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Abby7
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07-17-2002

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
i was told hong kong will be just like disney/anaheim. but, i could be wrong.

i remember a few years ago, dh going to the pub to meet "X" and her dh. "X" used to work w/my dh. it was a "good-bye" party. they were going to live in hong kong while working for disney/hong kong. they were renting out their house while they were gone. i'll have to ask dh if they have returned.



Bastable
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07-09-2002

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bastable a private message Print Post    
Picture time!

Entry way, when you get off the subway and walk to the entrance plaza:
arch

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Really cool fountain after that arch. Mickey bobs up and down on the water from the whale.
fountain

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Main Street USA
msusa

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Interior of Space Mountain
inSM

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Tarzan's Tree House in Adventureland. The boats to it actually cross over the Jungle Cruise path in between those boats.
Tarzan

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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The Jungle Cruise has a Catastrophe Canyon-like moment with fire, water, and steam. This is that spot.
jc

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Fantasyland has the Fantasy Gardens, where there are little kiosks where the characters are always located. You queue up to take your picture with them. This is Mickey's. (Minnie's is separate.)
mickey

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Main Street train station
msts

Bastable
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Winnie the Pooh. All in English.
wtp

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Space Mountain with the track for Autopia in the foreground; it opens next year, which is why there's no track yet.
sma

Bastable
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Dumbo. Love that water!
dumbo

Bastable
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Snow White Grotto, which is to the right of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Disney has the nerve to list this as an "attraction" on the map.
swg

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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The Tomorrowland sign (those five gutter-like things to the right are fountains, and they're always pouring with water). The Orbitron is in the background. It's opening day, which is why they had white folding chairs and those special red umbrellas--to protect from the strong sun, not the rain.
tmlwndentry

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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The resort from the air. Five years ago, it was a bay.
You can see Space Mountain in the middle. Adventureland is the dark splotch of trees right above that. The two hotels are on the water, separated by an empty field.
aerial

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Sleeping Beauty Castle, the night before opening. It's so humid, the searchlights' beams are visible.
castlenight

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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This warning got me laughing. It's on Winnie the Pooh! There's one on the Carousel, too. Lotta drunk customers?
warning

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Those are cool, Bastable! I read that some people who went felt there wasn't enough there, yet.

I can't believe they count the grotto as a separate "attraction"..

The inside of Space Mountain is nice and colorful compared to ours in Anaheim.

LOVE the Mickey fountain!!

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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There are definitely not enough rides yet. Disney is apparently trying to ease into this, to get the Chinese familiar with the Disney brand first. We forget--China didn't have Mickey Mouse until very recently! Some guests are very befuddled by the line system. One's even sueing because he had to wait (gasp!) an hour for one attraction!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

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LOL, great warning! And great pics Bastable.

Bastable
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Thanks! I also take requests--if I have it, I'll post it.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

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Hmmm, how about one picture of Hong Kong Disneyland with you in it? LOL

Thanks for the pics Bastable. I was wondering where all the lines were, since your pictures don't have all that many people in them. The fountain with Mickey surfing above the whale is cool!



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

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What is the food like? I read that they stopped serving Shark Fin soup because it endagers sharks (I think that was Hong Kong, or could have been Japan)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

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Great pics, Bastable. Thanks!

Bastable
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07-09-2002

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Nope, that was HK. Shark fin soup never made it on the final menu because animal rights activists complained about it.

Most of the restaurants serve really good Chinese stuff-- noodle bowls, dim sum, Asian BBQ. I thought it was delicious, and not greasy at all. You get a tray full of courses, including salad and tea, for one price (around $6.50). And in addition to Cokes and stuff, you can get bottles of fresh watermelon juice and sweetened soy milk from many carts--goes down very nice! Popcorn comes in flavors like chocobanana and orange caramel--also very nice! The Chinese guests tend to sit with their whole families for hours, just eating. Disney has had to enlarge the restaurants. Only one of them serves burgers and fries.

Most of my pix were taken on Sunday, the day before the official opening, which is why crowds are light. If you want to see crowds, here's a shot of the people outside the gates just before opening at 1 pm Monday. I was on the inside:

opening


Twinkie
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09-24-2002

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Awesome pics, Bastable!!! So funny about the guy wanting to sue because he had to wait in line for an hour! HAHAHAHAHA Was it packed opening day?

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Great pics Bastable.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, September 16, 2005 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Beautiful pictures!!

Survivoraddict
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09-02-2005

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Love the pictures. I can't wait to go there sometime (hopefully they'll have more there by then). I'm glad they nixed the shark fin soup idea. Not very Disney!!!