Shanghai Disney Tickets Sell Out In Hours

(RTTNews) - Opening day tickets for Walt Disney Co.'s new theme park Shanghai Disneyland sold out in just around five minutes after going on sale at midnight on Monday.

Shangai Disneyland opens on June 16. Tickets for second and third days are also sold out as of now. Meanwhile, tickets from June 19 to September 30 are still available, ranging in price from 370 yuan for non-peak periods to 499 yuan for peak periods.

The Shanghai Disney land is Disney's sixth theme park worldwide. The 963-acre park is eight times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland. Walt Disney spent about $5.5 billion to build the park, but is reported to be the cheapest out of all the Disneyland parks.

Walt Disney anticipates about 330 million Chinese who live within a three-hour trip of Shanghai to visit the park.