The Zhao Family

We've had quite a bit of fun here in Hong Kong the last two weeks. We've managed to visit two of the biggest theme parks here, Ocean Park which covers the space of two mountain sides and Disneyland Hong Kong which is smaller than the size of Six Flags in Largo. Both have very exciting and very different things to do and you can imagine we try to make the most out of both.

Let's start with Ocean Park. Hong Kong's most popular and longest running theme park and still great for kids and family.

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A park so big it took all of us to figure out where to start. Clayton's very serious about getting started.


Let's go see the Panda's first. They actually have very active Pandas playing and running around the park. The kids enjoy their entertainment quite a bit. And we love the mascot!


And now onto some serious fun! We hit the Ferris Wheel and a bunch of other games. From the looks of Abbey, we think she's afraid of heights especially when the boys and I are trying to rock the carriage.


Merry Go Round, Boat rides, Flying animal rides, live bird shows, and gigantic mythical creatures to entertain us, you bet the kids had a lot of fun!



Must. Take photos. with cute animals.



Or be eaten by the Shark



The best park was the 10 minute ride on the Cable Cars that are suspended very high above the air to connect the park between two mountains along the riverside. The kids really love the ride but have no idea how high they are above the ground, however Abbey was not too please when we try to rock the carriage on this mile long ride going steep escalations and steep drops.


Two days later: Disneyland Hong Kong !

It's pretty incredible the amount of money Disney put into this theme park. They've integrated their own train line into Hong Kong's intricate train system to have their own Mickey Mouse trains. And when you get out of the train station you are at the entrance of the park. The day we went was not the best weather, in fact at times it was pouring, however we did go and did have a great time!


The train line with Mickey Mouse and right out of the station is the Disneyland sign. Quite convenient.



Here we are!! (Note to our kids in the future: You can't say we never took you to Disneyland) Our friend Karrie shouffered us around the park. Greatly appreciated her hospitality.


Look who's all geared up for the day!


One of the biggest advantage of going to the park on a rainy day is that you definitely don't get the crowd and hot sticky weather. So took advantage of the situation. Thanks to the rain, there was absolutely no line, in fact there was two people or less in front of us to take photos with the characters. So we spent about 15 minutes taking photos with each character and they absolutely played their role and let us take as many photos as we want. In fact so many pictures were taken that the park's photographer gave me half of her booklet of photo numbers (you know the ones you take up to the counter before you leave the park to buy photos with the characters) which was over 20 of their pictures, you can imagine how many I took.











Very pretty Alice got out from her Wonderland. The boys got 3D shades for their 180 degree IMAX show treatment of Mickey and Donald's music extravaganza. I got to say that I've never experienced it and found it very very cool to have simulations of wind, water, and smell while watching a 3D show on a 180 degree panoramic screen.


And lastly how can you skip the ride with Dumbo! And yes they did end the night with fireworks! There are many other rides and things we did there as well but just can't post so many things here. Overall the kids had lots and lots and lots of fun going to these theme parks.