It's been a crummy 24 hours for the Hong Kong tourism industry. The first piece of bad news: China has given the green light to Disney to build a theme park in Shanghai. The $3.5 billion Chinese facility will sprawl across about 1,000 acres which will dwarf Hong Kong Disneyland's 296 acre lot. Mainland Chinese account for more than one third of the visitors to Hong Kong Disneyland, and once the Magic Kingdom sets up in the Middle Kingdom much of that business will get cannibalized. Hong Kong legislator Emily Lau, a long-time critic of Hong Kong Disneyland in which the government has invested billions, called the news a "devastating blow."

ABC has booked a prime-time interview with pop star Janet Jackson, expected to be her first lengthy television interview since her brother Michael's death.

I got a sneak peek at "Tiana's Showboat Jubilee" last night, and I have to say I really enjoyed the latest Disneyland show.
The limited-engagement show, tied to the upcoming "Princess and the Frog" animated movie from Disney, begins its daily run at the Anaheim theme park starting Friday (Nov. 6). The 20-minute production – presented four times a day – continues through Jan. 3.
About three dozen performers dressed in 1920s-era Mardi Gras costumes dance through the crowds in second-line fashion near New Orleans Square before boarding the Mark Twain Riverboat for a floating musical revue.

Walt Disney Co's sports complex in central Florida will be renamed in February after its ESPN unit, in a move to strengthen the well-known sports brand's ties with young athletes.

Hong Kong Disneyland must win its race against time and complete its expansion before the company's Shanghai attraction opens in 2014.
That was the message from Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan yesterday as the Lantau Island attraction ruled out cheaper admission fees to attract more visitors.

A trip to Disney World in Florida is up for grabs for schoolchildren in Wakefield with a vivid imagination.

The announcement of the Shanghai Disneyland project has boosted the price of a piece of land close to the resort site.