Hong Kong Disneyland - Disneyland's Magic Doubted After Ticket Row

Thursday, February 16 2006 at 11:42

Happiness and inspiration are what promised by Walt Disney Co. when opening the Hong Kong Disneyland five months ago.

The park's magic of extending laughter and dreams, however, has been doubted after hundreds of tourists with tickets were denied entry into the park during the Chinese New Year holidays that end on Saturday in China's mainland.

For two days continuously, Wednesday and Thursday, more than one hundred visitors were shut out of the park, which met the daily maximum reception capability soon after opening. All those couldn't get in held advanced-purchased tickets valid for half a year and most of them came far away, such as cities in the mainland.

Read more about the problems Hong Kong Disneyland faces at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/04/content_517119.htm.