humoring the kid in me

It is said to be the happiest place on earth.

Who wouldn't want to go to a happy place?
So, together with three other divas who are so much in touch with the kids in them, off we went to Hongkong Disneyland for three days.
Disney Hollywood Hotel was home to us for three nights. The twin room we occupied served its purpose, i.e., provided with hot water to soothe our tired bodies each night and downy beds for our sore backs to rest. The rest (complimentary slippers-new set each day-for us to take home, four sets of toiletries, one each for the day we stayed in and polite and eager-to-help housekeeping staff) were just added incentives.
Hotel food was not bad at all. Only that their buffet is more expensive that any local buffet that I've sampled. The downside is that, the dimsums that I liked very much are so filling, I get to eat very little of everything else.
Unlike my first visit, this time I was able to visit and get to see things that only existed in my itinerary before. The day after our first night, we went to Hongkong Island after a heavy buffet. We each had only HK$150 on our persons so we had our pesos exchanged at HSBC Central branch which offered high value for our money. Then off we went to see Pierce Brosnan wax figure at Madam Tussaud's on Victoria Peak. We went by bus going up (which allowed us to see the resting place of the residents with the grave markers peeking out of the bushes) and going down on a tram. As the afternoon progressed, we spent a great deal walking along the avenue of the stars (getting our photographs taken with Jacky Chan's and Wong Kar wai's markers) passing the time profiling the people we see until it was time for the symphony of lights.
The last bus going to the hotel was at 10pm that by 8:00, everyone was anxious about how to get home. Funny thing is that the more we worried, the more we got lost in the maze of the mtr system (bagat -in the vernacular). We just couldn't find our 'line' (tsuen wan) for the longest time.
Day two was disneyland park time. We started bright and early. The ground was still wet from the rain last night. It belied the heat that was to be expected the rest of the day. We started with the adventure with the river cruise. A cynic would have not enjoyed the ride with robot rhinos coming out of the water seemingly to charge at the boat, or elephants trying to get us wet, drumbeats suggesting presence of cannibals performing a ritual...like the middle aged person in front of us. She was ready with her umbrella the whole time.
Next stop was the Lion King adventure. It was a song and dance presentation inside a theater featuring the famous songs from the movie, with the kingdom creatures retelling the story of Simba. Most of the dancers were from ballet Philippines.
Suffice to say that we sampled most of the rides of which Magic mountain was the most adventurous. Besides that, we also lined up with the kids to get our pictures taken with Mickey and Minnie :)
One day at the park wasn't just enough.