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Mickey and Hong Kong Don't Mix

December 11, 2007 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (2)

It's time we went on record with this: we don't think Hong Kong ever needed its own Disneyland. If only they'd asked us before they opened it, they could have avoided the whole naked employees on video drama and skipped the not enough visitors problem.

What we didn't realize is that the Hong Kong government was silly enough to invest in the park and is a majority owner with a 57-percent stake. Now they're labeling the performance of Hong Kong Disneyland in its second year as unsatisfactory and are demanding that Mickey and Minnie start pulling more visitors ... or else.

So what does the third year of operations hold for Hong Kong Disneyland? Staff with their clothes on, no protests over the shark fin soup and some way to convince visitors to this exciting, multicultural city that they need to ditch the local markets, harbor rides or tai chi lessons for a bit more Disney culture instead. Or should Mickey start giving the tai chi lessons?

Related Stories:
· Unhappy Birthday to Hong Kong Disneyland [Jaunted]
· Disneyland Not Always Good Clean Fun [Jaunted]
· Hong Kong Disneyland Performance Unsatisfactory [AFP]

[Photo: Alexandra Moss]

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Going on record 2 years after the fact. Great job!

It has been known for quite a while since Sept of 2005 that the capacity stated by the park operators was far exceeding realistic numbers for the park at time of completion.

You went on record far too late after the fact has been stated. Taunting the situation isn't helping anyone. Stating that Disneyland was never needed in Hong Kong isn't helping the situation at all. In fact, you shouldn't be attacking the creation of a Disney or the 'need' of Hong Kong to have a Disneyland in the first place because from an economic perspective, only major international players in the world economy have been honored to host a Disney such as Paris, Tokyo, and the United States. For Hong Kong to further cement it's image as Asia's Financial Center and a gateway into China, there is no better way to do that than to host a Disneyland theme park. It's a bragging right to host a Disneyland!

Hong Kong's Disneyland must be a lot bigger to accommodate more people and visitors attending the park.

phead128 on December 11, 2007 at 6:54 PM #Permalink

Didn't mean to offend ...

... but I guess I was just trying to suggest that Hong Kong has some fantastic culture of its own which should be enough to attract visitors ... of course I could be wrong ...
amandak on December 12, 2007 at 3:18 AM #Permalink

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