honeymoon getaway : episode 2 part 4 (Hong Kong Disneyland)

hola...i'm back...was quite bz lately...haven't got time to update here...anyway, would like to take this opportunity to convey my condolences to the people of Japan as the recent earthquake & tsunami had hit Fukushima and caused an aftermath of the nuclear leakage on the nuclear power reactor...this has been by far the worse nature disaster that ever hit a nation...however, my utmost respect & admiration to the citizen of Japan as they were very calm and unite as one to face this disaster...no crime happened nor did anyone took any advantage during this hardship...no one cause chaos...everyone helped each other and everyone was calm...kudos to the Japs....lets pray for their well being and pray so that they could overcome this disaster....

now, back to my post....it's Disneyland time!....we went out of the hotel at about 9 am in the morning...it was monday february the 14th and it was valentine's day...so, expecting a little crowd there at disneyland...from the Yau Ma Tei station, we took the MTR to the Lai King station via the Tsuen Wan Line....then interchanged to the Tung Chung Line to head to Sunny Bay....at Sunny Bay we then interchanged to the Disneyland Resort Line to head to Disneyland....as we arrived, the crowd has started to built up....but the crowd wasn't massive as it was at the Ocean Park the day before...probably due to it's a Monday....it's really a good idea going to the Disneyland on a weekday....before purchasing the tickets, we took a few snaps first at the entrance area...the price ticket for an adult was HKD 350, around RM 140...as we went in, we could see Mickey's face made of flower arrangements....we then headed in to the Main Street USA....it was like a town in there...it was really nice & beautiful in there...it resembles a town with shops lined up...at there, we only managed to take a snap with Daisy Duck as the line up to snap with Mickey & Minnie was super long....after taking a snap with Daisy Duck, we then walk through the Main Street USA to go to the Tomorrowland....basically, there are 4 sections at the Hong Kong Disneyland...Main Street USA, Tomorrowland, Adventureland, and Fantasyland...

as we arrived at Tomorrowland, we then queued up to take the Orbitron ride...we did not had to queued up long as the crowd wasn't that massive...it was kind of fun riding the Orbitron...after that, we headed to take the Space Mountain ride...it was a mini rollercoaster ride in the dark indoor space as it though it was a ride through the outer space....i think by far that was the most thrilling and crazy rollercoaster ride that i had...even the Genting Highlands rollercoaster was no match for the HK Disneyland Space Mountain ride....the rollercoaster was super fast that i couldn't even manage to scream....hahaha...after the ride, i had a headache...hahahaha...after the Space Mountain, we then headed to the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters....this one was quite fun too...we ride on the so called like space mobile where it is actually just like a giant cup equiped with laser guns for two to shoot down the nemesis of Buzz Lightyear....it's just like a video game where we shoot the bad guys and at the end of the game, there will a score that shows how much we scored during the game....kind of fun and a good way to relax after the thrilling Space Mountain ride :P .....












after that, we walked around Tomorrowland a little and then started feeling hungry...asked one of the officials there as whether there is any Halal food in the Disneyland there....according to him, there's no Halal food but there is a vegetarian food place at the Adventureland...the officials were helpful and the info given was very informative too...kudos to them...so, headed to the Adventureland to have our brunch...as we arrived there, the only dining we could had was at the Tahitian Terrace and the both of us had Indian vegetarian meals....there was rice together with the meal so we had quite a full and proper meal....after meal, then went on to explore the Adventureland....then went to the Tarzan's Treehouse...didn't took the Jungle River Cruise as the queue was super long....wanted to watch the Festival of The Lion King but it wasn't the time yet...so head to the Fantasyland to walk around to waste some time before the Flight of Fantasy Parade starts....then at about 3.30 pm, the parade then starts...they came out from Tomorrowland and to the front entrance of Fantasyland and continued towards Main Street USA...almost all of the Disney characters were there...Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy & Goofy ofcourse...then there's Buzz Lightyear, Stitch and many other more...after 20 minutes, the parade then ended and we then headed back to Adventureland to catch the Festival of The Lion King...the Festival of The Lion King is actually a theater of the tale of Simba, the Lion King...it was a short theater of The Lion King actually...the show was about 20~30 minutes in length....

