We decided to take an early ferry ride since we only had a day to spend in Hong Kong. Checked-out at Hotel Man Va at 9:00am the rode shuttle bus from Wynn to Macau Ferry Terminal. The Macau Ferry Terminal is pretty big and clean. It actually looks like an airport. It has 3 floors and the ticketing office are located of the 1st floor of the departure area. We bought the Turbojet ticket for the next scheduled trip. Ticket price is HK$ 140.00.
We were lucky that lines at the ferry terminal are not that long. Maybe because its Monday and its still early. It took only less than five minutes for us to finished lines from Immigration. Proceeded to the third floor of the terminal and waited outside for awhile to get inside the waiting area.
After few minutes, we finally boarded the Turbojet going to Hong Kong. The Turbojet is quite big and has two floors. It has also a mounted LCD TV for entertainment but I preferred to sleep that time. Luggage are put either infront or at the back of the ferry. The ferry left Macau at exactly 10:45am.
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| seated at the 2nd row to the last |
Touchdown Hong Kong. After an hour of ferry ride, we are now in Hong Kong. Just like in Macau, Hong Kong weather is cold and sunny. We arrived at Sheung Wan Shun Tak Centre Ferry Terminal. Shun Tak Centre is a commercial and transport complex. The ferry terminal is on the 3rd floor of the complex. The 2nd floor consists most of shopping boutiques and restaurants.
We ate our lunch at KFC fast food store. KFC meals in Hong Kong are very much different from the KFC here in the Philippines. The meal we ordered consists of fried chicken, french fries, soda, a baked-rice meal, chili-wings and a portuguese egg tart.
After eating lunch at KFC and got hold of HK map, we went ahead to the basement of Shun Tak Centre where the MTR was located. You will find the bus and taxi stations on the Ground Floor. After a thorough examination of MTR map and bought only single journey tickets - we didn't buy octopus card for we will stay only for a day, we rode the train going to Tsim Sha Tsui. Lucky for us that when we got off the train, the Mirador Mansion was just across the street.
We checked-in at Cosmic Guest House at the 12 Floor, Mirador Mansion, 54-64 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. We were very shocked of how the room looks like. But how can we complain for we only paid HK$100.00 per person per night and that's vaguely 550 in Peso. We just laughed off the experience and looked more for its positive side. Even though the room was small, it was clean. The staff were very nice. The location was near everywhere, shopping mall, restaurants, convenient stores, bus stops, MTR. Anyway, its just a one-night stay and we were supposed to be out for the rest of the day.
We immediately proceeded to MTR going to Hong Kong Disneyland, after we fixed our things and changed clothes. We bought MTR ticket going to Disneyland which costs HK$ 19.00. Travel time is 45 minutes and it takes us three lines and trains transfer to reached Disneyland. First, from red line to violet line going to Nam Cheong. Then transferred to orange line going to Sunny Bay, then purple line to Disneyland. The MTR is quicker, fast and not that overly crowded. That made our travelling convenient and pleasant.
A special MTR train going to Disneyland awaits us as we arrived to Sunny Bay. A cute Mickey Mouse themed train. Even the interior inside the train was full of Disney Characters displays, a special couch that makes you feel at home and a Mickey head-shaped window. Cute~
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| inside MTR train going to Disneyland |
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| Disneyland admission ticket |
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| Disneyland Map and Times Guide |
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| with Mickey and Minnie Mouse |
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| with Goofy |
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| with Daffy Duck |
Here are some of theme park attractions and rides we've tried. Too bad that I didn't covered some of them because my camera battery went dead.
The Disneyland is divided into six theme park adventure, the Main Street, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Toy Story Land and The Grizzly Gulch.
On the Main Street you will find the Entrance, City hall, the Railroad, boutiques and souvenir shops, and Animation Academy.
The Fantasyland has the Snow White Grotto, The Sleeping Beauty Castle, Its a Small World, Fantasy Train Station, Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Fantasy Gardens, to name a few.
The Tomorrow Land is where thrilling rides on space ships, flying saucers and UFO can be found. Sadly, we never had experienced any of these rides because of lack of time. Some of these are the Space Mountain, the UFO Zone, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Orbitron and Autopia.
In Adventureland, we experienced the Jungle River Cruise, The Liki Tikis, Tarzan Treehouse and Jungle Drumming.
Jungle River Cruise starts on a thrilling boat ride that takes you on a safari to explore the waters of the jungle and encounter exotic and wild animals.
The newest addition to the theme park is the Toy Story Land. And if you are a fan of Toy Story, you'll just simply loved this area. Located at the Western side of the park, you will not missed it, just at the back of Adventureland and at the right side of Fantasyland. Entering the Toy Land, you will see this sign.
After a few minutes of walk, comes the larger-than-life Woody and the Toy Story Land signage.
Slinky Dog Spin, RC Racer, Parachute Drop, Boot Camp, Barrel of Fun are some of Toy Story Land playtime over-sized attractions.
Finally, the Grizzly Gutch, honestly, I was not able to see this attraction but doing some google, it's a Wild Wild West Fun theme with the Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Ears as their main attraction. It's a roller-coaster ride-like on a mountain with grizzly bear accidentally cause to a detour that will send you on a runaway journey. Reading this, made me regret for not experiencing the journey.
We stationed ourselves at the Main Street near the Center Street Boutique for the finale, the fireworks display. The spectacular show transforms above the Castle of Sleeping Beauty that showcases every Disney movie theme songs alongside with lights and fireworks. This is the end of a stunning evening spectacle.
I felt bad leaving disneyland knowing that I didn't explore the place that much. We've missed too many attractions, shows and parades, even some of disney characters. We had only stayed half day. For those who are planning to go, please go early. Much better when you're already there as soon as the park opened.
Definitely, I will come back. Hopefully with my kids.
Tired and sleepy, went back to the hotel to rest for awhile, then went out again to go to Mongkok, a ladies night market to buy some souvenirs. Mongkok is just 3 stations away from Tsim Sha Tsui. The MTR is said to be open until midnight. We still have two hours to do shopping.
Haggling is also a fad in Mongkok. Most Chinese vendors knew basic tagalog like wala tawad (fixed amount), magkano gusto (how much do you like?), and the like. You need to haggle because the price they are giving are way to high or doubled for the real price. Like the the ref magnet we bought, their asking price was HK$ 25.00 but they just gave it to us for only HK$ 10.00.
We stayed there until midnight. We went back to the hotel and call it a day.
Up next ----> Hong Kong/Macau Trip ~ Day 5
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