Joyland is a Chinese theme park based heavily (and unofficially) on Blizzard Entertainment’s highly popular Warcraft and StarCraft franchises. Its existence is nothing new, as the creatively bankrupt tourist destination made waves two years ago when this conceptual video (consisting primarily of random stock footage, gameplay from Blizzard games, and what appears to be Disneyland shakycam) hit the Web.
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Joyland is located in the Changzhou, Jiangsu province and cost approximately $30 million to build according to the Shanghaiist.
Top image via Joyland