Before we came, we read a lot of reviews saying that the park is small. During our study time, we did visit Disneyworld in Florida, and I don't remember complaining about how huge the parks were. But 10 years had past, and even this small HK Disneyland did get to us...so, it's official now: we're old. That, and combined with our air-conditioned, sit by the laptop kinda career and too-lazy-too-exercise attitude; we were darned tired on Day 1 (remember: were we there only from 4:00pm till 9:00pm).
If I had a pedometer on, I'd say we had walked the entire Penang Bridge length (and back probably). But thank goodness, you can rent a nice, sturdy stroller for HK$50 for the entire day. Just wish they have a bigger ones for the adults too! The second day (May 24th a public holiday for China), we reached the park around noon, since the kids were so preoccupied with the toys at Malibu Shop at the hotel. Since it was hot, we let the kids play with the water shoots in Tomorrowland. We met a very cool dustbin which can go around and greet people! The water was so cooling, that we parents couldn't resist ourselves and joined in as well. Right after, we plan to get on Autopia, but the line was even longer that the day before. And the sun was right on the head, so we decided to do something indoors. Amirul would like to go for another Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster, so we did. As any other theme parks, on the way out of the rides, you'll bump into booby traps - Toy/Gift/Souvenir shop. I actually fell for the trap of the one after Astro Blaster ride. For HK$125, you get to buy a box of Mr.Potato Head and its accessories. You can stuff as much as you can in the box they provided, and the cost is still the same. If you're not familiar with Mr.Potato Head, it's a toy where you can place different eyes, nose, hair, shoe, hands, accessories on a block of 'potato'. So it help to induce creativity in children, hence the reason I bought it. If you plan to buy this, please don't forget to make use of the compartment in the back of Mr.Potato head...its pretty roomy in there. And for Amirul, we bought his a cool hat where you can turn it inside out to change from Buzz Lightyear to the evil Zurg (HK$88.95).
Then we headed to Starline Diner for lunch. It's a good place for lunch in the hot summer, since the seats are right next to a space shuttle which shoot water steam; so it helps to cool us a bit. Since we can't have any of the meat (non-Halal), the kids had fish burger and chips and we had caeser salad. 2 sets of those cost us HK$130 (and our family are small eaters!). The salad was great; it was so fresh and crunchy. Guess they must have gotten them freshly delivered from the mountains in Mainland China.
We headed to Adventureland to catch the jungle cruise which we missed on Day 1. Adventureland is another good place for lunch, since it is surrounded by lushes greenaries, so it's very cooling. The Jungle cruise was unique; they separated 3 entries; English, Cantonese & Mandarin. Though our line was the shortest, the other 2 kept moving faster. My guess is they have only one boat with English speaking guide, hence the wait (about 5-7 minutes). Our boats were filled with fellow tourists from Japan, India and the Philipines. The ride was fun, but relatively shorter than the one in Florida. I suggest to ride twice for greater satisfaction. On the way to Fantasyland, we passed by Mickey & Goofy, but didn't stop for picture since we already had the day before (please read with a bragging tone here). But we did stop to snap photo with a bunch of pirates and Captain 'Jack Sparrow'...who didn't even remotely look like Johnny Depp's distant cousin (*sigh*).
Then we headed to Fantasyland for Winnie The Pooh (2nd time) but the queue was so long, we decided.
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