Grizzly Gulch [Hong Kong Disneyland - 2012]

Brady Mac Donald du Los Angeles Times donne des intéressantes précisions sur Grizzly Trail et Mystic Manor (et scène par scène en ce qui concerne le ride de ce dernier). Ci-dessous le texte original en anglais.

Je rappelle que vous pouvez voir l'intégralité des concept-arts pour ces deux attractions sur Disney and more ici:
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/09/d23-expo-special-report-hong-kong.html

et ici: http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/09/d23-expo-special-report-hong-kong_22.html

Sneak peek: A scene-by-scene look at Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor



Mystic Manor takes visitors on a circa-1908 tour of an ancient
artifact collection belonging to a world-renowned adventurer and
explorer. Inside the Victorian home on a remote jungle hilltop, Lord
Henry Mystic’s museum comes alive when his mischievous monkey opens an
enchanted music box.
Set to open as early as 2013, Mystic Manor is part of a nearly $500-million expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland that calls for the addition of three themed lands.
Mystic Manor will serve as the Chinese theme park’s ghost-less
Haunted Mansion, with tributes to the classic Disney attractions
Indiana Jones Adventure and Enchanted Tiki Room included throughout the
ride.
Spoiler Alert: Join us as Disney Imagineer Dustin Schofield, who
worked on Mystic Manor, takes us on a scene-by-scene tour of the new
attraction:



Queue
Photos of Lord Mystic, posing with his ever-present pet monkey, Albert, line the waiting area.
Pre-show
A slide show narrated by Lord Mystic previews the rooms on the tour and
highlights the latest addition to the collection — an enchanted music
box with magical powers that must be opened very carefully.
Loading area
Visitors board turn-of-the-century horseless carriages in the artifact loading dock.
The catalog room
Albert the monkey opens the uncrated music box. The escaping magic dust
enchants the artifacts in the room, bringing them to life.
The music room
The magic dust animates the musical instruments, which add to the
overall score of the ride. Albert, who will pop up in every scene,
watches with wonder and amazement.
The Greco Roman room
The paintings and audio-animatronic statues come to life. An amphora
with Hercules battling a lion rocks and spins as the riders pass.



The conservatory
In a transition room, Albert tries to reach a bunch of bananas as a giant Venus flytrap nips at his tail.
The Nordic room
A Nordic god in a painting on the wall blows at the riders, filling the freezing cold room with special-effects smoke.
The armory
A cannon blast knocks the ride vehicle backward. Albert ducks to avoid decapitation by a sword-wielding samurai warrior.
The Egyptian room
A mummy and scarab beetles come to life. Suddenly, the lights go out and the bugs fly at the riders through the darkness.
The tribal room
A two-story-tall tiki statue spews lava from its mouth as flames warm
the room. Tribal gods blow darts at the riders, nailing Albert to the
wall.
The Chinese room
A golden statue of a monkey king twirls a staff to create a turbulent vortex, causing the ride vehicles to spin around the room.
Return to the catalog room
As chaos threatens to destroy the collection, Albert slams shut the
enchanted music box and life returns to normal inside the manor.
Unloading area
Lord Mystic welcomes his visitors back, unaware of the bedlam that has just unfolded.


ET VOICI L'ARTICLE SUR GRIZZLY TRAIL:

Big Grizzly Mountain coaster coming to Hong Kong Disneyland



The Big Grizzly Mountain roller coaster at Hong Kong Disneyland will take riders through an abandoned gold mine packed with dynamite and overrun by grizzly bears.
Set to open as early as 2012, the runaway mine train ride is part of
a nearly $500-million expansion at Hong Kong Disneyland that calls for
the addition of three themed lands.
Big Grizzly Mountain will serve as the centerpiece of the Grizzly
Trail themed land, the Chinese park’s version of Frontierland. The new
ride blends the themeing of Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad coaster with the setting of the Grizzly River Run water ride at Disney’s California Adventure.



