SHANGHAI: More than a thousand visitors streamed in on Thursday (Jun 30) as Walt Disney’s Shanghai Disney Resort theme park opened after a closure of three months, with face masks and social distancing the order of the day.
The park shut on Mar 21 as cases rose in the Chinese business hub, leading to a two-month-long citywide lockdown that eased on Jun 1. Just over a week later, the resort began opening some areas, with the theme park the last to re-open.
Among the first of Thursday’s visitors was Zhang Yudong, a 19-year-old student wearing a Mickey Mouse wizard hat and T-shirt donned for the occasion.
“It really feels like coming back home. I was so excited,” said Zhang, who holds a Disneyland annual pass. “I had been looking forward to the day. One question I would ask everyday is, ‘When will it reopen?'”
Source: Channel News Asia
