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Disney Imagineer Offers Sneak Peak of Fantasyland, Unveil Hong Kong Disneyland Commemorative Stamp Collection -- Fantasyland, “The Happiest Kingdom of All,” Will Spotlight Dreams, Fantasy and Classic Disney Characters – – Special Stamp Set Launched to Commemorate Hong Kong Disneyland’s January 2003 Groundbreaking – HONG KONG (December 12, 2002) – In the fourth press briefing prior to breaking ground on Hong Kong Disneyland, Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) today provided a look at the creative design and stories behind Fantasyland, the fourth land inside the theme park destination resort planned for Penny’s Bay on Lantau Island. Also unveiled was a set of four special stamps, one stamp highlighting each of the park’s four themed lands, which will be issued on January 12, 2003 to commemorate the theme park’s Groundbreaking taking place on the same day on Lantau Island. Hong Kong Disneyland is targeted to open in 2005/06. At three previous briefings over the last several months, Disney has revealed designs, storyboards and sketches from the three other themed lands inside Hong Kong Disneyland — Main Street U.S.A., Adventureland and Tomorrowland. Along with the newly unveiled Fantasyland, these lands will make up Hong Kong Disneyland, which is the fifth Disneyland-styled theme park in the world and the first to use many of the exact designs that Walt Disney personally supervised from the original Disneyland (which opened in 1955 in California.) Fantasyland Disney Imagineer Tom Morris, vice president and executive producer for Hong Kong Disneyland, displayed conceptual renderings and storyboards from Fantasyland, a timeless realm of imagination and enchantment where childhood dreams come true. “Fantasyland, a quaint, European fairytale village, is the living embodiment of Walt Disney’s most popular animated film classics where guests will meet many of the beloved characters from classic and recent Disney films, such as Winnie the Pooh, The Little Merm