The new coaster starts with a surprise, careening backward down a
hill through twists and turns into an abandoned mine shaft. A dynamite
blast launches the train out of the shaft in an explosive cloud of
smoke.
Along the way, riders encounter a back-scratching bear who
accidentally switches the train onto a side track leading into a
collapsing mine shaft. Further down the line, a bear reaching for a
fish inadvertently sets off a dynamite blast. The finale features a
splashdown complete with spouting geysers.
Throughout the ride, the coaster weaves through Grizzly Gulch, a
dilapidated mining town turned water-play area with a jail, saloon and
stagecoach.

Génial tout ça

Les travaux viennent de débuter concernant ces trois nouvelles zones (dimanche exactement).

Toy Story Land est annoncé pour dans "deux à trois ans" et les deux autres zones seront terminées "dès que possible". Je rappelle que tout sera fini pour 2014.

Un petit article à ce sujet:

HONG KONG, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials and executives broke ground on the planned expansion project of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort on Sunday.
The ceremony on Sunday marked the beginning of construction of three themed areas, which had been agreed upon by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government and the Walt Disney Company earlier this year.
The expansion, expected to be completed by 2014, will include three themed areas, namely, the Grizzly Gulch, the Mystic Point and the Toy Story Land, said Andrew Kam, managing director of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.
Kam said the Toy Story Land will be inaugurated in two or three years, while the other two "will be completed as soon as possible."
The Grizzly Gulch and the Mystic Point will be "exclusive for the five years after their openings", and the Toy Story Land will be exclusive in Asia.
"The expansion will enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness in the tourism sector," Kam said at the ceremony, adding that he expected attendance to continue improve as more visitors come to Hong Kong in future.
A joint venture between the HKSAR government and the Walt Disney Company, Hong Kong Disneyland has attracted 19 million visitors since its opening in September 2005. It is still the smallest among the Disney theme parks around the world.
John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR government, said the Hong Kong Disneyland is an important component of Hong Kong's tourism infrastructure.
"A larger park with more attractions will continue to draw the crowds," he said.
Tsang was one of the HKSAR government officials officiating the ceremony on Sunday together with senior executives of the Walt Disney Company, including Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
The HKSAR government and Walt Disney agreed earlier this year on adding the three new themed areas to expand the park by 23 percent, just months ahead of the announcement that the company and the Shanghai government planned to build a Disneyland in Shanghai.
Bill Ernest, president and managing director Asia, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, said he believed the two Disney theme parks in Hong Kong and Shanghai will compliment rather than compete against each other.
"We think there is plenty of room. We think there is plenty of business there that supports both parks," he said.

source: chinaview.cn

On December 12, to celebrate a significant step in the expansion of Hong Kong Disneyland, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at Hong Kong Disneyland. John Tsang, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and Jay Rasulo - who was still Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts - officiated the ceremony with representatives from the Government, The Walt Disney Company and the Hong Kong community in attendance.



With the announcement of Shanghaî Disneyland seen by some as a threat for HKDL future no need to say that they did a lot of publicity on this groundbreaking ceremony. They announced that the ceremony represented "a major milestone in the Resort’s expansion plan that will create not only new attractions but also 3,700 jobs during the construction phase and 600 new full-time jobs after expansion". Rasulo, in one of his last speech as chairman of WDPR said “Today marks the beginning of another exciting phase for Hong Kong Disneyland. The new themed areas will showcase the best in creativity, technology and story-telling. The planned attractions and rides will position our youngest Disney theme park for future growth and success.”

On his own, John Tsang said that a larger park with more attractions "will continue to draw the crowds and provide even more fun and excitement for visitors". Let's hope that everything will work as they wish, they have five more years before SDL opening to prove it.

