We woke up after 7am. We had a free day, and at the last minute, we made a decision to go to Disneyland. The kids did not seem too excited initially as we did so much the day before and they were hoping to stay in the hotel. It took an hour of multiple MTR trains, and we arrived right at the entrance of Disneyland which was very convenient. The layout of the entrance along with the park is quite similar to the one in US except in a smaller scale. We noticed that some buildings and part of the main castle were just drawing facades, but maybe they were just a work in progress. The first thing Logan wanted to do was the Astro Blasters. We basically just walked in this ride with barely any wait which was awesome. We then made our way over to the It’s a Small World. This ride was newer than the US one but they made it just as adorable with a little Hong Kong reference in it. We then tried the Stitch Encounter as the English showing was next. We sat right in front so the boys were a bit worried that they would be called on. But they ended up having a good Iaugh and received a Stitch sticker too. The Autopia wait was long, 45 minutes; however Logan really wanted to drive so we were in. The cars were electric and the people appeared driving slower. Afterward Connor kept asking to watch more shows, however since we had more time, we took a break for lunch and went for Jungle Cruise afterward. The ride had an extra special ending of a volcanic explosion which was cool. By then we tried to head back for the Golden Mickeys and ended up catching part of the parade. We walked upstream, stopped and watched most of the floats. We then waited in line for a little while and we were let into the theater. We had relatively good seats and the show was excellent. This was the show we had seen in the cruise years ago, but of course the boys would not remembered that. As we were walking out the theater, Connor was ready to see the next show. After we used the restroom, we walked past the Philhar Magic show so we walked in. It turned out to be a 3-d film and we liked it. We then checked out Winnie the Pooh before going to the last show, Festival of Lion King. We arrived early to wait, but somehow they did not design the waiting area with lines. Some people there were quite pushy and impatient, so Stuart and I were worried that people would create a stampede when we were let in. Fortunately we walked in a circular theater safely. The show started shortly and it was awesome. The costume, singing and dancing were great. The boys liked all the shows we watched, but the Lion King was their favorite if they had to choose. We were hoping to go to the Tarzan’s treehouse then but unfortunately it was past 6pm and it was closed. We basically had done all the things the boys wanted at that point, but they wanted to look at the map to confirm. They came up with another round of Jungle Cruise and Astro Blasters before we leave. Despite the size of this Hong Kong Disneyland, we managed to spend 8.5 hours there and enjoyed it very much. The best thing was that the wait time throughout the day had been mostly 0 to 20 minutes. While we were waiting for the MTR, Logan was exhausted but Connor still claimed that he was not tired. They both fell asleep in the train though. When we returned to our local mall, we grabbed a very late dinner and we called it a night at 10:30pm.
Apr 23










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