(life) SinoDisney

[karenstanleyma-3]

In five or six years, lucky folks in China will be able to go to a Disney theme park...hmmm....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/business/global/04disney.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
or
http://tinyurl.com/y9mmcpp

excerpt:
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...The agreement for a Shanghai Disneyland is a landmark deal that carries enormous cultural and financial implications. Analysts estimate the initial park — not including hotels and resort infrastructure — will cost $3.5 billion, making it one of the largest-ever foreign investments in China.

The initial resort, with a mix of shopping areas, hotels and a Magic Kingdom-style theme park, will sprawl across 1,000 acres of the city's Pudong district...
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Karen

[Margaret Orleans-2]

--- On Mon, 11/9/09, karenstanleyma <karen.stanley@...> wrote:


> In five or six years, lucky folks in
> China will be able to go to a Disney theme park...hmmm....

Will they have ironed out the problems that got HongKong Disneyland its bad press, like visitors unwilling to stand in such long lines that their all-day passports aren't worth the price?

--Peg