As a big Disney fan, I need my regular dose of Disney Magic every year 😂
Although we've been to Disneyland many times, this is the first time that we're bringing a baby under 1 year old! Oh my... wish me luck! 😣
When we visited Hong Kong Disneyland previously in 2016, my older girl was still very willing to dress up as Snow White. She is now a tween and has completely outgrown her princess dress-up days! *sob* Thankfully, she is still ok to wear Minnie headbands with me! 😂😍
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| Family photo at the entrance! |
TOMORROWLAND
Our main purpose for re-visiting Hong Kong Disneyland is to visit the new Marvel attractions at Tomorrowland! The hubby is a big Marvel fan and was finally less resistant to Disneyland as a result 😅
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| Stark Industries |
Ant-Man & The Wasp
Our first ride of the day was Ant-Man and the Wasp. I love that the decoration was detailed and true to the film! There was no queue when we went so we could go on as many times as we liked!
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| Excited to ride the Ant-Man and the Wasp ride! |
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| In our capsule and ready to shoot some targets! |
The best part about the ride was the fact that I could bring my baby to ride it as many times as we wanted! I still can't believe that they were super ok with me carrying my 7 month old littlest girl on the ride! I was also very amazed that my baby was so cool with the darkness and flashing lights too. She did not even flinch and looked really excited as if she is a part of the action as well!
Very fun ride and definitely worth the many many times that we went on it! 😁
Iron Man Experience
The hubby's favourite Marvel character is definitely Iron Man! We were really excited to experience the 4D ride!
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| Iron Man Experience |
Unfortunately the baby can't ride this, hence, you'd need to do the parent switch (one parent rides and then switches with the other parent).
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| One of the 5 pods for the ride |
To be honest, I didn't like that they only opened one pod when there were 5 available. I get that they didn't want to open all 5 due to manpower and efficiency as there were not a lot of guests but the minimum should be 2 at least. This is probably the only Disneyland I've been to that opened only 1/5 of their ride. Makes me wonder how long they will survive with such dwindling visitors to the park.
The ride itself was quite good and the hubby actually went on it twice! This is really rare for the hubby who hardly ever go on any ride more than once. I told you he's a big fan of Iron Man! *laughs*
Heroic Encounter with Iron Man
We queued for about 30 minutes just to meet with Iron Man in person and believe me, it was worth the wait!
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| Introduction to Stark Expo and Iron Man's secret technology |
In the middle of the speech, which was in Cantonese, Iron Man made his appearance!
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| We met Iron Man! Yay! |
This was definitely a highlight of our visit!
Hyperspace Mountain
I don't have any photos of this and that's really sad because it was probably the first and last time my kids went on Hyperspace Mountain. I managed to convince them to go, and they both teared at the end of the ride because they were so scared! Guess they're like their parents and hate roller coasters in general 😄
They are probably never going to trust me again when I tell them a ride is "not scary"... 😔
FANTASYLAND
Mickey & the Wonderous Book
We went to watch a show at the Storybook Theatre!
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| Enjoyed a super cute ice-cream before the show |
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| The Storybook that's the heart of the whole performance |
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| Jungle book |
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| Rapunzel and Ariel's duet |
The songs were in English but the dialogue and the rest of the show was in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. I had to translate for the kids for most of the show as they couldn't really see the subtitles and didn't understand Cantonese. Other than the language difficulties, it was a great show!
FYI, the princess castle was under construction when we went and will probably only be ready earliest 2020. On first glance, I thought it was going to be princess Jasmine's castle, which will be so cool! Unfortunately it will be a combination of various castles put together to form one unique castle.
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| Transformation in the process |
They are also going to build a Frozen-themed land in the coming years! Will bring the littlest back when she is old enough to like Frozen 🤣
Cinderella Carousel
The boy has never been on the Cinderella Carousel so this is just for him!
