Hong Kong Day 4: HK Disneyland

Hong Kong Disneyland, Lantau Island
Monday, 3 March 2014

Our main agenda for today... HK Disneyland, one of my top things to do in Hong Kong. Actually, kalau ikut itinerary this is  supposed to be our first destination on the second day tapi memandangkan, that day was saturday, so, kami cancel plan and ke Ocean park dulu. Bukan apa, takut nanti keseronokan tak seberapa memandangkan weekend & cuti sekolah, confirm ramai nanti kan. So, we decided to change the day to monday with the hope that not so many many people during weekdays. Ternyata, still ramai juga orang kan. Aku rasa mostly yang datang on weekdays nie tourist from outside and they had the same sense & feeling like us, too avoid crowd on weekend. Still, we need to queue to access ride & show. Maybe kalau weekend lagi panjang kot compare to weekdays, I assume.

Getting Here:

Kalau dari Delta Hotel, Tsim Sha Tsui, ada dua cara MTR route nak ke sini.

From MTR Tsim Sha Tsui 
Tsim Sha Tsui – Lai King (Tsuen Wan Line) (Interchange) – Sunny Bay (Tung Chung Line) Interchange – Disneyland

From MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui

East Tsim Sha Tsui – Nam Cheong (West Rail line) Interchange – Sunny Bay (Tung Chung Line) Interchange – Disneyland 

We had chosen the second option. Mana-mana pun ok sebab akan sampai juga cuma route thru Tsuen Wan line akan berhenti banyak station compare to west rail line.

Naik train mickey ni je dah seolah-olah berada di alam fantasy disney

Tengok station dia jer pon dah macam berada di alam fantasy disney

Masa kami sampai tu, rasanya masih awal lagi & belum pukul 9. So, kami pun ambik peluang bergambar sepuas-puasnya di entrance to HK Disneyland. Actually, kat luar ni before masuk pun dah macam-macam attraction of Disney characters yang menyambut kedatangan kami.

Kami tak sabar nak explore disneyland HK

Snow white pun sambut kami

Masih awal lagi masa kami sampai sini, main gate pun tak buka lagi

Kalau ikutkan pukul 9.30 dah boleh masuk tapi entah apa yang buat lambat. Nak dekat pukul 10 baru dia buka. And kami merupakan group yang terawal sampai & paling depan queue tunggu nak masuk jugalah. And ada standard procedure, ada spot check before they can allow you to get in. Tapi, sesuatu yang kami dapat jangkakan, our food for lunch tak boleh bawa masuk. Dia kasi option supaya kami tinggalkan di customer service counter with charge of HKD80. So, aku n Hezrin terpaksa keluar ke customer service nak simpan stok makanan kami tu. Kos ni untuk satu beg or satu bungkusan sahaja. Memandangkan bekalan makanan kami agak banyak, so, 2 plastik bag yang kami guna tu terpaksa lah aku compressed kan into one plastic bag sahaja. Huh, nak jimat kos punya pasal. Alhamdulillah, nasib baik berjaya itupun lepas aku terpaksa buang one of the canned food. Nak masuk balik, terpaksa lah kami queue semula. Luckily, queue dia tak panjang.

I hate being so cute

Beautiful disneyland architecture at the main entrance

Dah masuk situ sila dapatkan guide map & time guide HK Disneyland. Lepas tu plan lah apa yang patut untuk ride & showtime inside HK disneyland. Kalau tengok map memang banyak tempat nak kena cover. Tapi maybe tak boleh nak cover semua especially yang masuk one day sahaja, so, try plan the best, ok.

With Chip & Dale characters

Tomorrowland

Our first attraction at Disneyland HK. And since, this is the nearest. First ride yang kami naik, orbitron. Walaupun rasanya ride ni lebih sesuai untuk kanak-kanak tapi ada kami kisah. Lagipun yang naik tu pun rasanya lagi ramai adults compare to kids, hahaha. After that, kami ke space mountain pulak naik roller coaster yang sangat mendebarkan. Ingatkan macam biasa-biasa saja, yelah aku fikirkan untuk kids kan tapi this is really high speed roller coaster.

Tomorrowland our first destination

Excited dapat naik orbitron yea

Sleeping Beauty Castle

Finally, I was here

Gerai-gerai dia pun ala-ala fantasy juga

Jom masuk kita explore Fantasyland

Our first show "Philhar Magic"

One of the attraction at Fantasyland

This shop looks really interesting

Fantasyland Railroad station. Suspended due to construction of iron man experience

Adventureland

Welcome to Adventureland

Our first adventure here was jungle river cruise. Journey with itrepid skipper along the mysterious rivers of adventure. Bagi aku biasa-biasa saja sebab haiwan yang ada semua fake, hahaha. Cakap macam nak sangat yang alive ada kan. Tapi, kata adventure mestilah nak tengok real life kan. Sila ke taman safari yea kalau nak lagi adventure. Anyway, it was fun & view along the river pun awesome juga.

Our first adventure... Jungle River cruise

Be careful ada gajah keluar dari air tiba-tiba tau

Escape from rhino

Tarzan's Treehouse

Pandai juga tarzan ni design rumah dia kan

After journey thru mysterious river, kami rehat sekejap for lunch at Tahitian Terrace at adventure land. Tak salah aku cuma ada 2 restraunt yang served Halal food di sini, Tahitian Terrace and Explorer's club restaurant at Mystic Point. Alhamdulillah, boleh tahan sedap & kenyang walaupun mahal. Nasib baik boleh guna credit card sebab cash yang ada pun untuk the next 2 days kat HK. So, kalau boleh taknak sentuh my cash at that time. Thanks Fad.

Asian Fried Rice with Chinken & Salad. Total HKD94

After lunch, we continued the adventure. This time, we took raft to tarzan's treehouse crossing the same river. Jom kita explore apa yang ada disini...

