Finally, It's Disney Time!

Disney is always the dream place for every kid. It was the same for me as well, however, I did not get to go to Disneyland until I was 22 years old, and in fact, when I finally went, I was quite disappointed as I did not see it differ much vs. other amusement park, other than there were Disney characters. So my conclusion was, I went there too late, as I was no longer a kid.



With that in mind, I have decided to take Justine and Jamie to Disneyland when they are the RIGHT AGE. :) And what touches me the most was, I've got so many volunteers who also went with us! Of course, who else could they be?? They were Justine's favorate tour-mate - Aunt Michelle and Uncle David, plus A-Ping's whole famiy! We went to HK Disney on Aug 10-12th, spent the first night in Disneyland Hotel, Justine and Jamie loved the hotel so much, other than seeing their favorite characters everywhere, the simple fact that it was a 5-start hotel and having a room facing the ocean certainly helped as well. :) On top of that, what thrilled Justine and Jamei even more was this "Connecting door" between A-Ping's and our hotel room, so the kids could run around between the two rooms, the kids simply loved it.

Given both Aunt Michelle and myself could not take a full day off, so we left Taipei on Friday afternoon and arrived Disney hotel late evening. We did not waste much time, after setting the luggages in the room, we immediately went to the Park. It was a hot summer evening though temperature was much cooler comparing to the noon time, still having to wait in line to get on the ride wasn't exactly an easy job. At the end, we only rode on the flying Dumbo, the swinging coffee cup, plus Jamie had got on a Marry-Go-Around. The highlight of the evening was the fireworks, which was indeed splendid and even us adults quite enjoyed it. But Jamie still did not want to see it and basically were hiding her face inside Papa's arms and missed the best part of the evening! (though she quite enjoyed watching the video that I captured on tape after getting home :(

The next morning, we all woke up early in order to catch our breakfast slot. As a matter of fact, this was the reason why we stayed at Disney Hotel, so that we could have Mikey, Minnie, and Pluto all came around to our table and taking photos with us without having to wait in long time as in the park. Again, the kids proved to us that what in adult's mind may be "exciting for kids" maybe totally wrong. Justine and Jamie "managed" to have photos with Mickey and Minnie, but when Pluto came, they almost cried and shyed away...oh well... at least now we learned, not all kids enjoy seeing a huge Mickey standing next to them...

After breakfast, we went back to the park, finished off the rest of the tour, including seeing the famous Mid-Day Parade...though the weather was simply toooooooo hot....

We left the park for Kawlong around 4pm.... though it was a short visit, but after coming back and looking at the photos, one forgot all the hassels and only remembered the best part. Besides, what worth more than being able to spend some quality time with your beloved ones??