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Our wait on Autopia was 25 minutes because we waited for the only track that does a flyover Tomorrowland plaza, easily add 10 minutes for that track over the standard track. Hong Kong Disneyland truly is an amazing park.

I completely agree with you on it being underrated, I think because it opened so small people base their opinion on that. I personally rank HKD as my second favorite Disneyland behind Tokyo and in fact I like how they present this park more than Tokyo Disneyland (my one and only complaint about Tokyo Disneyland is it feels like you could be in California or Florida by the look of it. I thought it would have some Japanese influence to it) where as Hong Kong Disneyland has many Chinese accents to it to make it different yet the same and the whole Feng Shui design is cool. Venetian Macau does have the largest casino floor in the world, It dwarfs MGM here in Vegas (the former largest casino floor). I highly recommend you install XE currency converter to your phone for your next trip so the "sticker shock" won't get you, LOL. I bought some souvenirs for friends and a bunch of HKD pins not thinking about it and when the girl rang it up I checked the currency conversion and it came to $412 USD. I was like what the heck did I just buy, I never spent that much at a Disney park... Oh well, when in Rome, right.

In case anyone wanted to see the fireworks show at Hong Kong Disneyland here is a full video of it. Unfortunately with my crappy HTC phone camera the fireworks look like the spirits that walk down the stairs in the movie Poltergeist. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

Here is a video of Lily and myself riding the Autopia at Hong Kong Disneyland, This Autopia is unique because the cars are electric not gas, they have working speedometers, they make a cool Jetsons sound as you drive, there are tunnels with LED lighting packages, and one of the 4 lanes actually drives over part of Tomorrowland. Fair warning though, Lily and I are acting goofy in this video because I never thought of publishing it but this is such a unique version of Autopia I decided to post it here. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

More pics... Here is the rear entrance into Tommorowland. I hear there is construction of a new ride but I just don't know where it is but I will keep on the lookout. The first attraction you come to is the Stitch Encounter but the geniuses in Hong Kong (unlike the geniuses in America) realized that people other than just Hong Kong residents will visit this park so they offer this attraction in 3 different languages... Mandarin, Cantonese and English. Check times to see the show in your desired language. Space Mountain + walk on = numerous rides. Here is the construction area for the new Iron Man Experience ride and it is HUGE. The entry area will be between Autopia and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. As I said the construction area is HUGE and they have already started vertical construction on a very large show building. Even though it is a motion simulator ride I have a feeling that it will be AMAZING. Iron Man construction taken from the que of Autopia. No rules were broken. A better idea of the Iron Man Experience construction area taken from the Autopia que. Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters is a clone of the California version. Photo op with Buzz Lightyear... check. Here is the Starliner Diner, a counter service restaurant. Here is an overview of Tomorrowland. Space Mountain with an actual mountain behind it is really just too cool. This is the main entry into Tomorrowland. This is the ride time board at 5pm.Look at all those 5 min. wait's. Love empty Disney parks. One of the better Jungle Cruise's because it has FIRE!!! now to be fair I did not ride the new version at Tokyo Disneyland because it had a 2 hour wait (I know, right?) all day. Just like the Stitch encounter this ride was available in 3 languages... Mandarin, Cantonese and English. Our skippers English was not the greatest so she sounded like a stereotype Chinese person speaking English that you would see in movies from the 50's and 60's and that kinda made the bad jokes that much funnier. Wish I had video of it but alas I didn't get any. This is from Disney's Paint The Night Parade and exactly as TPR member rosscoe stated in his trip report the gimmick is slightly flawed. For this parade you purchase a magic paintbrush and as the parade goes by the brush is supposed to change colors but like roscoe described I witnessed the brushes staying solid unless one of the performers actually came up to you and only then would the brush change colors. I hear this parade is coming to the states so I hope they work out this small issue because the parade is rather unique (think Main Street Electrical Parade but with current Disney Films). More From Disney's Paint The Night Parade. Disney's Paint The Night Parade. By the way, at the end of the night Lily got her balloon. Thank you for having us, Hong Kong Disneyland. We really had a great time here and we look forward to coming back soon.

