Travel Blog: Hong Kong Trip 2014 Day 2 - Hong Kong Disneyland, 香港之旅第二天 - 香港迪斯尼乐园, 27 Jul 14

Hong Kong Trip Day 2: 27th Jul 2014, Sunday - Hong Kong Disneyland
香港之旅第二天：7月27日2014年, 星期天 - 香港迪斯尼乐园

Hong Kong Disneyland

Address:
Hong Kong Disneyland, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Operating Hours:
10:30am to 7:30pm (Mon-Wed)
10:30am to 8:00pm (Thu)
10:00am to 8:00pm (Fri-Sun)

Website:
https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com

Our second visit to Hong Kong Disneyland! And since we had been there in 2011, when the new areas of Toy Story Land, Grizzly Gulch and Mystic Point were not yet available, we decided to just visit those areas this time round.

Always a good thing to have a picture with the entrance.

Our tickets and meal vouchers.

Being kids all over again.

We were there pretty early, hence it was not so crowded.

Visiting the new themed areas.

Our first stop was the Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars roller coaster ride. The height of the ride seemed to suggest that it was gonna be a really exciting ride. And indeed it was! The ride was slightly longer than three minutes long and also featured a backwards section. Scared the shit out of everyone when we started moving backwards.

Truly a mountain. Do you dare to take the plunge from its peak?

Momo Dear found a huge gold nugget! Rich!

Kids can play with these water shooters.

Next, we visited the Mystic Point themed area. The main attraction was the Mystic Manor, which is a dark ride within the manor itself. Not quite a haunted mansion. It featured a more light-hearted and mystical setting. The whole ride took five and a half minutes. Many interesting illusions were seen during the ride. Certainly a feast for the eyes and suitable for kids.

Many interesting pieces of art scattered around the Mystic Point area.

Time to visit the Mystic Manor.

More artifacts.

And we were welcomed to Mystic Manor.

Portrait of Lord Henry Mystic and Albert.

Indeed there was a large collection of cultural artifacts within the manor.

A map of the Mystic Manor, showing the various artifact collections.

A chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the waiting area.

What could we expect?

Albert gives a little narration of Lord Henry Mystic's many collections from around the world.

And here comes our ride.

Glow in the dark T-shirts! Really cool-looking.

An elaborately designed fireplace.

This artwork is made up of three separate stone pieces.

A final look of Mystic Manor.

Another artwork...

...that is made up of three separate pieces.

Another artwork featuring possibly Poseidon.

We then visited Toy Story Land, which was based on the animation Toy Story. It was a very colourful themed area with structures made up of all sorts of toys, similar to what you would see in the movie. There were a few rides such as the RC Racer, and the Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin. However, seeing there were long queues and were mainly for kids, we decided to head to the restaurant to grab our lunch.

Onward to Toy Story Land.

A very colourful place.

The Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin ride.

The RC Racer.

The colourful toilets will definitely give a relaxing pee.

Mr. Potato Head of Toy Story.

Kids will love this place.

Say hi to Woody.

The space shuttle lets off some steam (mist).

Got ourselves chicken chop and burger set meals. See the Mickey Mouse shaped rice?

Our lunch.

Dear always gets delighted at the sight of french fries.

After our lunch, we shopped at the souvenir shops and got some souvenirs, before heading off before sunset. We did not want to stay for the fireworks since we had seen it before.

A talented pianist cycling and playing on the pianocycle.

A satisfied Momo Dear.

And that's the end of our second visit to Hong Kong Disneyland. Hope to be there real soon again!

Hong Kong Disneyland

Address:
Hong Kong Disneyland, Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Operating Hours:
10:30am to 7:30pm (Mon-Wed)
10:30am to 8:00pm (Thu)
10:00am to 8:00pm (Fri-Sun)

Website:
https://www.hongkongdisneyland.com

Links to our Hong Kong Trip 2014

Day 1
Day 2
Day 2 - Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars
Day 3
Souvenirs

Read More

Travel Blog: Hong Kong Macau Trip Day 2, 香港澳门之旅第二天, 3 Aug 11

Hong Kong Macau Trip Day 2: 3rd August 2011, Wednesday
香港澳门之旅第二天：8月3日2011年, 星期三

It was to be a long and tiring but enjoyable fantasy day at Disneyland!

But first up it's breakfast of course! We scouted around Grand Century Place at 10am for breakfast. Finally we found Fairwood! It's a fast-food restaurant specializing in food like toast, scrambled eggs, macaroni, as well as steak, noodles and various other stuff. Something like those HK 茶餐厅. If I remember correctly, they had such a restaurant in the now gone Sogo building, replaced by the existing Tampines One.

