Hong Kong Day 3: Disneyland!

Day 3
5th June 2014

We timed ourselves in the morning to reach Disneyland at 930am plus minus.  There was no queue to collect our tickets and the walking crowd was spread out.  Weather was expectedly extremely hot!  And how I wish I had brought a second umbrella or a bigger one (we had a total 2 big and 1 mini, all foldable but the 2 big ones were deliberately left in our studio to lessen the weight of our backpack).

Breakfast at the Food Market in Langham Palace, a few streets away from our studio.

Beef noodle... you will never go wrong!

That little bun on the side may seem unaassuming, but it's crispy on the outside, served warm and fresh, soft inside and perfect with melted butter.  Shared amongst the four of us - the boy had a meltdown because he forgotten he ate his share and thought Daddy took his.  

Name of shop 

Kids were fascinated with the Mickey Mouse windows, hand rails and statues of Disney characters in the Disney train.

Hubby got the timetable for the whole day's appearance of Disney characters.  Apparently it is different for everyday and only known on the day itself.  I guess this gives the guests some suspense of not knowing.  But since we were kiasu determined not to miss any characters, hubby kept watch on time and brought us to each picture taking station.

Less said, let's let the pictures do the talking.  Enjoy!

Posers!

We have to kill the Evil Zurg!

The teapot rides is a must!  It started to pour while we were queueing up for this

Guess who also hang out at Disneyland?  Cinderella's little birds!  They were having their lunch break one table away from ours

William with his once-upon-a-time favourite character (he used to watch Toy Story a hundred times when he was a toddler!)

Toy Story Theme Park

Outside the Mystic Manor, which is not a haunted house, by the way.  My Vic who is not afraid of any roller coaster rides whilst mummy was, was afraid of a few scenes in this Manor... haha... so we are even!

A parade in the mid afternoon.  For the kids, it was awesome!  Mummy busy with shooting pictures - thank God I'm not that short so eventhough I stood behind, I only needed to raise my hands to get some pretty good headless pictures (you know, those without people's heads taking up 1/3 of your photos)

All characters on duty!

We also went for the Lion King musical that lasted 30 minutes.  It was fun, and a much needed and welcome break for our legs and we truly appreciated the cold cold air conditioning.  

The two other shows we watched was a talk-show with that Stitch alien and the children's FIRST 3D movie of Donald Duck!  Truly entertaining!

Not scary to some but to me, it was!  I ain't going up there... so I volunteered to be the penjaga beg (the watchkeeper of the bags)

Get ready... going up... and down... up... and down!!  Some encouraged to take off their slippers/sandals to leave on the ground so we don't get raining footwear!

Mummy and boy boy got on this English speaking boat late... we went around a lake to see fake wild animals and real fires and spraying characters, saw Tarzan's house along the way, some tribal dance and that's it!  Vic and Daddy got on the first boat because Mummy and boy were late - queued in the wrong lane ie Chinese speaking so we had to run out again and requeue!

Hello Mickey!

And just like everyone else who goes to Disney, we waited until 8pm, for the much anticipated fireworks!  Imagine the crowd all gathered in a square in front of the castle... and imagine later the same crowd heading back to the same direction... the train station!

By this time, William was really REALLY tired.  The boy found a spot on the floor and sat there, then rested his head on our backpack and almost dozed off whilst waiting for the fireworks.  Daddy carried him on his shoulders to watch this magnificent show, and once it was done, we all RAN and RAN... Daddy had the backpack on his back, and William on his shoulders.. and I carried the shopping bags and Victoria followed me as we all ran towards the MTR like the Amazing Race, just so to be ahead of the majority of the crowd.

So tired... and poor Daddy.  I applaud him for his strength and perseverence.  His sweat was dripping wet, and he looked like he just bathed or washed his face.  Vic was great too, not whiny despite her fatigue and very helpful.

Once we got back, it was not hitting the sack straight away... a fresh and thorough bath was so refreshing and finally it was Dreamland!