Friday, February 16, 2007

Hong Kong Disneyland

HK Disneyland was ok. It wasn't that great nor that horrible. The area was small, so there were less attractions. There was a ticket pass called FastPass, it wasn't very useful. You still have to stand in line, only, not as long as the non-FastPass people. On one of the rides called Autopia, we had to wait for 1 hour!! The worst part was, the attraction was not avaliable with FastPass. While I was driving, I kept on stopping at various places, my mom was driving too slowly! So, I stopped for a while, and when she was out of sight, I went at full speed. Autopia was a good, despite the waiting line. We also went to another attraction, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, where you had to use laser guns to hit targets (robots). I got a low score (Level 2), my dad was slightly better (Level 3). Guess who got the highest score in our family. My sister!! She was Level 4 at this attraction. Finally, we left, it was 4:00-5:00. We had been there for around 6 hours. We rode the double-decker omnibus (see picture, courtesy of Hong Kong Travel) back to the entrance. It was so slow, at a rate of 3 mph (4 km/h)!! There are many other possible attractions coming to Disneyland. If you are visiting Hong Kong, I recommend you to visit Ocean Park instead of Disneyland.

Possible Attractions in Adventureland:
Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean was originally believed to take the format already created at Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at other Disney Theme Parks and mixed with the Splash Mountain format, creating a dark ride with a log flume. Pirates will be given an entire subland themed to Port Royal. However, recent articles [2] have indicated that a more traditional version of the attraction will be used, albeit based closely on the film of the same name.
Fantasmic! - A semi-circular lagoon will front the new Pirates area, and it will be used for the pirates version of Fantasmic!.
Haunted Mansion - Will be featured in the Pirates subarea with an exterior more along the lines of the original with a pirates based story. It will likely open two years after pirates.
Raging Spirits - A clone of the Tokyo DisneySea roller coaster with the same name. Slated to open in 2007.

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