Shanghai Disneyland sells out tickets for first two weeks
Visitors who have not bought admission in advance should avoid coming on busy days
The soon-to-open Shanghai Disneyland has sold out tickets for the first two weeks after its official opening on June 16 amid mainland enthusiasm for the US$5.5 billion resort.
Murray King, Shanghai Disney Resorts’ vice-president of public affairs, said on Thursday that attendance management and crowd control measures had been designed to ensure safety.
Walt Disney and the Shanghai government introduced a daily ticket system to “make sure that guests who plan in advance have an opportunity to enter the park with the daily tickets”, he said.
Visitors who have not bought tickets in advance will be advised not to go to the resort on any day that is particularly busy.
Tickets for between June 16 and September 30 have gone on sale. Visitors are only being sold tickets for specific dates as a way to control crowds on a daily basis.
Disney said it would limit the number of visitors each day, but did not disclose the exact numbers.
A daily ticket to the theme park, or Magic Kingdom, costs 499 yuan (HK$593) for peak times such as holidays and weekends and 370 yuan on other days.