Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hong Kong Disneyland!

We saved Disney for our last day. In case you didn't see the pattern, we tried to alternate cultural/educational day trips with fun/kid day trips.
So we had read just about everywhere that Hong Kong Disney is not what it's cracked up to be and most definitely does not measure up to the park in Florida. We had low expectations going in but hey, how can you not do Disney?!
So we rode the subway from the hotel to Lantau island and transferred to the "Disney line". We walked through the gates and onto "Main Street" right as the Chinese New Year parade was passing by. Believe it or not, this was the first lion dance I had seen since coming to China.
So here are some pictures of the parade.

So basically Hong Kong Disney is smaller than the other parks and therefore, does not have as many rides. However, all my favorites were there. It's a small world, Cinderella's carousel, Mad Hatter's Tea Cups, Space Mountain. The kids even humored me by going on the Winnie the Pooh ride (I miss Winnie the Pooh). We saw the Lion King show, which was phenomenal. It's based on the broadway play. So, we had a really good time at disney and stayed right up until it closed.

We had our picture taken with the Gods of Fortune, Prosperity, Happiness, and Longevity. They were at the park in honor of Chinese New Year. That is Cinderella's carousel behind us and yes, it has happened...my son is officially taller than me.

That's all for disney. We had a great time. It was a nice way to spend our last day in Hong Kong.

I'll blog again this weekend. We are in the midst of a busy week. Lots of love to everyone, happy valentine's day xoxoxox!