• The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:26 AM

It's one of Apple Inc.'s largest stores, and some 2,500 people from around the world lined up to get in. The store opened Friday.

The company said it saw 4,000 visitors before noon. More people now visit Apple's stores in a single quarter than the 60 million who visited Walt Disney Co.'s four biggest theme parks last year, according to data earlier this year from Apple and the Themed Entertainment Association.

Bob Bridger, Apple's vice president of retail and real estate development, said that Apple has seen more than 12 million visitors in its New York stores this year and more than 300 million visitors world-wide.

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