after the Festival of The Lion King, we then went to explore Fantasyland....we first went to watch Mickey's Philharmagic...our timing was perfect as we arrived there, the doors to the theater was opened...it's actually a short 3D show of Donald Duck's journey to the magical fantasy land...the show wasn't just any ordinary 3D show like those at the movies....when there's a scene where Donald fells into the sea, we as the audience were also splashed by real life water!!!....but not that much of water which could soak you...just a few sprinkle of water...and when there's a gush of wind scene, we the actual audience felt it too...and when the bottle of sparkling water juice was opened in one of the scene, we the actual audience could even smell the aroma of the sparkling water juice too!!!....the 3D picture was so real that it felt Donald was right in front of us...it was a very interesting and fun experience that you can't feel else where other than Disneyland...i wonder how it would feel at other Disneyland....hehehe....

after that, went to The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh...we had to queue up and the queue at that time was very very long...we had to wait more than 30 minutes to get onto the ride to see the Winnie The Pooh Adventures...nothing much interesting there....should have went to watch The Golden Mickeys instead...a bit of regret there...and to make things worse, our camera battery went dead after The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh....argghhhh....crap!....so, the rest of the pics & videos were caught by my thrustworthy Garmin Asus Nuvifone phone....lucky my phone's battery was still full....

we then continued to the "it's a small world" boat ride...this ride was much more better and interesting to watch rather than The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh...lucky when we arrived there was no crowd at all and there was no queue at all....hahaha....it was some sort of boat ride, an enchanted journey around the world to enjoy the scenes of costumed dolls and Disney characters singing the classic tune, "it's a small world"...it was really nice & beautiful in there...the costumed dolls were very cute indeed...no choice but to use my phone's camera to shoot the video of the ride...luckily the camera wasn't that bad and the video & picture were quite okay...the ride was about 15 minutes....










after the ride, we then headed to the front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle to watch Tinker Bell Castle Illumination which starts at about 7.15 pm...it was actually an illumination light show with the background of the Sleeping Beauty Castle....it was very nice...much much more better than the laser light show at the Hong Kong arena of stars...hehehe...the illumination light show wasn't that long where it was only about 10 minutes....after that, we went to the shops to start doing our shopping for souveniers...didn't kept track how much we spent there but it was at least 400 ringgit Malaysia...picked up the things that we wanted to bought, made the payment and went to the store next door to grab a few other things...but there wasn't much time to make the payment as the queue was long and the much anticipated "Disney in the Stars" Fireworks was about to start...then at 8 pm sharp, an announcement was made announcing that the "Disney in the Stars" Fireworks was about to start...so everyone went out to the open space to get ready and witness it....after several minutes, the fireworks show then starts....i must say that it was the most beautiful firework show that i have ever seen so far...together with the background music of Disney's all time favorite songs, the show was just perfect...the show lasted for about 20 long minutes and was very very satisfied with the "Disney in the Stars" Fireworks show....




after that, went back to the shop to continue our souvenier shopping and then headed back straight to the hotel to call off for the day...there are still many things that we haven't watch, seen tried & explored in the HK Disneyland...so this will be a good excuse to come again in the future.... :P see u again next time Hong Kong Disneyland....

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honeymoon getaway : episode 2 part 3 (Ocean Park & Victoria Peak)

the next day morning, we headed straight to the Causeway Bay MTR station to have brunch at the Islamic Centre Canteen at Wan Chai...from Yau Ma Tei station, we took the MTR to the Admiralty station via the Tsuen Wan Line and then interchanged to the Island Line to head to Causeway Bay...although the Islamic Centre is located at Wan Chai, it is easier if we stopped at the Causeway Bay station instead of the Wan Chai station...from the Causeway Bay station, we had to walk to the Islamic Centre and finding it wasn't quite an easy task....but we managed to find it however...the easiest landmark to look for was the Charterhouse Hotel as the Islamic Centre is located exactly behind the hotel....so, you can ask around from people where the Chaterhouse Hotel is....as we arrived there, we then ordered straight away as we were starving....ordered a big plate of fried rice that we both shared and grab several dishes of dim sum...dim sum was their specialty there and i think the only place in Hong Kong where u can get Halal dim sum...and i must say it was delicious with big portions at an affordable price...a must try at HK....

