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China's Ding Long group has announced plans to develop two theme parks at their Loong Bay resort on China's southern coast. One of these park's is Animal Empire- a large scale zoological park. Legacy Entertainment, the project's designer, has stated their goal is to design a park that is more sanctuary than zoo, and in which the animal enclosures are visually borderless, with their inhabitants able to roam through much of the property unimpeded.

Prior to 2008's 'Great Recession', Tropicana Las Vegas was poised to become the world's largest resort, with over 10,000 rooms. Part of this expansion included the world's first 3D boat ride. This unique attraction would have begun its journey in the upper level retail promenade, before dropping into a show box under the resort (in the space currently occupied by the property's casino).

Enlight Media, China's largest film and television studio, has announced plans to build a 651 acre Universal Studios-style theme park and production facility in the city of Yangzhou. Budgeted at $2.5m USD, Enlight announced today that they have selected Legacy Entertainment as the project's designer, releasing a few pieces of concept art depicting the project's first phase, titled 'Enlight Epicenter'.











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CHINA’S ENLIGHT MEDIA TEAMS UP WITH LEGACY ENTERTAINMENT ON THE CREATION OF ENLIGHT CHINA MOVIE WORLD

Beijing Enlight Media, China’s largest privately-owned media group, has selected Legacy Entertainment as the ‘Enlight Epicenter’ designer of its ambitious Enlight Movie World project in the eastern city of Yangzhou. The project, first announced in 2018, marks Enlight Media’s first foray into the Location Based Entertainment sector, and will ultimately encompass a total area of 3954mu (651 acres) with an investment of 16.4 Billion Yuan ($2.5 Billion US Dollars).

The cultural and tourism section of Enlight Movie World starts from the ‘Enlight Epicenter’, which will feature experiences and attractions inspired by Enlight’s popular animated film properties. Offerings will include elaborately themed retail and dining experiences, anchored by a Family Entertainment Center, and connected by a series of ‘Art Gardens’. To aid in the design of this unique destination, Enlight has selected Legacy Entertainment, a leading entertainment design firm with extensive experience in both theme park design and film production.

“It is an honor to collaborate with the Enlight team on such a great project.” says Eric Carnagey, Legacy’s Managing Director and one of the company’s owners. He adds “Unlike studio-themed parks in America and Europe which tend to look towards the past, the relative youth of China’s homegrown IP-based LBE industry is all about looking forward. We get a unique chance to imagine and create the ‘film studio and movie theme park of tomorrow’ by utilizing Enlight’s prominent position as a China-based film production and distribution company alongside their widely recognized properties. This poses an incredibly exciting creative angle for our team to run with.”

Subsequent phases will include a wide variety of uses, including a world-class Theme Park, along with expansive Film and Television production facilities. Fueled by a string of hits that include Ne Zha and Looking Up, this new complex has been designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing entertainment company. Ne Zha holds the record as the biggest animated film in China’ history, having grossed over $580 Million US Dollars, more than doubling that of the previous record holder, Disney’s Zootopia.

Legacy Entertainment was uniquely qualified for the task, having previously worked with China’s Hengdian World Studios, the world’s largest film studio, on their recent expansions. The first of these projects, the Hengdian Shanghai Bund, debuted in 2019 with a mix of theme park-style rides and shows, along with ample production facilities.

“Just as in our extensive collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, we love working with brands which are expanding into location-based entertainment projects for the first time.” adds Carnagey. “With groups like Enlight, we have the chance to create something completely new because there are no rules in place. What is the studio-themed destination of the future? Working closely with a great collaborator like Enlight, we are looking forward to answering that question in new and exciting ways.”

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Source : https://rcdb.com/17773.htm

Designed for one of China's largest developers, Legacy Entertainment has been developing a dramatic indoor water park complex.

In 2014, Legacy Entertainment created Lotte World's iconic 'Let's Dream!' nighttime spectacular, which continues to run today. Before this, in 2007, Legacy Entertainment proposed another night show concept for the Korean theme park, tentatively named 'Lightspell!'.

Another version of the theme park’s design was done by Atomiq, an Australian design company, which they described as follows:

Our work on developing Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness, Wiggles World, ABC Kids World, and a number other Branded IP-based children’s precincts and attractions resulted in being asked to provide the Master Plan for the extensive Hello Kitty World Theme Park on Hainan Island, China.

The 40 hectare site is to feature 16 rides and 33 attractions over nine precincts covering most of the Sanrio family of popular characters including Hello Kitty, Gudetama, and Badtz Maru. The site will also feature a themed hotel.

Source: http://www.atomiq.com.au/hello-kitty-world-theme-park

'Sentul City of Wonders' is a large mixed-use destination proposed for the city of Sentul, Indonesia (a suburb of the capital city of Jakarta). Renderings of the overall themed resort design have been shared below for context. In the development's central courtyard sit two gated attractions- a boutique theme park and water park. The theme park has been designed to feature a mix of western stories, as well as Indonesian fairy tales (much in the same was as Legacy Entertainment has interpreted Korean folklore in their world at Lotte World). In recent years, Legacy Entertainment has dominated the emerging Indonesian theme park market, having designed and opened several theme parks, including Trans Studio Bali, Trans Studio Cibubur, and Trans Studio Makassar.