km) each other. Disney Anaheim and Disney Orland is over 4000 km apart. However, for a country over 1.3 billion people and over 100 billion USD in domenstic tourism spending power, this is probably a worth while project for Disney to pursue for 10 years.

It was also reported that Universal Studios is working hard to take a chunk of this gaint tourism pie in Shanghai.