Favourites of Hong Kong

This is my third time to Hong Kong and I can't tell you how much I loved Disneyland Hong Kong. I totally enjoyed myself there. Nope, this isn't my first time to Disneyland neither. My first trip was to Tokyo Disneyland, during the spring time. As it was very cold and windy, plus the fact that I did not prepare myself for such weather, I didn't enjoy myself at all. I was looking for shelter all the way.

But this time, at Hong Kong Disneyland, was no problem at all. In fact, it was so scorching hot, I must say I had gone a shade darker.

But all the hotness and sweat did not deter me from all the fun I had. The 4-D theatre show, Phiharmagic, was brillant. The 3-D effects were very real and the additional 4-D effects made the whole experience unforgettable.

Then there was The Festival of the Lion King. It was a 30-minute musical which talked about the story of Simba, the Lion King. The stage, the prop, the performers and the music were simply the best. You can really see the difference in a Walt Disney production. Everything was so accurately executed, the actors and actresses danced and sang with all their hearts. I feel that their efforts were something solid, something that could be seen, by me at least.

Then there was the Stitch Encounter. It was a totally interactive show where Stitch could converse with the audience. It was very funny because we opted for the Putonghua show, which is mandarin, and there were a lot of tourists from China. And some of the tourists were being made fun of by Stitch. But I was also fasinated by the technology that Disney used in making of this programme. What the audience saw was just a big screen, with Stitch in it, just like in a movie's. But Stitch can "hear" and "see" the audience. Truly amazing.

The Space Mountain was fun. It was probably the most intriguing and exciting of all the rides in Disneyland. Nice but not exactly adrenalin pumping, to me at least. Then there was a Stitch ride which I can't remember the name. But the agenda was to defeat Zurg, or Zorg? Now that was fun because we sat on the spaceship and started to shoot at targets and points were accumulated for each target hit on. Me and Hubby were at the same level 4. Not bad huh.

What else was fun? The usual picturesque USA Main Street is great for photo-taking, and the famous mascots of Disneyland, always poised for picture-taking with the visitors. One thing to highlight though, the overall service of this place was not as bad as I had heard. All the other regular staff were quite willing to pose for photo-taking when I asked them to. And other general service was good too.

And when I saw the parade at 1pm under the hot sun, what I saw was professionalism and a love for their work. All the dancers were all smiles and all the mascots were dancing and waving. Even the ushers were professional. They did not lose their cool even after having to repeatedly ask the on-lookers not to cross the street while the parade was still in progression.

But the downside of this trip was, not exactly their fault, but rather the weather's, that the fireworks did not quite turn out what I expected it to be. The strong wind made all the fireworks which were supposed to be symmetrical, blown to one side. In the end, it was like a total mess. Not fantastic but ok. It was just luck.

After the not so fantastic pyrotechnics display, we went back to our hostel, feeling somewhat not wanting to end this fantasy so soon. All the famous Disney's songs just stuck inside my head for the whole night.


"Here you leave Today and Enter the World of Yesterday, Tomorow and Fantasy."