Since this is now our third time to Hong Kong, and it's possible we won't be here for a while, I decided it was time to visit Disneyland.
Slept til 6am again. Breakfast much the same.
Bought my Disneyland ticket at the hotel which saved me the stress of buying it at Hong Kong station or at the park (although given the complete lack of queues at the park it would have been fine to buy it there).
Then trained it out. Took about an hour from door to door.
Disneyland MTR train
The park opens at 10:30am at this time of year, but when I arrived right on 10:30, people were already in the park walking around. I don't know if they just let people into the shops in advance but just don't let them on the rides?? Who knows.
Disneyland Hong Kong entrance
Disneyland manhole cover
Fountain at the entrance to Disneyland
Main Building at Disneyland with a train in front of it
So went over to Space Mountain first to get in a couple of rides. But Space Mountain has a singles line (win!!) so I knew that wasn't going to be a problem later.
Entrance to Tomorrowland
Space Mountain
Then over to Grizzly Gulch to have a ride on the runaway mining cart roller coaster. There's no big dips, but it has a couple of surprises in it which makes it quite fun. Ended up having three rides in a row - one at the back, one at the front and one in the middle.
Train crossing the bridge at the entrance to Grizzly Gulch
Mystic Manor
Then I just wandered around the park, going on things as I went.
The other super fun ride was RC Racer, which is kinda like the Pirate Ship ride on steroids. Zero G fun! Had a couple of goes on that early on, and one as the last ride of the day.
Entrance to Toy Story Land
Toy Soldier Parachute Drop
RC Racer from Toy Soldier Parachute Drop
RC Racer
Walkway in Toy Story Land
I actually chose to go on a rainy day. I know right. But as locals seem to hate the cold weather, I figured the rain might keep even more of them away. And this seemed to be true. I barely noticed the crowds. Part of it was the singles lines, but generally I didn't have to wait too long to get on things. I even wondered at one point if I'd have everything done by like 4pm. There were a couple of things I didn't go on because of queues (eg the teacups and Dumbo), but easily could have waited the 20 minutes or so if I'd felt like it.
Entrance to Fantasyland
Rapunzel's tower in Fairy Tale Forest
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Broom and buckets in Fantasy Garden
Mad Hatter Tea Cups
Entrance to It's a Small World
It's a Small World
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
On the It's a Small World boat ride
Sleeping Beauty's Castle
Sleeping Beauty's Castle
Entrance to Adventureland
Selfie sticks are not allowed!
Tarzan's Treehouse
Leopard in Tarzan's Treehouse
On the Jungle River Cruise
Steaming poles in Adventureland
Autopia
Main Street
Toy Story Zeotrope in Art of Animation
Looking west down Main Street from the main building
Disneyland City Hall
Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars ride
In the end I stayed til 19:00. I did a quick race around the park to get photos of it all by night - it's sooooo pretty at night! But I didn't stay for the parade.
Tarzan's Treehouse
Walkway in Toy Story Land by night
Cinderella Carousel by night
It's a Small World by night
It's a Small World by night
Space Mountain by night
Entrance to Tomorrowland by night
Sleeping Beauty's Castle by night
Sleeping Beauty's Castle by night
Main Street by night
Main building by night
I did enjoy the roller coasters, there just wasn't enough of them. And getting to see It's a Small World when it said on the website it was closed was pretty special. But seeing the place at night was probably actually the highlight. So all up quite a good day. And it only rained a little bit.
Fountain at the entrance to Disneyland
Thankyou for Visiting
On the Disneyland MTR train
Came back to the hotel, and we went to the Scottish Restaurant for dinner (don't judge us), but also got some skewers from meat on a stick place next to the station.
