Hong Kong Day Three

We were in no hurry to get moving today because Disneyland Hong Kong doesn't open until 10:30. We had breakfast in the lobby cafe. I ordered the Continental breakfast, Mel ordered the larger breakfast that comes with an omelet. He told the server that he didn't want the pastries or fruit. While we were eatting, we both asked for another cup of coffee. The server said mine would be free but Mel would be charged for his. Huh?? I think we spent 15 minutes trying to figure out the difference. Turns out that she had changed Mel's meal to a la carte since he only wanted the omelette, so the coffee was individually brewed. I had filtered coffee. Mine was almost drinkable, Mel's was not. He ordered brewed coffee the next day.

 

In the hotel shop, I found a Stitch pin with a Chinese character on it. I asked what is said and the gal said Chew, a family name! Huh? I just happened to pick up a pin with our name on it!? When I showed it to Mel, he verified that it's how they write their family name.........we bought several.

Our first stop in the park was the jewelry store. They have jewelry made with Chinese gold which is 24k, really beautiful. I did find a Tinker Bell pendant that had just come in the day before. Very nice. We walked thru all the stores on Main Street then headed to Adventureland. There are very few attractions in this park, but come 2013, they are opening 3 new lands! One is Toy Story Land, Mystic Point (with a Haunted Mansion) and Grizzly Gulch. We rode a raft to visit Tarzan's treehouse. Then we did the Jungle Cruise. That was Adventureland! Moving on to Fantasyland, we watched the Mickey 3D Show, same as we'd seen 3 years ago. They have the Tea Cups, Dumbo and a Pooh ride. There are only 3 Fast Pass rides, Pooh, Buzz and Space Mountain. We went on Buzz (my best score ever!), Autopia then did more shopping. We were only in the park about 3 hours and did pretty much everything. The railroad was closed because of all the construction I imagine. We said good-bye to Disneyland and headed back to the hotel. Rather than lunch, we decided to have an early dinner so immediately turned around and went into Kowloon again.

 

Our first stop was the tailor. I tried on my slacks, they were HUGE! He had the seamstress come over to repin. Hope they are perfect when they arrive home. We gave Sandy, the tailor, a bag from Disneyland to ship for us. He did it with no hassle, nice guy. We visited the Chinese Arts and Crafts Store. It used to be the store from China before it was open to the west. It is almost like visiting an art gallery with many beautiful carvings, sculptures, clothes, etc. We returned to a jeweler we'd found the day before in the basement of the Holiday Inn. He was going to bring in a gold dragon for me. Holiday Inn is MUCH nicer in other countries than in the US!!! The jeweler had my dragon. We made a few purchases then headed to a restaurant recommended by him. It was even better than the day before. I ordered prawns and eggplant over crispy noodles, YUM! We headed back to Disneyland to pack and were home by about 8. Packing was interesting.