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Trial operations for Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City's theme park began on April 30, 2017! The theme park is having its grand opening on June 30, 2017.

Here's two photos showing the practically completed theme park:





Source: http://3g.china.com/act/10000169_30475515.html

Source: https://twitter.com/DalianWanda/status/858756631798173703/photo/1

Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City's theme park, which is opening this June, will have a ride that includes two large flying theaters. The flying theaters use a "flight cinema simulator system" called HEXaFLITE® which was developed by the German company Simtec. This ride seems to be similar in concept to Disney's Soarin' ride and speaking of Disney, back in 2012 Screamscape suggested the potential that the technology behind the Flight of Passage ride opening soon at Pandora: The World of Avatar is also HEXaFLITE®. Can anyone confirm whether or not Disney did end up using HEXaFLITE® for their ride?

This isn't the first time a Wanda theme park has used a Simtec ride system. At the currently closed Wanda Movie Park in Wuhan, China, a motion simulator-type ride called "Power of Nature" was developed by Simtec and is shown in the video below:



Sources: http://www.asiaattractions.net/news/show-2932.html and http://www.screamscape.com/html/wdw_-_animal_kingdom.htm

Wanda's indoor theme park in Nanjing is set to open in June 2017 and will feature many advanced technologies such as virtual reality and 3D holographic projections to enhance the visitors' experience

Source: http://www.asiaattractions.net/news/show-2943.html

China's multinational conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group may be looking at pulling out of its $10 billion real estate project in Haryana.

The Wanda group's investment plan, including construction of five industrial and theme parks besides shopping malls, has hit a deadlock after the state government insisted that it be given higher equity ownership in the project

Source: http://www.firstpost.com/business/chinas-dalian-wanda-group-may-scrap-10-bn-haryana-project-on-ownership-row-3411096.html

Latest photos of the Wanda theme park in Nanning.





Source: https://twitter.com/VHCoasters/status/852351151181836288/photo/1

I know I am not supposed to publish opinions without additional content here, but it's important that someone says this. These Wanda parks are terrible rip-offs of existing attractions, in the Harbin case of Ski Dubai. The ceiling color of the ski dome, the French-style houses, all copy and paste. Wanda has no story to tell and its theme parks lack uniqueness, creativity and identity. Wang Jianlin may built a few more, but eventually he will fail.

With less than three months until Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City's grand opening on June 30, 2017, I've compiled some recent photos showing the outdoor theme park and indoor ski resort that are both nearing completion:
















Sources: http://m.weibo.cn/status/4092794404191954?luicode=20000061&lfid=4080261563792680&featurecode=20000180 and http://m.weibo.cn/status/4080261563792680?luicode=20000061&lfid=4079945132883182&featurecode=20000180 and http://m.weibo.cn/status/4092029283589324?luicode=10000011&lfid=1005053318555050&featurecode=20000180 and http://m.weibo.cn/status/4088240275840739?luicode=20000061 and http://m.weibo.cn/status/4088165977410691?luicode=20000061&lfid=4088218800017257&featurecode=20000180 and http://m.weibo.cn/status/4079945132883182?luicode=20000061&lfid=4088165977410691&featurecode=20000180

Now that another location has been announced, let's take a look at an updated roundup of all Wanda theme park locations:

Wanda Movie Park (currently closed for "upgrades" as August 2016)
Completion: December 20, 2014
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/3RCHhCgPzQ42
Budget: $1.1 billion


Wanda Xishuangbanna International Resort
Completion: September 26, 2015
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/3TssePpSsmz
Budget: $2.3 billion


Wanda Nanchang Cultural Tourism City
Completion: May 28, 2016
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/LoHaSxKMjv92
Budget: $3.2 billion


Wanda Hefei Cultural Tourism City
Completion: September 24, 2016
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/8ZjtHSqpBmp
Budget: $3.5 billion


Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City
Completion: June 30, 2017
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/hoWuJzE1GTR2
Budget: $5.8 billion


Wanda Wuxi Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2017
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/Gzd91Xqje7L2
Budget: $3 billion


Nanning Wanda Mall
Completion: 2017
Location*: https://goo.gl/maps/sRTapYWvz7D2
Budget: $2.2 billion


Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis
Completion: August 2018
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/DVyo6UANhYz
Budget: $7.6 billion


Wanda Guangzhou Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2018
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/3QGz7PAsCew
Budget: $7.2 billion


Wanda Chengdu Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2018
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/jvC3pN9sPBp
Budget: $7.6 billion


Wanda Guilin Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2020
Location*: https://goo.gl/maps/g4ev7wLxLB52
Budget: $2.5 billion


Wanda Chongqing Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2020
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/hoFrpemzca12
Budget: $8 billion


Wanda Haikou "shopping complex"
Completion: Late 2020
Location: Unknown
Budget: $7.2 billion


Wanda Jinan Culture, Sports and Tourism City
Completion: 2021
Location: Unknown
Budget: $9.45 billion


Urumqi Bainiao Lake Wanda City
Completion 2021
Location: Unknown
Budget: $1.4 billion


Wanda Xi'an Cultural Tourism City
Completion: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Budget: $7.3 billion



Outside China:

Gold Coast, Australia: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/wanda-group-sets-sights-on-new-gold-coast-theme-park/news-story/8f2c82a6557960b409e35d8d39ecd6f7

http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/billionaire-plans-to-open-jurassic-theme-park-on-the-gold-coast/news-story/53a76ee67503957d7d5a6e2f7671e447

Paris, France: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-24/china-s-richest-man-said-to-be-planning-france-retail-project

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/breaking-news-chinese-billionaire-wang.html

Wanda have begun construction of the 17th Wanda City Project – Urumqi Bainiao Lake Wanda City.
The*mega-size cultural tourism project is planned to open in 2021. The development will include*eco-friendly planning and design as well as*cultural elements relating to*Xinjiang. *Amusement facilities will include indoor and outdoor theme parks, an indoor aquarium (including an ocean animal show), an indoor water amusement park*and hotels.

Source: Blooloop