It has been a couple of days since I have updated this trip report, crazy Thanksgiving holiday. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Now on to more pics... The next land you come to is Fantasyland. There is a large construction wall in this land, I have not heard any rumors of new attractions in this land so your guess is as good as mine. Philharmagic is here in all its glory. This is Lily's favorite attraction here. We decided to have lunch in the Royal Banquet Hall which is a cafeteria "pay for each item" restaurant. This is the statue you come upon as you enter. The seating area has wide open walls so the birds are aplenty begging for food. Grand Carousel. YAY, Winnie the Pooh is here also. The sign said 20 minutes but in reality it was a walk on. Although do not get too excited, it is a clone of Disneyland California's Winnie the Pooh (although all the effects work in this version) and not Tokyo Disneyland's trackless version. Aww, poor Eeyore, he gets no love. We still love you. Fantasy Gardens is Hong Kong Disneyland's character meet and greet area. This is also one of the Halloween zones. No honey, we can't take it home with us. The Mad Hatter's Tea Cups are here and no you don't need to be a body builder to get these cups to spin (that was a jab at Disneyland California when they tightened their tea cups so they barely spun). I admit, I loathe the live Disney stage shows BUT The Golden Mickeys here is really a good show. Special award statues, Golden Mickeys, are awarded to various Disney Characters. Here is the opening of the show. Mulan received an award for her bravery. Lilo and Stich were also present. And the greatest love award went to Beauty and the Beast. Well since it was closed in Tokyo might as well ride It's A Small World in Hong Kong with it's unnecessarily too long que line. For anyone who didn't know, Hong Kongs version was the first to add Disney characters, BLASPHEMY they said... Mandatory couples selfie in It's A Small World. We're entering Asia... but we are already in Asia... so... how does that work? Had to take a picture of the China section, for the irony. And the Hawaiian section.

Next up is the true highlight of Hong Kong Disneyland... Next to Grizzly Gulch is the newest land Mystic Point. In this land is the Mystic Manor dark ride and Explorers Club restaurant, a table service restaurant. This is Mystic Manor, Hong Kong Disneyland's very own trackless dark ride and it is simply amazing. After reading all the reviews of this ride I went in expecting it to knock off Poohs Honey Hunt at Tokyo Disneyland as my favorite all around amusement ride, it was close but Pooh still is my favorite but this ride came real close. This ride is a ton of fun, the effects are amazing (the China room was fantastic). And the story was a lot of fun. The architecture for the show building was really nice. Even at night the building is illuminated very nicely. The ride had a 5 minute wait all day. I got 9 rides on this today, so worth it. Some of the theming in the que. The interior que. Next to Mystic Manor is the Explorers Club restaurant. Separating this land from the train is this depot. Lord Henry Mystic is an explorer and these are some of his finds during his journeys around the world. The unique thing that Disney has done here is they associated Henry Mystic with Harrison Hightower III from Tower Of Terror in Tokyo Disneysea. They are both members of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers so they have a story together and you will find references of them at each park now. That's kinda unique. Through these gates you enter the next new land. Toy Story Land is next. All the same rides are that are found in Disneyland Paris. RC Racer is a really fun Intamin half pipe with really cool theming. Lily driving the RC racer. The Halloween theming followed into Toy Story Land.

Next up are the 3 new lands at Hong Kong Disneyland Upon traveling under the train bridge you come to the new lands. The first land we come to is Grizzly Gulch. This land only has the Big Grizzly Mountain roller coaster and a counter service restaurant. The area is set up like a 1920's gold rush town. Buildings in the land to resemble a gold rush town. That is one heavy piece of gold, the entire shack is leaning towards it. Of course my wife was drawn to the gold. Looks like I'm gonna need a second job to support her gold addiction. Roaming characters in the land. There are geysers in this area also. It's a gusher. The highlight of the land is Big Grizzly Mountain runaway mine cars. This is best of all of Disney's Thunder Mountain and Thunder Mountain clones. This coaster is a blast. and it was a walk on so throughout the day I rode it 7 times. Night rides are highly recommended. Here is the QUE, when I say this ride was a walk on I mean it was a walk on. At one point during the day I saw a train with only 2 people in the front seat. Once at night I rode with 2 people in the front seat and I was alone in the back seat. The mountain is very similar to Grizzly falls mountain in Disney's California Adventure. Guests having a great time. Train flying backwards into the final show scene. And then being launched out to the rest of the course. speeding past the geysers. And after the final turnaround into the brake run. This coaster is really awesome with a fun back story.

