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昨天,迪斯尼乐园在香港开张了

前天(9月11日)开始,很多媒体就开始报道了
昨天(9月12日)很多媒体继续报道,大部分是侧重旅游方面的,当然也有少数是提出迪斯尼乐园一些不足之处的

深圳火车站至Disneyland(迪斯尼乐园)的专列也于今天开通了--从这方面来说,深圳商业气氛还是很浓厚的--从铁路大哥的及时抓住商机就可以说明问题了

今天早上在办公室打开邮箱时,发现我订阅的邮件列表里还给我发来了Disneyland Opens in Hone Kong 的VOA音频和文字材料:
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One of America's most popular entertainment icons, Mickey Mouse, has arrived at his newest home in Asia. Disney opened its latest theme park Monday in Hong Kong with tens of thousands of people joining the festivities.

With Sleeping Beauty's castle in the background, Mickey Mouse and Disney's cartoon friends arrived in Hong Kong Monday greeted by a colorful traditional Chinese lion dance.

" I now declare Hong Kong Disneyland officially open," said Disney's Chief Executive Michael Eisner.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, left, Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner, third from left, China's Vice President Zeng Qinghong, third from right, and Walt Disney Company CEO-elect Bob Iger, right, pose with Mickey and Minnie

Mr. Eisner officially opened Disneyland's first theme park in China to thousands of visitors, celebrities and senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials in a distinctly "East meets West" atmosphere.

Children from Hong Kong and from other Disney theme parks sang "It's A Small World" in Chinese, Japanese, French and English with the auspicious color red dominating the scene.

Only six years ago, the site of Hong Kong Disneyland was a mere speck of rocky beach. But a massive land reclamation transformed it into a wide expanse of fake forests, rivers, castles and futuristic space rides.

Hong Kong Disneyland is a close replica of the original Disneyland theme park in California, but with a distinctly Chinese flavor in a bid to attract millions of tourists from China. For a measure of good luck, the park's opening day was chosen based on Chinese geomancy or feng shui. Its restaurants offer Chinese-inspired menus and Mickey Mouse and friends can be seen wearing the traditional Chinese outfit.

Roy Tan Hardy, Hong Kong Disneyland's vice president for marketing and sales, says demand for tickets has been strong. "We've created a world class family destination right here in Hong Kong," he said. "Whether the guest comes from Taiwan, Beijing, Sydney or right here in Hong Kong, guests in Hong Kong Disneyland resort will make magical memories that would last a lifetime."

The park expects more than five million visitors in its first year.

But Disney's opening here has been far from a fairy tale. The theme park was forced to pull the Chinese traditional sharks' fin soup from its restaurant menu after protests from environmental groups.

The park also had to fend off criticism over its handling of stray dogs in the area and the allegations of exploited labor in Chinese factories making Disney products.

The Hong Kong government owns more than half of the theme park, which cost more than $3 billion to build. The government hopes to earn at least $19 billion over the next 40 years.

But that happy ending appears to be clouded by the possibility that Disney might build a new theme park in China in the next few years, potentially robbing the sparkle from Hong Kong.

But for now, the whole city seems to be under the spell of the so-called Disney Magic.



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