Hong Kong Disneyland expansion 2018-2023

[Hixee]

Comparison is pretty spectacular there!

 

[emoo]

The old castle blends in really well too. They did a fantastic job on something that initially sounded like an unlikely project.

 

[roomraider]

Just a small update showing the new coaster under construction.

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[Gavin]

On a recent visit, I really enjoyed the "new for 2020" Frozen area:

 

[Peet]

I just had a look at HK Disney on Google Maps and found a surprisingly clear shot of the new coaster:

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It looks quite short from this so hopefully there's a decent indoor portion.

 

[Niles]

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Disney have shown off at D23 what the train design will look like for Oaken's Sliding Sleigh, the design looks pretty cute.



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[Niles]

Work has come a long way with testing for the coaster underway, people are also riding it:

Michael E Moriarty on Instagram: "Recently our Walt Disney Imagineering project team members and cast members at @hkdisneyland were among the very first people to ride Wandering Oaken’s Sliding Sleighs, an exclusive attraction opening in the second h

12K likes, 47 comments - michael.e.moriarty on May 11, 2023: "Recently our Walt Disney Imagineering project team members and cast members at @hkdisneyland were among the very first people to ride...".

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Here is a look at the coaster and an indoor scene.



Some new Posters.


A few month old but some drone footage of the site:

The Elsa animatronic:

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[Joelpagett]

That Elsa Anamatronic is absolutely insanely good. Just shows you how far animatronics have come over the years!

 

[cookie]

Apparently less than half of the money allocated to the HKDL expansion has so far been spent, leaving the rest towards finishing Arendelle and hopefully getting the stalled Avengers ride in Tomorrowland off the ground.

Less Than Half of Hong Kong Disneyland Expansion Money Has Been Spent After New Castle, ‘Frozen’ Area, and Other Projects - WDW News Today

A little less than half of the money earmarked for Hong Kong Disneyland's grand expansion plan has been spent since 2017, leaving room for more!

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[cookie]

World of Frozen is now confirmed to open in November

https://twitter.com/x/status/1658080088443744258

 

[Gavin]

Opening date of November 20th. Can't be arsed to find the link again, but there's a story in South China Morning Post. Hopefully they'll do a passholder preview thing before that.

 

[Gavin]

They put out an announcement for passholder previews yesterday afternoon, which I didn't see until the evening, by which time every slot had filled up apart from some for the platinum pass. I downgraded to the gold pass after having the platinum for 9 years since the extra money was no longer worth what was offered, so that was good timing on my part.

Anyway, previews over a number of days from October 23rd. I'm hoping they soft-open after that since it's quite a gap until the official opening date, but I'm so past giving a s**t at this point.

 

[TilenB]

The POV of the new Frozen coaster is out and it looks pretty meh, nothing more than a nicely themed roller skater.

 

[Rob Coasters]

Looks like a perfectly fine children's roller coaster that gets its job done. Short enough to where if the children hate it, at least it's over quickly. And if they do like it, it's a step up towards other rides in the park like Big Grizzly. Can't lie, it's alright

 

[oriolat2]

Literally, what you see is what you get. I thought there would be more dark show scenes in the mountain or even a second indoor coaster portion.

Nope, just a glorified roller skater with terrible capacity. Disney at its finest.

 

[FogZog]

The POV of the new Frozen coaster is out and it looks pretty meh, nothing more than a nicely themed roller skater.

Actually looks like a fun one, cool but short layout. Hyperia vibes.

 

[CineramaMax]

Literally, what you see is what you get. I thought there would be more dark show scenes in the mountain or even a second indoor coaster portion.

Nope, just a glorified roller skater with terrible capacity. Disney at its finest.

How do we know that the capacity is terrible?

 

[oriolat2]

How do we know that the capacity is terrible?

Two 16-seater trains is not good at a Disney park. For reference, when I worked at Magic Kingdom, our roller skater, with 2 trains and 16 seats each reached a maximum of around 730 pph, and that was with good crews pumping trains out and a short layout.

 

[Gavin]

Yeah, that's looking pretty s**t. I was also expecting a lot more of an indoor section, but there's nothing. I get that the park probably needed a kiddy coaster, but what a wasted opportunity.

 

[Trax]

To be honest, the theoretical capacity might actually turn out to be decent. The time between block clearance (last car of the lift/last car of the final brakerun) is about 30 seconds, which can result in close to 120 dispatches per hour. 120*16 = 1,920pph, which is actuall insane for such a small ride. Even with more realistic 45 second dispatches (hoping that they can do their work on Europapark level), we are still talking of numbers north of 1,400pph.
Sure, this is on the lower end of what a Disney coaster should provide, but it is still a suprisnigly high number.
So this ride seems to be extremely dependend on the staff.