Expansion planned

The Shanghai resort is the largest overseas project of Walt Disney and the company plans to go even bigger, Iger said.

"The good news is that we have the space and we believe we have willing partners in both Shendi and the local Shanghai government to enable us to expand — and we think we'll do that sooner rather than later," he said.

Spread over 963 acres of Shanghai's Pudong district, the resort boasts six themed "lands", a Broadway-style theater, live entertainment venues, two hotels, a shopping district with more than 50 retailers, a 123-acre recreational park and Disney's “tallest, largest and most interactive castle."