Shanghai Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Pudong, Shanghai, that is part of the Shanghai Disney Resort. The park is operated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and Shanghai Shendi Group, through a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Shendi.Construction began on April 8, 2011.The park opened on June 16, 2016.

Unlike other Disneyland-style parks around the world, several traditional themed-lands, attractions, and park features are redesigned or absent from Shanghai Disneyland Park. The park does not feature a steam train railroad surrounding the park's perimeter nor does it have an earthen berm to obscure the outside world from guest view. As a replacement for a central spoked-hub, the center of the park features an 11-acre collection of gardens called the Gardens of Imagination. Conventional-themed lands such as Adventureland and Main Street U.S.A. are reinspired into Adventure Isle and Mickey Avenue, whereas other lands, such as Frontierland, are omitted entirely.The Enchanted Storybook Castle, the largest and tallest Disney castle ever designed, features an underground boat ride.

Mickey Avenue

The entrance to the park, which leads onto Mickey Avenue.

Mickey Avenue, the entrance of the park, is the park's equivalent to Main Street, U.S.A.. The area is inspired by the personalities of classic Disney cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and Chip 'n' Dale, as well as Disney films including, Ratatouille, The Three Caballeros, and Lady and the Tramp.Avenue M Arcade, the largest gift shop in the park, is modeled after the Carthay Circle Theater.The Storytellers statue, which depicts a young Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, is located at the end of Mickey Avenue and in front of the Gardens of Imagination.

Gardens of Imagination[edit]

The "hub" of the park, this land features seven 11 acres (4.5 ha) Chinese gardens with each of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac represented by Disney characters.Attractions include Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Fantasia Carousel, and Marvel Super Heroes at Marvel Universe, a meet-and-greet pavilion featuring Marvel characters. Entertainment includes castle stage shows, as well as, the nightly Ignite the Dream, A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light.Mickey’s Storybook Express, a parade with a musical soundtrack and colorful performers on the longest parade route in a Disney park.

Fantasyland

Main article: Fantasyland

Fantasyland is the park's largest land themed to classic Disney animated films. The land features the "Enchanted Storybook Castle", themed to Disney princesses. The castle is the largest in any Disney theme park, and features a the Royal Banquet Hall restaurant, a boutique, and Voyage to the Crystal Grotto —a boat ride, located beneath the castle, that takes guests past scenes from films including Tangled, Aladdin, Mulan, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast.Attractions include Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Peter Pan's Flight, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration. The area features unique attractions such as the Alice in Wonderland Maze—a walk-thru hedge maze inspired by the 1951 and 2010 versions film adaptations—and the Hunny Pot Spin, a spinning Teacups-style ride themed to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Treasure Cove

Treasure Cove is themed to an 18th-century Spanish harbor town located on a Caribbean island that has been captured by Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.The land's marquee attraction is Pirates of the Caribbean – Battle for the Sunken Treasure, a water-based dark ride based on the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Guests, riding in magnetically propelled boats, travel past audio-animatronic and projected depictions of Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones as the two battle against each other in attempt to seize the cove's sunken riches.

The land also is home to Eye of the Storm: Captain Jack’s Stunt Spectacular, a stunt show inspired by the films and Siren's Revenge, a shipwreck-themed 3-story interactive play area set aboard a wrecked French galleon.The land also has Explorer Canoes, a canoe ride in Treasure Cove.

Adventure Isle

Adventure Isle is the park's counterpart to Adventureland. Focused around a mysterious lost world full of hidden treasures, the land features Roaring Rapids, a river rapids ride through the land's towering Roaring Mountain and Soaring Over the Horizon, a hang gliding flight experience across the world. Additionally, the land features Tarzan: Call of the Jungle, a live acrobatic stage show, and Camp Discovery.

Tomorrowland

Main article: Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland is the park's futuristic-themed land. Unlike other Tomorrowlands, this version does not feature a traditional Space Mountain, and instead is home to TRON Lightcycle Power Run, an indoor Tron-themed roller coaster. Similarly, instead of a classic spinning rockets attraction, Shanghai's park includes a spinning Jet Packs ride. Other attractions include Star Wars Launch Bay, Stitch Encounter, and Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue, a differentiated version of previous Buzz Lightyear dark rides.