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{{Infobox park
| name = Shanghai Disney Resort
| location = Pudong, Shanghai, China
| opened = June 16, 2016
| area = 963 acres (resort site)
| owner = Shanghai Shendi Group (57%), [[The Walt Disney Company]] (43%)
| operator = Shanghai International Theme Park and Resort Management Company
| status = Operating
}}

'''Shanghai Disney Resort''' is a themed resort in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China, and the first Disney resort in mainland China. It opened on June 16, 2016, as the sixth Disney resort worldwide, built around [[Shanghai Disneyland]], the Disneytown shopping and entertainment district, Wishing Star Lake and two resort hotels. The resort was created under the guiding phrase "authentically Disney and distinctly Chinese", and it is owned through a joint venture between [[The Walt Disney Company]] and Shanghai Shendi Group, a consortium of Shanghai state-owned companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shanghai Disney Resort fact sheet |url=https://shcorporate.shanghaidisneyresort.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/fact_sheet_shanghai_disney_resort_EN.pdf |website=Shanghai Disney Resort |access-date=2026-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shanghai Disney Resort |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Disneyland_Resort |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-11-14}}</ref>

== History ==

Disney discussed a mainland China park for many years before reaching agreement in Shanghai, following the opening of the Hong Kong resort in 2005. The Walt Disney Company announced on November 5, 2010, that it had signed an agreement with Shanghai Shendi Group to build the resort, and ground was broken on April 8, 2011, within a planned international tourism zone in Chuansha, Pudong. Construction took five years, at a reported cost of about $5.5 billion for the first phase.

The resort held its grand opening on June 16, 2016, opening at noon after a multi-day celebration attended by Disney leadership and Chinese officials. Demand in the first years was strong, and the park reached its first major expansion quickly: Disney·Pixar Toy Story Land opened in April 2018. A second, larger addition followed on December 20, 2023, when a land themed to ''Zootopia'' — the first at any Disney park — opened with the trackless ride Zootopia: Hot Pursuit. By its tenth anniversary in June 2026 the resort reported more than 100 million guest visits.

== Ownership and management ==

The resort's structure separates ownership from operation. Two owner companies hold the theme park and its associated facilities; Shanghai Shendi Group holds 57 percent of those companies and Disney holds the remaining 43 percent. Day-to-day running of the resort sits with a separate management company, in which Disney holds 70 percent and Shendi Group 30 percent. Shendi Group itself is a joint venture of three companies owned by the Shanghai municipal government, formed for the Disney project.

== Shanghai Disneyland ==

The park differs from earlier castle parks in both layout and line-up. There is no Main Street, U.S.A. and no railroad; instead, Mickey Avenue serves as the entrance street and the Gardens of Imagination occupy the hub area in front of the castle, reflecting Chinese garden traditions. The Enchanted Storybook Castle, the park's centrepiece, is the tallest and largest of the Disney castles and represents all of the Disney princesses rather than a single character.

Several lands were created for Shanghai or substantially reworked. Treasure Cove, a pirate-themed land, was the first of its kind at a Disney park, and its Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure uses a magnetic propulsion ride system unlike the boat rides in California or Florida. Tomorrowland's TRON Lightcycle Power Run, a launched coaster ridden in a motorbike posture under a sweeping canopy, opened first in Shanghai before a version was built in Florida. Adventure Isle, home to Soaring Over the Horizon and the Roaring Rapids raft ride, likewise has no direct equivalent elsewhere. With Toy Story Land and Zootopia, the park has eight themed areas.

== Disneytown and hotels ==

'''Disneytown''', beside the park and open without a ticket, is the resort's shopping, dining and entertainment district, styled as a collection of neighbourhood streets. It contains the Walt Disney Grand Theatre, which staged a Mandarin-language production of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and later ''The Lion King'', along with shops, restaurants and lakeside paths around Wishing Star Lake.

The two on-site hotels opened with the resort. The '''Shanghai Disneyland Hotel''', across Wishing Star Lake from the park and reached by water taxi as well as by shuttle, is the flagship property, styled with Art Nouveau detailing. The '''Toy Story Hotel''', near Disneytown, is the larger and more playful of the two, themed throughout to the Pixar films. Guests of both hotels receive early park entry on the days of their stay.

== See also ==
* [[Shanghai Disneyland]]
* [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]]
* [[Tokyo Disney Resort]]
* [[Disneyland Paris]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Resorts]]
[[Category:Shanghai Disney Resort]]
[[Category:Theme parks in China]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in China]]

Shanghai Disney Resort - Revision history

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