(7 Jul 2025)
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Shanghai, China – 5 July 2025
1.Various of entrance of Legoland Shanghai Resort
2. Various of Legoland greeters welcoming visitors
3. Pan from Legoland Brick Street Cafe to Minifigure Dada
4. Mid of Lego Minifigure Dada
5. Various of roller coaster
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Shanghai, China – 4 July 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Jakobsen, Chief Strategic Portfolio Development Officer, Merlin Entertainments
“We have a fairly good estimate that there should be about 85 million Lego bricks in this park. There are more than 3,000 individual fantastic Lego models created in the park and they are all built hand by hand, handcrafted by Lego model designers spread throughout the world that have put these fantastic models together on the display.”
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Shanghai, China – 5 July 2025
7. Panning of China’s landmarks built by Lego bricks on display in Miniland of Legoland Shanghai Resort
8. Miniature of Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Pudong Park
9. Miniature of the Bund, a landmark of Shanghai
10. Wide of visitors
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Shanghai, China – 4 July 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) John Jakobsen, Chief Strategic Portfolio Development Officer, Merlin Entertainments
“China is a big, big market. It has a capture area for us within two hours’ drive time of more than 55 million people that can reach the park here in Jinshan in the suburbs of China (Shanghai). And in addition to that, the whole Yangtze River Delta region with about 200 million people is available for us also to come and visit the park on a short-term basis.”
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Shanghai, China – 5 July 2025
12. Various of a min iLego concert
13. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Ye Ni, visitor from Shanghai
“This goes beyond my expectation. Before I came, I saw some RedNote posts during the trial run saying the Legoland is tacky. But I find it hi-tech, original and colorful. I like it.”
14. Various of minifigures climbing mountain model
15. Various of a mini water town
16. Various of minifigures bride and a groom on a boat
17. Various of minifigures human pyramid
18. Wide of visitors
19. Various of a mini Lego version of the Temple of Heaven
20. Various of minifigures on the square surrounding the Temple of Heaven
21. Various of a mini Great Wall of China
22. Various of a mini high-speed train
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China’s first Lego theme park is now open in Shanghai.
The resort is one of 11 parks across the world and was built with 85 million Lego bricks.
STORYLINE:
A towering 26-meter (85-foot) Lego figure named Dada greeted visitors at the opening of the Legoland Shanghai Resort, the first Lego theme park in China.
Spanning approximately 318,000 square meters (about 74 acres), the resort includes a themed hotel, several restaurants, live shows and interactive zones.
John Jakobsen, an executive at Merlin Entertainments, which manages Legoland parks in several countries, said the Shanghai park features more than 3,000 models built with 85 million Lego bricks.
“We have a fairly good estimate that there should be about 85 million Lego bricks in this park. There are more than 3,000 individual fantastic Lego models created in the park and they are all built hand by hand, handcrafted by Lego model designers spread throughout the world that have put these fantastic models together on the display,” he says.
One of the highlights is Miniland, a display of Chinese landmarks such as Beijing’s Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, and Shanghai’s Bund waterfront.
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