Hong Kong Disneyland Opens 'Toy Story Land' Attraction

NY - The Hong Kong Disneyland amusement park on Thursday opened up Toy Story Land, a brand new attraction in line with the movie trilogy, Reuters reported. It marks the very first phase of the three-step expansion which will cost $468 million and expand the park by 23 percent by 2013 and boost the amount of points of interest and shows to a lot more than 100, it stated. Anticipation would be that the expansion will boost business in the park, that has underperformed anticipation since its opening in 2005. "We feel it will likely be a powerful boost when it comes to business," Reuters cited Andrew Kam, Disneyland controlling director, as saying concerning the expansion. "I'm really happy about this too, because it doesn't only bring business to Hong Kong Disneyland, it really produces interest in tourism to Hong Kong." Toy Story Land can be found inside a space which makes visitors feel like they've been reduced to how big a toy, Reuters reported. Among its points of interest is definitely an 80-feet "Toy Soldier Parachute Drop." Within the next 2 yrs, the park will prove to add "Grizzly Gulch" and "Mystic Point" theme areas, based on the report. The amusement park's performance continues to be hard to gauge given Disney is the owner of a minority stake, while Hong Kong is the owner of a 52 percent stake. But this past year, the park was reported to possess designed a lack of $169.4 million last year, while bringing in 4.six million site visitors. The Hong Kong government expressed disappointment, with improvement, Reuters stated. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Toy Story The Wally Disney Company