Childhood Dreams: Disney and the HongKong sky (Day 2)

What I always love about staying in hotels apart from sleeping is their buffet breakfast. And I must say, Hyatt does not disappoint. A wide spread of buffet, for all your tummy's needs and cravings. Be it chinese noodles, dumplings, Japanese sashimi, all types of bread, cereals, juice flavors, pancakes, and so on. Now, I think I'm hungry again! They even have Yakult too! And not the small ones like what's sold here in the Philippines, bigger version. We eat to our heart's content so we don't have to go for lunch after. 

Day 2’s highlight was our visit to Ngong Ping Village and Disneyland.  

Before reaching Disney, we dropped by JCL jewelry group, where they offered huge discounts to visitors. Not really a fan of jewelry, but my friends were able to score ear pieces at such good bargains.

All the excitement rushed in when we were finally heading to Disney. Upon arrival, we decided to drop by first the Ngong Ping Village before enjoying the fun rides at Disney. Ngong Ping is just nearby through the Disney train. The MTR in Disney was not the usual train but was customized with Mickey windows and rail handles.

The Disney gang

Catch the hidden mickey!

Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car. One of my favourite activities in our Hong Kong trip was riding the cable car especially that we selected the glass floor so we can see what’s down below. I was amazed by the technology that was used which made me feel less scared as I was more assured of the sturdiness and safety of the cable car. We were all in awe at the whole ride. We are how many meters above sea level, that without the glass walls, we’ll be able to literally touch the clouds. Trees and even waterfalls down below looked so tiny. There was a large buddah figure on top of the mountain but we decided not to climb it and just looked at it from the village.

Trees looked so tiny.

Just imagine how high we were.

So that's the large buddha on top!

Citygate Outlet. Before going back to Disney, we decided to stop by the outlet store near Ngong Ping for a quick shopping. Citygate houses numerous outlet stores from Giordano, Nike, Swatch, Guess, and high-end brands like Kate Spade, Coach, etc. The Fossil watches I bought for myself and Papa were real steals as they were almost at 60% off compared to market price in Manila. I also scored a Nike backpack for my brother at a huge discount.

Disneyland. Just in time, we returned to Disney to witness the showcase of our favourite Disney characters especially the Princesses in a street parade. I swear Disneyland will turn you into a kid. All my childhood memories came to life. Watching theatre shows like Lion King and Mickey, seeing the characters up close, coming eye to eye with Cinderella’s castle amidst the fireworks backdrop just like how they are in Disney movies, they all bring a different kind of nostalgia, a sense of joy, as if I were a kid again.

Disney theme rides are not so extreme and are kid-friendly. Must try are the rides in Space Shuttle, Toy Story land and Grizzly Bear.

The required jump shot :)

Be careful of the water coming out of their floats!

Ladies love Tarzan :p

 

The famous Cinderella castle. Didn't get to take a picture of the fireworks in the evening.

While I was busy riding the extreme rides, these girls just took pictures.

Ladies Market. After enjoying Disney, since there was still a few time, we decided to drop by the Ladies Market to buy some souvenirs. In the Ladies Market, you get to buy the pasalubong favourite, I Love HK shirts for just Php100 each. Key chains and ref magnets also came at a cheap price. But you would have to haggle. Since they also take advantage of tourists and sell it at a premium if you don’t know how to bargain. The Ladies Market is really similar to Divisoria but we did not have much time to look around since it was already near closing time.

Day 2 was indeed very productive! We got lots of places covered J