The Lands of Shanghai Disneyland
Shanghai Disneyland has eight themed lands, from Mickey Avenue to Zootopia. What each one holds, which rides matter and how to plan a route between them.
Mickey Avenue — the entrance street at Shanghai Disneyland
Shanghai swapped Main Street for Mickey Avenue: shops, character meets and entry services, but no rides. Why to walk straight through in the morning.
→Gardens of Imagination: Parades, Dumbo & Zodiac Garden
A Shanghai-only land between the entrance and castle: Dumbo, the Fantasia Carousel, the zodiac Garden of the Twelve Friends, and the best parade-viewing spots.
→Fantasyland: Castle, Mine Train & Best Rides
Fantasyland is Shanghai Disneyland's biggest land, built around the 60 m Enchanted Storybook Castle. What to ride, when to go and where the longest queues form.
→Treasure Cove: Pirates Ride & Land Guide
Treasure Cove, the first pirate land at any Disney park, is home to Battle for the Sunken Treasure — a 9-minute Pirates boat ride with no height limit.
→Adventure Isle: Soaring, Roaring Rapids & Rope Courses
Adventure Isle rings Roaring Mountain, home to Soaring Over the Horizon and the soak-you-through Roaring Rapids. Height limits, what to wear and when to ride.
→Tomorrowland: TRON Coaster, Jet Packs & Buzz Lightyear
Tomorrowland is home to TRON Lightcycle Power Run, the world's first TRON coaster. What to ride, the 122 cm height rule and how to skip the queue.
→Zootopia: Hot Pursuit & the World's First Land
Zootopia is the newest land at Shanghai Disneyland and the only one on Earth. What to ride, why Hot Pursuit draws the biggest crowds and how to beat the queue.
→The eight lands of Shanghai Disneyland
Shanghai Disneyland is organised into eight themed lands. Seven of them anchor the park you walk through — Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Treasure Cove, Adventure Isle, Tomorrowland and Zootopia — and the eighth is Disney-Pixar Toy Story Land, added in 2018. The park opened on 16 June 2016 with six lands, gained Toy Story Land in 2018, and added Zootopia on 20 December 2023.
Several of these lands exist nowhere else in the Disney world. Treasure Cove is the first fully pirate-themed land at any Disney park, Gardens of Imagination and Adventure Isle are unique to Shanghai, and Zootopia was a world first. Use the guides below to see which rides sit in each land, what the height limits are, and how to sequence them into a single day. For pricing and a rope-drop route, start with the tickets guide and the day-planning guide.
Frequently asked questions
How many lands does Shanghai Disneyland have?
Officially eight themed lands. Seven of them have their own areas you navigate the park by — Mickey Avenue, Gardens of Imagination, Fantasyland, Treasure Cove, Adventure Isle, Tomorrowland and Zootopia — plus Disney-Pixar Toy Story Land, which opened in 2018 as the eighth. The park opened in 2016 with six lands and has expanded twice since.
Which land has the castle?
Fantasyland, the largest land, is built around the Enchanted Storybook Castle. At about 60 metres it is the tallest, largest and most complex castle at any Disney park, and unusually you can walk inside it to a boat ride, a restaurant and princess meet-and-greets.
Which is the newest land?
Zootopia, which opened on 20 December 2023 as the world's first Zootopia-themed land. It is headlined by the trackless dark ride Zootopia: Hot Pursuit and tends to draw the longest queues of any area on a normal day.