HKG Day 1

We took some family pictures in the airport. It would be so hard to get everybody together when we are in HKG.

It is now so much easier on the plane than when the kids were younger. They could at least sit still while waiting for the plane to take off. The kids had wanted to watch movies on the plane. While waiting for the plane to take off and the entertainment system to work, Lil Isaac was bugging me so much about it. I was flipping the program booklet and saw that Frozen was on the list. Lil Shauna would have loved that. Unfortunately, the 1am flight was far too punishing and both kids felt asleep shortly after the plane took off. I slept too - we would need all the sleep that we can get to survive Disney land the next day. I didn't dare to switch on the entertainment system. I must stay away from all distractions. Lol. Unfortunately, I only managed to get at most 2 hours of sleep despite that I was very tired. 

The kids slept the entire flight. Lil Isaac even needed to be carried off the plane and continued sleeping until after we cleared immigration. Lil Shauna was tired too but the poor girl is too heavy to be carried around and had to walk. Lil Shauna did get to take another nap at the airport after we cleared the immigration. We were trying to figure out how to get from the airport to the hotel.

We decided to take the public bus eventually. The last time we were in HKG with the girls, we took a shuttle bus and I had assumed that it would be easy to find one to bring us to the hotel but unfortunately not. Luckily, it wasn't that difficult either and Ah Yee was great in finding her way around. The bus ride took about 50 mins and the adults except ah yee were all dozing off. Apparently, ah yee was still suffering from jet lag. She is taking an awful long time to recover from jet lag lor.

Our hotel is located conveniently next to Yau Ma Tei MTR station. It didnt take us long to find the hotel after we alighted from the bus, which was great as we were lugging luggage + 2 kids + stroller.

We left our luggage at the hotel, had breakfast and then took the MTR to Disney land while Popo and ah yee went sightseeing in HKG.

Going to Disneyland via MTR wasnt tough though we had to change 3 lines. It took us about 45 mins to reach Disney land.  The train that ran the last line was Mackey Mouse theme and the kids were excited.

The USA main street was opened when we arrived at 9.30am. The other attractions only opened at 10am. Mickey and Minnie were posing for pictures and there was a snaking queue. Our kids aren't crazy about mascot and thankfully nobody insisted that we join the q. 

It was crazily crowded when Disneyland opened at 10am. Majority of the crowd seemed to be PRC though. Lil Isaac tried many more rides that he didn't the last time we came.

He even went Space Mountain, which is a roller coaster that ran in the dark. Actually, we joined the q for Space Mountain without realising what it really was. I was super worried that he would be scare and would cry in the middle of the ride. I was trying my best to hug him while being restraint in the seat and assured him throughout the ride. In the end, he didn't cry but I didn't get to enjoy the ride either. Lol. It just felt like a bumpy ride in the dark.

And of course we must have the famous Mickey and Minnie Mouse ice cream.

We had an expensive lunch at Disney land. The kids and I had Chicken rice and Daddy Lim had nasi padang. These were Singapore food but they cost about S$20 each plate! Decent food was basically about that price in Disney land. Lil Isaac didn't had much and then he fell into a long nap. After lunch,  we left Daddy Lim to nap with Lil Isaac at a cafe while Lil Shauna and I took 2 more rides. I could tell that Lil Shauna wasn't any less tired and didn't enjoy herself very much. She didn't even want to watch the parade, which was taking place at 3.30pm. The sun didnt make the trip any more enjoyable. When the sun was working hard, it felt just the same as Singapore. We left Disney land at about 2.30pm and took the MTR back to the hotel.

Lil Shauna was so tired but train was crowded. It was strange that the train seemed to be crowded any time of the day and we always see many old people in the trains. There were plenty of notices reminding people to be polite and give up seats but i dont see people doing so. 

Lil Shauna ended up dozing off while sitting on the standing board and we struggled to bring 2 kids back to the hotel. Thankfully, no kid was lost in the process. We attempted to wake Lil Isaac up serveral times along the way but he continued sleeping and refused to wake up until 1 hour more in the hotel room! Lil Shauna woke up energise after her short nap. Mummy fainted with Lil Isaac while Daddy Lim took care of Lil Shauna.

We woke up at 5ish for dinner with Popo and ah yee and did some shopping too. Dinner was great for the price that we paid. There are plenty of 茶餐厅 in HKG that serve great food. Lil Shauna was bashed by then and we headed back to the hotel thereafter.

We attempted some shopping but couldn't get much done and Daddy Lim had to put Lil Isaac on his shoulder while we walked back bcos the big girl could walk no more.

Lil Shauna was down by 8pm. I then brought the active Lil Isaac down for supper with ah yee and popo but he was way too cranky. We turned in for the night at 9+pm despite his long afternoon nap. By nap, I was groggy due to the lack of sleep too. A tiring 1st day.

Mummy Lim