'Don't lie on the ground': Shanghai Disneyland's etiquette manual

Shanghai's municipal government has released an etiquette guide for visitors to the city's new Disneyland attraction, which opens to the public on June 16.

According to the South China Herald, the guide encourages visitors to queue in an orderly fashion and respect the plants and trees on site – it also warns against some specific anti-social behaviours such as defacing public facilities and, rather strangely, lying down on the ground.

The issuing of these noticeably specific guidelines is a response to uncouth behaviour of park visitors during its soft launch in April and May.

Social media users posted pictures of visitors "trashing" the area outside the park gates when the nearby metro station opened in April.

More than a million people visited Disney's newest theme park during its soft launch, and it is already fully booked for the first two weeks after its official opening.

Construction began in 2011 for the ambitious project, which covers 963 acres.

The park is split into six themed areas: Adventure Isle, Treasure Cove, Fantasyland, Mickey Avenue, the Gardens of Imagination and Tomorrowland, which will feature Tron lightcycles.

There will also be a Toy Story-themed hotel on site, as well as a general Disney-themed hotel.

The Telegraph, London