Disney announced hotels and entertainment for the new Shanghai Disneyland

Sketch of Shanghai Disneyland

Disney recently announced the new hotels and shopping district being built at the Shanghai Disney Recent scheduled to open in 2016.

The signature hotel will be the 420-room Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, an elegant Art Nouveau-inspired hotel. The second hotel is the 800-room Toy Story Hotel, which will immerses guests in a world inspired by the toys from the Disney-Pixar series of Toy Story animated films, according to an announcement by Disney

“Shanghai Disney Resort will provide a world-class tourism destination for Chinese guests, offering the same spirit of ‘shared family entertainment’ that Walt Disney first introduced nearly 60 years ago,” Philippe Gas, Shanghai Disney Resort General Manager said in a news release.

Near the hotels is a 46,000-square meter shopping, dining and entertainment district called Disneytown. In the heart of the shopping distance is The Marketplace filled with specialty shops with Disney merchandise.

Next to the Marketplace is Spice Alley, which presents a variety of popular Asian cuisines and Broadway Plaza, home to the Walt Disney Grand Theatre. The theater will host the global premiere of the Mandarin version of “The Lion King.”

Near Disneytown is the central lake aerobic a 2.5 kilometer walking path.