Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Disneyland Hong Kong - Part 2

I am having a tough time deciding what to post. In reality, every time I took a picture I was thinking of the Disney-holics in my life. Skye and Donna, Cali and Cami, Ashlynn. You know who you are. ;-) So if you're not into Disney you can skip this post, but if you ever think you might want to go to Hong Kong Disneyland, keep scrolling down! 
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Walking down main street.




I got Darryl to turn around for this picture with Sleeping Beauty's castle in the background.

But most of my photos are like this, the back side of Darryl while I focus on what is in front of us, in this case it's Adventureland!


The sample menu, in plastic, in front of the Tahitian Terrace.


Photo opportunities with the PLANES!

And on to Grizzly Gultch!



The fun thing about this part of the park was the great old Western Music they played throughout the venue.




Skye insisted that we had to go see Mystic Manor and we were not disappointed. 


The outside of the Manor was really beautiful.
It was so hot that they tried to keep the lines that weren't under fans down to single queue,. 

So the part of the line that wound through the garden that had some "Mystic" to it was closed off.

While we waited in line we watched part of the Mystic Point show with Dancers from around the world performing at the Depot. 

Welcome to Mystic Manor -





This whole ride was amazing and probably my favorite of Hong Kong Disneyland!

We meant to go back to the garden of wonders later in the day and retake this picture of the Neptune Mosaic Anamorphic thingy, but we were having so much fun we forgot. Guess we will have to go back! 

When you leave Mystic point you walk into....

Toy Story Land!



I love the scrabble letters!



And into Fantasyland!






As we walked into "It's A Small World" ride I put my camera away.

Darryl said, "Don't put it away, you will want to take pictures". I said it wouldn't be neseccary because the ride was probably the same as in Florida.

I was wrong. See Wendy on the moon?

And Aladin, Jasmin and Abu?


How about Woody and Jessie?

or Mowgli and Baloo?

I didn't get the picture of Simba..

But I got Arial along with..

Lilo and Stitch!

Glad I took his advise.

"I told you that you would want to take pictures!"

When we left the small world ran right into the parade from Tomorrow Land with
Stitch and some surfer dudes..


Buzz Lightyear,

Aliens, Ham, Rex and the Parachute soldiers.

 Where we ended up put us in the parade and we walked along and waved at everyone!


Then it was time to take a fast ride at Space Mountain!



The 7 Dwarf statues at the mine entrance.

A selfie beside Sleeping Beauty's Castle.



Going on the Winnie the Pooh ride.



We went back to Adventure Land and took the Jungle River Cruise.

Cruising by Tarzan's Treehouse.

Apes "trashing the camp".

The raft over to Treehouse.









Tarzan and Jane.



It was almost dark when we left Tarzan's place, we were very tired and decided to go back to the city and reality (and dinner).

It was a wonderful day and I can't wait to go back!

 Oh... and I love Disney Pins. Here is my collection.

That's it for the Disneyland Photos. Next Post -
The "Not so Great Wall of China".

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Hong Kong! Temple and Disneyland! - Part One

We had to take another quick trip out of China to comply with our visas and this time we went to Hong Kong! One word describes this place - 
INCREDIBLE!
I have so many photos that I will have to make 2 or 3 posts to get them all in. Let's start with Tuesday morning July 29th.....
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First off, before we left Darryl bought a new pair of shoes. (I guess for his birthday.) Every 60 yr. old man needs sneakers with Monkeys on them. 

These are so sexy! Haha!

The Beijing airport is immense!

On the airport express train headed into Hong Kong.


We walked around Hong Kong for a while and them went to dinner at a local "Cooked Food Market". Think Food court - Sort of.

We had a hard time deciding what to eat. Darryl was leaning towards the fried toad while I was thinking Bean Curd and Pork organs sounded delicious.
 He had BBQ pork and Pineapple and I had a green onion and peanut dish and chicken.
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Walking around town at night.


Sunrise Wednesday morning over the Mongkok district of Hong Kong. The most densely populated place on earth! (Guiness book of World Records says so. 340,000 people per sq. Mile)

First thing Wednesday morning we went to the Hong Kong Temple. I was so excited about the trip I forgot to pack Darryl's Church clothes. He was self conscious and thought about skipping the session, but a temple worker welcomed him in telling him it's what's in his heart that counts, not what he was wearing.

The garden at the temple entrance was so lovely and peaceful.







It is such a beautiful temple! A piece of Heaven on Earth.

After the temple we went back to the hotel, I changed clothes and Darryl changed his shoes. We went across the street to McDonald's and grabbed some lunch to go and ate it on our walk to Olympic station and the train to Sunny Bay where we transfered to the Disney Train...



No doubt what train you're on here!

The Disney train station.

I am like a kid when it comes to Disneyland!

Loved the entrance and the bronzes in the fountain.

There it is!


The sign gives the population of Hong Kong at 5,500,000 and elevation at 39 ft.

Since we weren't with any children, grandchildren or friends, you will see a lot of random people in my pictures.


More to come tomorrow! Until then- Sweet "Disney" Dreams!