Toast and scrambled egg with macaroni and a cup of tea.


Porridge with bee hoon and a cup of coffee.

After breakfast, we are all set to conquer Hong Kong Disneyland!

Had to transfer a few trains along the way. But it sure was fun traveling on the special train to Disneyland itself. Everything about the train was decorated with Disneyland designs.

Not crowded at all in the morning.


At Disneyland Resort Line 迪斯尼线. Dear's fav phrase of the trip.


Chip and Dale welcomes Momorange aboard the Disneyland Express!


So cutez!


Lots of other characters on the train but hard to squeeze through the crowd to take pix.


What is Momo doing? Trying to make Mickey ears on me.


Reached!


So excited!


Our journey into the fantasy world begins here!


Welcome to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.


Mickey rides on a whale. It can even bop up and down.


Momo tries out all the different hats at the hat stall.

After getting the tickets at HK$399 each, dear went to try out the different hats at the hat stall and finally decided to get one with the mickey ears and polka dots.

It's a damn hot day so good idea to get a hat.


Dear's favourites. Balloons! Cost HK$100 each!


...And we're entering... A Small Small World.


Let's go and see what's inside this huge mansion!

Attraction 19: it's a small world
Location: Fantasyland
Ride duration: ~8 mins

A slow ride inside this castle full of dolls from all over the world, as well as in various other themes, all singing the same song in their various languages. Exactly the same as that in Tokyo Disneyland lol.

Lots of dolls moving and dancing along to the song "It's A Small World".


Next we tried the Mickey's PhilharMagic.
It's actually more of a 4D show as compared to the brochures saying it's 3D.
Get ready to get wet, and don't let your feet touch the floor!

Attraction 13: Mickey's PhilharMagic (MUST-SEE)
Location: Fantasyland
Show duration: ~20 mins

Momo wants to get this giant Minnie!

After the show, dear saw this giant Minnie and wanted it so badly. Therefore we got it at the end of the day, just before the fireworks.

Tarzan's Treehouse. We did not attempt to go over and climb the tree. Looks tiring lol.

Attraction 9: Tarzan's Treehouse
Location: Adventureland

Instead we opted for this Jungle River Cruise.

Attraction 10: Jungle River Cruise
Location: Adventureland
Ride duration: ~8 mins

We went for the Jungle River Cruise. There were queues for English-speaking, Chinese-speaking and Cantonese-speaking guides, therefore we chose the English-speaking one of course. What's even better was that the queue with the English-speaking guide was the shortest. Therefore we got onto the cruise in no time as compared to the rest who were at the other queues..

The river cruise brought us around a river full of fake creatures and there were plenty of pyrotechnics and water splashing everywhere. Cool effects.

Volcanic activity in the river! Hide!

We visited one of the many shops around the theme park, to cool down a bit. The weather was indeed scorching.

So many things to choose from. What should we buy???


Mickey Mouse soft toys?


Or this toyhouse? Looks like gonna cost a bomb.


Just take pictures with it will do. =P


Mickey Mouse shaped waffle.

There were cute items like Mickey Mouse shaped waffles. Din try that though.

Getting hungry?


Can see cannot buy.


Very interesting zoetrope. Dunno what's that? GOOGLE IT.

Attraction 4: Art of Animation
Location: Main Street, U.S.A

This place shows you how animation evolved throughout history, and also showcases how the zoetrope works. Cool!

On board the train.

Attraction 1: Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad
Location: Main Street, U.S.A
Ride duration: ~7 mins

Attraction 16: Fantasyland Train Station
Location: Fantasyland

We walked all the way to the entrance to take the train which goes halfway around the whole theme park, stopping at the Fantasyland Train Station. It was about 4pm already and we didn't have lunch, therefore we went to the nearby Royal Banquet Hall, where famous statues of Disneyland couples were displayed.

Is this Snow White? Or Sleeping Beauty?

Restaurant K: Royal Banquet Hall
Location: Fantasyland

Which one piggier?


Too cute to be eaten.


Mickey Mouse pizza.


This is our lunch, at 4pm lol.


Lemme cut off the ears first hahaha.


Oh no! Poor piggy!

Famished! But lots of goodies which look too cute to be eaten were around the banquet hall. I chose to get the pizza set and some dim sum. Look at the char siew buns! Really sculptured into little piggies lol. Even the pizza was Mickey Mouse shaped.

