Currently back home!
Today we went on the Peak Tram. This is a railway that takes you up to Victoria Peak. It was very steep and at the top there were giant cogs.
We got some good views of Hong Kong while we were going up and at the top until it started raining! We loved the rain!
At the top there was a “Madness 3D Adventure” where we took lots of photos. My favourite one was of the pandas.
Today we went to Disneyland! We got on a train and all the windows and hand rails were in the shape of Mickey Mouse! Also the seats were comfy.
I went on these rides and I rated them out of ten:
We saw a show called “Let’s Get Wicked” (10/10) in which my favourite character was Cruella De Ville. I also saw a “Moana” show (4/10) and I bought a Mickey Mouse bubble machine.
First we went on the Flying Saucers because there was no queue. Then we went on HyperSpace Mountain which was a rollercoaster. Then we went on the Iron Man Experience. We wore 3D glasses.
After that we went to Toy Story Land and me and daddy went on the RC Racer ride. I went on it again with mummy and daddy in the evening.
I also went on a Carousel, a Slinky ride, a Parachute Drop, a water shooting game, Mystic Manor, the Runaway Mine Car and the Mad Hatters Tea Cups.
We saw a show called “Let’s Get Wicked” with singing and dancing.
We didn’t know if it was going to be busy or not as we knew international and mainland China visitor numbers were down due to reduced tourist numbers to Hong Kong, but we felt it was reasonably busy though possibly not as much as usual.
The queues were anything from 0 to 40 minutes which was manageable in the heat. It was so very hot!!
I loved the ‘Let’s get wicked’ show and we were singing the songs constantly for an hour after. My lovely children made me go on lots of scary rides and I was petrified by most of them!
Funnily enough I would rate the Tea Cups, Slinky and the Carousel much higher than Martha did, purely because they did not terrify me as much! I managed one go on the RC Racer ride which Sam loved, and I had my eyes closed throughout – never again! (Mike had to go on it twice, ha!).
Even though lunch was the ubiquitous burgers and chips the veggie burger was pretty decent and we played a good game of i-spy in the dining tent.
Altogether a very enjoyable day!
Due to the time of year, the park had a Halloween Theme, with lots of pumpkins and other scary stuff which looked good when it got dark.
Despite it being brutally hot, we were there all day and managed to get back home safely before they closed our nearest MTR station.
(Note from the parents – Given that the Year 5 learning topic was “Scream Machine” we could not pass up the opportunity to go to Hong Kong Disneyland! It took a while for us to get there with the events earlier on in our stay, and then the frequent disruptions to MTR travel but we made it! And just in the nick of time as the Disneyland line was closed the last couple of days we were in Hong Kong. Sam and Martha have been learning about the forces used in rollercoasters, and were looking forward to experiencing what they had learnt about.)
We got the train to Central and then walked to the Mid-level escalators and went up them. These are the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world.
They take people to work downwards in the morning and they change direction at around 10AM to go upwards.
After that we walked to the Botanical Gardens and saw some animals, birds and flowers.
In the evening we went out for tea in Times Square in Causeway Bay with daddy’s cousin David, his mum, ma-ma (our grandma), ye-ye (our grandad), ma-ma’s brother’s daughter (Michelle) and her son Marco.
We had lots of food and I practised using chopsticks. The restaurant was high up and Sam took pictures of the buildings in the street.
Today we went to lunch with cousin Shirley and then we went for a walk around her old university (University of British Columbia, UBC). We saw some totem poles and then we made panoramic photos. We did it so that we appeared twice in one photo!
We played on the beach and saw a lovely sunset in the evening.
Today we went to Skagway.
First we stroked sled dogs and puppies! They were really cute, fluffy and soft.
Next we went in to a room that was 40 degrees below zero and it was freezing!
Then we went gold panning. I got gold that was worth $14.13. I got it put in to a necklace.
Next we got some more free jewellery.
(Note from Mike – I went on a “Guided Photography Adventure” later on with a small group of like-minded individuals and we managed to explore some areas around Skagway, including driving up the Klondike Highway and crossing the border into Canada and back.)
Today we arrived in Juneau which is the capital of Alaska. We got off the ship and had a walk around and we collected loads of free jewellery gifts from the many jewellery shops. We got bracelets, necklaces and charms from them.