after satisfying our hunger, we then headed to Ocean Park...before we went to the Islamic Centre, it was already raining...even though it was still raining, we still decided to go to Ocean Park and indeed it wasn't a wise choice as Ocean Park is an outdoor theme park...hence it would be very unconvenient to go during rainy day...however, we still went there...since we're taking the MTR from the Causeway Bay station, we headed straight to the Admiralty station on the same Island Line...upon exit the Admiralty, we then hop on to a feeder bus heading to the Ocean Park...it was feeder bus number 629...in about 20 minutes, we then arrived at the Ocean Park...as we arrived, it was still raining....the ticket admission price was HKD250, around RM100...seriously it was hard to walk around and take pictures under the rain...as we entered the Ocean Park, we 1st went to the Grand Aquarium since it was indoor and it was raining....and everyone had the same idea hence it was crowded in the aquarium....but the set up was really nice in there...the aquarium looks nice and beautiful...but the range of species was not wide...but there are sharks ofcourse...hehehe...we hang in there for around 40 minutes and then grabbed some souvenirs from the souvenir shop...spent more than HKD500 for souvenirs there...i guess we shouldn't call it 'some' then...hahaha...after that, looked outside and saw that it was still raining...oh jeezz...no choice but to still continue the visit with the small umbrella that we bought at the 7 eleven...

after the aquarium, we then headed to the Panda House to see those cute pandas...hehehe...i think that was the first time i ever saw a real live panda...they looked really cute...after the pandas, we went up to the top hill area via the tram...at the top, we took a few pictures and then queued up to take a ride on the Ocean Park Tower where it has a slowly revolving cabin enabling visitors to catch the panoramic view of the whole park when it rotates from the ground to the top...it is similar to the Taming Sari Tower at Melaka (if u've been there)...the queue was damn long...to make it worse we had to queue under the rain...our shoes were soaked and our sweater were wet...not a very pleasant situation...after queueing up for half an hour i think, it's our turn to ride on it....nothing really interesting with the ride, but the view was quite nice...

after the tower ride, we then headed to the Pacific Pier to watch and have a look at the sea lions there...it was fun looking at them playing around and swimming in the waters as the place has a glass view of the aquarium...so we can see the sea lions swimming in the water...it's fun watching the sea lions swimming as though they are trying to play with the people there....showing off their swimming skills...after that, we then decided to head back to hotel coz our shoes were already soaked wet and it is already unconvenient to walk around with our condition, plus it is still raining...we then headed back to the hotel to dry ourselves first...

then at about 7pm we went out to head to the Victoria Peak...took MTR from the Yau Ma Tei station to the Central station...from there, it takes about 10 to 15 minutes walk to the Peak Tram Station...from there, we took the tram up to the Victoria Peak....the return ticket costs HK$ 36 per person, around RM14...as soon as we arrived at the top, we headed to the Madame Tussauds staright away as it closes earlier than the tram operation...ticket costs HK$ 160 about RM62...in there, there were real life wax figures of local & international artists such as andy lau, aaron kwok, jay chou, cecilia cheung, donnie yen, michael jackson, elvis presley, madonna, and even lady gaga, to name a few...we took pictures with almost all of the wax figures...had quite a fun time in there taking pictures with the wax figures....after more than half an hour in there, we then went out from the wax figure museum and went up to the Sky Terrace to have a panoramic view of almost the whole Hong Kong...to go up there, there is also a ticket that needs to be purchased...can't remember how much it was...when we went up there, it was misty & freezing...but the view was excellent....the panoramic view was really beautiful...after about 15 minutes up there, our fingers were already numb, so we decided to head down back to the foot hill...

before going back to our hotel, we stopped by at one of the Sasa outlets as my wife wanted to grab a few things and the fact that we actually wanted to look for the Hard Rock Cafe but it was relocated temporarily at The Peak Galeria...the place where we went earlier...arrrghhh...should have checked the internet first before going up to the Victoria Peak...after that, we then went back to our hotel to call off for the day to re-energize for the next day's activity....Disneyland time....

stay tuned for the Disneyland post...