TOKYO DISNEYLAND

Toyko Disneyland set attendance records last year. A new night-time spectacular, Starlight Magic, was unveiled last spring. This innovative light show used Cinderella’s Castle as a canvas for a kaleidoscope of sound and images. A six-month-long park-wide salute to the world’s most famous duck was highlighted by Donald’s Super Duck Parade.

A second theme park, Tokyo DisneySea, is scheduled to open in 2001 and will include 23 attractions, live entertainment, restaurants and shops centered around seven “ports of call.”

Two Disney-branded hotels are also under construction, the Disney Ambassador, to open in 2000, and Disney’s Mira Costa, which will open in 2001 as part of Tokyo DisneySea.

DISNEYLAND PARIS

The leading tourist destination in all of Europe, Disneyland Paris added the Honey, I Shrunk the Audience 3-D show last March, offered in six languages. Last year, Disney Village underwent a major redevelopment with the opening of a McDonald’s and a Rainforest Cafe; the addition of Crescend’O, a show celebrating the magic of the circus; and the extension of the Gaumont Multiplex to 15 screens.

On New Year’s Eve, the Disney’s ImagiNations parade debuted, a spectacular cavalcade with 36-foot-high floats.

Disneyland Paris will also be expanding with a new park, scheduled to open in 2002, which will feature much of the ambiance and many of the popular attractions of the Disney-MGM Studios.

HONG KONG DISNEYLAND

A joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the government of Hong Kong will bring a Disney theme park to a country with a population of more than 1 billion people. The theme park and resort will be located on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island.