World's first Zootopia themed land partially completed

Shanghai Disney Resort celebrated the completion of the structure that will soon make up the key attraction at Shanghai Disneyland's eighth and newest themed land, Zootopia, on Wednesday.

Leaders and representatives from the resort where joined by leaders from the Administrative Commission of Shanghai International Resort and Shanghai Shendi Group signed the final steel roof deck before its installation, ushering in a major construction milestone.

Zootopia, the mammalian metropolis, will be the first-ever land of its kind in the Disneyland catalog, a major new attraction that blends Disney's storytelling and state-of-the-art technologies to bring the eponymous Academy Award-winning animated blockbuster and its characters to life.

Although the structure is now whole, a Disney spokesperson told China.org.cn that more work remains and that visitors still have a while to wait until the themed land opens.

Artist's concept of Shanghai Disneyland's future Zootopia land where visitors will be immersed in a never-before-seen mammal metropolis alongside their favorite characters from the movie. [Photo courtesy of Shanghai Disney Resort]

The animated feature Zootopia proved popular to audiences of all ages worldwide when it debuted in 2016. It also proved to be a sensation in China, where it broke box office records to become the country's No. 1 foreign animated feature film of all time and grossed 1.52 billion yuan ($235.59 million).