# Fury as ‘Chinese Disneyland’ images fuel bitter row over abandoned Old Sydney Town, but developer insists the vision was scrapped years ago

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fury-as-chinese-disneyland-images-fuel-bitter-row-over-abandoned-old-sydney-town-but-developer-insists-the-vision-was-scrapped-years-ago/
- Published: 2026-11-15T04:50:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T05:03:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16247911/chinese-disneyland-old-sydney-town-development-somersby.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Asia, Culture, Software, Technology, Travel, World

## Key points

- Old Sydney Town’s redevelopment plan has moved to state planners.
- The current proposal includes about 256 homes and tourism facilities.
- Its developer says the striking “Chinese Disneyland” images are obsolete.

## Summary

A disputed redevelopment plan for the abandoned Old Sydney Town site on the NSW Central Coast has advanced to the state planning department, despite council planning staff and an independent panel recommending against it in its current form. The proposal has angered local campaigners, who question whether the developer can deliver the promised tourism attractions and say councillors have disregarded local concerns.

The developer, World Cultural Tourism Village, says dramatic images of rollercoasters and futuristic buildings came from an early concept scrapped in 2020 and do not represent the scaled-down plan now under consideration. The current proposal includes tourist attractions, a hotel, restaurants and about 256 homes. Old Sydney Town opened in 1975 as a colonial-era recreation, closed in 2003, and was bought by WCTV for $20 million in 2018.

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