Finally Hong Kong Day 2: Disneyland!

Our hostel room doesnt have a TV and so we can forget about air conditioner. Luckily it is winter and we had natural aircon. There was heater provided though, we preferred to feel cold instead and had the fan to circulate the cold air. Shiok ah!

Though it was thin mattress, most of us slept well. I woke up a couple of times. In the middle of the night, it was very cold. Then at 4ish, Zaky woke me up bcos he needed to use the toilet. It was freaking cold, we had to run to the toilet and back. It was then that I decided to turn off the fan. It was so quiet without the fan; I can hear buzzing sound in my ear.

I heard that we can catch fantastic sunrise even from our hostel but nobody was keen. Lol. Sleeping was definitely more important. The alarm woke us up at 7ish where we started to get ready for the day and packed.

Bfast was available for purchased or we could cook our own bfast. We opted the former since we have nothing to cook. Daddy Lim must be super hungry and ordered 4 sets at HK$35 each. While checking out, I saw the staff busily pouring orange juice and I thought that they were having a nice bfast. They were actually preparing the bfast that we purchased. Haha. The kids were busy playing and checking out some half dead butterfly.

Of course we couldnt finish all the bfast. We quickly cleared up to go to the waiting point for the booked cab that was supposed to come at 8.30am. We were heading to Disneyland to meet the Liow family. They happened to be in HKG and so coincidently to be going to DL on the same day. One last picture before we leave the hostel for good.

I actually expected the condition of the hostel given that it is a hostal. I also didn't mind the bunk bed or no TV/ aircon and even shared bathroom. It is really no frills. We had to put own bedding and returned themlp at checkout. We also had to wash the plates and cutlery, even after the bfast that we bought. To me, everything was ok except for the TOILET! The water level seems to be always low, which will mean that the flush doesn't work, especially when everybody uses the toilet in the morning. Can cry. Bcos of that, I was glad that it was only 1 night. Daddy Lim even took a dump and had to leave the wonderful sight to the next person who uses the toilet. Poor soul.

The taxi was 30 mins late and the kids decided to build a stone tower.

Finally, we were in the cab.

Bye bye to Lantau island that we didn't really explore bcos we didn't have much time and were very tired after getting lost for 3 hours. Look at the pretty sky on the way down.

Hello Disneyland and the Liow family! The taxi fare was about HK$220. We deposited the luggage at the Guest Service at HK$100 per piece. The kids were escatic to have playmates.

There was not much crowd in beginning and we headed to the new Star Wars ride. It wasn't too bad and even saw the storm troopers. They were really living the character and asking people to get out if the way, even kids who wanted to Hi-5. So funny.

Right after the Star Wars ride, we got the fast pass for Space mountain. It turned out to be the same Star Wars ride; the Space mountain ride had been replaced by Star Wars ride. Haha.

The crowd turned up soon after and there were some Q to most of the rides. Luckily the park wasnt too big and we took quite a few rides, including the Grizzle Bear roller coaster that went backwards at some point. That was the kids' favorite. We also went to the Mystic Manor that Zaky refused to take when we were in Disneyland 2 years back.

We also took the racing car ride that we never took before. The kids were not tall enough then. We waited for 50 mins for that ride and it was my personal favorite. Throughout the Q, Zaky was whining that he was scare. It was super irrtating. It was like a huge viking and it was not scary at all bcos we were so firmly secured. The kids loved viking so they handled the ride well. The ride were so fast and this was what Daddy Lim caught. He wasn't keen on the ride. Haha.

We caught 2 shows and they were both super good. I like the 1st one better - about Mickey Mouse and the Disney Princesses. I think I enjoyed the show as much as the kids. Daddy Lim said that he almost dozed off only to be awaken by my now and then exclamation and request to take pictures. Haha. See, Else! Else!

We missed the parade but found some water mist fountain and the kids had fun. I think it was the companion.

Then, we caught the 2nd show about Simba. This one is slightly less interesting and there was a lot of singing, not very good after a long day. Even I almost fell asleep at some point.

The sky was turning dark after the show and we headed back to the Toystory land to catch the parachute ride and last race car ride. We were really the last one and had the entire car to ourselves. Woohoo!

We parted ways after the last ride. The kids did some last minute shopping before we took the MTR to hotel. Bye bye Disneyland. We skipped the fireworks to avoid the crowd.

Bcos the Disneyland hotel was so freaking expensive, I booked a hotel to the nearest convenient MTR station.

Poor Zaky dozed off on the train but obediently agreed to walk to the hotel, which is about 10 mins walk away. Thank God for Google map and we didn't lost our way.

Though Zaky walked to the hotel, he did fall asleep on the lobby couch while we were checking in. He didn't even had dinner. We ordered delivery and went to bed at almost 11pm after settling down. It had been a wonderful and tiring day. I like theme park.

Mummy Lim