Hong Kong Trip: Hong Kong Day 4 (Part 5)

After we sat on the cable car back to Tung Chung, we decided to go to the shopping centre for dinner. Upon entry, we found that there are so many factory outlet stores there. There are Nike factory outlet, Adidas factory outlet, Fila factory outlet, etc. We decided to shop around for a while since the prices in the shopping centre should be cheaper compared to others.

We browsed from store to store at a quick pace as we had to catch the fireworks at Disneyland at 9 pm. Since there were mostly restaurants there, we decided to have MacDonalds takeaway to save the time eating. Took the MTR to Disneyland Resort station after buying our dinner.

We were all tired from the traveling, running and climbing (we captured this shot to display our tiredness)


Back at Disneyland Resort at night


The beautiful whale fountain which changes colour from time to time


The lovely tram station


Me and Gs in the ancient car


It was the Christmas season and foam (acting as snow) was dispensed on the main street


The symbolic Disney tower again


All the buildings were brightly lit and a gigantic Christmas tree lies in the background


Me and Ed wearing dorky cartoony caps

At 9 pm sharp, the fireworks started and a phenomenally huge crowd had gathered at the main roundabout to catch the fireworks in full view.

The tower bursting into life with rotating swirls of fireworks


The tower erupting with loads of fireworks


Check out the amount of smoke in the background


The colours of the tower were changing constantly to generate a more magical effect


Another shot of the fireworks

After the fireworks ended in about 20 minutes later and we all unanimously agreed that the fireworks were fantastic. The fireworks display is the best i ever watched and there is so much choreography involved in the timing, the shape, the size, the type, and the colour of the fireworks. There is also a story along with the fireworks display which is read out to the audience and the lighting of the tower emulated the mood of the story as it progresses. The amount of fireworks used were more than the number of 2 NDP parades fireworks combined.

It was an excellent conclusion to our full day's trip and we agreed that the fireworks had made it the Disneyland ticket price worth its price after the rather disappointing rides. Anyway, for people who want to visit HK Disneyland, i think the Saturday fireworks display (which is the day we went) is more than regular days and i believe that's why the ticket prices are more expensive on Saturdays. The main disadvantage of visiting on Saturday is that the crowds are overwhelming and it would be time consuming to queue up for the popular rides.

We took the bus back to Mongkok as we imagined the trains to be packed like sardines after hundreds of people left the resort the same time as us after the fireworks display ended. Also, we did not want the hassle of transferring trains at 2 interchanges.

A tiring but enjoyable 4th day indeed.

End of Part 5 (7 to 10.30 pm)