2016年CRI Shanghai Disneyland Vows to Cut Visitors' Waiting Hours as Trial Run Concludes

 

As part of the trial operations, over 500-thousand people made their way through Shanghai Disney starting from May 7th.

One of the major issues that emerged¹ quickly was the massive² wait-times people had to endure³, with some people forced to wait for 3-hours in some instances⁴ to get on to a ride.

"I will keep waiting in the line even if my legs fail me."

"I've only managed to get into one attraction through the whole morning. It's so tiring. But if I give up halfway⁵, I know I'm going to regret it."

To help visitors save time, the park announced that it was going to issue fast passes.

However, that plan didn't work out well enough either, as only certain tourist centers that handed out the passes were open.

Bao Zhaotian is the vice⁶ President of Shanghai Disneyland.

"Most of the time our guests should be able to get here by early afternoon which is the majority of the people will arrive. They should at least get one fast pass for the day."

Disney says it’s now collecting visitor feedbacks⁷ to make improvements⁸ on their services.

This is likely going to include capping the number of visitors allowed into the park on a daily basis, as well as increasing the number baby strollers and wheelchairs.

Park officials are also going to increase their emergency preparedness to deal with events such as heavy rains or heat waves.

A three-day opening celebration will begin this coming Tuesday, two days before the official opening.

Disney CEO Robert Iger admits there's a lot of pressure on them to get it done right.

"There will be thousands of people here to watch this but the interesting thing is that the eyes of the world will also be on that, because this is historic⁹ in many respects. We don't have any surprises to announce on opening day. But I think there will be a lot of elements about what we show. There will be a surprise."

Tickets for the opening day are already sold out.

However, tickets from June 17th to September 30th are still available, with the prices ranging from 370 to 499 yuan for peak periods.

Shanghai Disneyland is the company's 3rd theme park in Asia.

The other ones are in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Shanghai Disneyland is three times the size of the one in Hong Kong, but the non-peak tickets in Shanghai cost around 20 percent less.

1 emerged   

vi. 浮现, (由某种状态)脱出, (事实)显现出来

参考例句：

• They emerged from the church into the bright daylight. 他们走出教堂来到明亮的日光下。
• The swimmer emerged from the lake. 游泳者从湖水中浮出来。

2 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

3 endure   

vt.忍受(痛苦、困难等)，耐住

参考例句：

• If other people can endure hardship,why can't I? 人家能吃苦，我就不能？
• You can only guess at what mental suffering they endure.你只能猜测他们忍受着多大的精神痛苦。

4 instances   

n.例子，实例( instance的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report highlights a number of instances of injustice. 这篇报道重点列举了一些不公正的实例。
• I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate. 我可以举出好几件事来说明。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 feedbacks   

n.反馈( feedback的名词复数 )；（音频系统的输出信号在输入端收到时发生的）反馈杂音；回复；自动调节（把机器的输出数据提供给自控装置以纠正偏差）

参考例句：

• With over 10,000 positive feedbacks you are able to Buy with confidence. 拥有超过10，000积极反馈您可以更有信心去购买。 来自互联网
• Investment objective also feedbacks say, current condition has adjust a trend. 投资客也反馈说，当前形势有调整趋势。 来自互联网

8 improvements   

增加或修改( improvement的名词复数 )； 改进； 改善； 改良

参考例句：

• improvements in efficiency at the factory 工厂效率的提高
• They've spent a lot of money on home improvements. 他们花了很多钱装修家居。

9 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。