Land where dreams come true...

It was supposed to be a fun-filled 4 days in Hong Kong, comprising Ocean Park and DisneyLand. It was fun but not as much as I had expected. For a start, I missed Lyra much more than I thought I would. In fact, on the 1st night, I was starting to tear and had really wanted to go home. I called home every night and my mom told me Lyra adapted very well, even sleeping through the night,... but that was only while I was away. The minute I was back, she went back to waking for feeds. Guess she could smell the milk machine.

Lucas and I went to Ocean Park on the 2nd day while Vinc went Hi-Fi scavenging. Ocean Park outing was off to a bad start. It was pouring cats and dogs when we arrived at Ocean Park. The ponchos I bought were scarcely able to keep us dry. It was miserable as Lucas was really looking forward to it. The rides in the Kidsworld were cancelled, the games stalls were practically closed and the shows were also cancelled. So we walked around in the rain looking for stuff to do and in the end, decided to just skip the Kidsworld, take the cable car and head for lunch.

The cable car ride was about 20 mins and the view was great. I'm not a fan of heights so I didn't enjoy it as much as Lucas did. He had a good time gloating over my fear and poking fun at me. Then we took a long leisurely lunch. For once, I need not hurry Lucas to eat his meal and he seems to enjoy the food more. Thankfully, the rain stopped after lunch. We caught the Raging River raft ride and some sedentary merry-go-rounds. The rest of the rides are for teens and adults. The highlight is probably the 4 storey high aquarium. It had a good selection of big fishies and was an eye-opener for Lucas.

One of the things that really got me was the place was meant to be kids friendly but all the displays were out of their line of sight so I had to carry Lucas for most of them. That was quite tough as Lucas is now 17 kg. US aquariums are a lot more friendly with 2 view holes- one for kids and one for adults.

Frankly, having seen the aquarium in Monterey Bay, California, I haven't seen anything that matched the quality and quantity of display. Even Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta didn't match up.

We went to DisneyLand the next day. Compared to Tokyo Disney Land, I think Tokyo's better. HK's had very limited rides that were fun and exciting. I think the best age to go would be 3-4 years old. Older kids would have found it a bore. Girls who are into princessy things would probably like it too. Only a few rides and shows were really worth the dough; Lion King's Festival Musical was awesome, Mickey's 3D Magical show was 1 of the best 3D shows I watched, Stitch Encounter was quite entertaining and the River Cruise was not too bad. Lucas enjoyed himself and was so tired out the 1st day that he missed the booming parade that went by.

We had a 2-day pass but spent only 1.5 days there. I think 1.5 days is about right, allowing you enough time to explore and take some repeated rides. 1 day would have been a bit rushed.

The 4 days went by quickly but I was glad to be home to see Lyra. I told Lucas that we will go back to DisneyLand again when Lyra is 3 years old. Maybe we could head for a more exciting DisneyLand then. :)

More pics here.