Disney Gets OK for Theme Park in China

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

After a courtship of about 20 years, the Walt Disney Company has won approval from the government of China to build a Disneyland-style theme park in Shanghai, Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive, said Tuesday.

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It's about time our handlers were westernized!

#1 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-04 09:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

"become" not "were" - don't want the grammar police pulling a fast one on me!

#2 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-04 09:12 AM | Reply | Flag:

""become" not "were" - don't want the grammar police pulling a fast one on me!"

Darn it.

And I had my taser all ready to go.

Kill joy!

#3 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-11-04 09:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

China is gonna built a real Disneyland finally?

Spud finds it practically criminal that this NYT writer FAILed to mention China's fake Disneyland that they already built that Disney was incensed over.

The Shijingshan Amusement Park.

www.japanprobe.com

Wonder wot's gonna happen to that place now.

Spud imagines that shutting that one down was part and parcel of the okay here although the article doesn't go that deep.

Be Well.

#4 | Posted by dethspud at 2009-11-04 09:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

The only problem is, you spend the whole day there and once you leave you feel like you never went.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-11-04 10:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

Can't wait to see Mickey Mouse with slanted eyes. Will his name change to Mickey Mao? Will his sidekick's name be changed to "Gooky"? Poor Donald no doubt gets his name changed to "Peking".

Please, though. Leave Fantasia alone. I don't think I could stand to see a segment done to "chopsticks"

#6 | Posted by goatman at 2009-11-04 10:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

FF #6!

#7 | Posted by nanc at 2009-11-04 10:47 AM | Reply | Flag:

All racist remarks aside, I think China could make a great Disney Park. The have an appreciation for pageantry and costumes that leaves the west in the dust. The only problem I can see is they would have to restrict so many Americans from the rides because of weight restrictions.

#8 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-11-04 05:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Disney knows where the money's going.

#9 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2009-11-04 06:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

Are some of ya'll forgetting about Tokyo Disney? I don't like Disney. If I was working in their film editing, I'd sneak a couple of nudie slides in or whispered dirty words or some other subliminal perverted thing: Perverted Disney Gallery.

#10 | Posted by Scrumplet at 2009-11-04 10:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Can they come up with a Mickey Mouse who has buck teeth, yellow skin, slanted eyes who can sing "The March of the Volunteers."

I don't know Fonebone W Thom, I suppose if they could make one look like you with a beer belly, a red neck and an I'm with stupid t-shirt that smells like cow shit, anythings possible.

#11 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-11-04 11:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

At least they'll have customers willing to stand in line, which is the main feature of Disneyland.

#12 | Posted by nutcase at 2009-11-05 12:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

"At least they'll have customers willing to stand in line, which is the main feature of Disneyland."

Will any one of them meet the height requirements for the rides though??

#13 | Posted by Lisa at 2009-11-05 12:21 AM | Reply | Flag:

Come on everyone!
Sing along!

R. I. C.....see you in the rice field

K. E. Y.....riy?because re say so

R. O. U. S. E.

#14 | Posted by HanoverFist at 2009-11-05 09:03 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Why" does not start with an "R", so your premise is wrong. Neither does "We". You're doing more of a Scooby Doo thing there.

#15 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-11-05 11:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

I can't wait to ride the Great Famine Coaster.

This is terrific. We will subvert them from within. If it happens along the lines of the old Soviet Union, just a couple of boatloads of Levi's and rap cds and they'll become endentured 22% on remaining balance consumer zombies like the rest of us.

#16 | Posted by dutch46 at 2009-11-05 03:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

They will sell "flied lice" and bar-b-qued dog at Sino-Disney instead of the usual junk food, and they will have a Cultural Revolution theme park where everyone will get a chance to run from the Red Guards who will use live ammo to make it more fun.

#17 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-11-05 04:43 PM | Reply | Flag: