Hong Kong Disneyland nice

When we decided to go to Hong Kong, Dave reminded me that there was a Disneyland there, I was so excited. We knew that it wasn't as good as the one in California, but we figured with a baby we wouldn't be able to do much anyway. Dave's friend told us to be prepared for disappointment since they didn't have very many rides. We even said that if we got bored within a few hours it would be okay if we just left and went somewhere else. To our surprise, it ended up being a lot of fun. From our hotel we took a bus to the subway. We took the subway one stop and then hopped on the Disneyland Resort Line to the park. It was so cute.

Dave holding the mickey-shaped handles

Aren't those the cutest windows?

I dressed Christian in a cute Mickey Mouse outfit that my my mom gave him. Within the first ten minutes, he had a diaper blow out and his Disneyland outfit was ruined. Luckily I was prepared with not one, but two more Disneyland outfits with Tigger on them and he wore both of them.

We decided to go on Space Mountain first, since it was the only ride that Christian couldn't go on and we figured that later in the day the line would get pretty long. That never happened. The wait was always less than 5 minutes. Why? Because, I guess, the Chinese are afraid of roller coasters. At the start of the line was a cast member who's sole purpose was to inform guests that Space Mountain is a roller coaster. They even have a little handout that explained the ride in multiple languages. While I was on the ride, Dave watched as people got to the start of the line, took the handout and talked to the cast member, then turned around and walked away. Is Space Mountain really that terrifying? We thought that was pretty funny.

Me and Christian in front of It's a Small World

After the fun of Space Mountain, we took Christian on some rides. First we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride, then on The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and then It's a Small World. We thought that maybe Christian would enjoy the rides, but he didn't seem all that interested. We did go on the Jungle Cruise which was pretty fun. It has a different ending than at Disneyland and Disney World. In the line a little girl starting talking to me and Christian. She was really out going and friendly. Her brother came over and talked to us too. He asked me to guess his age. I guessed 8 and he got a disgusted look on his face and said, "Good guess." She asked me how old I thought she was. Now since he was 8 and she was younger, but not that much younger, I said 6. She was so surprised I got it right. Then he asked if I could guess his name. I think he was mad that I got his age right and wanted me to not get his name right. I asked him what it started with. He said an "A". I was trying to think of what boy name was popular 8 years ago, so I said Alex. You should have seen the look on his face. He was so annoyed that I got it right and said, "but what is my real name?". I wonder what the grandmother was thinking this whole time. I started to feel a little like a stalker. I really don't know how I got it right. Then of course the little girl wanted me to guess her name. She said it started with an "M". I guess Madison, but her name was Madeline, but went by Maddie. Close enough. Maddie really liked me and when we got onto the boat she came and sat by me instead of her family. She got so excited when we saw animals and said, "Look they're real, they're real!" It was really cute. She got scared about half way through and crawled onto the ground and would not get up again. Poor girl. The ending was kinda scary. It had fire and smoke and really freaked Christian out.


We decided to take Christian on the carousel. I wasn't sure how he would do on a horse, but I really wanted to get a picture of him on one, so I decided to climb up on it too. The ride lasted about 20 seconds. It was so short.

Me and Christian on the carousel

Within a few hours we had gone on every ride that we wanted to. Dave told me that it was up to me whether or not we stayed. I was having a lot of fun. It was not very busy at all, so I decided that we needed to spend the rest of the day there.


Neither one of us had been on the Teacups ride in a real long time, so we decided to try it out. I was afraid I would get sick, but it was a lot of fun.

Me on the Teacups ride. I picked out the purple and pink cup, my favorite colors

We saw one of the 3D shows and went to one of the LIVE performances. All is all it was a nice, relaxing day at Disneyland. If we ever move to Hong Kong, I'm sure we will get annual passes.


We had one more day in Hong Kong, but I'll have Dave write about that.