Hong Kong Disneyland and Olympics 2008

Originally Posted By Loomis

TV Week reports that Hong Kong Disneyland will give the Hong Kong athletes competing in the 2008 Special Olympics a welcome home celebration in the park.

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Stanley Cheung, executive vice president and managing director of the Walt Disney Co., Greater China has commented: “We are delighted to actively support the Special Olympics World Games 2007 through the participation of our Disney VoluntEARS...This is a great opportunity to reach out to the local community, and as a company we are proud to be able to make a difference.â€Â

 

Originally Posted By Loomis

Hong Kong Disneyland hosted a victory banquet for the Hong Kong delegation to the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games. They did incredibly well, coming home with 154 medals- including an impressive 67 gold, 50 silver and 37 bronze!

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The Victory Banquet for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games was held in Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel on October 24 (Wednesday). Officiating guests including Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, and his wife, Selina Tsang, along with Secretary for Security, Ambrose Lee, President of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Timothy Fok; and Bill Ernest, Managing Director of Hong Kong Disneyland, who joined together to share the joy and happiness of the attending athletes.

 

Originally Posted By gurgitoy2

I wonder if the Olympics will bring more attendance to HKDL? I mean there will be lots of foreign guests, and they might want to make a side trip? Who knows...

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

You realize that 'side trip' is a few hours by plane from Beijing right?

It's kind of like making a trip from L.A. to Houston, Texas. Also, China doesn't have the cheapest airlines on the planet.

Certainly not saying SOME people wouldn't do it, or just travel all around China in general, but I truly wouldn't expect a mass migration to HKDL considering the distance from the games.

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

^^^ The equestrian events for the "Beijing 2008" Olympics will be held in Hong Kong, so that will bring a lot of people into town just for those events. Plus, it would not surprise me if a lot of people traveling to Beijing will be making their way via Hong Kong, and some of those people will no doubt be adding a stopover in Hong Kong to their travel plans.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

^^Oh, I didn't realize there would be any events outside of Beijing, especially one so far away! Cool!

 

Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara

I can't imagine the look on someone's face who didn't know better when they walk around Hong Kong Disneyland for half a day and then discover there's nothing more to do!

 

Originally Posted By SuperDry

^^^ Unfortunately, what happens is that once they get home, they tell everyone about their experience, which causes a cascade effect in public perception. This is very difficult to overcome once it takes root.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

^^Oh yeah, that's EXACTLY what happened when I was there last year and even talked about it here. I met 3 Australian women who isn't the Disney dorks like us who knows every single inch of the park without stepping in it and just ASSUMED there would be a HM, POTC, FRONTIERLAND and etc. I ran into them on the JC when it was just me and them on the English speaking boat. They kept saying, 'did you this place doesn't have a Matterhorn, or a HM, IASW' and on and on? One lady even suggested that maybe the park was just in a 'test run' and the 'other' rides would open soon lol. I corrected them that wasn't the case, **this** is the park in full operation. They were almost appalled about how small the place was.

And yes, I can imagine anyone who has been to any other MK park in the world would be really surprised and dissappointed if they don't have prior knowledge how much smaller this one is and yes will tell others to skip this one and go to one that is 'fully loaded' .

 

Originally Posted By TDLFAN

Oh please, get over it already WD.

 

Originally Posted By WorldDisney

<<Oh please, get over it already WD.>>

LOL, says the same guy who has been ranting about WDW for over a decade now, with the bad Disney service, 'redneck' guests, rundowned attractrions, rehashed parades and shows and cleanliness issues that you have NO problems posting over and over again . I'm pretty sure you have quite a few people telling you to 'get over it already', but you believe in your stance.

HKDL has problems, apparently. If it was a killer in attendance, great word-of-mouth, great media buzz and etc, hey I would be over it tomorrow . But, the park sucks and will continue to suck for a long, long time.

And anyway, I RARELY post here anymore. Can you say the same about WDW threads ;D.

Dude, we have our hang ups about some of these places obviously