Disclaimer: As much as possible, I tried to be objective in my observation. However, it is fair to note that I grew up with imaginary Disney's classics character dancing in my head, I love Disney, and I believe that Disneyland IS the happiest place on earth.
Learning about my trip to HK Disneyland, most people asked me how bad it was and whether it's worth a visit. It's a funny thing that no one asked me how good it was instead! Rather than answering your question, I will let you make your own conclusion after reading this post :)!
1. HK Disneyland crowd is not the best in the world. Lot of cut queuer, extremely loud people and most of the time they have a tendency to stand to close to your comfort.
2. These people use their kids as cover. Their modus operandi is pretty simple: step one - let the kids jump the queue, step two - Its Moms turn to jump the queue while pretending to scold the kids (duh!).
3. Tripod is very useful to intimidate the cut-queuer! So far I manage no one cut our queue (yet).
4. In contrary to my expectation, the toilet is actually very clean. Kudos to those cleaners behind the curtain.
5. HK Disneyland is not a classic Disneyland. With so many new character coming out, you will find more reference to Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Aladin, etc (vs. the original classic character like Mickey and Donald). If you an old timer like me, you better safe more and go to the Japan/US one instead.
6. If you are looking for a thrilling ride, unfortunately there is only one for you to take, the Space Mountain. To be fair, except for Disney adventure theme park, Disneyland usually don't have that many thrilling rides. You better of going to Ocean Park if that what you want to do.
7. No Small World Castle and Haunting Mansion in HK Disneyland (duh!). While they have Winnie the Pooh version of Small World nothing beat a hypnotic small world tune :)!
8. The queue is unbearable in HK Disneyland. Due to lack of rides, and space, and the kiasu behavior, we end up queuing for hours and hours to take the rides despite going there on the weekdays :(.
9. It take more than half day to finish HK Disneyland. With the amount of queuing that you need to spend, it will take you full day if you intend to take ALL rides.
10. There is plenty for everyone in Disney. I believe it is a matter of personal experience. There are actually plenty for everyone, and walking around the mainstreet itself is consider fun for me. If I have to choose, one should not miss the following rides/attraction: Lion King Show, Donald 3D show, The Parade (only twice a day), Golden Mickey show, and the firework.
11. The firework is inferior from other Disneyland. Although its good, I don't think it is worth queuing for hours to sit right in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle. My recommendation is actually to shop around in the main street, grab some food and then just watch the fireworks from far-far away.
So will I recommend HK Disneyland for you? If you love Disney and have not been to any Disneyland, my recommendation is to go and visit HK Disneyland. If you are not into Disney and looking for the rides, you probably would rather to skip it and go to a bigger Disneyland (Japan is still my favourites) or go to parks that specialized in rides. But hey, if you really love Disney and Disneyland like me, you should not ask such question, do you :)?
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