Wanda Group theme parks
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(1/16/14) Back in November it was announced at IAAPA that Great Coasters International would build “The Viper”, their biggest wooded roller coaster ever at the Wanda (Nanchang) Culture Tourism City to open in 2015. (Stats: 50 meter (164 ft) tall lift hill and 1,500 meters (4921 ft) of track).

Earlier this month it was reported that the Wanda Group had purchased a new B&M Flyer Coaster for Xishuangbanna International Resort project.

Today I found an interesting bit of news on the Dynamic Attractions website that confirms that they are now in the midsts of building Dynamic’s very first “Generation II Flying Theaters” attraction for Wanda as well.

Source:
http://screamscape.com/html/industry_news.htm#Wanda

Wanda’s Xishuangbanna International Resort seems to be getting a B&M flyer. Looks like Manta meets Superman.



Source:
http://vhcoasters.com/2014/01/07/chinese-bm-flyer-layout/

"targeting Disney"... we'll see...

Wang, chairman of real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group, who was ranked by Forbes as the richest person in China in 2013, has become more ambitious in his plans for the company since late last year.

One of the company's latest projects is a theme park in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province, construction for which began last year.

"I'm targeting Disney. I never have blind faith in foreigners. I will prove that a tourism project built by the Chinese can compete with the so-called famous brands from the United States," Wang said.

Article:
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140105000039&cid=1202

These "theme parks" are going to be terrible!

When reading this I don't develop good feelings about these Wanda theme parks. They suffer from delusions of grandeur and have no theme park experience.

Wanda billionaire chairman Wang Jianlin:

Great article published on the Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-wanda-plans-theme-park-636431

Days after announcing the world's largest movie studio development, company chairman Wang Jianlin touts another project, saying it "will surpass Disney in both revenue and number of visitors."

The project, dubbed Wuxi Wanda City, will span 296 acres around a small lake. It will include an outdoor amusement park, a “film city” with 3D cinemas, an indoor children’s theme park, an “extreme sports hall,” seven resort hotels, a commercial center with over 200 retail shops, and a “bar street” of at least 20 venues.

“Wuxi Wanda City will have richer content than Disney,” Wang was quoted as saying. "[We] expect to attract 20 million tourists a year. Wanda has confidence that [our tourism project] will surpass Disney in both revenue and number of visitors.”

Wanda says Wuxi Wanda City will be up and running by 2016.

Source:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chinas-wanda-plans-theme-park-636431

This is a bit confusing. Are they working on one theme park, or on several ones. Is this Wuhan movie theme park the one which is supposedly going to compete or surpass Hong Kong Disneyland? What is under construction today, and what is just talk?

Dalian Wanda Group was founded in 1988 and operates in five major industries, including commercial properties, luxury hotels, tourism investment, cultural industry, and a department store chain.

The year of 2012 witnessed the opening of Wanda Group’s Changbaishan International Resort. Apart from this, our Xishuangbanna and Dalian Jinshi projects are also under construction. We are also master planning our Beijing Cultural Tourism City project, and its construction will start soon.

There are six major parts in the planning of the Cultural Tourism City, including cultural projects, tourism projects, commercial projects, theme parks, hotels, and the convention center. These are mainly indoor projects, to completely eliminate the weather’s negative effects to the cultural amusement.

The “Han Show” Theatre and the Movie Technology Amusement Park of Wuhan Central Cultural District will be opened for business in 2014. Xishuangbanna International Resort will open in 2015, and Dalian Jinshi and Beijing Cultural Tourism City will open in 2016.

Source:
http://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/funworld-magazine/introducing-dalian-wanda-group

Wanda Group to invest over 20 billion yuan to build the largest cultural tourism projects in northeast China - Harbin Wanda cultural tourism city officially start the construction of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Party Secretary of Harbin Lin Duo, vice governor Zhang Xing, Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

Source:
http://www.newshome.us/news-4423723-Photo:-Wanda-Group-to-invest-over-200-million-to-build-the-Northeast-39s-largest-cultural-tourism-projects.html

China’s Wanda Group Considers Future Partnership with Dreamworks Animation

Source:
http://www.inparkmagazine.com/chinas-wanda-group-considers-future-partnership-with-dreamworks-animation/

(...)have together invested more than 16 billion dollars to develop Changbaishan, Sipsongpanna, Dalian Jinshi and Hainan into top class international tourism vacation districts. These projects will respectively house Asia’s largest ski resort, a theme park that rivals Hong Kong Disneyland, (...)

Source:
http://www.wanda.cn/English/group/zzcy/lytz/index.shtml




Artwork for Wanda theme parks by Forrec:
http://www.forrec.com/tp_wanda.html

The Wuhan Movie Theme Park will contain six state of the art multi-dimension movie rides ranging from simple 3d to actor and scenery enhanced 6d experiences. Located in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, it forms the anchor for one end of a major development by Beijing-based development group Dalian Wanda.

Source:
http://architecture.stufish.com/architecture/wuhan-movie-theme-park/design/interior/

Status: under construction