HONG KONG (Reuters) - Poking his white-gloved mouse paws into the sides of a giggling Chinese child, Mickey's antics have brought delight in the world's newest Disneyland in Hong Kong.

"I'm very happy," said 10-year-old Lucy Liao from Shanghai, visiting with her parents.

But the laughter seems to stop there.

Frustrated by overcrowding and long queues in the park, which is relatively small compared to Disney's other magic kingdoms, not all visitors are impressed.

"It's below our expectations," said Lu Hongsheng from the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, who saved for months to bring his wife and 8-year-old daughter to the first Disneyland on Chinese soil.

"There are too many people," he said, gesturing at the crowds stretching as far as Sleeping Beauty's castle 100 meters away.

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