Mickey Mouse and his friends embarked on2 a magical new adventure—they moved to China! Their new home, Hong Kong Disneyland, opened last fall.
The theme park looks a lot like the original Disneyland in Calif. It has a replica3 of Sleeping Beauty's castle, long lines for the scary roller coaster4 Space Mountain, and characters like Goofy and Pluto5 hamming it up6 for pictures.
Although the two parks look the same on the surface, they are very different. Disney officials adjusted Hong Kong Disneyland's design, rides, and even restaurants to fit in with Chinese culture.
Construction
This fifth Disneyland in the world is located on a reclaimed land7 in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island. After years of negotiation8 and construction, the park finally opens to visitors on September 12, 2005.
The park consists of four themed lands similar to those Disneyland parks around the world. They are Main Street, USA, Adventureland, Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. Adventureland in Hong Kong Disneyland is the biggest one among all the Disneyland parks.
Although the park is the smallest Disneyland in the world, the construction works of Phase 1 Extension has been started and new attractions will soon be opened in 2006 and 2007. Hong Kong Disneyland had the shortest construction period from the start to the opening day among all the Disneyland-style theme parks.
Going High-Tech
One of the biggest challenges Disney architects faced was designing the futuristic9 Tomorrowland section of the park. Hong Kong is already a high-tech city, with high-rises, elevated walkways, and touch-screen buildings.
The architects ended up creating a Tomorrowland very different from those in all the other Disney parks. The park section has no square shapes and features a flying saucer10 ride. It also has an interactive11 trash can that asks park guests in three languages—Mandarin, Cantonese, and English—whether they have garbage. Disney also had to give its menu a makeover. Hong Kong Disneyland offers classic Cantonese dishes, including noodles, barbecued pork puffs12, spicy sea snails, and deep-fried13 fish skins.
Hong Kong Disneyland impressed 10-year-old Charlie. He especially liked Tomorrowland's most popular ride, Space Moutain.“It's really cool,” he said. “You can't see the roller-coaster tracks; you don't know where you're going. It seems like you're in space.”
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米老鼠和他的朋友们开始了新的魔幻之旅——他们搬来了中国！他们的新家——香港迪斯尼乐园——于去年秋季开张。
（香港）主题公园看上去很像加利福尼亚的原始迪斯尼乐园。有睡美人城堡、有着长长跑道刺激万分的过山车——“太空之旅”，还有表演夸张的卡通形象如高飞和布鲁托供游客拍摄。
虽然两个公园从表面上看起来相似，实际上则差别很大。迪斯尼总部的官员们调整了香港迪斯尼乐园的设计、交通工具，甚至餐馆，以适应中国文化。
公园建设
世界上第五个迪斯尼乐园坐落在大屿山竹篙湾填海所造地面上。经过多年的磋商和建设，2005年9月12日，公园终于对游人开放。
公园像世界各地的迪斯尼乐园一样由四个主题公园构成，分别为美国大街、冒险世界、梦幻乐园和明日世界。香港迪斯尼的冒险世界是所有迪斯尼乐园中最大的一个。
虽然香港的迪斯尼乐园是世界上规模最小的，但是第一期延伸工程业已动工，新的项目不久将于2006年和2007年对游人开放。香港迪斯尼乐园还是所有迪斯尼主题公园中从开工到对外开放建设工期最短的一个。
走向高科技
迪斯尼的建筑师们面临的最大挑战之一就是设计公园里前卫的明日世界。香港已经是一个高科技城市，随处可见高层建筑，电梯人行通道和有触摸屏装置的建筑物。
建筑师们最终建造了一个未来世界，完全不同于其它迪斯尼乐园的明日世界。这部分没有方形建筑，整个设计成飞碟轨道状。园内设有交互式垃圾桶，可以用三种语言——普通话、广东话和英语——询问游客是否有垃圾。
迪斯尼还改变了它的菜单。香港迪斯尼乐园提供一流的广东菜，包括面条、叉烧酥、麻辣海螺和油炸鱼皮。
香港迪斯尼给10岁的查理留下了深刻的印象。他尤其喜欢未来世界中最受欢迎的项目“太空之旅”。“太酷了，”他说，“你可以看见过山车的轨道，但你不知道它往哪儿去。好像你自己就在太空中。”
1. makeover n. 彻底改变
2. embark on 从事，着手
3. replica n. 复制品
4. the roller coaster 过山车
5. Goofy和Pluto都是迪斯尼的卡通狗，Pluto是米老鼠的宠物。
6. ham sth. up 演得过火
7. reclaimed land 开垦的土地
8. negotiation n. 商议；谈判
9. futuristic adj. 新潮的
10. flying saucer 飞碟
11. interactive adj. 交互式的
12. barbecued pork puff 叉烧酥，广东菜
barbecued pork 叉烧
13. deep-fry v. 油炸