Hong Kong Disneyland!

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June 12th 2006

Published: June 17th 2006

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Tiney

Mickey Window!

Obviously this is one of the many windows from the subway train to Disneyland.

Hong Kong Disneyland was cute and small. Maybe a little too small, but I was expecting that so I wasn’t disappointed or anything. It was Marty, Silo, Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Wing, his wife, my little cousin, and I.

There’s a subway line straight to Disneyland so we just had to change a few stations to get there. The subway train was pretty neat looking. Very clean with blue velvet seats. All of the windows were Mickey-shaped. Between every other booth was a statue of a Disney character such as Snow White or Jiminy Cricket or Minnie, etc. My favorite part was the rings that hung from the ceiling for those who stood. They were Mickey-shaped as well. :D The walkway to Disneyland was decorated nicely and there was one spot with a giant fountain of a whale with Mickey surfing off of its spout.

We got there an hour after the opening so while we were expecting large crowds, it wasn’t too bad at that time. I did see many groups of very, very excited teenagers; taking craploads of pictures and giggling like crazy. Typical Asians, hehe.

I always love the background music to the Disney theme parks,

Whee!

I am very happy to be holding on to the Mickey ring on my way to Hong Kong Disneyland.

definitely sets the mood. Obviously, when we first entered we were at Main Street, U.S.A. As we walked along we saw the smallest castle in the distance. This was HK Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. More like Sleeping Beauty’s country cottage. Tiny little castle. o_O In Fantasyland we rode the carousel and the teacups. There were a lesser amount of teacups to ride. The teapot with the mouse wasn’t even in the middle of ride, it was on the side of the ride as just another thing to look at. The Philharmagic was also in Fantasyland so we definitely had to hit that up. :D Despite my cousin loving Pooh, we avoided the Pooh ride.

Tomorrowland has Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear’s Astroblasters. We also ate lunch here. It was funny to see the regular American diner alongside with another food area selling Chinese food. Course we ate Chinese food. They’re working on three rides for Tomorrowland; Stitch Encounter, Autopia, and UFO Zone.

Adventureland was the last spot. There was a very, very small ferry that landed on a small island with Tarzan’s treehouse. Instead of the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse, they went with the more modern movie. Oh!

Welcome!

I like how everything is in Chinese and English. Chinese is cool. ::grins::

It was so funny, we saw the boats for the Jungle Cruise and we heard the cast members narrating in Chinese so we wondered how that would go. When we got in line for the Jungle Cruise, there was a separate line for English listeners. That’s the line we got in even though my uncle and his family don’t speak English. o_O I guess my parents were more concerned for Marty but he didn’t give a rat’s ass. Either way, our guide could not pronounce his R’s very well so his name was Ewic and it was really funny listening to him.

It started raining by then so the rest of the time we jumped from store to store. I wanted a souvenir so I got a fat Donald. :D So yeah,. HK Disneyland was small, but I liked it well enough. I would only go again if they add a lot more the next time but who knows when I’d be back next anyways.

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