The Disney Frontier Blog

Description: This is the fireworks show from Saturday. Everyone loves to hate Hong Kong Disneyland. The media reviles the park and serves it up as tabloid fodder, reveling in an orgy of cruel delight with every single hiring misstep and every missed attendance goal. Local citizens, with whom my conversations have yielded much anecdotal evidence, also have voiced their displeasure, mostly over the park's size - too small - and its demographics - too many mainlanders. So it was with these pejorative impressions, this cacophony of complaints simmering in my imagination, that I passed warily through the gates of the Magic Kingdom, in cautious expectation of unfulfilled promises and inexorable bores. What I got, however, to my pleasant surprise and veritable enjoyment, was an afternoon and evening spent in the company of great friends amidst all sorts of amusements, an outing that easily summited any acclivity of entertainment previously established in my mind. There were rides, lots of them, on which my friends and I spent much time frolicking like little children in whose hands are new toys. We actually spent more time on the rides than on the lines to board them, which surprised me, and added to the allure of the place. Every attraction, whether it was Space Mountain or Small World, whether it was the crazy tea cups or Pooh's dyslexic, whole-language reading adventure, was accessible without having to spend an inordinate amount of time waiting, and that's a good thing. We spent about one-minute in line for my favorite ride, Buzz Light Year's space voyage - a real-life first-person shooter. In general, I think can queue for ten minutes in order to go on a two-minute ride, any day, no problem. Not only were the rides, and their queues impressive; the shows, too, were of such outstanding quality that our merry band contrived meticulously to attend them, twice even. Our friend lady B, whose initial plan we had followed to come to Disney and by whose handiwork we were granted free admittance, performed marvelously at the Golden Mickeys, a captivating drama involving physical feats of daring, risky dancing, plenty of singing and of course many of Walt's freaky, life-sized animals. From the audience, we cheered lustily for our friend and her fellow performers who went through a medley of Disney's greatest soundtracks and scenes. Other seated-performances that we attended, including the Stitch game and the 4D symphony orchestra, moreover delivered hilarity and sensory thrills. The High School Musical outdoor rally, my favorite, was an engrossing confluence of infectious beats, rhythmic dancing and filipino goodwill. Indeed, there was not a single misfire in all of the super live-action and animated spectacles we viewed. Engrossed audiences laughed, clapped and cheered wildly. Who can forget the evening's main events, the night parade and the fireworks? So desperately did we desire prime seating that we scouted and camped our positions as though settlers rushing through a frontier, assiduously scanning and then demarcating our territory. We would not be denied a gorgeous view of the evening's entertainment. And when it came time for the performances, that the shows did touch the ethereal heights of our lofty expectations only added to ecstasy of being like a child, in awe and wonder, of the world around us. The Disney magic verily cast its spell on us, suspending our maturity for the welcomed digestion of a deep palette of colors set to slick choreography. Neither the Halloween parade (and the accompanying ghoulish, nighttime frights in Adventureland) nor the fireworks extravaganza should be missed. Finally, as much as firsthand experience has proven its worth in debunking deplorable myths and conjectures about Hong Kong Disneyland (e.g. the park is too small; there are too many mainlanders), much of the myth-shattering and debunkment in my own received opinion came from eloquent discourse with past and present Disney cast members, from whom I learned about the pricing structure of Disney merchandise and foods - and why both seem to be presumptuously expensive - and whose words, combined with my own experience in the park, confirm the notion that Disney works hard to adjust its brand for cultural differences, though in the case of Hong Kong, the company still has much to demonstrate before a critical local audience.

Description: Order Roller Coaster and Theme Park DVDs here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/store/ Hong Kong Disneyland is Disney's newest theme park and you can see most of the park's attractions in this video including Space Mountain with the LIGHTS ON! Filmed and edited by Robb Alvey of www.themeparkreview.com Please note - onride footage in this video was taken with permission from the park and filmed by professional ride photographers. Please DO NOT attempt to take video on roller coasters without proper permission from the park as filming on rides can be DANGEROUS!!!

Description: Adventureland, followed by Main Street, including MIckey's House and the Muppet Mobile Lab. Finally, we take a trip on the Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad

Description: A video of Hong Kong Disneyland set to music. We went to the theme park in June 2006 as part of our round-the-world Honeymoon.

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Description: For the Year of the Rat - or in this case the Year of the (Mickey) Mouse, Hong Kong Disneyland is celebrating Chinese New Year with a Twist between January 22 and February 24 2008. This will include a number of new attractions and events designed specifically for the event, and this was a new promo for that event. The video is © 2007 Disney. Original video posted by GundamXDivider, reposted with permission. The friendly fans who brought you this video may be found on http://www.hkdlsource.com where all the latest Hong Kong Disneyland information can be found.

Description: More of Main Street then a nighttime ride on the Jungle Cruise. Finally, we see a photo collage of the best of Hong Kong Disneyland.

Description: with Maestro Mickey Mouse 17 December 2007

Description: Halloween in Hong Kong Disneyland 2008 featured the new Demon Jungle and the Haunted Adventureland Trail, along with the return of 2007's Haunted Hotel, a Glow in the Dark Halloween Parade and Space Mountain - Ghost Galaxy. This television promotion featured the new attractions. Video is © 2008 Disney. Please visit us fans at http://www.hkdlsource.com

Description: Disney on Parade in Hong Kong Disneyland