Disneyland will bus Zhuhai visitors from checkpoint

Zhuhai passengers alighting at Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be able to take buses directly to Disneyland.

Choy Siu-min, vice president of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Communications & Public Affairs, discussed the bus amenity and more during a meeting with Zhuhai news media on May 10.

Zhuhai tourists, after passing clearance at Hong Kong Checkpoint, can take Bus B5 25 minutes to Disneyland without transfer. The route will operate from 8 to 11 am and 8 to 10 pm at intervals of 15 to 20 minutes when the bridge opens this summer.

Bus runs from bridge to Disneyland [File photo] 

Choy also disclosed Disneyland's expansion and development, which includes new entertainment such as "Moana: a Homecoming Celebration" to open on May 25, and "Pixar Water Play Street Party" on June 21.

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opened in 2015 and had hosted over 70 million visitors as of 2017. That year alone, the resort received 6.2 million visitors, up 3 percent year-on-year. Tourists spent 8.3 billion HK dollars ($1.06 billion), which is equal to 0.33 percent of Hong Kong's GDP.

According to a tourism sales executive, since last October the number of tourists from Zhuhai rose 10 percent over the same period last year.