Zootopia: Hot Pursuit

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Zootopia: Hot Pursuit
Shanghai Zootopia Hot Pursuit.jpg
Shanghai Disneyland
Area Zootopia
StatusOperating
Opening dateDecember 20, 2023
Ride statistics
Attraction typeTrackless dark ride
Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
Theme Zootopia
Music Michael Giacchino
Vehicle typePolice Car
Attraction transfer icon.svg Must transfer from wheelchair

Zootopia: Hot Pursuit is a trackless dark ride at Shanghai Disneyland. Based on the animated film Zootopia , [1] it opened in December 2023 as the centerpiece of the park's City of Zootopia land. [2] [3] [4] It is Disney's first trackless ride in Mainland China, [5] [6] and likely considered a model for future Zootopia attractions at other Disney parks. [7]

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Music

Academy award-winning composer, Michael Giacchino composed the music for this attraction based on the scores by him, using a 65-piece orchestra to synchronize some of the scenes from the Walt Disney Animation Studios film including 4 classical sections like Strings, Woodwinds, Percussion and Brass as well as 4 rhythm sections such as guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.

Incidents

Soon after the ride opened, an incident, in which a child exited the ride and was dragged underneath, occurred. [8] [9] [10] the ride received positive reviews from critics and audiences. [11]

It was nominated in the category of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project at the 22nd Visual Effects Society Awards. [12]

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