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Tickets for Disney resort, hotels sell out fast

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2016-03-29 09:06Shanghai Daily Editor: Huang Mingrui
A travel agency staff member helps a customer buy Disney Resort tickets yesterday.(Photo/Xinhua)

A travel agency staff member helps a customer buy Disney Resort tickets yesterday.(Photo/Xinhua)

All of the tickets for the opening day of the Shanghai Disneyland were sold out around noon yesterday, and all of the rooms at the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel have been booked until the end of June.

Tickets for the Disney's first theme park on the Chinese mainland went on sale at midnight yesterday, 80 days ahead of the resort's grand opening on June 16.

However, shortly after, buyers reported experienced difficulties getting the tickets.

The official website of Shanghai Disney Resort and its WeChat account kept showing there were no tickets available from for June 16 through September 13.

The ticket sales on the two official platforms went back to normal about 9:30am, and all the single and two-day tickets — including those for the opening day — became available.

Shanghai Disney Resort said the system was "overwhelmed for a short period of time" after getting more than 5 million hits in less than half an hour.

All of its ticketing channels — including the official website, WeChat, Alitrip Store and Reservation Center — went back to normal.

The resort's Alitrip store had sold over 37,000 single-day tickets and more than 13,000 two-day tickets as of 11pm yesterday.

More than 10,000 people had purchased tickets on Ctrip as of noon yesterday and the peak of order appeared on midnight, it said.

The regular price of admission is 370 yuan (US$57).

Peak pricing for holidays and weekends, is 499 yuan, and this will apply from the opening until June 30.

Tickets are date-specific and provide access to all attractions and entertainment.

A local person surnamed Pan managed to purchase three two-day tickets for June 18 and 19, and book a room for a night at the Toy Story Hotel about 11am yesterday through the official WeChat account. The total cost was 4,277 yuan.

"I was trying through both the official website and the WeChat account overnight, but failed," he said.

All of the tickets for the opening day had sold out by 11:30pm, while all the rooms for the other hotel at the resort — the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel — were also sold out until about June 28.

The tickets for the Lion King production at the Walt Disney Grand Theater at Disneytown was also popular.

The ticket prices for the first Mandarin version of the production cost 290 to 1,000 yuan.

After tickets for the opening day sold out on the official website, an online store named LangQiBoYi sold a ticket for June 16 by 3,899 yuan.

The shop owner told Shanghai Daily it was the only way to get the tickets on the opening day. He asked the reporter to pay and promised to send the tickets through the SF Express.

However, there so far has no physical ticket to the Disneyland and all the buyers will only receive an e-mail confirmation or an SMS text message.

Another online store claimed it was an authorized travel agency and offered a price of 1,600 yuan for a night at a Disney hotel and two tickets for the opening day.

The management of the resort has said guests should only purchase park tickets from the authorized channels to guarantee that guests purchase official and valid tickets to Shanghai Disneyland.

A full list of official travel partners can be found on the Shanghai Disney Resort website.

Meanwhile, the resort yesterday introduced actress Sun Li, pianist Lang Lang and ex-basketball player Yao Ming as honorary ambassadors.

The three will be a part of the celebratory events leading up to the grand opening day.

Philippe Gas, general manager of the resort, gave each of the ambassadors a "Storytellers" statue as a symbol of appreciation, respect and admiration.

The design of the miniature statues was inspired by a landmark statue that will be found at Shanghai Disneyland, a bronze cast of Walt Disney alongside Mickey Mouse.

In addition, rooms at hotels at or nearby the resort were sold out quickly as well.

"I tried to book a room at Shanghai Disneyland Hotel for June 16 night, but found all rooms were sold out when I made a reservation at Alitrip at 12:12am today," said Angela Hu, a local mother who wanted to take her son to the resort on the opening day. She had successfully bought three tickets for the opening day.

"One of my friends made an order for the same night, but her order was cancelled later," she said.

"I had to turn to another room at Toy Story Hotel," she said.

 

  

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