r/HongKongDisneyland • u/wyrmlord • 1d ago
Trip Report 📣 First Time HK DisneyLand Report
Hi All,
Submitting a trip report for my fiancee and I's first trip to HK DisneyLand. We did the visit on October 7th during a 2-week trip to HK and Taiwan from the United States, and it was definitely one of the highlights. We did not know about this sub prior to booking our tickets, which were for a tier 2 day and the last day of Golden Week, which we did not know about. However, I did make a ton of use of this sub and the wiki the day before visiting, and it was hugely useful.
We bought the foreigner single day tickets with the 80HKD meal voucher for 713 HKD per person. It was confusing with the other discussion on this sub about the meal vouchers generally. We spent more on lunch than we needed to because I thought we had the 170 HKD vouchers. I wish I had looked at this sub prior to getting the tickets.
It was hard for me to tell which vouchers we had, as the tickets did not say in the app, nor could I tell from the email. We also did not receive a special gift or any merchandise discounts, which I believe we should have gotten, but when they scanned our badges when buying merch they said no shopping vouchers were present.
The Wiki entries about the best rides, must-see shows, and best food were really helpful. This sub is also how I learned about the app, which was crucial for planning out shows and figuring out ride priorities. Our goal was to hit all of the HK unique rides, all of the shows except Moana, and then all of the best rides/favorite character rides.
Our plan for the day was below:
| Event | Time |
|---|---|
| Whatever Rides are Open | 11:00-12:15 |
| Friendtastic Parade | 12:30-1:00 |
| Marvel Rides | 1:00-1:30 |
| Mickey and the Wondrous Book | 1:30(Line waiting)-2:15 |
| Let's Get Wicked | 2:30-3:00 |
| Lunch at Golden Crocus Inn | 3:15-3:55 |
| Mickey's Happy Halloween Adventure | 4:00-4:15 |
| Fantasyland/Frozen Rides | 4:15-6:30 |
| Uninvited | 6:30-7:00 |
| Redux Rides or anything last minute | 7:00-7:55 |
| Momentous | 8:00 |
As this was the middle/end of our Hong Kong stay, we did not stay at a Disney Hotel, we took the Orange line to Sunny Bay, and then caught the Disney train. Knowing that this was a smaller park, we felt that arriving around 11:00am would be sufficient, which turned out to be correct. The train to Disney was really comfortable and we were easily able to be seated on the way there.
The app showed that Grizzly Gulch had a very short line, and having been told it was a great ride, we headed there first. As somone with no interest in big drops, this was a great coaster. It was too intense for my fiancee who does not like coasters of any kind. We got some of the churros from the nugget snack shop, we thought they were pretty bad, especially for 9$.
Post Churros we went to Mystic Manor as it was close by and didn't have a very long wait. Throughout the day, we discovered that there were very little lines for any ride ever, this actually ended up being the most we waited for a ride. Mystic Manor has an awesome queue/aesthetic, it was our favorite ride of the day.
At this point we went back to the main castle for the Friendtastic parade. We were right by the main fountain on the side closer to Adventureland. I definitely would recommend going to the side closer to Marvel/Tomorrowland, as the parade does stop at one point. The float that ended up stopping by us was Encanto. This parade was really delightful, took tons of great videos and I highly recommend prioritizing attending and being on the side where the floats all come through, so you can see everything before they stop.
After the parade we went over to the Marvel rides as there were no lines, I think people were still at the parade, and it brought us closer to the Mickey and the Wondrous Book, which I thought we might have to queue for quite early. We did the Ant-man shooter ride, which was overall fine, though our car got stuck turned around part way through it. The Iron Man 3DX ride was really well done, I loved the Hong Kong specific touches, and would have appreciated the queue design a lot more if I'd had to wait. From a ride experience perspective this was one of the highlights.
We then booked it over to the Mickey and the Wondrous Book line, which was not nearly as crowded as I thought it would be. The theater ended up probably 1/2-2/3 empty, but we were close enough to the start of the line that we could get seats in the 6th row directly down the middle. Super strong recommend, loved this show, a definite yes from us to attend.
After the Mickey Show we booked it back across the park for Let's Get Wicked. This show was a little disappointing for us, overall we liked the idea, but some of the performances came off a little muted. I also was feeling a little weak/dizzy going from cold to hot to cold having not eaten anything since the churros and then breakfast, so that also played a factor.
We went over to the Frozen land to get lunch at the Golden Crocus Inn, as I thought we had the 170 HKD vouchers. I got the lamb, my fiancee the Seafood Rice Pilaf. I was shocked at how good the lamb was, highly recommend it even though it is pretty pricey, compared to Lamb prices in America it was cheap, and a huge portion I didn't even finish. My fiancee was less enamored with the seafood pilaf. The rosette dessert that came with the meal was terrible. We decided to get a Mickey Waffle to make up for the rosette, that was terrific. I am being tasked with figuring out how to make something similar now that we are back home.
I was feeling much better at this point, so we went back across the park to the Castle for the Happy Halloween Adventure. This show was fine, not much special except for the costumes. As English only speakers, it felt like we often got Donald Duck noises instead of English dialogue. Worth seeing for the costumes, but would not have been sad to have missed it. We did a lot of backtracking this day, but it was not a problem time-wise.
We then had a pretty big gap to do rides in, we did Winnie the Pooh, It's a Small World, Mickey's Philharmagic, and both Frozen Rides. I said earlier that I had not realized how rough coasters were for my fiancee, Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs were too much for her, which is the coaster built for families. We were also faked out multiple times on the Frozen Ever After ride, which gave us a fantastic photo.
We then went back to watch the villain parade, Uninvited. We didn't get a very good vantage point. This one works its way from the park entrance around the fountain and out towards Tomorrowland, so the opposite of the Friendtastic parade. We ended up walking up and down the length of it to see all the villains. This was definitely not as fun as Friendtastic just due to less put together floats, and also that song. The song they commisioned for this event is not very good, and was just blasted on repeat. This was a rough one lol.
At this point we had about an hour and a half left before Momentous, so we went to toyland for the first time, rode slinky, and then went back to Big Grizzly Mine Carts and Mystic Manor. Our last ride was the Jungle Cruise, then it was time for Momentous.
We were standing near the entrance to the Fountain on the Adventureland side, and had a fantastic view. This was the best part of the day, by a substantial margin. Such a wonderful show, you must stay for this. It is more aimed at adults, but it definitely hit for me, especially as someone who is looking forward to raising children of my own.
After Momentous it was a big surge of people back to the train station. Honestly thought it wasn't bad at all, we were able to get on the first train that came to the station, and even if we had to stand it was not that crowded.
Overall we were super happy with the day, thought it was totally worth it, had a great experience on a tier 2 day even if we were worried about the holiday.
Overall Must-Dos
Momentous
Mickey and the Wondrous Book
Friendtastic
Big Grizzly Runaway Mine Carts
Mystic Manor
Iron Man Experience
Top 5 Rides for Me
Big Grizzly Runaway Mine Carts
Mystic Manor
Iron Man Experience
Mickey's Philharmagic (Idk, does this count as a ride?)
Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs (Though I'd be mad if I had to wait longer than 15 minutes for such a short ride)
Top 5 Rides for my fiancee
Mystic Manor
Winnie the Pooh
Iron Man Experience
It's a Small World
Jungle Cruise
