Shanghai Disney Is Smashing Expectations as One-Year Mark Nears
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Disney's theme park results were strong for the quarter, but its pipeline of projects around the world show the company has much bigger ambitions.
Disney's newest world is about to top 10 million visitors.
Walt Disney World Co. CEO Bob Iger said during a quarterly earnings call Tuesday afternoon that the Shanghai Disney Resort would welcome its 10 millionth guest "in the next few days" — well ahead of its first anniversary.
The $5 billion development, Disney's first in mainland China, opened in mid-June of 2016. In February, Iger said the number of visitors "could potentially exceed 10 million" by the time it has been open a year. That turned out to be an understatement.
"As the resort has become a true national destination in Chin