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| Super excited to be on the horses 🎠 |
In case you're wondering, I was on the carriage with the littlest baby 😀
Royal Banquet Hall
We usually eat at the Royal Banquet Hall when we visit because of the princess decor!
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| Simple meal with a Disney twist |
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| Dim sum |
Food is pricey and taste very ordinary but that's how it is dining in a theme park.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The baby was allowed to ride the Winnie the Pooh ride!
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| Winnie the Pooh ride |
Once again, she was unfazed by the darkness and the flashing lights. In fact, she looked like she was going to sleep! 😄
It's a Small World
This is probably the only Disneyland in the world that you can ride this without a queue 😄
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| It's a small world after all! |
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| On our boat |
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| Aladdin and Jasmine |
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| Love the beautiful national costumes of people around the world |
ADVENTURELAND
Meeting Moana
We bumped into Moana on our way to Toy Story Land!
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| Love our group photo! |
We continued walking away from Main Street, happy to skip the Flight of Fantasy Parade because we had already seen and even participated in it in the previous trip.
MYSTIC POINT
We really wanted to ride the Mystic Manor ride but it was down for some reason! So sad =(
Explorer's Club Restaurant
We decided to have our dinner at the Explorer's Club Restaurant and it was a good decision. The food was good and it wasn't very crowded.
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| Dinner at the Explorer's Club Restaurant |
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| Yummy fried rice with prawn and satay |
TOY STORY LAND
Toy Story Land was our last stop before we made our way back to Main Street for the evening parade.
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| Lovely photo of me and the kids |
As I was busy taking photos, the hubby shouted to me that he spotted Buzz Lightyear!
Meet & Greet with Buzz Lightyear
By the time I rushed over, the queue was already closed and Buzz was finishing his shift 😢
We had to make do with waving and walking him out...
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| Hello Buzz! So sad that I missed out a photo with him 😞 |
Slinky Dog Spin
As Toy Story Land was about to close, the kids managed to squeeze in one last ride on Slinky Dog!
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| Round and round we go! |
They were super sad that they couldn't go for one more ride.
MAIN STREET
We love Mickey Projection Show
There were no more fireworks as the castle is under construction, hence, in its place, they've got a new projection show at Main Street featuring Mickey Mouse.
It's a nice show but I still preferred fireworks.
Disney Paint the Night Parade
The finale of our day was the awesome night parade! Was definitely one of the highlights!
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| Flying Tinkerbell! I think it must be really painful for her to be suspended like this! |
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| Monsters Inc |
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| Belle and Ariel! Love Ariel's float! And I still have not gotten a photo with Belle! 😞 |
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| Left: Mickey and Minnie! Right: Lightning McQueen and Mack! Love the level of detail that went into the Cars characters! |
Minnie saw our head bands and waved directly at the girl and I while pointing at our heads 😄 That's why I love you Minnie! 😍
And that was the end of our magical day at Hong Kong Disneyland! 💙
Compared to our previous visit to Hong Kong Disneyland, there were a few things missing this time:
- No castle, hence, no fireworks
- Very little character meet and greet; we didn't meet any princesses at all other than Moana (I suspect because there was no castle)
- No Fairytale Forest (therefore no meet and greet with Tinkerbell or any of the villians who live in the forest)
- No Festival of the Lion King musical
It's really sad but overall we still had a fun experience with other highlights of the day!
[Day 5]
We said goodbye to the happiest place on Earth before heading to the airport. We had a great time while we were here and thank God for a very safe trip!
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| Our last meal in Hong Kong before heading back to Singapore 😋 |
This is my eighth trip to Hong Kong and am very certain that it would not be my last! Till next time! 😁
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P.S: Want more Disney? Here's the full list of our experiences at Disneylands around the world:
- 2015: Tokyo Disneyland (Japan)
- 2015: Tokyo DisneySea (Japan)
- 2016: Hong Kong Disneyland (China)
- 2017: Disneyland Paris (France)
- 2018: Tokyo DisneySea (Japan)
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