When Disneyland Hong Kong opened in 2005, it struggled to connect with consumers. It missed its attendance target of 5.6 million visitors in its first year, and attendance dropped 30 percent in the second year The travel was quick to criticize that the park was too small and not appealing to mainland Chinese audiences. To better understand the China market, in the summer of 2007 Disney executives surveyed consumers in their homes and found that the park needed to be more Chinese; they also learned that the heritage of Disney stories was not known to most Chinese. Fortuitously, 2008 was the year of the rat, and they hoped to transform this into the"Year of the Mouse" with their rodents, Mickey and Minnie, dressed in special red Chinese outfits. Parades down Main Street featured a dragon dance and puppets of birds, flowers and fish, set to traditional Chinese music, Mickey and Minnie were joined by the god of wealth, and also gods of longevity and happiness. Even with the research and fine tuning, some missteps still occurred. A Disney ad in 2006 featured a family consisting of two kids and two parents, China's government, however, limits most couples to just one child. So the commercial had to be reset to show one child, two parents, and two grandparents. During the year of the mouse campaign, Disney hoped that"kids and families are discovering Disney stories together Design a marketing strategy for the theme park to better appeal to Chinese consumers.