Day 33: The Mini Mouse House Revisited


And what do you do when you arrive into Hong Kong at 6 in the morning after a somewhat sleepless flight... you magically get early check in into your Novotel booking at Tung Chung near the airport, dust off the cobwebs and freshen up before trekking out to the MTR and a short train ride to Sunny Bay and then on to the Disney Resort, affectionately dubbed the Mini Mouse House on our last visit to Hong King in 2010. The site is very much smaller than any of the other Disney parks, but there has been a lot of work done there since Liz had last visited and so Chris was keen to take the lead and apply the strategy to maximise riding. The forecast was for showers and a possible thunderstorm, and while there was no storm, there were some showers on and off and it was so hot and soooooooo humid!


We had a really good day, starting by riding the old fashioned Disney taxi up Main Street, something we have not done before. Then it was off riding the Grizzly Gultch Coaster twice before exploring Mystic Manor and then visiting Toy Story Land, which is really a kiddy ride area (but that did not stop us going on the Paratrooper Drop).We paused on occasion for rests in air conditioned areas, kept hydrated and rode some of the classics including the Jungle Cruise (with English narration), Mickey’s Philharmagic, Winnie the Pooh and It’s a Small World. Tomorrowland has the fave coaster, ‘Hyperspace Mountain’ and they have themed it a bit Star Wars like with the entry credits and the Imperial March... still the best coaster. We then found some new rides from the Marvel stable. There was the Iron Man Experience and an Antman and the Wasp ride. What is interesting about these two is that they are a recycle of other Disney Technology... Iron Man is really Star Tours with a different theming and Ant Man is Astroblasters without Buzz Lightyear... and Sarah, I am shocked to report that I no longer suck at Astroblasters, having more than doubled your father’s score. Winning! Our last big ticket item was the Festival of the Lion King. Now I have to admit that it is not as good in Hong Kong as there is no aerial segment, but it is high energy, with amazing dancing and fire twirling and in air conditioned comfort for a 30 minute performance which is a major major bonus. As we were moving back to Main Street we saw a rather short queue for a photo opportunity with our favourite Chipmunks, Chip and Dale. Photos with Chip and Dale have become something of a tradition in our family and so we decided to be the only two more mature park visitors in the queue and the characters played it up big time.














The park was emptying out by just after 6 and realistically, had we had the energy we could have ridden every ride again without a queue... but the reality is that we were both totally exhausted and felt very happy with our riding achievements of the day. Certainly we proved that age is no barrier to having Disney fun. Such a good day.










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