Getting to the park is really easy and fun. Board the MTR to the Sunny Bay station. When you arrive at Sunny Bay you walk across the platform and wait for the Disney train. And who doesn't love a train whose windows are shaped like Mickey and so are the hand holders.
After a short ride through the mountain (literally) you arrive at the station and the entrance to the Magical Kingdom.
Upon entering, it would be hard to tell which park you are in. Main Street opens out before you and the castle lies ahead. It is a very familiar feeling.
This castle is a bit shorter and has a slightly different style, but it is a castle none the less. From here we entered Adventure Land. There are only two rides in this Adventure Land - Tarzan's Treehouse and the River Cruise.
There is something corny and wonderful about hearing the same jokes told when you were younger being told to the next generation - and with a Chinese accent. After our cruise we took a short musical break before moving into Fantasyland.
Fantasyland had many of the rides we are all so familiar with. We had our lunch there and I was quite surprised when I had a courtier pull out my chair for me in the royal cafeteria.
Since school was back in session and we were there on a Tuesday, we expected the crowd to be skewed more adult. But what a surprise to be in the loading queue for It's a Small World and realizing that there were no children ahead of us. Luckily there were some behind us so we knew we hadn't entered some sort of weird time warp or Benjamin Button kind of thing.
From Fantasyland it was off to Tomorrow Land and Space Mountain. Ken was a bit hesitant because of the dark thing, but he sucked it up and got on the ride with me. It was a blast.
One of the interesting spots in each area was the interactive fountains. These help the kids (large and small) cool off from the very warm temps. Users can play among the sculptures which periodically spray them with much appreciated water.
Ken has long been a huge fan of Buzz Lightyear. Well, he was happy to pose with his hero and then take his ride.
In this attraction you are under Buzz's command in a battle against Zorg and his minions. Once in your space ship you take your laser gun and try to knock out as many targets as you can. Once you top 1 million points you have maxed out the score. So we set off on our space adventure. At the end of the ride there was my score...
...and Ken's...
... enough said!
We blasted out of Tomorrow Land in search of Main Street and the gift shops.
After wandering through all of the shops and buying some Mickey Mouse Mooncakes for the upcoming Mid Autumn Festival and having a milkshake break (I think it's required), we were ready for our front row seats for the parade. So was a young mom across from us who really got into the spirit. She's the one in the pink ears.
This year is the Fifth Anniversary of Hong Kong Disneyland and the parade was a celebration of that landmark. It was terrific.
It was a fun parade and we had completed the park. Since there were still four hours till the fireworks, we decided to save those for another visit and made our way to the station and life beyond the mouse.
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