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China Rips Off Disneyland.
From Digg.com
With its slogan “Disneyland is too far,†Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park features a replica of Cinderella’s Castle, with staff dressed like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney characters. None of this is authorized by Disney – but that has not stopped the state-owned park from creating its own counterfeit version.
Article from Japan Probe
Did I say Disneyland? I meant Shijingshan Amusement Park, an amusement park in Beijing that has absolutely nothing to do with Disney. Japanese bloggers seem to have recently discovered the existence of this park and have posted pictures of some of its characters:
Click the Link for more photos and youtube videos…
Japan Probe Link
Wow – talk about a Disney park from the Twilight Zone…
*shudder* Reminds me of Nara Dreamworld…
The horror.
As far as Mickey Mouse goes… he really SHOULD be in the public domain by now. Heresy, I know.
That’s just weird. I’m surprised Disney hasn’t sued yet. They could get a huge profit from that place.
When I was traveling north of Beijing a few months ago, I came across this when it was under construction. They have similar parks but nothing as blatant as this. Having worked for the Company, I know the China market is where they are looking to next. I’ll be curious to see how they handle this. The Disney trademark is placed on everything here (I live in Shanghai) from tea sets to lingerie so there is very little Disney can do. The Shanghai government desperately wants a Disney theme park and have been negotiating for the past several years. This will probably be a step away from getting a real Disney park. But then again the Beijing park proves they don’t the real thing.