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    Hong Kong Disneyland Opens to the Public

    The Walt Disney Company and the government of Hong Kong officially opened the world’s eleventh Disney theme park, Hong Kong Disneyland, today at 13:00PM local time. The park, located in Penny’s Bay, Lantau Island, is the major attraction at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which also features two luxurious hotels and a recreational lake with stunning views of local Hong Kong scenery, unlike previous Disney theme parks. Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, and vice chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Tung Chee-hwa, were present at the ceremony, as were joint Walt Disney CEOs Michael Eisner…