Wanda Group theme parks
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Photo of Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City from November, 2016. The theme park's set opening date is June 30, 2017.



Source: http://cj.sina.com.cn/article/detail/6015954247/120640?cre=financepagepc&mod=f&loc=5&r=9&doct=0&rfunc=100

I tried to make a comprehensive list of every theme park-related Wanda development and here it is:

It's in order by completion date and I was unable to find the exact locations of some of them so if anyone can find those missing locations please share in a post on this thread and I'll update the list.


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


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


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


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


5. Wanda Harbin Cultural Tourism City
Completion: June 30, 2017
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/hoWuJzE1GTR2
Budget: $3.3 billion


6. Wanda Wuxi Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2017
Location*: https://goo.gl/maps/Mo3UnnR7qp12
Budget: $3 billion


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


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


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


10. Wanda Chengdu Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2018
Location**: Unknown
Budget: $7.6 billion


11. Wanda Guilin Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2020
Location**: Unknown
Budget: $2.5 billion


12. Wanda Chongqing Cultural Tourism City
Completion: 2020
Location: Unknown
Budget: $8 billion


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


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


15. 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


*approximate location
**the aparent location was found in earlier post #41 in this thread by "Gutterflower" but I was unable to find it myself

The Wanda corporate site doesn't have a list of all the ones that are rumoured but it does have currently open ones and a brief list of the more developed projects.







Source: http://www.wanda-group.com/businesses/culture/outdoor_theme_parks/

Thanks for the update Michael. Wanda have announced so many parks I can't keep up with them all. I know Gutterflower created a great list of all of their parks previously, would it be possible to update this to include all of the new parks announced since then?

Plans for another Wanda "shopping complex" have been announced. This one will be located in the city of Haikou on Hainan Island in China. The complex will "also boast a theme park, convention facilities, a bio-park and other tourist facilities and hotels"

Budget: about $7.2 billion
Opening: Late 2020

Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/business/Wanda-plans-shopping-complex-on-south-China-island/shdaily.shtml

There is no connection between Wanda funding Sony films and the ability to make attractions from that. Never seen any evidence of that in any release. Also, Wanda only does China film IP in their parks.

Dalian Wanda Group Co., controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, has hired the former head of Hong Kong Disneyland to run its amusement parks, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Andrew Kam will serve as vice president of the Chinese company’s Cultural Tourism Group

Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/wanda-hires-former-disneyland-executive-to-run-theme-parks-1476681714

Long term trip planning for 2020 or 2021 Asia trip is part China trip that would go Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Yangtze River Cruise, Yichang to Changsha/Zhangjiajie, Huangshan/Yellow Mountains or on the Shanghai directly from Yichang.

It seems Wanda is building parks near all major and future major High Speed Train Station towns. The line from Xi'an to Chengdu should be complete around this time as well.

Hefei Wanda City is now open.

The chairman of Dalian Wanda Group opened the doors Saturday on his company's $3.6 billion theme park in the city of Hefei, the capital of China's eastern Anhui Provence. The development is the second of a planned 15 mega-resorts the tycoon has vowed to build by 2020, as his conglomerate vies with Disney for dominance of China's rapidly emerging theme parks business.

The new Hefei Wanda City spans some 365 acres and includes an outdoor theme park, indoor water park, shopping mall, cinema attraction, dozens of restaurants and bars and a cluster of luxury hotels. At the opening ceremony Saturday, Wang announced that Wanda would invest another $1.5 billion to build more indoor entertainment facilities at the park within two to three years.

In addition to the world's tallest rollercoaster loop, highlights at Hefei Wanda City include themed lands based on Anhui's ancient architecture, Chinese acrobats, a streetside display of traditional crafts and a pyrotechnic stage show recreating the historic Battle of Feishui, a legendary episode well known to Chinese school kids.

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wanda-battles-disney-china-theme-932386

They can't get Spiderman, I think Disney bought the theme park rights to that when Marvel reached an agreement with Sony.