My first trip to a disney park was in 1994 to Walt Disney World with my parents. Since that trip I have been on more than 21 vacations to a disney resort including Disneyland California, WDW and Disneyland Paris. I completed my first internship as an Attractions Hostess at the Magic Kingdom at WDW in the summer and fall of 2009, and am still employed there seasonally. Without a doubt going to Hong Kong Disneyland was a dream of mine, and being so close there was no way I wasn't going to go. These pictures capture the events of the day, and I'll go ahead and let you know IT WAS AWESOME!
Waiting to board the MTR Disneyland Resort Line. Yes, Disney is so special it has it's own line and....
of course the train is decked out Disney style : )
All the way down to the rings. Hidden Mickey anyone???
The seats were plusher than any other train, and we loved it! Can you tell? I call this "Roomies make it to Disney"!
Justin our resident photographer
Donald! He was my favorite statue at the entrance.
If you've been the WDW you might have seen custodial cast members doing this, and I thought it was awesome that they do it in HK Disney as well! My friend told me though that instead of using water they use tea. Not sure how accurate that statement is.
Bakery! Smelled so delicious. I resisted this time, but next time a hot chocolate and chocolate croissant might become mine. : )
The Castle!!! It is soooo tiny. All of HK Disneyland felt like it was mini sized.
According to the menu description online, Starliner diner serves American Style quick service. From what everyone ordered, I'd say it was American Style with a Chinese twist.
Lunch! We actually didn't arrive until 3:30pm, so we were starving by the time we got food. I had a cheeseburger with fries and a coke to drink. The cheeseburger was okay, but I think I'd get the chicken sandwich next time. The beef is just not the same here. What I did find deliciously awesome were the french fries. They taste almost exactly like the ones in WDW. If you've ever had Disney fries you understand my excitement!
One thing I found very interestng was seeing everything in English and Chinese. The wrapper my cheesburger was in had both English and Chinese, all signs were in both languages, and all of the preshow and postshow dialougue was in both.
Friends in Tomorrowland! Since we ate in Tomorrowland we headed straight for Space Mountain. You sit two per seat in this version and the track is incredibly smooth. Some of our group who are taller than most, definitely were afraid to put their hands up throughout the ride.
Home! This was on my must do list of attractions and I wasn't dissapointed! In a way seeing this attraction did make me incredibly homesick. I've spent so many hours working is attraction in Florida, and have so many wonderful memories from it.
The United States! I find in fascinating to see what other countries think of when they think of the US. You can't see it, but Pocahantas was also included.
TEACUPS!!! Now not everyone in our group chose to participate, only the most daring souls did. We split into two groups of three as instructed by the cast member named Fish. (Yes, that was the name on her nametag) We scoped out which teacup we wanted, deciding to pass on any pink one as we had just scene the custodial crew cleaning one out (ick). When the gate was opened we raced like little kids to our goal: THE PURPLE TEACUP! And we would not be denied! We spun round and round and round! We threw our hands up and screamed "WooHoo!" We worked so hard our arms felt like jelly! It was an awesome minute and 30 seconds.
One thing I kept forgetting and the noticing again was the mountains in the background. Only China.
I'm a huge fan of the themeing for this Philhar.
Again, I'm a fan : )
Rebels! Can't no one tell US when to put on our Opry glasses!
Out of order, but back at the train stop after park closing. Got to love the detail.
Main St. USA.
We made it! In roughly four hours our group of 11: watched the parade, rode Space Moutain 3 times, had lunch, rode It's a Small World, Teacups, Philharmagic and Jungle Cruise, shopped many times, saw the Castle Lighting show and watched the fireworks. The crazy thing? I wasn't even tired after having walked around the whole park. It really is mini-sized, but don't let anyone tell you it isn't worth a trip. As long as you have good friends with you who are willing to embrace their inner child and have some fun Hong Kong Disneyland is the place to be.
Waiting to board the MTR Disneyland Resort Line. Yes, Disney is so special it has it's own line and....
of course the train is decked out Disney style : ) 
All the way down to the rings. Hidden Mickey anyone???
