HKDL's Castle of Magical Dreams...
our sixth Disney Castle!
For Hong Kong Disneyland, we had two days of park tickets. We checked in to the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, went to the park on Thursday and Friday, and checked out on Saturday morning to get to the airport for our next flight. I wish I could say we had two full days in the park, but Mother Nature was not on our side! There were heavy downpours on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday that impacted how much time we could spend in the park, but we did as much as we could during the non-rainy times! Perhaps the most frustrating thing was the inaccuracy of the forecast - we kept checking the weather app and it would report no rain for an extended period of time and within fifteen mintues, it was raining cats and dogs. As such, I don't have nearly the same volume of pictures as I did from Tokyo Disneyland or Shanghai Disneyland, but that didn't impact how much we enjoyed our time!
Despite our limited time, the park is wonderful! It's well-laid out and the attractions are both familiar (Dumbo and It's a Small World) and unique (Mystic Manor and Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs). On one hand, there's no Pirates of the Caribbean (which one of the standout attractions at Shanghai Disneyland that absolutely puts the American versions to shame!), but on the other hand, Jungle Cruise is offered in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, which is very cool!
The nighttime show is called Momentous and includes projections and fireworks, and it was so good! There's also a "pre-show" before hand called the "Pixar Pals Spectacular" that includes drones, which was just as great, if not even better, than Momentous!
One thing HKDL does not have is any type of Downtown Disney area for shopping or dining, and with only one park, this leaves options pretty limited for guests. Since we only stayed for three nights, we made the best of it, but a longer stay would definitely require some preplanning in terms of bringing snacks and drinks with us!
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| 6 Disney Castles! 12 Disney Parks! 2 Happy Travelers! |
It's amazing to us that we can finally say we've been to all six Disney Parks around the world!
We still have one more thing to do in August to complete a challenge we set for ourselves, and we will have to make a trip to Abu Dhabi when the seventh Disney Park opens there in a few years! But summer 2026 is definitely one to remember with our visits to Shanghai and Hong Kong parks!
The next leg of our trip is the last city before we start our journey home next weekend!
Happy Tails to you!
