Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge demand for turkey legs

LOS ANGELES - Over nearly a century Disney has exported US culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China - the turkey leg.

The entertainment giant opened its $5.5 billion theme park in Shanghai last June, expecting to shift mainly Mickey Pork Buns and Minnie Red Bean Buns to hungry customers.

"If you go to Disneyland or Disney World, we sell gigantic turkey legs - they're like the size of my arm," Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Co, told reporters on Wednesday.