Disney reveals a first look at an impressive audio-animatronic Elsa as part of 'Frozen Ever After' at Hong Kong Disneyland

Feb 07, 2023 in "Hong Kong Disneyland"

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World of Frozen concept art - Hong Kong Disneyland

Posted: Tuesday February 7, 2023 12:20pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has shared a new construction update on the new World of Frozen land coming to Hong Kong Disneyland in the second half of 2023, including a sneak-peek of an impressive Elsa audio-animatronic figure.

World of Frozen concept art - Hong Kong Disneyland

The world’s first Frozen-themed land will be home to two new attractions, Frozen Ever After and the first-of-its-kind Frozen-themed family-friendly roller coaster Wandering Oaken’s Sliding Sleighs.

In the drone video of the construction site below, you can see the entire themed land is a recreation of the kingdom of Arendelle, drawing upon the natural landscape of Lantau Mountain behind Hong Kong Disneyland as a backdrop.

In this second video, Disney shows off its latest audio-animatronic, a life-size Elsa.

Walt Disney Imagineering collaborated with Walt Disney Animation Studios to ensure that every detail of these characters feels like they’ve stepped right out of the movie.

World of Frozen is expected to open in the second half of 2023 at Hong Kong Disneyland.

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cjkeating3 days ago

Lol

BrianLo3 days ago

I'd say the Avengers attraction seems pretty likely to feature at D23 (because it features at every D23). Disney may also convince them for another cycle of investment, particularly with how well the resort seems to be received these days. Though that will never be a D23 announcement. It will air out publicly with Legco.

DisneyDean973 days ago

Hopefully a concrete plan for what they're going to do with the old autopia spot, especially with Frozen open now, the park feels a little lopsided.

marni19713 days ago

We had inconsistencies, but for the same reasons as the American versions; enthusiasm and style. We had one CM who couldn’t wait for his break, and also one who was possibly one of the best skippers we’ve had anywhere.

PiratesMansion4 days ago

And I get that. I just think the idea was better than the execution. I 100% understand why the other Disney Resorts just run the attraction in one language. Much easier to maintain a consistent experience that way, and it seems like more English speakers than not have reported an inconsistent experience with the HK Jungle Cruise as it was operated before.

IMDREW4 days ago

I loved the uniqueness of it

PiratesMansion4 days ago

To a point, but I also never felt like I got a masterclass skipper on the English side of things. I feel like the original setup was probably the best one considering the multilingual nature of HKDL's visitors, but it never felt like they were able to deliver a great English-language experience. And the three queues for one attraction setup was odd and made the line slow. So on some level I understand the consolidation.

cjkeating4 days ago

Annoying.

220310294 days ago

just asking, with d23 coming up what do you think is in store for the park?

mikeyv5 days ago

Jungle Cruise switched to the 3-languages in one boat around August 2023, so it seems like they are going to be keeping it for the foreseeable future.

220310295 days ago

same thing last time i visited with the languages. wonder if they plan to scrap the language options permanently to improve capacity?

waltography5 days ago

It was an experience for sure; couldn’t make out anything except when she’d say words like “zebra” or “monkey.” The finale was also hilarious on our go—we didn’t expect the explosive finale (could feel the heat from the fire on our skin) and our skipper, bless her heart, yelled the most half-hearted “oh no fire” I’d heard which undercut the moment perfectly. 😂

marni19715 days ago

We had that in October. I assumed it was just off peak. The 3 queues and signs were still there with the signs blanked out.

Mark_E6 days ago

Ye I went yessterday on the back of it having been quiet Weds but oh well, still managed to get a fair bit done. Oh and another thing - they’ve scrapped the separate language jungle cruises it would seem. We had all 3 languages in one boat. Didn’t work well unfortunately.