Kami nak explore rumah tarzan, jom

The other side of tarzan's house

Tarzan & Jane in the house

Nice light decoration

Flight of Fantasy

Basically macam pertunjukkan kererta berhias from disney characters. Siap ada pancaragam bagai, hehehe, ada dancing & all characters from disney film. Maybe, kalau children maybe sangat happy lah sebab nanti ada satu slot tu, dia akan invite kanak-kanak to dance with them. Only children, ok.

The show is begun

Disney characters show

Winnie the Pooh

Dancing performance from lion king

Lilo & Stich performance parade

The flight of fantasy parade show ends 20 minutes later.

Our next destination after the Flight of fantasy was it's a small world. This is also one of the attraction at Fantasyland. Sangat cute & terhibur sekali.

It's a small world at fantasy land

Take a journey on "the happiest cruise that ever sailed" as the children of the world sing and dance to the song "It's a small world (after all)"

Selamat Tinggal

After it's a small world journey, we proceeded to the next attraction, "The Golden Mickeys" show at 4pm. It's a musical celebration of disney's film & characters. Anyway, it was fun. After the Golden Mickey show, we returned to Main Street USA nak cari disney city hall nak perform solat. Nasib baiklah kami diberi tempat solat yang agak selesa disini walaupun bilik yang diberi bukanlah musolla, Alhamdulillah. Masa kami habis solat, masa pun dah nak pukul 6 petang. Huish, macam nak gelap dah ni. Padahal masa tu, rasanya masih ada a few lagi attraction yang kami tak habis nak cover. 

Kami tumpang solat di City hall ni

Posing dengan Police car sekejap

Main Street USA... night time

Toy Story Land

Masa kami sampai sini, dah gelap pun tapi ride still going on. So, sempat jugalah aku jadi budak-budak kejap naik slinky dog spin. Biasa jer ride nie. After that, aku & kay try naik Toy soldier parachute drop, ride ni kiranya macam ala-ala naik solero. Tapi boleh tahan juga ride ni, naik sampai atas ok tapi bila bab nak lepas kan ke bawah tu, serius scary juga. Satu ride yang aku tak berani naik kat sini RC racer, maybe kalau ramai penumpangnya berani sikit kot, anyway, kalau dah penakut tu penakut juga kan, hahaha.

Toy Story Land

The Mystic Point

Dekat Mystic point ni ada 2 attractions. The mystic Manor & Garden of wonders. Tapi tulah, kami sampai sini pun dah malam, so, memang tak sempat pun nak masuk sebab memikirkan ada fireworks show yang akan berlansung pada pukul 8 malam di sleeping beauty castle.

The Mystic Point

Grizzly Gulch

Main attraction kat sini of course Mountain Runaway Mine Cars. Aku memang nak sangat-sangat naik Mine cars ni, memang dah set dalam mind nak naik ni tapi masa kami sampai ni dah pukul 7 lebih, so, nothing we could do other than just see the mine train trail. Dengar juga ada orang masih menjerit masa ni tapi masa tu dah agak gelap kot, confirm aku takkan naik. Aku rasa kami lalu situ pun dah takde orang sangat pun. Masa tu, macam agak menyesal juga sebab macam rasa banyak habis buang masa kat Fantasy Land, Adventure Land & Shopping benda yang tak pasti lagi nak beli ke tak.

Tengok dari luar sajalah... musnah segala impian nak naik mine cars

Ini agak nyer mine car tu, hehehe

Restraunt at Grizzy Gultch area

Wanted

Jam pun dah menunjukkan hampir pukul 8mlm. And kami perlu cepat sampai sebab acara kemuncak di Disneyland bakal berlansung tak lama sahaja lagi. Kena make sure datang awal sebab nanti dapat tempat tak best. Masa kami sampai tu pun dah ramai orang, siap dah ada yang setting camera point to sleeping beauty castle lagi sebab nak dapat angle yang menarik untuk "Disney in the stars" firewoks. Suggested viewing location dekat roundabout depan sleeping beauty castle.

Disney in the Stars Fireworks... awesome

Disney in the Stars Fireworks marked end of the show at HK Disneyland. After that, kami terus balik & ambik semula bekal kami yang dah kena charge HKD80. Lesson learnt, sila jangan bawa bekal makanan dari luar yea.

I returned with a mixed feeling. Happy sebab I really enjoyed, satisfied & impian nak sampai sini, at last, terlaksana impian zaman kanak-kanak ku, hahaha. So sad that I could not enjoy all the ride inside HK disneyland. Rasanya, one day macam tak cukup nak explore semua, maybe kena beli 2 days pass kot baru betul-betul boleh enjoy. Yelah nak kejar ride, nak kejar showtime, flight fantasy nak kena sampai awal pulak, semua pun nak kena cepat & on time. So, memang agak-agak terkejar-kejar juga. Dekat fantasyland sahaja, ada 11 attractions. Tapi, confirmlah tak boleh nak cover semua kan, so, buatlah pilihan yang terbaik untuk show & ride yang korang nak. Itupun dah kira bernasib baik sebab ada 2 show yang agak best juga ditutup due to routine maintenance. Salah satunya "Festival of Lion King" theater.

The best is plan your time wisely, so that, tak buang masa kat tempat-tempat yang agak kurang sesuai dengan adult. Bagi aku semua tempat pun macam best & menarik, eventho nampak macam sesuai untuk kanak-kanak riang sahaja. InsyAllah kalau ada rezeki kita ke sini lagi. Tengok dalam Disney times guide,  Katanya, ada Iron Man experience still under construction. Maybe, one by one they will try to improve & add more attraction. So, every year pun ada sahaja new attraction kan, maybe.

To be continued...