Disney sets June date for opening of Shanghai park

Project to be three times bigger than Hong Kong version, say company officials

The Shanghai Disney Resort will open its doors on June 16, the Walt Disney Company and its Chinese partner said on Wednesday.

Construction work on the $5.5 billion project, located in the Chuansha township of Pudong New Area in Shanghai, has been completed, the two companies said, adding that the theme park will be the first of its kind to use mobile technologies for crowd management.