Hong Kong (香港) Disneyland

We arrived at Disney's Hollywood Hotel around 830am on Friday. I was travelling with a group of 20 or so ... needless to say, check-in took a bit of time. The hotel was quite neat as it had Disney stuff everywhere. The park opened at 10am and, luckily, our rooms were ready upon arrival.


After dropping our bags in our rooms, we ran down to the free shuttle. It was a holiday weekend in HK, so we expected the park would be packed with people. We were wrong ... the park was empty. We never had to wait more than a few minutes to get on the rides, which was great! Space mountain was our first choice and I managed to ride it about another six times after that. It was the only coaster in the park.

Our first few hours were spent running about the park ... I mean, imagine 15 adults running through Disney ... too funny! We did manage to cover the whole park, hitting all of the rides and seeing most of the shows available. My favourite attraction was Mickey's PhilharMagic. It's a 3-D movie with interactive smells, water and blowing air ... a very cool thing!


Other attractions included a jungle river tour, adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Mad Hatter Tea Cups, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Orbitron, parades and The Golden Mickeys to name a few. It didn't compare to the one in Flordia, but a great time was had by all.

Fireworks were set over the castle to end the night of fun. They were quite impressive. After the day, we all went back to the hotel for some pizza and a beer or two. Most of us could hardly keep our eyes open.


A full day had been planned for the following day, so it was early to bed for us. What a great experience it was as I'm sure I wouldn't ever want to afford to stay in Disney's hotel. The following morning, I awoke early to take advantage of the hot weather, the outdoor piano shaped pool and the water slide ... we had an 11am bus into HK where we would be staying the night.

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