New | Shanghai Disney takes the mickey out of Hong Kong with 10 million visitors
The Shanghai park said it hit the 10 million mark after 11 months of operation, ahead of its first-year anniversary
Shanghai Disney Resort has announced that more than 10 million people have visited the park after 11 months of operations, outshining its Hong Kong counterpart which had posted losses for two consecutive years.
The joint-venture US$5.5 billion theme park between Walt Disney and the Shanghai government saw its visitor number beat that of Hong Kong Disneyland, whose park attendance hit 6.1 million in the fiscal year ended October 1, 2016.
“The resort’s rapidly growing popularity and extremely high levels of guest satisfaction add to our confidence in the growing demand for our attraction and entertainment,” said Philippe Gas, general manager of Shanghai Disney Resort.
Walt Disney announced earlier that a new Toy Story Land would be added to the Shanghai resort, which is expected to be operational in 2018.
The Shanghai Disney Resort, the sixth of its kind worldwide, opened in June 2016, amid criticisms about expensive food and long queues for rides inside the park.
In addition, mounting worries about the rivalry between the Shanghai and Hong Kong Disney parks with businesses in Hong Kong Disneyland thwarted by the operation of the Shanghai counterpart, have persisted.