Good news is that expansion work will begin immediately on the primary infrastructure and road work that will support the construction of the three themed areas. Two of the three themed areas, “Grizzly Gulch” and “Mystic Point” will be exclusive to HKDL for the first five years after their respective openings in 2012 and 2013. And the third, “Toy Story Land” opening in 2011 will also be exclusive but only within Asia as we know the same land open this year at the WDS.

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2010/01/hong-kong-disneyland-soon-ready-to.html

Je viens de mettre en ligne sur Disney and more une toute nouvelle video filmée à l'Imagineering montrant les Imagineers au travail sur les projets d'expansion de HKDL! A ne pas manquer!

http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2010/01/sneak-peek-at-hkdl-expansion-with-new.html

Je ne crois pas que ça ait été dit avant, mais d'après le dernier rapport annuel Disney, le nom officiel du roller coaster sera Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars. Ca aurait pu être plus simple non?

Lol, un mélange de Grizzly River Rapids et de Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Ils auraient pu l'appeller Grizzly Mountain Runaway.

oh moins là-bas ils ne font pas les choses qu'à moitié !

DLRP, l'enfant pauvre de la famille Disney...

Izamu a écrit:

DLRP, l'enfant pauvre de la famille Disney...

oui enfin bon depuis 2006 : Buzz lightyear, Stitch live, playhouse disney, crush coaster, cars, la tour de la terreur, la parade des rêves, la stars"n"cars, des nouveaux spectacles sur le hub, High school musical, world of disney, earl of sandwich, bientot toy story playland donc voila quoi

Effectivement, faut un peu arrêter. HKDL a le plus petit MK de tous les parcs Disney. Il était temps qu'il ait des nouveautés et même avec ça, il restera très en dessous de DLRP...

D'ailleurs des avancements des travaux?

pas de photos des chantiers?

Oui il y a quelques photos sur Micechat :

http://micechat.com/forums/hong-kong-disneyland-resort/138283-hkdlfans-expansion-update-5-6-10-a.html

merci pour le lien, j'irais voir régulièrement et je ferait un suivit des travaux comme pour le land d'harry potter à orlando.

Sinon, aucune nouvelles des travaux ?

C'est vrai qu'on a beau chercher partout, on trouve absolument aucune nouvelles... Pourtant les chantiers ont commencé, non?

seustein a écrit:

Sinon, aucune nouvelles des travaux ?

bidouche64 a écrit:

C'est vrai qu'on a beau chercher partout, on trouve absolument aucune nouvelles... Pourtant les chantiers ont commencé, non?

Et pourtant si, il y a bien quelques photos et même une vidéo prise du Disneyland Railroad sur MiceChat. Voici le lien :

http://micechat.com/forums/hong-kong-disneyland-resort/139856-hong-kong-disneyland-construction-2.html

bidouche64 a écrit:

C'est vrai qu'on a beau chercher partout, on trouve absolument aucune nouvelles... Pourtant les chantiers ont commencé, non?

c'est ce que je me dis, pourtant j'aurais bien aimé trouver des photos et les partager ici, mais non

Un site mis à jour de façon régulière:

http://www.hkdlsource.com/

Merci!

Une petite vidéo des travaux ... (l'autre semble avoir été supprimée)



une autre le même jour ...



via MiceChat

Peut etre est ce l'ancienne video :



Qui disait que l'on ne trouvait pas de mise a jour

Eh ben, ils ne s'emmerdent même pas à foutre des palissades tout autour là-bas, on voit tout! À moins qu'ils les ajoutent lorsque les travaux ont bien avancé.

Merci pour les vidéos Philippep62!

A mon avis , les palissades ne sont pas enviseageable a cause du terril du chemin de fer...
Et puis comme on ne le voit pas dans les videos , les voyageurs ne sont pas censés regarder derrrière eux ...
Toutes les places font faces au parc actuel et l'autre flanc du train est fermé ...(je ne sais plus si c'est comme cela a Paris ... sinon c'est Anaheim ...)

On ce rend bien conte de la taille des travaux. La zone est immense !!!