About 500 workers were evacuated from the main office block at the theme park.
The three-hour incident on Monday, which led to the deployment of anti-terrorism and bomb disposal officers, did not affect the operation of the Lantau Island attraction, Disneyland said.
The alarm was sounded at about 12.30pm when a parcel, addressed to park managing director Samuel Lau Wing-kee, was found to contain wires and a battery during an X-ray inspection on the ground-floor mail room of the offices in Magic Road.
"The theme park's two sniffer dogs were also deployed to detect any dangerous goods and gave a positive indication to their handlers," a source said.
Police bomb disposal experts were sent after a report was made shortly before 12.45pm.
The Fire Services Department said six fire engines and two ambulances were also deployed.
The source said officers from the police counterterrorism response unit, who recently began patrolling city railway stations in response to global terror threats, were also sent.
A female worker, 45, who complained of being unwell before the incident, was taken to North Lantau Hospital in Tung Chung for treatment.
Inspections by bomb disposal officers showed the parcel contained a toy featuring Buzz Lightyear, a character from the Toy Story films, and a letter, the source said.
Another source said it was a letter of complaint from a man who had bought the toy for his son only to find it broken when he got it home.
A Disneyland spokesman said workers were allowed to return to their workstations at about 4pm.
In 2011, a sniffer dog used by Disneyland sparked a false alarm that led to the public transport interchange at the park being shut for nearly 2 ½ hours.
The dog had indicated suspected dangerous items were in a rubbish bin.
Police later found a bottle containing detergent.
Source: South China Morning Post by Clifford Lo
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