I am very thankful to God coz I was given a chance to bring my family to Hongkong and able to spend more quality time with them. Even for a short period of time, i was able to give joy to them and show them how special they are to me.I got a promo ticket from Cebu Pacific Air for only less than P20,000 for 4 persons by booking online in advance. There is also a Travel Tax of P 1,620 if u are going out for a tour. But a lot of people doesnt know that they can get 50% discount on tax for each child. All u have to do for u to avail of this reduced tax (50%), just apply directly to DOT, this is a tip for those families who wants to travel abroad. More discount is also given for those dependents of OFW. Just visit DOT website.THis is my kids first time to be outside the country and 10 days before the trip, they are already excited, they are counting the days til our schedule date. Well, so nice to see their reactions while on the plane, i heard their comments when the plane start to fly, when they see the clouds and see the small houses, building, roads from above. When the plane landed, they started to ask, "are we in Hongkong?" "Where is Disneyland?". THey are so excited. It is really a long walk going out the Hongkong Airport. We took an airport bus to go to the hotel since it is the cheapest way compare to train and taxi. I already booked a hotel before we go there in USA Hotel in Mirador Mansion (Tsim Sha Tsui) , but so sad coz upon looking at the room, it was too small compare on the pics i saw from their website, so i decided to transfer to a bigger one. Good thing, hotel rooms there are cheap ones. One thing that I got turned off was it says from their website that there is WIFI on each room but unfortunately they dont have it, thats the main reason why i booked on them. With this, i need to go out and went to their lobby for me to use the internet. One thing, I have noticed there, well, i would rather use in tagalog, karamihan sa chinese ang tataray at suplada, nag tetake advantage sila for them to earn a lot. Nothing says from their website that if u use ur credit card in paying, there is a 3% charge, so when im paying it, she said i have to add 3% charge if u use card so better pay her in cash. WHen i asked her that I am planning to change or cancel my booking, she said if i do that, she will ask the card company to charged everything whether i check-in or not. But the agreement says that only 1 night will be charged. To avoid further argument with this lady and for me not to ruin my trip, i took it but pay in cash. I am just telling this, so that those who are planning to go there, must be aware of these people. Ang daming chinese di maganda ang ugali. but i am not saying all, meron din naman mabait. And don't believe whats in websites coz not all of it are true.THe next day is our schedule to disneyland. We took a MTR (train) to go straight to disneyland for HK$18 for adult and HK$9 for child from Tsim Sha Tsui. The train is really fast compare to our MRT. Upon arriving in disneyland, my gosshhhh a lot of people, and my kids start from shouting "yahooooo! we are here!" they really dont know where to go first because of too excitement. Good thing, I already booked online for our tickets with no additional cost, so I just need to pick it up from the booth. HK$ 350 for adults and HK$250 for kids aged 2-11 y.o. So when we got in the disneyland, it was really big, they will provide u with a map for u to plan your journey inside the resort.
- We were able to meet the disney characters there and got some pictures with them.
- We were able to see also how the cartoon characters is being drawn.
- We witness different parade of the casts of Walt Disney cartoons.
- We enjoyed the musical show of Golden Mickey, we saw the cast of Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Mickey& MInnie, Donald & Daisy, Ariel the mermaid, and a lot of characters.
- We able to enjoyed the different rides, the fave one that my kids enjoyed is the Blaster where u will shoot your target inside the tunnel while riding on a car. but the scary ride they had is the Space mountain, where we entered the outer space. Grabe, maski ako natakot, at first it so nice kasi u will see the stars, the planets. . . etc. para kang nakasakay sa spaceship, but later on, grabe sobrang bilis, at parang mahuhulog ka. i would not suggest little one who are too young to ride this. Christine cried a lot and Emmanuel hindi man lang nakapagsalita. But so far, all rides naman ay so exciting but we missed the dumbo ride.
- We were also entered the small world castle where u can see different dolls wearing different costumes from different countries and their culture while riding in a car.
- We were able to have a boat ride around the small island in Adventureland while seeing different animals found in a jungle (seems real but they are not).
- We got a chance also to go to Tarzan House in a tall tree house so we were able to see the view from top of the tree.
- We drove a car around.
- THe one i like most is the disney magical show. You are watching a show that seems real, that seems you are also there by using a different sunglass. Seems the characters are just there near u like u are in a magical world. It is so fantastic and real magic!
- We were able to ride a train around disneyland to see the overview of the place.
- They have bakeshop, coffee shop, chinese restaurant, souveneir shop, foreign exchange, costume shop and a lot more but please be informed, most of it are too expensive. But for rich people and dollar earner, it is cheap. . .
- The most exciting event there, is the fireworks display, that all people waiting for. THousands of people are sitting infront of Cinderella castle to witness the spectacular show. Truly it is so amazing, I saw my kids clapping their hands and saying "wow!"
The most amazing part on our disney trip is that, my kids didnt ask me to buy any toy from there even they saw it, not any single toy just food. THey didnt even touch it. Maybe they assumed that everything there is expensive hehehehehehe.Our day ended so nice. . . and i saw my kids so happy eventhough they are too tired because of the long walk and the weather temperature. And kids said, "Mom, lets go back here again!" Well, i hope they know how expensive it is.
THe third day, we tour around the city center to see some tourist spot like the Space Musuem, Cultural Center, Arts Center, Avenue of the Stars, the Clock tower, Exhibition Center and the nice view of the sea and the tall buildings. We were not able to see the night market because we are really too tired in the evening so we went out on nearby places where we can do some little shopping and eating.
When we are buying our souveneirs, we walked around to find where we can find cheap prices. There was 1 shop selling souveneir. For a fridge magnet, he said its HK$20 and for the tshirt its HK$38, so we negotiate the price to lower it down. Sabi nya," its already cheap why u ask to lower it down?I gave it $25 and $40" Sabi namin hanap kami sa iba, sabi ba naman nya, "if u look for others dont come back here, coz the price is not cheap anymore". Sabi ko ang taray naman ng matandang yun. Good thing we found a fridgemagnet for only $10 and tshirt for $20 from other nice lady. So, really be careful, coz lot of people there wants to deceive others especially tourists.I am very thankful coz we were able to maximize our vacation eventhough it is just for 3 days and i made my kids so happy with this trip.
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