Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia hit theaters in 2016 and was a global success. In China, the movie set new box office records for animated films and holds the title of the highest-grossing animated film in Chinese cinema history. Its worldwide earnings exceeded $1 billion, and it won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film.
The Shanghai Disneyland’s Zootopia-themed park opened on December 20th, 2023. Many of the park’s buildings have already been topped off and painted, and lighting tests were conducted earlier this year. What can visitors expect to experience when the park officially opens? Let’s take a sneak peek!
Here are the latest updates on the Zootopia-themed land at Shanghai Disneyland.
2023
December 20, 2023: Shanghai Disneyland’s Zootopia themed land officially opened, making it the first theme park in the global Disney parks to be based on Zootopia. To promote the opening, the characters from the movie can be seen at various subway stations in Shanghai. On the evening of the 19th, Shanghai Disneyland held the opening ceremony and it officially opened to visitors on the morning of the 20th.
October 24, 2023: The Zootopia area of Shanghai Disney Resort will officially open on December 20, 2023. Visitors of all sizes are welcome to explore the city and its many attractions, which bring the animated film to life. The food and drink, entertainment and merchandise in the new land are all themed to the world of Zootopia.
October 21, 2023: Xiaohongshu user 歐小逸 recently shared an aerial view of Zootopia land at night. You can see the bright colors of the buildings and the lights of the rides.
September 5, 2023: Shanghai Disney Resort has revealed the creative highlights of the world’s first Zootopia-themed land, which will be the eighth themed land in Shanghai Disneyland park. This new land, opening later this year, will transport guests into the lively and diverse mammalian city of Zootopia, where “anyone can be anything.” The land will combine Disney’s creativity with its latest technology.
Remember the Pawpsicles that Nick and Ninnick are selling? Guests can have a taste of them! The Zootopia Pawpsicles are a collaboration with Mengniu and, unexpectedly, come in hawthorn flavor. There are also the Jumbo-Pop and The Big Donut that rolls down the street of Little Rodentia, which look incredibly tempting!
source: Robin@xiaohongshu
March 28, 2023: Zootopia land in Shanghai Disneyland was spotted with lights on for the first time.
February 14, 2023: Zootopia land can be seen from the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Here’s a look at the skyline from the nearby ride. Check out the video on Twitter to see the city of Zootopia from the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
2022
September 11, 2022: Shanghai Disneyland has shared a video of an audio-animatronic character named Officer Clawhauser, who will be featured in the upcoming Zootopia attraction in the Zootopia land. The character is a cheetah animatronic that appears to be the same size as a real-life cheetah, as demonstrated in the video where it is shown next to two Cast Members.
September 9, 2022: D23 Expo 2022 unveiled concept art and a model of the ride vehicle for the new “Zootopia” ride coming soon to Shanghai Disneyland. New concept art was also released for the upcoming land.
July 25, 2023: The expansion of ‘Zootopia’ at Shanghai Disneyland is giving rise to a new skyline.
2021
June 15, 2021: Construction continues to progress in the park’s upcoming themed land that will feature new entertainment, merchandise, food and beverage offerings and a major new attraction that combines Disney’s storytelling with state-of-the-art technologies. Audio-Animatronics figures of some of the leading characters from the story are also under development, with some of them, such as the three-meter-tall Polar Bear from Tundratown, and Yax the yak from Mystic Spring Oasis,
2020
December 30, 2020: The construction of the new Zootopia-themed land was celebrated with the installation of the final steel roof deck. Leaders and representatives from the resort, as well as from the Administrative Commission of Shanghai International Resort and Shanghai Shendi Group, signed the final steel roof deck before it was installed and witnessed the topping out of the attraction.
June 9, 2020: The first steel column for the new Zootopia-themed land at Shanghai Disneyland was erected this week, the start of vertical construction.
2019
December 9, 2019: Construction of the “Zootopia” themed park officially begins.
August 25, 2019: Disney has released a new piece of concept art for the Zootopia land coming to Shanghai Disneyland at D23.
January 23, 2019: Shanghai Disney Resort announced that the world’s first “Zootopia” themed park will soon be located at Shanghai Disneyland, becoming the eighth themed park at Shanghai Disneyland.
