Hong Kong Disneyland to get Marvel characters, report says

Marvel superheroes will have a home at Hong Kong Disneyland.

The theme park, which is 52 percent owned by the city's government, will add an area for the Marvel characters, CRIENGLISH.com reports. The Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang made the statement.

From Marvel.com

This will be the first Disney resort which will have any presence of the characters on site. While merchandise is sold at all Disney locations, the characters in Florida are based at Universal Studios from an agreement made with Marvel before it was purchased by the Walt Disney Co.

And there is no area in Disneyland or California Adventure in California, because there are no designated theme areas that have been built. Remember, Disney does not just put characters out there, they want an area where they can tell a story.

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Hong Kong Disneyland has finally turned a profit

Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse in
Grizzly Gulch at Hong Kong Disneyland
in this Disney publicity photo.

Hong Kong Disneyland has finally turned a profit.

Seven years after opening the theme park saw an 18 percent increase in revenue from a year ago and an increase of visitors by 13 percent to 6.7 million, according to the South China Morning Post.

In 2011, the park opened two major attractions, Toy Story Land and Grizzly Gulch. Later this year, a new attraction Mystic Point - a Haunted Mansion style attraction - will open.

"Expansion is the number one factor of success," Andrew Kam Min-ho, managing director of the park, told the website.

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