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Join HKDL Source as we take you on a journey to the "Hong Kong Disneyland That Never Was". We take a look at the original plans for the park, some of the rides that never got built and more importantly, some of the lands that got lost along the way.

 

In the course of tidying up here at the Source over the last few days, a couple of things occured to us. Firstly, we realised that we didn't have a copy of the original press release/announcement of the park from way back on 2 November 1999. So for that reason, we have faithfully recreated one right here - with a few of our own graphical additions along the way.

However, this got us to thinking: what would Hong Kong Disneyland have looked like if the original plans had been followed? Would it have been that different a park?

Adventureland Concept

As it turns out, there would have been two additional lands and a whopping twelve additional rides. Our thinking is that this would have made all the difference between 'Hong Kong Disneyland: The Publicity Disaster' and 'Hong Kong Disneyland: Disney's First Big Step into China'.

For this purpose, we have created a new page called Lost Lands. In this section, we aren't speculating about forthcoming attractions or pointing fingers at where Disney went wrong. We merely wish to examine those areas of the park that were originally meant to be something else. After all, who doesn't enjoy a bit of armchair Imagineering?

Related Pages

• Lost Lands
• Original 1999 Press Announcement
• History

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