Shanghai Disneyland announces Toy Story Land expansion

Shanghai Disneyland will add a seventh theme land for 2018, the park announced today.

Toy Story Land will offer three new attractions and a meet and greet area featuring characters from the long-running Disney Pixar franchise. Disney CEO Bob Iger joined Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek and Fan Xiping, Chairman of Shanghai Shendi Group for the official launch of construction today.

The park did not reveal which three attractions will be part of the new land. Disney has Toy Story Lands at Hong Kong Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios in Paris, with a third land under construction at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. The Walt Disney World version of the land will be substantially different than the original design of Toy Story Land from the Hong Kong and Paris parks, which include a parachute jump ride, a caterpillar, and shuttle roller coaster. Disney has not yet announced an opening date for the Orlando version.

"We couldn't be more pleased with Shanghai Disneyland’s first four months of operation and couldn’t be more excited about our future in mainland China," Chapek said in a statement released by the park. "We're demonstrating our confidence by breaking ground on a new Toy Story Land that will be both authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese, delighting our guests for years to come."

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