Lion King Musical! Don't have to waste money watching in Singapore lol.

Attraction 7: "Festival of the Lion King" (MUST-SEE)
Location: Adventureland
Show duration: 30 mins

This is one show you MUST watch if you're there. This is because it is a mini version of the Lion King Musical. Really worth your money. It's a 30-min show full of singing and dancing, as well as fire stunts, real moving mechanical creatures from the Lion King and plenty of enjoyment. There's even a revolving stage right in the middle which even rises up several feet! Spectacular!

The iconic African lady singing to the tunes of the Lion King soundtrack.


The rising platform.


Even two stuntmen playing with fire.


The colourful finale, where all the creatures came out again.


A mini statue of Pooh and Piglet.

Attraction 23: Space Mountain
Location: Tomorrowland
Ride duration: ~5 mins

This is a fast-paced ride certainly not for the faint-hearted. It's a two-seater indoor roller-coaster in the dark. All you can see are planets and stars moving all around you at the speed of light. The ride accelerated towards the end of the ride. Pretty scary if you ask me, cos you won't know when it will stop and you can't see where you're going. But it all happened in a flash. Freaking exciting.

Attraction 20: "The Golden Mickeys" (MUST-SEE)
Location: Fantasyland
Show duration: 30 mins

Right after that, we proceeded to "The Golden Mickeys" Musical. Also another must-see. It's a musical featuring almost every Disney film like Little Mermaid, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast etc. A relaxing musical just nice for everyone in the family.

Golden Mickeys? Sounds like something awesome.


Counting down to the Golden Mickeys Musical!


Very golden indeed.


All the Disney characters come out and dance.


Wonderful performance by the crew.


And streamers for the finale.

Attraction 10: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Location: Fantasyland
Ride duration: ~5 mins

It's Winnie the Pooh! A cute ride through the Hundred Acre Wood, all in a huge honeypot lol.

We were going through a storybook.


We're sitting in a honeypot lol.


Their spelling sux.


Super long queue not shown in this pic.

Attraction 15: Cinderella Carousel
Location: Fantasyland

Walked past this carousel several times. It's pretty much the same everywhere so we did not attempt to waste time queuing for it.

Momo riding Dumbo.


Momorange at Hong Kong Disneyland's 5th year.


The palace sure looks magnificent when lighted up in the evening.

Attraction 10: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster
Location: Tomorrowland
Ride duration: ~5 mins

I played this at Tokyo Disneyland too. Exactly the same thing. It's a two-seater ride through a series of bends. Your mission is to shoot at the targets with your laser gun attached to your ride. Quite fun if you're a sharpshooter. Quite boring if you're a bobo shooter.

Get ready for battle!


Time to kick some ass!


Buzz Lightyear to the rescue! To infinity and beyond!

And that was the last ride for the day. We went to grab the giant Minnie at last and dear was ecstatic. I think she hug Minnie can le hmph. LOL

We were also very hungry by then and so decided to grab something from the bakery. Went for the cheesecake which looked so yummy.

The street now lit up. Looks even more dazzling than it already is.


I love cheesecake!


A great view of the castle after it's lighting up ceremony.


And the colourful and dazzling fireworks concluded our tour of HK Disneyland.

Attraction: "Disney in the Stars" Fireworks (MUST-SEE)
Location: Sleeping Beauty Castle
Show Duration: ~10 mins

Waited till 9+ for this show to start. The fireworks were in-sync with the songs being played. What a magical evening it was. Are we dreaming?

Before long, we had to leave the theme park reluctantly. Next was of course dinnertime! We found a 茶餐厅 near Mongkok station and decided to give it a try. The 炸酱面 was power! Loved the taste. The fishball noodles were awesome too! So was the eggtart and bolo bun. And best of all, the lemon tea cost only HK$2 lol. And they called it 冬OT. Have no idea why it was called that. Very satisfying dinner. A very unforgettable and wonderful day. =)

A candid shot of dear looking sianz or tired.


This 炸酱面 really is one of the best we've tasted.


And so is this bowl of fishball noodle.


And what about less than S$0.40 of lemon tea? Damn worth it.


The pastries were superb too!


Hong Lim Restaurant. Try it if you can find it.
It's near Mongkok East station and very near our hotel.

For a list of the hotels available for booking in Hong Kong via Agoda.com, click here.
To make a hotel booking at Royal Plaza Hotel, click here.

Links to our Hong Kong Macau Trip 2011
Day 1
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Souvenirs

Read More