Posted on 09/25/2019 3:08:49 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
(CNN) — It was Friday, sunny, and at the end of summer -- all the perfect components for a day at Disneyland. The theme park should have been packed.
Instead, a recent visit to Hong Kong's very own "Magic Kingdom" saw empty lines and sparsely populated streets, a far cry from its usual crammed crowds.
Lines for the rides, which usually take upward of half an hour's wait, were short and quick -- if there were any lines at all. The rides themselves were nowhere near full capacity -- at the Mad Hatter Tea Cups ride, most of the giant pastel teacups spun emptily to the cheerful music. At lunchtime, visitors had their pick of empty tables.
It was a sad scene, and it's been like that most of the summer as Disneyland became the latest casualty of the Hong Kong protests.
The pro-democracy protests have been raging since June, and have hit Hong Kong's economy hard. The tourism, retail and hotel industries are all "suffering," said Paul Chan, Hong Kong's financial secretary, in a blog post on September 8.
In his comments online, Chan said tourist arrivals only dipped slightly in July, with a 5% decrease from the same time last year -- but they absolutely plummeted in August by 40%.
The hotel sector is also suffering, said Chan -- some have seen occupancy rates halved, and room rates have fallen 40-70%. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong International Airport saw 12.4% fewer passengers in August compared to the same time last year.
This decline in tourists was written large and clear all over Disneyland. Inside the Hyperspace Mountain ride, the winding fenced path meant to accommodate a long line was largely empty. Some tourists at It's a Small World had the boat all to themselves, sitting solitary in the empty
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Sounds like a great time to go. I hate standing in lines.
What is an “empty line”?
What is an “empty line”?
Good. I hope the Freemasonic, pro-sodomy freaks at Disney finally see their economic demise.
The CCP has violated the terms of the agreement with GB. Where is GB in its concern that a legally binding agreement for the return of HK to China has been violated? Are they so tied up with BREXIT that they can only do one thing at a time?
I dare say President Trump would have more than nothing to say AND DO if this agreement were with the US. Has anyone under the Queen’s crown even looked at this? The people of Hong Kong are waiting to hear from their former (beloved) overlord.
And while I am on the subject was Jimmah Carter advising GB when they gave their crown jewels to a corrupt communist gang of thugs?
If you’re wondering what the heck the UK is thinking, Google INSTEX.
That should explain a lot.
The citizens of Hong Kong has more important things to do than going to Disney.
The same as the null set?
The latest Buddhist koan?
The little red mark on your gas gauge?
Not all Free Masons are prosodomy.... Where do yo come up this BS. So you think the Shriner’s are sodomites too thus their need to fund 13 hospitals across the USA?
Democrats lined up to vote?
I’ll take a stab at it.
An empty line is a line of human beings that is assumed to always exist, but now, for some strange reason, doesn’t.
What is an “empty line”?
The latest late night talk show joke bashing our president?
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