Recently, Shanghai Disneyland's eighth theme park and the world's first "Zootopia" theme park won the 2025 "Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement - Theme Park" from the Global Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). Land). The Global Themed Entertainment Association is a global

Recently, Shanghai Disneyland’s eighth largest theme park and the world’s first “Zootopia” theme park won the 2025 “thea award for outstanding achievement” from the Global Themed Entertainment Association (tea). theme park land).

The Global Themed Entertainment Association is a global non-profit association that brings together the world's top creators, developers, designers and producers. It is regarded as the most authoritative organization in the global themed entertainment industry. The Thea Awards for Outstanding Achievement, awarded annually by the Global Themed Entertainment Association, are hailed by the industry as the "Oscars" of the global themed entertainment industry.

This year, Tokyo DisneySea’s “Fantasy Springs” won this honor together with Shanghai Disneyland’s “Zootopia”. This is the first time that Walt Disney Imagineering, which is responsible for the design and construction of Disney theme parks, has won two awards in this category at the same awards ceremony, which means that Disney's creative team dedicated to creating immersive experiences has been highly recognized by the industry.

Bruce Van, President and Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney Imagineering "Imaginationers around the world continue to push the boundaries in immersive storytelling and create unique experiences and unforgettable character interaction moments in a way that only Disney can," said Vaughn. "I applaud the Imagineers being recognized today. We are extremely proud of our cast and crew for their outstanding contribution to our work and to the themed entertainment industry as a whole.” tml12

Shanghai Disneyland’s “Zootopia” theme park is inspired by Walt Disney Animation Studio’s popular animated film “Zootopia”, allowing visitors to fully immerse themselves in this colorful and energetic mammal land. In the city, you can experience "every animal has infinite possibilities" immersively.

The "Zootopia" theme park opened on December 20, 2023. With its immersive experience, rich details, and humorous story telling, it has won high praise among tourists and remains highly popular. The latest data provided by Disney shows that nearly 97% of tourists surveyed were already aware of the "Zootopia" theme park before visiting Shanghai Disney Resort. About a third of them said it was the new park that attracted them to the resort.

This month, the "Zootopia: Hot Pursuit" amusement project in the park also won the 2024 China Theme Park Excellence Project Award issued by the China Theme Park Research Institute in recognition of its outstanding role in promoting China's theme park amusement projects. It represents the new trend of innovative development and the huge potential of the market.

This project combines high-level technological innovation with Disney's iconic storytelling through advanced mechanical animated puppet technology and a trackless ride system used for the first time in mainland China, allowing the police to become the "new police officer" of the Zootopia Police Department. Visitors to "The Crew", boarded the all-terrain police car with Judy and Nick, and participated in the crazy chase to hunt down the bad sheep and rescue the big star Xia Qiyang.