I had heard so much about Hong Kong and their Halloween event, I heard it is not like Halloween at all the other Disney parks but more PG 13 oriented with several Universal quality haunts and I wanted to check it out really bad. The weeks and months leading up to October I constantly checked their website but they never put up information about the event and it was getting close to time for me to book a room so I looked into the event from 2013 and saw it was Thursdays through Sundays in October so I booked our trip to be in Disneyland on Thursday. Unfortunately they finally released the schedule and for 2014 the event was Fridays through Sundays so we missed out on the Halloween event but still had a great time at the park. Being a Thursday the park was empty but that was okay because multiple rides on the new attractions. Unfortunately the air was the worst while in Hong Kong of my entire trip to China so the pictures are really bad plus a lot of them you will notice are brown because I had to use different filters on my camera phone just to get the details of the subjects in the pictures. On to the pictures... Here is the park map so you have an idea of the layout of the park. This is a very small park so depending on the crowds it can easily be a 3/4 day here or if you love Disney it is a full day park. Selfie shot with the wife and I at the entrance to Hong Kong Disneyland. Entry plaza fountain with a surfing mickey. yes, he does go up and down. The Disneyland railroad station at the entry gate. The train was not running due to construction of the Iron Man Experience attraction opening in 2016. Walt's speech from the opening of Disneyland but now in Chinese. This is the city hall building on Main Street and to the average guest it looks perfectly normal with nothing out of the ordinary. BUT... if you look closely they are flying the American Flag. Other than the American Embassy this is the only American flag I have ever seen flown on Chinese soil. Looking down Main Street at the glorious castle. I felt I needed to call out Disney on this FAIL on their part. The round roof glass building pictured here is a new gift shop that they just opened. This building looks so out of place on this street also look at the road and sidewalk in front of it. This use to be a side street leading to the backstage area and when they built this building they did not even bother to continue the sidewalk across the front of this building. I will just leave it at that but I was very disappointed with Disney when I saw this. Lily loves the balloons when they are in a group like that. I would have bought them all for her but I was afraid she would fly away like the house in UP did. A view of the castle at Hong Kong Disneyland. And seriously, any castle with a mountain in the background is just that much more spectacular. By the way, did I mention the park was a ghost town today? As you go to the left you come to Adventureland. In this land you will find Jungle Cruise, Tarzan treehouse, rafts to Tarzan Treehouse plus the Lion King live stage show. A random waterfall that I found on the Jungle Cruise river. The torches were nicely themed to the Adventureland area. This was on a path walking through Adventureland. An Adventureland gift shop. Part of the Halloween haunt festivities. This is the Sideshow Carnival Extraordinaire section. This is the Revenge Of The Headless Horseman haunt. I really wish I was able to experience a real Halloween haunt at Disney.

WOW, over 11,000 views and here I thought maybe a couple of people would check this out and that would be all. Thanx to everyone who has checked out my trip report and I hope you check back often because I have so much more coming. I was in Asia the entire month of October after all.

I work at a hotel in the U.S... it makes me very sad that I can't say the same for our staff Looks like a nice hotel, though the room in the Venetian was obviously much more luxurious. I bet Disney's rooms were more expensive, right? That is a shame about your hotel, I have encountered that at small roadside hotels where me and the desk clerk have a hard time communicating. I work at a hotel here in Vegas and I sometimes get calls from the front desk asking to help with language for Asian guests and it is usually Chinese guests. I keep telling them I speak Japanese, and not perfectly, not Chinese. At the Venetian I stayed in the Royal Suite (the smallest they offer) and that room normally costs $260 USD, our room at the Disney Hollywood hotel was a sea view room and cost me $397 USD but you go in knowing that Disney is going to be expensive plus the Hong Kong Disney resort is on Lantau Island so there are only the two Disney hotels here so you can get cheaper rates but you will be traveling to the park.

