Just came back from my 52 hours rush like mad HK trip.
First Day
Took 10am Cathay flight. Must say the food is the best airline food I have ever tasted. Somemore got Hagan Dax ice cream. But inflight entertainment no fight with SQ. Control panel is fixed to the chair and my vidio screen keep flickering while watching pirates of the caribbean 2. Find this timing quite good cause save time on lunch and eat on board.
Took airport express to Kowloon and board the shuttle bus to go to Koeloon Hotel. But my friends who got off airport express at Tsing Yi and change to normal MTR and alight at Tsim Sa Chui station actually arrived before me.
Kowloon Hotel's room is really really small. And they provide a miserable free fruit platter with 2 bananas and one apple and one orange in every room.
Went up the peak and jumped queue by buying Madam Trussade plus tram tickets. Unfortunately over the last weekend HK is rather hazy so view not very good. In fact their PSI was between 85-105 but nobody seems to make any noise over it. Maybe its the norm for them.
Madam Trussad was rather small as compared to the London one but there is hardly any crowd so can take many photos and don't have to fight with other people.
Lucky for me the next day there was a fault at the peak tram and service was suspended for by 6 hours.
Took taxi from lower peak station to star ferry terminal and was surprise to find that it cost only HK$15 ie the meter never jump at all. No wonder the cab drive'r face was very black.
Caught the Symphony of Light near the clock tower and it was quite nice.
Went to Mong Kok and Ladies market and nothing much has changed since my last trip to HK many years ago. The Langham Place long express excalator was quite interesting. There is also a nice small noodle restaurant on the 4th floor.
2nd Day
Took MTR to Disneyland.
We all tried to act smart and walk to Hollywood Hotel from the mrt station.
Big Mistake. It's at least 1.5km of walk and dragging your luggage along under the sun is nojoke. Actually the weather when I was there was really sunny during the day.
Just remember to take the shuttle if you stay in the hotel and don't bother to try walking!!!.
The hotel only allow you to go to your room after 3 pm. So after checking in leave the luggage with the bell hop and we went to Disneyland.
HK Disneyland is small but fun. There seemed to be a lot of people at the entrance, lot of Chian people but they seemed to disappear inside. There was hardly any queue for all the rides.
And remember to get you coupeon from the bonus book at the airport and get your free souvenior at cityhall. Must show you pasport. It's worth the effort.
I did space mountain, winnie the pooh and buzz lightyear and cautht the parade all within 45 minutes. This is unkeard of in other Disneyland. in fact, one of my friend took space mountain 4 times in a few hours. No need to use fast pass at all.
Had luch a plaza inn, it's run by Maxim. Food is good. Must try to roast goose there.
Fireworks display was really nice. Better than sumphony of lights.
Went back to Mong Kok after fireworks. It's then that one realise the disadvantage of staying in the Disneyland hotels if you want to go to town. Travelling alone took more than an hour both way. A cab ride back to the hotel cost HK$200.
3rd day.
Went back to Disneyland in the morning for some shopping and photo taking. Hotel guests get 2 days ticket for the price of one till the December. Found that most of the charaaters are quite free fo take picture with visitors. Hardly any queue at all. This was really a pleasant surprise cause I went there on Sat and Sun.
Over spent my time at Disneyland and only get to Tung Chung around one oclock. Found the queue for the Ngong Ping 360 to be really really long by then. A notie was put to say that quing time is at least an hour both way.
Since our flight was at 8pm, gave up the cable car ride and went shopping at Citygate. They are really making this place into an outlet centre. Got Timberland, Nike, Adidas, Esprit, Giordano, Samsonite, Levi's, City Chain, Calvin Clein underwear and others.
Took Taxi from hotel to the airport. Found out that the city taxi )red colur) charge HK$5 per luggage, including back pack and even plastic bags ! but the lantau taxi (blue) did not!
And the meter jumps faster for city taxi. So a taxi ride form disneyland hotels to airport can have a HK30 differece between the 2 types of cabs.
Did some last minute shopping at the airport to spend my loose change. Found that the Disney shops at HK airport have some sale items not available in the park.