Hong Kong Disneyland is located on a reclaimed land in Lantau Island and opened to visitors since September 2005. The theme park is part of Disneyland Resort which also consist of 2 hotels and the Inspiration Lake Recreation Centre. Disneyland was the highlight of our Hong Kong tour. My eldest sister was the only one who had visited a Disney theme park (Tokyo’s Disneyland) prior to this visit, so it should be a wonderful experience especially for my 2-year-old niece.
The theme park opened on 10am; we got there a bit earlier via a shuttle bus from
Hollywood Hotel, which is just minutes away from the theme park.
Welcome to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
Mickey and Minnie’s fountain before the theme park entrance
Based on my eldest sister’s experience, we went straight to the Fantasyland to take pictures with the cartoon characters – Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Winnie the Pooh etc. It could take some time to take photos with these characters if the crowd started to pour in… so it should be a good idea to get to Fantasyland as early as possible.
The Sleeping Beauty Castle, entrance of the Fantasyland
Adventure with Winnie the Pooh (kinda boring though…)
There are some (short) musical shows that are worth watching in Disneyland; we went to “The Golden Mickeys” and “Festival of the Lion King”, and both of the shows were good.
Golden Mickeys was a show mimicking the Oscar awards and introduced the cartoon characters (and films) such as the iconic Mickey, Minnie, Donald and characters from later stories like “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Mulan” and “Lilo and Stitch” etc.
The Festival of the Lion King was a brief story based on 1994 animated movie, “The Lion King”.
The Golden Mickeys
Festival of the Lion King
The Tomorrowland… we didn’t spend much time there
Other highlights of Hong Kong Disneyland include the
Disney on Parade in the afternoon and the fireworks show at night.
Merry-go-round at Fantasyland
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