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Shanghai Disneyland’s first 100 days: crowds, queues ... and some complaints after theme park’s opening

Visitors flocking to the attraction, but concerns over queues and high costs worry some tourists

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Fireworks light up Shanghai’s Disney theme park on the opening day of the attraction. Photo: Kyodo
Alice Yanin Shanghai

Shanghai Disneyland has been officially open 100 days and Heather Slaughter is one satisfied customer.

The American, who lives in China’s commercial capital, has visited the theme park “multiple times” and says it gets better and better.

“It’s good as it’s adapted to Chinese culture and has a lot of elements tailored for this country,” she said.

Slaughter was among the thousands of visitors at the US$5.5 billion attraction earlier this week as it marks its 100th formal day of opening on Friday.

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Other visitors, however, were not so impressed, with particular complaints in recent weeks about queues of two to three hours to get on popular rides.

Yan Qi, a visitor from Shenyang in northern Liaoning province, said employees at the park were also unfriendly, making him feel unwelcome and questioning whether the expense of getting in was worth the money.

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