It's not quite Disneyland! China opens bleak Hello Kitty theme park that cost £210MILLION

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 28, 2014 | John Hutchinson

[C19fan]

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hello Kitty, the new £210 million theme park centred around the iconic character in east China’s Zhejiang province opened its doors for a special inauguration ceremony. Hello Kitty Park will be China's first large scale amusement park scheduled to open to the public on New Year's day. Japanese company Sanrio, who created Hello Kitty in 1974, have joined with entertainment design firm Hettema Group from California, to bring their new park to life.

[C19fan]

Do they sell the Hello Kitty AR-15 or since this China a Hello Kitty Norinco SKS? :)

[EEGator]

The Japanese are going to invade China again.

[PghBaldy]

A relative of mine thinks her name is “Miss Kitty.”

[rarestia]

My God that’s terrifying. I’m a fan of manga and anime in general, but that’s just terrifying in a third-world sort of way.

[who knows what evil?]

Did they build that ferris wheel from an Erector Set purchased off eBay?

[Cronos]

technically cHina would be second-world (communist)

[napscoordinator]

I don’t find it that way at all. In fact I think this is very smart and will probably make a ton of money. 210 million is a drop in the bucket for this. I am just surprised that they decided to begin a capitalistic economy........and we are hated by the World....yeah right. Great job China!!!!

[Lazamataz]

Only China could take something as fun and cute as Hello Kitty, and make it terrifying and devoid of joy.

[Lazamataz]

In Communist China, TILT WHIRLS *YOU*!

[Lazamataz]

In Communist China, BUMPER CARS SMASH *YOU*!

[Chode]

no no no...

[Lazamataz]

In Communist China, TERRIFYING DECAYING CLOWN CENTIPEDE CONTRAPTION... aw hell, I dunno.

[Clay Moore]

Wouldn’t that be the “Goodbye Kitty” version?

[MileHi]

Little train that couldn’t?

[Chode]

looks like they better hand out free Hello SMOG N95 masks at the door

[Vaduz]

Hello Kitty to a gal pal is a code for fun to ensue.

[Chode]

heh heh heh, pretty much

[Gay State Conservative]

I've visited China several times over the last 30 years,the most recent being earlier this year.All my visits have been to the regions within an hour or two of Hong Kong...including Guangzhou,a city of about 10 million that's a couple of hours from Hong Kong.

From what I've seen,China would,apart from some modern buildings in several major cities,have to advance 200 years in order to qualify as "primitive".Although I've never seen it it's easy for me to imagine how dirty,dreary and depressing this Hello Kitty thing is.

[catnipman]

Looks positively Orwellian to me.

BTW, China has some incredible national attractions that would be far more interesting to visit than this, such as the Forbidden City in Bejing, the Great Wall, the Han pottery figure museum outside of Xian and the Li River region.

Still, I suppose the Orwellian Hello Kitty theme park was meant to appeal to kids.