Kanye, Kim to shut down Disneyland for North’s 2nd birthday

This power couple, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are out to give their daughter, North West a fairy tale birthday party, and they intend to make it unforgettable, by shutting down Disneyland Park on June 15 to celebrate her second birthday.

For those trying to calculate what the adventure may cost, here’s an idea.

Disneyland in Anaheim pays around $2.15 million a day for its employees, plus the mechanical costs of operating all the rides, and that’s just to break even. And if we know anything about the Disney, it’s not doing this just to break even. They plan on drawing a profit.

According to Forbes, Disney made around $15 billion in profit from its 11 theme parks during 2014. Using very hypothetical math, if we spread that total evenly across all parks, the company draws around $3.74 million in profits from the Magic Kingdom every day.

Add that all up and it’s safe to assume that West will be paying nearly $6 million for use of the park.

North’s first birthday party was a bonanza as well, albeit not quite on this level. It featured a ferris wheel and karaoke stage, and was appropriately named “Kidchella” after the music festival that it was designed around.

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