Yes we are back - but we had some internet connection troubles the last few days there. Time to catch up.
Honestly - we weren't going to come here since we've heard nothing but negative reviews. We had some time though and decided to check it out since it is much cheaper than the ones in the US and Paris. I guess our expectations were so low for the place that it was easily beat. But make no mistake, this is a pretty good park in its own right with a major caveat - this park has little for people ages 10+. Reasons why we enjoyed it here:
Unexpected Demographic and lack of Crowds:
There are not many big time thrill rides like Indiana Jones, Tower of Terror, Aerosmith Roller coaster etc, It is however perfect for younger kids. That being said about 95% of the patrons were aged 20+. What this caused were big backlogs on the "big kid" rides like Space Mountain leaving the rest of the park for ourselves. Combine that with a cloudy day that had a high of 19 (cold by HK standards) and we had the park to ourselves at times, or so it seemed. Chloe and I literally went on Buzz Lightyear 12 consecutive times and didn't have to wait more than 10 seconds.
Food:
I guess when you are in a culinary city like Hong Kong, having bad food would be unacceptable. This was some of the best park food I've had any place. They featured regional Chinese cuisine at most venues. The Nanjing Beef Noodle Soup was great!
Price:
Although not as cheap as Ocean Park, I saying paying $50 CDN to get into any Disney Park is a steal. Chloe was only $35 CDN, while Isaac was free. Food and souvenirs were also at least half the price of its American cousins.
Before I stated that Ocean Park was much better than HK Disneyland. I would have to say that although similar, they each are different experiences that stand on their own and should be both visited with young kids. Ocean is more of an aquarium and zoo with rides - much like SeaWorld. Disney, you know what you're going to get: Polish, efficiency, and pixy dust.
