Impact of Information Systems and Recommendation of Future Infrastructure in the Theme Park Industry

Walt Disney Co. plans to open its new theme park in Shanghai in the first half of 2016, according to a person familiar with the situation, after Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger earlier aimed for a late 2015 debut.

Sea world is one of the top zoological organizations in North America, and it cares for one of the largest animal collections in North America. Their commitment to animals broadens around the world through the contribution of compelling financials and resource support for wild life conservation, wildlife rescue and education programs worldwide. Sea World also creates a unique entertainment experience that connects imagination with a passion for nature. Their theme parks and products have influenced many in celebrating, connecting with and caring for the natural world. And these we see being shared through the power of entertainment. The company owns and operates 11 U.S(Sea World, 2014). theme parks, which include the popular Sea World, Busch Gardens, and Sesame Place brands that hosted more than 23 million guests in 2013. Although Sea World has all these good motives in mind for the society; however, the whole idea of bringing the wild closer to the public has led to various casualties.

On October 1, 1971 in a swampland in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney World was born. Since then, Disney World has been functioning as a place that everyone in the family can enjoy, which was the goal of creator and founder, Walt Disney. At first inspired by California’s smaller Disneyland, Walt Disney World, which was dedicated to Walt’s younger brother Roy (Fanning), has developed vastly over the years and has easily become one of the world’s most popular attractions. There are four theme parks located on Disney Property which are all identified with four main landmarks (Kurtti). Disney “imagineers,” Disney inventors, creators, and construction workers are consistently working to improve the parks and create

The Walt Disney Company has seen their share of success in taking their parks and resorts into global markets. “60 years ago, the first Disney theme park opened, in California and was the brainchild of Walt Disney himself, who was motivated by the lack of entertainment options available to him and his two young daughters.” (Forbes, 2016). Disneyland California penetrated the market rapidly, and its popularity led to the opening of Disney World in Florida, followed by global expansion in Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong. Their latest expansion came in June 2016, on a 963 acres’ site in Shanghai, China (Xu, 2012). After one year in operation, Shanghai Disneyland is outpacing their most optimistic projections, and the park’s

Being the home of Disney World, the world's largest and most visited resort, Orlando has become so attractive to many kids. Just recently, on June of 2010, the theme park inspired by the Harry Potter novel was officially opened to the public making Orlando as

The parks and resorts component of Disney Corporation in the United States include the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the Disneyland Resort in California, Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa in Hawaii, the Disney Vacation Club, the Disney Cruise Line and Adventures by Disney. Internationally, Disney also has parks and resorts with Disneyland Paris, France, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in China, Shanghai Disney Resort also in China, and has licenses the operations of Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan. These parks and resorts all have Disney themes. Walt Disney sells admission to all theme parks around the world but also offers numerous

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Hong Kong Disneyland, opened to visitors in 2005, is one of the two largest theme parks in Hong Kong. It successfully brings magical experience of Walt Disney to all the visitors just like other Disneyland around the world.

Busch Gardens is an amusement park located in Williamsburg, West Virginia and opened in 1975 (Spiller, 2014). It hosts a European theme and holds many events throughout the year to draw in guests. Their assortment of beautifully decorated awarding winning athletic for 22 years has given them a well-known reputation throughout the world (Spiller, 2014). The park has a variety of events that keep spectators visiting the site like their unique foods from around the world, the various shops for shopaholics to enjoy, several live shows, and many rides that visitors could find exciting and thrilling.

In 1955, the most charming place in the world was ‘Disneyland’ was open for the public. The idea was to create a magical place for the whole family. Ever since then, Disneyland theme parks have been growing and today Walt Disney Company owns 14 theme parks in the world.

Disney’s target market consists mainly of family-oriented Asian tourists, primarily those from mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The mainland China accounted for large number of incoming visitors. At the time of Hong Kong Disneyland’s establishment, Hong Kong already enjoyed booming business and tourism sectors, but the government believed that the latter would be invigorated by the creation of a then absent “family tourist” niche. Below are the

Even in the United States, Disneyworld (Florida) and Disneyland (California) vary in there social forces. Cast Members (Disney’s term for employees) in CA are trained to be friendly and greet every guest, while in FL they are trained to only greet guests who seek them out. The political, legal, and regulatory factors again, vary from theme park to theme park. The parks in the United States have more restrictions than say those of Hong Kong, China. In the U.S, minors (age 15-17) are only allowed to work 20 hours a week. In Hong Kong, young persons (ages 15-17) are allowed to work up to 48 hours a week. Regulatory factors such as this differ in each region. The Walt Disney Company Parks and Resorts has quite an extreme variety of natural environments. The weather in Florida for example can get in the 100’s regularly whereas in California it can get as cold as the low 50’s. These weather conditions actually are a big factor in guests determining which park they want to visit. Technology seems to stay consistent between most of the theme parks. In fact, many of the theme parks have some of the same rides at their parks. The global forces actually can create threats to the company. The addition of the newest theme park to the company, Shanghai Disney, took several years to become accepted. This has been common throughout the duration of The Walt Disney Company. Many people vote against a new theme park or resort because of the crowds that it

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, cartoonist,animator, voice actor, and film producer. He and his staff created numerous famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. These cartoon characters became so famous that he designed theme park for the entertainment of children and family in U.S.A. Disney then thought to spread the theme parks around the world. Therefore Disney theme parks were opened first in Tokyo, Japan called "Disney Resort" which became sucuessful by luck. The second theme park was opened in Paris called " Disneyland Paris” which became unsuccessful because of the cultural differences between U.S and Paris. Keeping this problem in mind, Disney opened third theme park in Hong Kong called Hong Kond Disneyland which became successful.

From these expected figures, it can be safe to say that Disneyland will attract a huge amount of visitors to see this new world-classed Disneyland in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was a prime tourist destination for a large number of people from the mainland. Disney focused on people from mainland, the local residents and