Here is a video of the elevator at the Disney Hollywood Hotel. Mickey makes the announcements in English and Minnie makes them in Chinese. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

After we spent the day in Macau lounging around and doing a little shopping we jump on a high speed boat and travel to the port of Hong Kong for our next park, Hong Kong Disneyland. This park holds a special place in my heart since this is where I proposed to my wife (at the wishing well in front of Cinderella's castle) so we try to visit this park as much as often. After about a 40 minute subway ride we finally arrive at the Sunbay station which is the gateway station to Hong Kong Disneyland. At this station we board a Disney Subway train that takes us to the entry plaza at the Disney resort. Here is a video of the Disney subway arriving at the Sunbay station... [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Now on to the pre Disneyland pics... The inside of the Hong Kong Disneyland subway. Mickey head windows and Disney character statues make the journey to the Disney resort very exciting. Now why can't we get Disney transportation in the states to include Mickey head windows? We stayed at the Disney Hollywood hotel. It is a nice hotel with a friendly staff. English here is definitely no problem, I never encountered any communication problems with any staff member. View of the room from the door. View from the window looking towards the door. It really was a nice room but what else would you expect from Disney. This is the lobby of the hotel. It is themed as a 1940's era art deco hotel. The bathroom was compact but at least it has a western toilet (yes western toilets in Asia make me happy). The view from the room was nice and looks out over Lantau bay. Statue of Minnie wearing a 1940's era full length fur coat, found in the lobby. The following morning we had breakfast at the Hollywood & Dine restaurant. This is a cafeteria style restaurant. 88 HKD (or about $12 USD) you get microwave eggs and meat. I figured it was Disney so everything will be expensive anyways. Fancy light fixtures in the restaurant keeping up with the theming of the hotel. Trying to get fancy with my picture taking. Saw this movie poster and immediately thought of Robb and his obsession with Frozen. Robb Alvey, I present to you Frozen in Chinese.

My last new credit was Parrot Coaster at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Hengqin, Zhuhai, China. October 2014

Two of my most loathed coasters are in the same park, Kings Dominion. I had seen pictures of Volcano : the Blast Coaster for years and always wanted to ride it because the layout looked so interesting and when I305 opened a few years ago I finally went to the park and was able to finally ride it. This thing is compareable to a midevel torture device, my head banged the OTS harness so much that afterwards I had to go back to the hotel and sleep it off. I really loathe this coaster and the fact that it still stands, mocking me due to its very existence. The other unpleasant surprise was I305. The hype built up around this coaster had me itching to go and seeing Robb's HD video of it sealed the deal. It is an amazing looking coaster and I figured I305 and Volcano at the same park, let's go. I had heard about the graying out/blacking out but just blew it off but alas I grayed out really bad and after riding I had to sit on a bench for about 20 minutes for my equilibrium to return. I rode it again the following day figuring it was a fluke but same experience. I went again this past summer because I heard they fixed the problem with graying out and I really wanted to give this coaster a chance but actually had a worse experience. I grayed out the same but it stayed with me through the night and as I layed in bed I continued to have that sensation in my head to the point that I was looking up hospitals in the area just in case. I know it's not just me, if you watch people exiting this ride most don't look happy they mostly look like they survived.

Every time I have gone to Hong Kong Disneyland I see this is the next (and final) stop after Sunny Bay. I have always wanted to go and check it out but have never gone, now I know what is there. Thanx.

It was very sad seeing the polar bears just walking around in circles. I am sure the Chimelong company is doing their best in the care for these animals(as does Sea World and all the zoos around the country) but you do tend to feel for them.

