After a very hectic February, we planned a short trip to Hong Kong. We like to go to Hong Kong in early March because we are in need of some warmer weather by that time and the kids cannot get enough of Hong Kong Disney! We also were anticipating that that would be our final trip to Hong Kong as a family for quite some time.
We left early on a Friday morning so we could make the most of our time! Soon after we checked into the hotel, the kids were ready to go play at the park! Eens was thrilled that it was not October so he did not have to worry about the ghosts and goblins coming out!! We now know the park quite well so we were able to cover everything by the evening!! Cooper finally wanted to go on Space Mountain right before we left. He is usually so brave, but for some reason it took him a while to warm up to the idea of riding on a roller coaster again! By the end of the trip he had been on it over 5 times, so I am pretty sure his fears are gone!!
On Saturday we were so excited to see our friends who had left Tianjin in December. They had only relocated to Hong Kong a few weeks prior to our arrival, but were more than happy to meet us at Disneyland with their adorable little girl!! Since we had covered everything the kids wanted to do on Friday we really just got to hang out and take our friends on our favorite rides! We all had a wonderful time catching up and in the end, of course I was wishing they had not left Tianjin!
On Sunday we decided to explore some more of the city and I needed to do some serious toy shopping for someone’s upcoming fifth birthday!!! Hong Kong is extremely hilly so I got many complaints from my dear family when I made them walk to a park! Danny was complaining about having a stroller because Hong Kong is not easy to get around with one! I rationalized having one because I needed some place to put my packages!! He finally gave up!! We made it to the park and had a nice wander around.
Can we say dramatic?!!!
After exploring the park, Danny thought it would be fun to take the kids on the Star Ferry to get across the harbor to the shopping mall I wanted to go to. It was a really quick trip on the ferry which was good because it was a bit windy! The kids seemed to enjoy the new mode of transportation though!! Once we arrived at the mall we enjoyed a very American lunch and then quickly shopped until my arms were sore!! Thank goodness for plenty of taxis in Hong Kong because I was too exhausted for public transportation!
The kids are a bit disappointed that this was there last trip to Hong Kong for the year! Next October Disneyland is going to be opening three new areas. We were able to see the plans and the kids were so excited to see that one of the themes is going to be Toy Story! An entire themed area devoted to Woody and Buzz - I’m not sure my boys could ask for anything more!! Hopefully we will make our way back to Asia in the next few years so they can enjoy this before they are too old!!
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