When Blizzard finally get their act together and buy out Disneyland and transform it into Blizzardland, it’ll be a great day. Until then, we now have Joyland World, a theme park based on Starcraft and Warcraft currently under construction in China.
Evan Ackerman over at DVICE has saved me the trouble of digging through an entirely Chinese flash animated website, and provided what details there are;
From the little bit of digging I’ve been able to do, it looks as though this is a real amusement park called Joyland World that’s currently under construction in China. There are sub-parks that are built around World of Warcraft and Starcraft themes complete with coasters and other attractions, and there will also be a video game museum and electronic gaming sports arena.
More images below.
[Joyland World via DVICE]
Sweet! That is right in my back yard. I guess that goes to show what you can do when you make a fortune in ‘gold farming’.
I wonder if they will have an online game addiction boot camp attraction as well? 
Why isn’t this in America!?
Ooops, I mean Korea.
Why isn’t this being built in KOREA!?
Also, I would like one in the US…
The big question is whether or not Blizzard was aware that this was being done. Seems that Blizzard may have wanted to announce something like this, they are picky about their image. Could be a concept, but infringing on proprietary terrain like this could backfire a bit on China.
It wouldn’t be the first time a theme park in the mainland infringed on copyright. In China you can build it fast, make the money, then get out. This has been the method behind many a ‘fake’ scandal of late
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/48489-fake-disney-park-faces-closure
I seem to recall that Blizzard was doing some Theme Park concept design contest a while back. I think the guys mentioned it on The Instance and the idea that taking the time to do the designing and win some meager prize, while Blizzard keeps the rights to your idea was kinda lame.
It’s not even a question. There’s no way Blizzard was aware of this. These guys don’t have a licensing deal, and they probably didn’t even try because they know that it would cost a fortune. Taking for granted that they wouldn’t be able to get licensing, the last thing they would want to do would be to let Blizzard know what they’re doing.
“Hey boss! We’re nearly done with the Zerg Rush roller coaster!”
“SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!!”
“… not again.”
Now with more censored undead!
It would be Epic if done right and fully supported by Blizz.
This is fake, guys. Just something done for fun-not real.