Shanghai Disneyland may be popular ... but it won’t be cheap
A couple and child face having to spend more than average monthly disposable income on mainland for one-day visit
Residents of Shanghai and nearby cities have been looking forward to Thursday’s official opening of the sixth Disney theme park worldwide, but they know the tickets, meals, hotel accommodation and souvenirs won’t be cheap.
It will cost a couple and a child around 2,600 yuan (HK$3,075) to spend a day at the Shanghai Disney Resort, 42 per cent more than the average monthly disposable income on the mainland last year.
Now it is in Shanghai – like at our front door. I think every kid would love to go there
A family wanting to spend a weekend at the resort – two days of touring its attractions with a night’s stay at one of its hotels in between – will have to stump up at least 7,000 yuan, more than the average monthly income in Shanghai.
Unlike its Hong Kong counterpart, Shanghai Disneyland offers two types of tickets: one for peak times – weekends, public holidays and the summer months of July and August – and the other for ordinary periods. The peak period ticket is priced at 499 yuan for a one-day visit and 950 yuan for two days, while entry during non-peak periods will cost 370 yuan for a one-day visit and 700 yuan for two days. Children are offered a 25 per cent discount.
A one-day ticket for Hong Kong Disneyland costs HK$539, and a two-day one HK$739.
Some restaurants inside and next to the Shanghai Disney Resort were not open when trial operations began on May 7 but many of the small group of people invited to experience the park’s attractions that day complained that the ones that were open charged a lot and didn’t serve very appetising food.
