Disneyland HK

[Cochise]

Unfortunate events i see at HK Disneyland

 

[Funniebunny]

wow that is awful

 

[carolfoy]

Thats a bit scary, but I guess it could happen at any of the parks. I'm presuming the entrance tickets for HK say that the park gates will close when it reaches capacity as do ALL the park tickets.

 

[Cochise]

If pre-purchase figures are known why has this happened. Surely this is down to continued selling of tickets at the gate?

Maybe someone knows how it works fully.

 

[Cyrano]

Obviously this could happen at any park, but that is a scary reaction parents putting their kids over the gates

 

[Cochise]

Just realised that you could have 5 day tickets for any time and just turn up, it could never be accounted for that they would turn up and numbers were high. Not thinking.

 

[Minniespal]

Very upsetting.

 

[wideeyes]

my goodness that is really bad. I can not believe that parents would actually try to put there children over the fence. If the park is so full that they need to shut it, i would not want my daughter in there even if i had pre brought my ticket.

 

[wilma-bride]

If pre-purchase figures are known why has this happened. Surely this is down to continued selling of tickets at the gate?

Maybe someone knows how it works fully.

It said in the report that most of the people had tickets valid for 6 months - that's probably why they couldn't tell what expected attendance figures would be.

Still a nasty situation

 

[wils]

Oh how horrible. I guess I'd be disappointed but it wouldn't be worth putting my kids in danger over

 

[Queenie]

That is a very frightening reaction indeed. Surely the point of closing the park gates is that it is not safe to have any more people in the park in case of a fire or something similar happening - Disney will want as many people inside those gates as possible as every person means more food and souvinirs being purchased - they wouldn't just close the gates because they felt like it! Of course the parents will be upset but storming the gates and pushing children over the fence is just putting everyone, themselves included, at risk!!

 

[LeCras]

If the park is so full that they need to shut it, i would not want my daughter in there even if i had pre brought my ticket.

My thoughts exactly. I would have no interest visiting a park that's already at capacity...

Charlotte

 

[KayleeUK]

How disappointing for them

 

[urglewurgle]

wow.... i don't understand how people can act like that... especially at DISNEY! i mean, yeah.. i'd be VERY upset... but, well... if i had an open ticket... and it was such a special holiday, you'd make sure you got there stupidly early to make sure you got in right?
as for putting their kids over the gates... *shudder* what were the kids supposed to do once they were in there on thier own?

 

[mandymouse]

wow.... i don't understand how people can act like that... especially at DISNEY! i mean, yeah.. i'd be VERY upset... but, well... if i had an open ticket... and it was such a special holiday, you'd make sure you got there stupidly early to make sure you got in right?
as for putting their kids over the gates... *shudder* what were the kids supposed to do once they were in there on thier own?

I totally agree, I would be there for Park opening to avoid this kind of situation - it's still a shame though

 

[disneyholic family]

Not at all surprising......but Disney should have known this would happen and had a plan as to how to handle the overflow.....

It's chinese new year.....everyone has been off from work from at least saturday......

i can completely understand the frustration....anyone who has never been to mainland china and never ridden the trains during chinese new year cannot possibly have an idea of what it takes to get around in china during this time of year (to give you an idea, adults wear diapers to ride the trains since there's no hope of seeing a bathroom....sometimes for days).......
in the article it says that many of them had come from the mainland.....that is not easy....and if their intent was to get to hong kong disneyland, then indeed their holiday was ruined....

from the getgo this park was a great mistake......it doesn't have sufficient capacity even on a regular day, let alone a chinese new years week day....
the planning that went into this park was non-existent....a big big big mistake....i don't know how they're going to be able to correct the capacity problem....

 

[Danthesand]

I have to agree completely with Beth. Take one of the most populous nations on earth, add a growing "middle class" that has deferred its gratification for decades, throw in a major national holiday and respond to that all by hyping a small park with only 20 or so open attractions is an invitation to disaster.

Locked Out Hong Kong Disneyland visitors raise ruckus

 

[wideeyes]

I hope that lessons are learnt from it!

 

[mark&sue]

Just before reading this thread we were discussing park capacities during New Year (after reading one of the trip reports about one family not being able to meet up with their brother's family as they had closed the doors at MK around midday.) DH said that he thought that they still let guests in the parks if they were staying on site or had diner reservations. Is this true?

Is the positive side to this story that Hong Kong Disneyland is really popular or is it empty the rest of the time?

So sad for the people to travel a long way not get in though.

I must remember never to visit there during our extra quiet period over here at the of end of January/beginning February.


Susan

 

[Frances999]

DH said that he thought that they still let guests in the parks if they were staying on site or had diner reservations. Is this true?

I believe that at WDW, guests staying in an onsite resort have guaranteed theme park admission, but I am not sure about those with just dining reservations. Does anyone know if HK Disney offers the same policy for its onsite guests?