Hong Kong Disneyland - Day 8

Although it does seems that it is quite late to finish this story, but nonetheless i will finish it up. As this is is the last weekend for me and wifey will be spending time with each other at Hong Kong, we decided to save the best for last. What else is there to do except enjoying ourselves at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Before heading to Disneyland, we decided to have a look at the CityGate Factory Outlet. There were a lot of branded boutiqus shops. They are not rejected items, but the collections there are from last seasons collection. And the prices are cheaper of course. Wifey and i did manage to do our last minute shopping there before finally heading out to Disneyland.

To get to Disneyland, we had to take the train at the Disneyland Line. Yup, the Disneyland line is totally dedicated to Disneyland alone. The train there are customised and are different from the normal MTR train.

Finally we arrived at the station. Woohoo!!! Me and wifey were jumping joy to have finally reached there. Though they say it is the smallest Disneyland, but hey at least i've been to Disneyland. Have you???

We took a few pictures from the entrance right till the gate. Disney tunes from Little Mermaid, Aladdin and others were on the airwaves that made us more welcomed. Once in, we began at the Main Street USA.

HK Disneyland basically has four parks. Mainstreet USA, Tomorrowland, Adventureland and Fantasyland. At Mainstreet USA, you would probably recognized the design. It’s quite a familiar surrounding if you’ve seen pictures of Disneyland. It hosts a lot of souvenirs shop and a nice place for you to take pictures.

As we arrived there around 1230 pm and the nearest show was on at 130 pm, we decided to wait for a while to catch the High School Musical show live. So we waited for a while under the trees to avoid the hot sun. So at exactly 130pm, the show kicked off. If you’re a fan of High School Musical, then you’ll love this. Though their mode of communication / presentation are basically mixed between Chinese and English language. The show ran for about 30 minutes. Once finished, we proceeded to Tomorrowland first. We rode a few rides there. Among them were a space ship thingy (forgot it’s name), the Buzz Lightyear shooting game and the indoor rollercoaster Space Mountain. Damm those rides were cool.

At around 3.30pm, there was another show that was Mickey’s Water Parade. Basically it’s like the parade that you see during Merdeka Day, but the participants are from Disney characters and yeah, there’s a reason why they call it a water parade. As the day was really hot, they would be going around while firing water guns at the crowds. But as compared to the weather at that time, I think it was really worth it to get a little wet. It was a real experience if you’ve always wanted to meet up close with the Disney characters.
After the parade, we proceeded to Fantasyland. Oh yeah, we manage to cross over Cindarella’s castle. Never imagined that it was small. In the pictures it looked so huge but reality speaks for itself. We rode the Merry Go round and the tea cup. And the not to be missed It’s a small world ride. The it’s a small world afterall song was in our heads for quite some time. There was even a signage Selamat Jalan at the end of the ride which made us both proud.
Other things that we did there were queuing up to take photographs with the Disney characters. We did manage to take pictures with a few including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Snow White, and Goofy.

At 5.30 pm, another round of High School Musical was on. Because wifey loved it so much the first time, so we had a go at the second round. By 6.00pm after the show, we ventured to Adventureland, which was basically sort of a jungle. The place where Tarzan lived. We took the jungle cruise ride and rode the rakit to Tarzan’s house. Think of it as a house tour :)

Just hours before the closing of the fireworks, we went in to the 3D theatre show. One of my favorites here I guess. It was a 3D show starring Donald Duck and other Disney cartoon characters. The show was in 3D. In spite the 3D vision, it had extra effects such as wind, smell and water effects. For example whenever Donald were blown away, we felt the air too as there were special side effects hardware attached at the seats. Now that’s what I call world class.

After the show, we had a round of last minute shopping for souvenirs. We ran here and there as fast as we could so that we wouldn’t miss the fireworks show. In total RM, I spent around RM350 for a few T-shirt and some fridge magnets. Talk about expensive.

At exactly 8pm, the fireworks show began. Oh yes, it was truly a magical world of Disney. Besides the normal fireworks that you usually might see, this one had additional features with tunes played from Disney’s show. And it does seems that the fireworks were like blowing up according to the melody. One just had to be there to really experience it. The show went on for about 20 min or so. Once finished me and wifey hanged around the park for a while as we knew the train station might be crowded. So we took a few pictures here and there before finally leaving Disneyland. Though we were really sad to leave Disneyland, we were very happy to feel young at heart again and to finally experience the Magical World of Disney.

We hoped the we could go there again sometime, most probably after the park has expanded and to bring Sofea along so that she could enjoy and experienced on what we have been experiencing. Though a bit pricey, it was worth the cost as you never know when you will be back here again.