You know those Oh~so~lovable and magical characters~! Like Mickey and Minnie mouse, Mulan (Omg... I watch this one soo many times that the VCR,
One game that I couldn't wait to play was 'spot the Mickey'~! The first instance I step into the MTR to Disney, I gasped in delight. (Apart from being delight that no more overcrowding, but I also spotted my first Mickey~!)
# Spot the Mickey~!
# Entrance to Disneyland, spot the Mickey~!
# Does this count?? Spot the Mickey!! Do you see it? =P
Though it was raining (not so heavily, thank godness~!), the parade was going on as scheduled. I LOVE the parades!! This place really makes me wish I am a kid again, then I can dance without a tinge of shame.
# Parade Pic 1
#Parade pic 2
# Parade pic 3: Gotta love the princesses~! They are so graceful~!
# Parade pic 4. This is the night parade, exclusive for Halloween month of October. Pretty good~! =D
# Disney Hollywood Hotel 1. We actually did a mistake by going in to check in during the daytime, sigh... wasting precious time. The tix for a single entry is HKD299 and for two days is HKD399. If we have just deposited our bags at the entrance and jumped straight to the park, we could only have needed one day to finish the whole Disneyland. Ah well...
# Disney Hollywood Hotel 2
# Arrgghhh.... spider in the room!! Actually this is so cute, I manage to frightened my bf by screaming 'spider in the room'~! This is actually a small towel tied together to resemble a spider. Wanted to bring it away but I was torn between righteousness and I-just-freaking-want-it!!! In the end, my angel won only to discover that it is infact one of the souvenirs from the hotel. I freaking paid HKD1900 per night and I didn't get the spider~! >.<
Alright, not forgetting some miscellaneous stuffs along the way...
# My really expensive buffet brekkie... Cost HKD198 per person. There was two westerners (Americans, I presumed) who kept complaining that the bacon doesn't taste like bacon and the hashbrown is so childish. Ah well, as long as it is cute, you can charge any price, right? =P
# My very expensive brekkie... Mickey's waffles... The food selection is quite extensive, but for that price, I could have gotten 6 star brekkie in Brunei, which should be way better. My major complaint was that for that price, I was hoping for MORE disney character food?? >:( Come on~! lol...
Anyway...
# Gold Disney castle and Mickey and Minnie~!
# Minnie Mouse and I...
#My cutie balloons~! A... not~! Fail~!
#Cinderella and her prince... Aw...
# Disney cookie! 'I seriously going to purchase this~! I just need to know whether it is photogenic or not~!' :P
# Daisy and Donald soft candy...
Overall, the queue for the rides wasn't that long. I think the longest was this one... the queue to take picture with Mickey and Minnie Mouse in the Halloween costume. Omg... we waited and we waited and we waited...
#Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Halloween costumes... Almost there... almost... when suddenly....
This must be so random~!!
# Must be like proposal of the year~! The guy was singing in front of the public!! Omg!! Too bad I couldn't go near enough to snap at the ring. It better be BIG~!!
Though the rides were pretty mild, more suited for childrens. The only exciting one was the space Mountain. I believe that the theme of the park was more of the magical and fun instead of hard core adrenaline rush, so it was enjoyable. (I did however... felt a pang of guilt as I waited in queue amidst parents carrying children dressed up in princess frocks... Aw... But it is ok, I am not the oldest anyway... ;p).
# Cinderella Carousel...
One thing to totally opt for is the shows and performances~! Totally worth it, like the golden Mickey show.
# Beauty and the Beast... from the Golden Mickey performance.
Or the Lion king show. This is so embarrassing, I was running to catch the show and I asked the attendant 'Is this the Tiger king show?'. Sot jor...
# Lion king performance. One note to those out there, NO flash photography~! It is so annoying and distracting especially for a Peter pan like me. ;p
Another thing to gawk about is the decor... especially Adventureland~! Adventureland consists of the tarzan treehouse, river cruise and the tiki liki or is it liki tiki statues~? (Omg... I don't want to go and check the book now in the middle of the night!! SO... whatever... :P) Pretty nice and their man made hot springs and golvanic activities~!
# View of the jungle cruise from the tarzan treehouse. The jungle cruise is totally worth it. It takes you around the adventureland and though it is fake, it looks really real. The attention to detail is to the dot.
# Our funny guide in the river cruise, I think his name is Kevin or maybe Kelvin. One of the few english speaking tourist guide for the river cruise. His parting words were 'Do come and visit us another time, I will still be here... working... maybe forever' :P So kesian, just had to take pic with him to assure him that someone cares... lol...
As night falls...
# The ghosts comes out to party... Halloween special in Disneyland... Pretty creepy...
But there is always some pretty things around like Cinderella's castle~!
# Night view of the Disney castle... so pretty...
# Magical disney fireworks... Love it~! This is the main highlight of the park. DON'T go back until you see this. I know probably it is not sustainable burning those fireworks every night but the combination of songs, lightworks and fireworks is just... so touching... . Seriously... I tried to film it halfway but in the end I let the moment take over instead.
Perhaps I will return here another time, (Hopefully in the near future, before I look too old to squeeze in with the teenagers and kids~!) as Disneyland will expand and have two additional 'land' to accompany tomorrowland, adventureland, USA street,and etc.
# Good bye and till then, Happy Halloween~! =)