I tried to book a room at the Chimelong Hengqin bay hotel for the longest time but their website always told me the hotel was sold out so I went ahead and booked a hotel in Macau (it is just across the bay from the park) and figured we would go to the park for a second day from Macau. Since the park was so empty the first day we just went ahead and stayed in Macau for the day which was fine since Lily was still feeling sick it gave her a chance to sleep in and try to beat her illness. I booked a room at the Venetian hotel because every time we went to Macau previously she always told me that the "Venice hotel", as she would call it, was so beautiful and I figure what the heck it's our anniversary plus living in Vegas I have a friend or two who works for the Venetian here, and although they are not exactly connected as the same company, still helped me out with a rate. The Venetian in Macau is so big you could probably fit 2 1/2 of the Vegas version of the Venetian inside it. Heck I even got lost in the shopping area. The rooms are identical the the rooms at the Venetian in Las Vegas. This is the entry hallway. The bathroom was large with 2 sinks and a spacious Jacuzzi tub with separate shower. The other side of the bathroom had a makeup table and a separate western toilet. The bedroom portion had a very large king bed. Oh, it was so comfortable. Then you come to the sunken living room. This room was very, very nice. This view is from the window looking back the opposite way in the room. While walking in the shops I found this fountain. I like taking taking pictures of fountains and statues if you have not already noticed. Lunch in the food court. I have not been to Fat Burger in years but it takes me going to China to eat there again. WOW. Okay I will admit that I am a fan of Korean entertainment, I love KPOP (well before PSY released Gangnam Style), I love Korean dramas and variety shows an I really enjoy the movies as well. Here is a screen capture from the 2009 Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. In this scene Jun-Pyo tells Jan-Di that he does not love her anymore and to forget about him. This was filmed at the Venetian in Macau and I set out to find this spot. It was harder than I thought it would be but... I FOUND IT. Now I can say I stood in the spot that Jan-Di and Jun-Pyo stood. It was very exciting for me, Lily couldn't care less, she does not watch Korean Dramas. She played along for me. Thank you, wife. Although I was giddy like a 12 year old school girl. On a sad note I missed my favorite KPOP group performing live by 2 days. I was really contemplating flying back on Friday to see the concert since we would be in Hong Kong anyway but I figure I have already seen them in L.A. and that would be good enough for now.

I remember in your trip report you mention the second half after the MCBR was terribly slow and you did not like it but me personally I loved the near stall on the inline twist. The upside down airtime on the twist reminded me of the loop on the YOLOcoaster at Magic Mountain, that had nice upside down airtime also. Gatekeeper is great but I really do not like the pacing on it. It's not very forceful and I personally just do not understand the keyhole element, it never really made me felt like we were going to hit the pillar. Honestly I prefer Wild Eagle at Dollywood over Gatekeeper as far as B&M wing coasters go.

The final land at the park was Dolphin Cove, in this land is the dolphin show, the dolphin habitat, a couple of flat rides and the new for 2015 5D theater. On to the pics... After we cross over into Dolphin Cove we get a picture with the dolphin character. We were feeling a bit peckish so we head to Yummy Pasta for, well, yummy pasta. I don't know though, it does not look open, hmm. They were open, YAY. Noodles and meat, mmm good. Entrance to Battle of the Pirates flat ride. This has got to be one of the coolest flat rides I have see. Once you get into your raft the platform drops about a foot and the whole thing spins (think the tea cups at Disney) and not only do you shoot water at the people in the other rafts but you also shoot at the people surrounding the ride, who also have water guns shooting at the people in the rafts. This ride was way more fun that I thought it would be. The entrance to the Dolphin Theater where the dolphin show was. Warning I took no video of the dolphin show so many pictures of the show follow... The dolphin theater had a Polynesian theme to it. Audience member playing with the dolphins. Can't be a Polynesian themed show without a guy eating fire. Surfing on a dolphin. Lily wanted to be in the show, I put Lily in the show. Goodbye dolphins. Once they turned on he misters this island came alive. Definitely made for a very nice photo opportunity with the wife. All the Chimelong mascots made their way here. At night the park is even more beautiful than during the day. And just like that our day at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom comes to an end. I hope some of you have been inspired to visit this park. Although small in size it really makes up for it in the attention to details. This park has not been open a year yet but they are already building a new attraction now and some major attractions are coming soon so this park should just keep getting more and more amazing.

