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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:10 pm
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.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:42 pm
Picture time! Entry way, when you get off the subway and walk to the entrance plaza: 
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Really cool fountain after that arch. Mickey bobs up and down on the water from the whale.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:45 pm
Main Street USA

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:47 pm
Interior of Space Mountain

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:48 pm
Tarzan's Tree House in Adventureland. The boats to it actually cross over the Jungle Cruise path in between those boats.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:49 pm
The Jungle Cruise has a Catastrophe Canyon-like moment with fire, water, and steam. This is that spot.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:51 pm
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.)

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:52 pm
Main Street train station

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:52 pm
Winnie the Pooh. All in English.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:53 pm
Space Mountain with the track for Autopia in the foreground; it opens next year, which is why there's no track yet.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:54 pm
Dumbo. Love that water!

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:56 pm
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.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 7:58 pm
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.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:01 pm
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.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:02 pm
Sleeping Beauty Castle, the night before opening. It's so humid, the searchlights' beams are visible.

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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:03 pm
This warning got me laughing. It's on Winnie the Pooh! There's one on the Carousel, too. Lotta drunk customers?

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:14 pm
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!!
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:18 pm
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!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:21 pm
LOL, great warning! And great pics Bastable.
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:22 pm
Thanks! I also take requests--if I have it, I'll post it.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 8:53 pm
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!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:30 pm
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)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:03 pm
Great pics, Bastable. Thanks!
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:07 pm
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:
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 2:11 am
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?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 5:52 pm
Great pics Bastable.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, September 16, 2005 - 6:48 pm
Beautiful pictures!!
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Survivoraddict
Member
09-02-2005
| Friday, September 30, 2005 - 10:14 am
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!!!
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