i chose the Advance Purchase Room Offer package. hong kong disneyland website has alot of different room packages, so you just have to choose carefully to see which package suit your needs, as well as your budget. by choosing the advance purchase room offer package, i have 15% discount of the room booking and free upgrade from standard room to deluxe room. it cost HKD1785, which is around SGD318. pretty expensive for a hotel room, but the room actually can accomodate 4 pax. holiday inn costs SGD274 for a room.
and of course you have to buy the disneyland tickets, which cost HKD619 per ticket, which cost about SGD105 per ticket. very very very expensive. if you have enough HKD and the rate that you change at the money changer is better, please pay using HKD, instead of using credit card, because credit card company will charge you with a lousier exchange rate. i changed my money very early this year, when i saw the news that HKD drop to an all time low, and i got a rate of 1SGD to 5.92HKD.
i actually bought some groceries from a supermarket using my credit card at the automated machine (because the queue at the cashier was super long), and when i received my credit card bill, the exchange rate was 1SGD to 5.52HKD. aiyohhhhh.
we check out of holiday inn at about 930 am, took a cab to disney hollywood hotel. the ride was about 30 min, and the price was HKD220, which is quite expensive, because there was a toll charge.
disneyland hotels are always fully booked, so you can only get your rooms at 3 pm. so we did the check in first, placed our luggage with the concierge, and took the shuttle bus to disneyland. the shuttle bus frequency is quite fast. and the journey from the hotel to the disneyland resort is also quite fast, about 5 min journey.
there were many firsts for yuanze. his first time going to hong kong disneyland (also our first time hahahaha). his first time taking the carousel. his first time taking the dumbo elephant ride. his first time watching the disney parades.
anyway some tips for everyone:
- hong kong disneyland opens at 1030 am, and their last parade is at 8 pm (so plan your time accordingly)
- download the disneyland app. it is a very useful app, that acts like a gps, so you know where you are and which direction you should take to go to the different sectors. it also shows the waiting time of all the different rides. as well as what time and where are the shows starting.
- it is good to stay in disneyland hotel, because you can watch the last show/parade at 8 pm, and then go back to your hotel. there were thousands of people walking towards the MTR station. omg i cannot imagine that.
- hong kong disneyland's castle is undergoing renovation now, and will be completed in 2019. so in place of the show and the fireworks, there is a very awesome parade with very nice lightings. just think of the NUS RAG, with a few million dollars of budget.
of course, yuanze enjoyed disneyland tremendously. he enjoyed the rides, enjoyed touching the toys, enjoyed watching the parades, enjoyed waving at all the disney characters, enjoyed the hotel room.
i think i am blessed, to be able to see him enjoying himself so much, and also to have the ability to let him enjoy all these.
can't wait for our next family trip together!
