gisco Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 I hope to get back to Hong Kong someday. Maybe after Shanghai opens and visit both parks! I am currently planning on going to HKDL and SHDL the year the park opens. Probably several months after. I'm in!
Nrthwnd Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 I know it's a rather long ways away (8 years), but my long term plan for 2023 (eep I'll be 70!), is to hit Shanghai Disneyland first, follow with Hong Kong Disneyland, and then fly from Hong Kong to Tokyo and finish with Tokyo Disneyland Resort. After that many years, Shangahi will have (hopefully) settled in, with maybe a couple of new attractions added by then, Hong Kong will have grown more after Iron Man is open, and possible other attraction(s) in by then, and then TDLR will have (hopefully) finished with all it's renovating (Fantasyland) and new attractions (Arendelle) as well. (The third HKDL hotel plans and art concepts look very nice, too.)
azza29 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 The new hotel looks great, always like this style of resort. Hopefully the park isn't too far off some sort of Downtown Disney-type development as well. After staying at their Hollywood Hotel last year, there is really not a lot to do around the resort once the park closes, and it's a long shuttle bus, then train ride into central Hong Kong.
Wes Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Looks fantastic. I need an excuse to get back to HK already!!!
Jew Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Hmm--looks like a mash up of the Animal Kingdom Lodge and the Polynesian at WDW. I thought the same thing. Nice to see HKDL growing so much since my last visit!
cfc Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 ^And just to clarify, I think it's a very cool looking mash up.
TPDave Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 Looks fantastic. I need an excuse to get back to HK already!!! I need an excuse to go for the first time and this is shaping up to be it!!
Nrthwnd Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Now available in HKDL... Hot chocolate with a churro. Yum! And only $52! (o; Edited January 9, 2015 by Nrthwnd
cfc Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 ^Why has no one thought of this before? I do like the food at HDK--the dim sum in Fantasyland was particularly good (and a welcome change from standard theme-park food).
better_by_design Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 The new hotel looks great, always like this style of resort. Hopefully the park isn't too far off some sort of Downtown Disney-type development as well. After staying at their Hollywood Hotel last year, there is really not a lot to do around the resort once the park closes, and it's a long shuttle bus, then train ride into central Hong Kong. Bang on - with the park being a primarily one day experience, I'm incredibly impressed that they're getting 90+% occupancy. Of course, having great seasonal entertainment and the recent major attraction additions had to have helped. They certainly have the land on the master plan to follow through on an Anaheim style layout, and hopefully with 750 more hotel rooms coming online, a Downtown Disney (or "Disney Town" now?) is queued up soon. And the new hotel definitely becomes the first one I want to stay at... assuming they pry me away from my usual places in TST.
jray21 Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Now available in HKDL... That looks amazing! Such an awesome idea. I hope it makes it to the US parks. Or, I could just go buy each on separately.
Nrthwnd Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 And from the "I LOVE IT!" Dept... How to fix a castle and "show a castle" at the same time! Has this ever been done for other Disney park castles? I can't remember... One of the new pins for Chinese New Year. (o:
Nrthwnd Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 And new photos of current Iron Man show bldg. construction, from Screamscape... Looks interesting from this side, too. There is word also, that the railroad around the park, is going to run again, soon. A reminder of where it's going.
azza29 Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 ^I like how that photo shows all of the new "lands" under construction on the left hand side of the park. HKDL must have been tiny when it opened!
cfc Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Hilarious. Beats a bunch of ugly, plain scaffolding.
Garet Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Hilarious. Beats a bunch of ugly, plain scaffolding. Personally my favorite is still Lotte World's it's just the sky and some hot air balloons passing by, honest approach: http://szsup.tistory.com/613 (click the black box and scroll down)
DJeXeL Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Hilarious. Beats a bunch of ugly, plain scaffolding. I agree, but still funny nonetheless.
Nrthwnd Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 ^ I was thinking, it might actually be a rather rare photo, once it all comes down. And it would fun to photoshop the edges off of it, and see if friends figure it out. I find Disney really unique in actually trying to "hide in plain sight" the scaffolding that is part of these renovations. Not always. But most times, it's pretty cool. EDIT to add: And this is what the heads at sfMM should be thinking, in Finally painting that *^%#!@^&(( asphalt parking lot w/lines below Scream! Yes? No? With the edges "erased," this might be a fun shot too. Taken at DLPR.
Nrthwnd Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Not the exact day, but... "Gung Hei Fat Choi" Everybody! Sheep, goat, ram....."almost" all the same, lol.
Nrthwnd Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Some souvenirs/clothing and food from this past New Years Celebration... And I like red! The candy boxes look good, too. (o; Yum! So much to choose from! (Photos are from the HKDL Main Street Gazette, thank you.)
cfc Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 ^Ah, the food was so good at that park. Loved the dim sum at the restaurant in Fantasyland.
Nrthwnd Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Neat photo, the HK Main Street Gazette posted, from the park's "Paint The Night" Parade... Oooooooo pretty!
A.J. Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 I'm going to move this here because it's more appropriate. Hong Kong Disneyland always seemed kind of off to me. It seems like disney just recreated NO, added a few rides, and opened it. Except for Grizzly Mountain, it doesn't really have anything unique or original. Have you seen Mystic Manor?
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