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Disney Is Expanding Its New Shanghai Theme Park — Again

Hannah Sampson

Photo Credit: Characters from the movie Zootopia are shown at Shanghai Disneyland in this photo from 2016. Disney is adding a Zootopia-themed land at the park, the first such area at any of its global resorts. Flickr / xiquinhosilva

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Disney has been talking about expanding its Shanghai theme park complex since before the doors officially opened. Despite a rough patch last year, the company is clearly optimistic about the market's future.

Shanghai Disney Resort has only been open for two-and-a-half years, but the complex is already getting ready for a second expansion. Executives announced this week that the entertainment giant is adding an eighth land to the Shanghai Disneyland park, designed around the animated movie Zootopia. It will be the first Zootopia-themed area at any Disney park around the world. The $5.5 billion park opened in June 2016; last year, it added a land based on Toy Story. "W

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