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cattprez
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HK DIsneyland was great!!!! although very small compared to Anaheim it was great. There was no wait for anything.. except i think about 5 mins to see mickey. There were no kids there!!! which was strange but you see the HK kids dont know about Mickey and Disney. There was mostly middle aged HK business men!!!! talk about strange hehe... it also rained while we were there but we went and bought our mickey poncho's and it was all good.
so yeah.. this was in april 06 that we went....
HK is good for no waits and no kids!
so yeah.. this was in april 06 that we went....
HK is good for no waits and no kids!
I live in HK and have an annual pass to Disneyland, so obviously I'm a fan 
Catt, you're right, HK Disneyland (as most people know) is very small. It only has 3 lands - Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and Adventureland which is currently being called 'Pirateland' for the summer, to coincide with the Carribean movies. The castle is smaller than other Disneylands as well.
There are quite often very small queues at some rides, notably Buzz Lightyear and Festival of the Lion King (show) and to a lesser extent, Space Mountain. However, others are consistently 45 mins or more such as the Winnie the Pooh ride, Stitch Encounter and Autopia. Chinese people are pretty mad about Winnie the Pooh and other cutesy characters, so that explains the wait there, and Autopia just isn't a very efficient ride in terms of the number of people able to ride at any one time compared with the length of the ride.
Catt, you say you went in April? Each time I've been, the place was full of kids. Particularly during the school holidays of course, but other times too. The middle aged men you speak of are definitely likely to be mainland Chinese rather than HK locals, and yes, you see them riding the carousel all on their own, it's a little bizarre!!
One of the nice things about a small park is that you can manage to do everything in a day, if you plan carefully. It's nice to take visitors for a day because of that, and you don't feel you're frantically rushing around to see everything.
The food at HK Disneyland is often commented on. It's mostly Chinese food - noodle soups, dim sum, chinese BBQ meats, as well as one burger place, the Starliner Diner and one cafe that does 'pseudo-Western', ie western food catering to Chinese tastes. However, I've noticed this summer a few new stands springing up, including a yummy crepe stall, and a stall selling chicken or beef wraps, similar to doner kebabs. VERY tasty.
I can only compare it to Anaheim, which I visited at 13, and only remember it being far bigger than the HK one, so I don't have many insights on comparing HK to other parks.
I love HK Disneyland! So does my 2 year old, and I am going to milk this annual pass for all it's worth before I have to pay for him to get in when he turns 3! LOL
Catt, you're right, HK Disneyland (as most people know) is very small. It only has 3 lands - Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and Adventureland which is currently being called 'Pirateland' for the summer, to coincide with the Carribean movies. The castle is smaller than other Disneylands as well.
There are quite often very small queues at some rides, notably Buzz Lightyear and Festival of the Lion King (show) and to a lesser extent, Space Mountain. However, others are consistently 45 mins or more such as the Winnie the Pooh ride, Stitch Encounter and Autopia. Chinese people are pretty mad about Winnie the Pooh and other cutesy characters, so that explains the wait there, and Autopia just isn't a very efficient ride in terms of the number of people able to ride at any one time compared with the length of the ride.
Catt, you say you went in April? Each time I've been, the place was full of kids. Particularly during the school holidays of course, but other times too. The middle aged men you speak of are definitely likely to be mainland Chinese rather than HK locals, and yes, you see them riding the carousel all on their own, it's a little bizarre!!
One of the nice things about a small park is that you can manage to do everything in a day, if you plan carefully. It's nice to take visitors for a day because of that, and you don't feel you're frantically rushing around to see everything.
The food at HK Disneyland is often commented on. It's mostly Chinese food - noodle soups, dim sum, chinese BBQ meats, as well as one burger place, the Starliner Diner and one cafe that does 'pseudo-Western', ie western food catering to Chinese tastes. However, I've noticed this summer a few new stands springing up, including a yummy crepe stall, and a stall selling chicken or beef wraps, similar to doner kebabs. VERY tasty.
I can only compare it to Anaheim, which I visited at 13, and only remember it being far bigger than the HK one, so I don't have many insights on comparing HK to other parks.
I love HK Disneyland! So does my 2 year old, and I am going to milk this annual pass for all it's worth before I have to pay for him to get in when he turns 3! LOL
it was still FABULOUS!!! and yes because it smaller its easier to get around to everything Sorry Catt, I don't think I was very clear. I said there were kids everywhere, and some rides often have long queues, but I didn't mean that it is always really busy. I just meant that each time I've gone, I haven't noticed that there were vastly more adults than kids.
The summer holidays were really very busy, and we didn't even bother with a few things like Tarzan's Treehouse, Winnie the Pooh and Autopia because of 30-45-60 min queues.
But as you say, other times it has been the opposite with very short queues. The first time we went to HKDL, my husband and I went on Buzz Lightyear and it took me till the end of the ride to realise the whole point is you shoot targets to earn points (LOL) so when we got off I said, 'can we go on again now that I know what's going on? :lol: ' We hopped off, walked round and walked straight onto the ride again! So that's HKDL being quiet.
Now that the summer is over, they have come out with a promotion where annual pass holders can bring one friend free in September. I'm really happy about that, and a bunch of us residents who have passes will go together and bring a bunch of other friends. But the fact they're running the promotion I guess implies that now will be wayyyy quieter than the past couple of months. I'm looking forward to it!
I heard the other day that 1% of HK residents hold annual passes to HKDL. That seems like a lot to me! Is it the same at other Disney parks, ie local residents often get annual passes?
The summer holidays were really very busy, and we didn't even bother with a few things like Tarzan's Treehouse, Winnie the Pooh and Autopia because of 30-45-60 min queues.
But as you say, other times it has been the opposite with very short queues. The first time we went to HKDL, my husband and I went on Buzz Lightyear and it took me till the end of the ride to realise the whole point is you shoot targets to earn points (LOL) so when we got off I said, 'can we go on again now that I know what's going on? :lol: ' We hopped off, walked round and walked straight onto the ride again! So that's HKDL being quiet.
Now that the summer is over, they have come out with a promotion where annual pass holders can bring one friend free in September. I'm really happy about that, and a bunch of us residents who have passes will go together and bring a bunch of other friends. But the fact they're running the promotion I guess implies that now will be wayyyy quieter than the past couple of months. I'm looking forward to it!
I heard the other day that 1% of HK residents hold annual passes to HKDL. That seems like a lot to me! Is it the same at other Disney parks, ie local residents often get annual passes?