The next land you come to is Amazing Amazon and this land is where IT is, the main reason I came to this park... the glorious Parrot Coaster. This is a B&M wing rider coaster, it is the longest wing rider at 4192 feet (sorry about your bragging rights Gatekeeper) and the fastest at 67 MPH (again, sorry Gatekeeper) and this is one amazing coaster (I have been on the other 3 wing riders in the states and this by far is the best of the bunch). It does not rely on gimmicks (inverting first drop, keyhole near misses) but instead utilizes a solid layout with amazing rainforest theming that the train flies over and through. I rode it 3 times in a row and with the exception of a slight vibration before the Immelmann inversion it was a very smooth and forceful coaster. As you can see in my signature it made it into my top 5 steel coasters, keep in mind though, this is a wing rider and I know many people do not like them but this is one wing rider that B&M got right. All day I kept looking towards Parrot Coaster to see it in action and never saw it run and I really started to get upset thinking it was closed and this was the whole reason of coming here but alas I found out why I never saw it run. The park was extremely empty today and they would only dispatch the train when it was full so the train (1 train operation) would sit in the station upwards of 15 minutes until it was full before dispatching (they follow this same practice on Desperado at the Nevada/California state line) so it took 35 minutes for me to get 3 rides in. Now on to some pics... As you transition from Ocean Beauty to Amazing Amazon you come across this quick service diner, of course the theming follows through. I watched all day and never saw the train run the course, I really got sad thinking I would miss this credit. But alas there it was in all its glory. The wait time said 5 minutes but as I got to the station I realized how wrong that was. After ascending the 164 foot lift hill you drop down to the lake below. It was at the bottom of this drop as it raises to the Immelmann that I experienced the slight vibration. After the Immelmann it goes up into this "horseshoe" turn around, it was a unique element with 2 completely different sensations depending on whether you sit on the left side or right side of the train. After the horseshoe turn around you then drop into the splash down but this is no ordinary splash down, there are water cannons down the length of this area and they shoot water straight up and then down on the train. Yes, you do get wet on this coaster. The building on the left is the Rainforest Restaurant, if you happen to be dining in there you will have a birds-eye view of the coaster flying past you. After the splash down you lift up into the zero G roll then down into a little S turn and up into the MCBR. After the MCBR you drop into a tunnel and after the tunnel you raise up into the inline twist. This was the best part of the entire ride, out of the tunnel the train somehow slows WAY DOWN and as you enter the inline twist it feels like the train is going to stall and you spin very slowly which leads to a fantastic moment of upside down hang time. It was really an amazing feeling. After the inline twist you drop into a second tunnel and climax with a slight helix (unfortunately the train never picks up speed again after the inline twist and the helix has very little force to it) then you hit the final brake run. I am probably giving this coaster more praise than it deserves but I absolutely loved it and I really can't wait to get back and ride it again. The entrance to the Rainforest Restaurant is located right at the zero G roll. The Rainforest Outpost (gift shop) is located inside the parrot tree. This tall tree guy (too many leaves to be groot) is the roaming character found in Amazing Amazon. There was a Polynesian show on our way to the next land. I felt bad for the girls because there were 5 people watching their performance (including Lily and myself) but I guess the show goes on no matter what.

No, I'll be honest I thought that the dolphin show / Battle of the Pirates ride was as far as we could go. I never looked at the map until we were in Macau so we missed that area.

Like I said, pictures do it no justice. This was the most impressive thing I had seen in a long time.

Finally, in this land is Deep Sea Odyssey. I compare this ride to Little Mermaid ride at Disney, you board a clamshell vehicle that tilts forward and backward and spins all while you travel past props, video screens and through the aquarium. I don't have any pictures from the ride itself but here are a couple from the que. The signage is very nicely done. There is a lot of detail in the que. The story is we follow a mechanical fish in this submarine as we explore the ocean. It was a cute ride and I enjoyed it more than Little Mermaid. The entrance to the Beluga whale exhibit. Here is the stadium for the beluga whale show. I was going to include a video of it but my internet is acting upright now so I cant upload it to YouTube, sorry.

On to more pics... The support structures in the aquarium are contained within these coral rocks. The eels were really cool, they looked like stuffed animals. Jellyfish are always colorful. Fish be swimming everywhere. This is one of the Guinness records, largest underwater viewing dome. Everywhere you look it is just water. If you look to the left there is a tunnel and that is part of the Deep Sea Odyssey ride which I will get to in a minute. More from the underwater dome. this is one of the tunnels that lead from the main dome. Lily really enjoyed the aquarium, the sheer spectacle of it made her very happy. And here you have two Guinness records in one, largest aquarium window and largest single acrylic panel. I will tell you that this picture does it no justice, I had to stop and stare in pure amazement of the sheer size of the view. That is ONE piece of acrylic people. Looking at it head on it looks like the glass is paper thin but here is the actual depth of the acrylic. Looking head on at a small area that this panel encompasses. Lily was even left speechless by the sheer size of this window.