The seats were plusher than any other train, and we loved it! Can you tell? I call this "Roomies make it to Disney"! 
Justin our resident photographer
Donald! He was my favorite statue at the entrance. 
If you've been the WDW you might have seen custodial cast members doing this, and I thought it was awesome that they do it in HK Disney as well! My friend told me though that instead of using water they use tea. Not sure how accurate that statement is. 
Bakery! Smelled so delicious. I resisted this time, but next time a hot chocolate and chocolate croissant might become mine. : )
The Castle!!! It is soooo tiny. All of HK Disneyland felt like it was mini sized. 
According to the menu description online, Starliner diner serves American Style quick service. From what everyone ordered, I'd say it was American Style with a Chinese twist. 
Lunch! We actually didn't arrive until 3:30pm, so we were starving by the time we got food. I had a cheeseburger with fries and a coke to drink. The cheeseburger was okay, but I think I'd get the chicken sandwich next time. The beef is just not the same here. What I did find deliciously awesome were the french fries. They taste almost exactly like the ones in WDW. If you've ever had Disney fries you understand my excitement! 
One thing I found very interestng was seeing everything in English and Chinese. The wrapper my cheesburger was in had both English and Chinese, all signs were in both languages, and all of the preshow and postshow dialougue was in both. 
Friends in Tomorrowland! Since we ate in Tomorrowland we headed straight for Space Mountain. You sit two per seat in this version and the track is incredibly smooth. Some of our group who are taller than most, definitely were afraid to put their hands up throughout the ride. If I had to rate it against the one in Florida I would still give the edge to Florida. I really loved this version, but the queue is fairly boring. The only reason it didn't matter for us was because there was barely a line. Also this version isn't as dark as the one at WDW.
Home! This was on my must do list of attractions and I wasn't dissapointed! In a way seeing this attraction did make me incredibly homesick. I've spent so many hours working is attraction in Florida, and have so many wonderful memories from it.
The United States! I find in fascinating to see what other countries think of when they think of the US. You can't see it, but Pocahantas was also included.
TEACUPS!!! Now not everyone in our group chose to participate, only the most daring souls did. We split into two groups of three as instructed by the cast member named Fish. (Yes, that was the name on her nametag) We scoped out which teacup we wanted, deciding to pass on any pink one as we had just scene the custodial crew cleaning one out (ick). When the gate was opened we raced like little kids to our goal: THE PURPLE TEACUP! And we would not be denied! We spun round and round and round! We threw our hands up and screamed "WooHoo!" We worked so hard our arms felt like jelly! It was an awesome minute and 30 seconds. Sadly one of our friend in the other teacup didn't fare to well. She felt sick afterwards, but was okay after taking a rest.
One thing I kept forgetting and the noticing again was the mountains in the background. Only China.
I'm a huge fan of the themeing for this Philhar. 
Again, I'm a fan : )
Rebels! Can't no one tell US when to put on our Opry glasses!
Out of order, but back at the train stop after park closing. Got to love the detail.
Main St. USA. Yes, I took a picture of the trashcan. lol 
We made it! In roughly four hours our group of 11: watched the parade, rode Space Moutain 3 times, had lunch, rode It's a Small World, Teacups, Philharmagic and Jungle Cruise, shopped many times, saw the Castle Lighting show and watched the fireworks. The crazy thing? I wasn't even tired after having walked around the whole park. It really is mini-sized, but don't let anyone tell you it isn't worth a trip. As long as you have good friends with you who are willing to embrace their inner child and have some fun Hong Kong Disneyland is the place to be.
Hong Kong Disneyland Castle at night. All lit up thanks to Tinkerbell.
Credit to my friend Sanna for taking this photograph.
I plan on writing a more detailed recap of our day at Disney. For this blog I've kept it short, but if you want to read more keep an eye out. I'll post a link when I finish my trip report.
Oh and yes, I'm planning a second trip already!
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