Hong Kong Disneyland, as it will be known, is to be built on 126 hectares of reclaimed land at Penny's Bay, a nondescript inlet on Lantau Island, close to the new Chek Lap Kok airport.

CNN: Making A Magic Kingdom

On July 6, the Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opened for business, five days after the territory celebrated its first year as a special administrative region of China.

CNN: A Date with Disaster

But the magnitude of Chek Lap Kok's euphemistically named "teething problems" suggest that it was a long way from being ready on July 6.

CNN: A Date with Disaster