Journal Entry 5: HK DISNEYLAND

Day 8 (Second Last Day):

Well...Today we went to Disneyland...

Starting from an hour bus ride from the hotel to the station where we would change to a different bus. The jourmey was long, but smooth.
Reaching Disneyland, our destination, we were shocked at the immensely huge line queued up to enter starting an hour even before disneyland even threw its gates open for visitors.

Entering Disneyland felt like a dream come through from a fairytale. Similiarily themed buildings and attractions from different fairytales sprang into life as a towering Sleeping Beauty castle towered over all, standing majestically in the heart of Disneyland. With so many attractions and rides to go to, and so little time, we were spoilt for choice as to what to go on first. Wondering around aimlessly, awestruck by the incredible sight, we decided to try to go on everythinga nd the first thing taht caught my eye was the roller coaster, Space Mountain.

Featuring sharp turns, steep climbs, sudden drops and multiple twists in a high speed ride, it could be really scary for smaller children, but to me, it was an superb experience. The ride, moving in a superfast speed really led me clamouring for more. i was almost sorry when the ride ended, and wanted to ride it again, but unfortunately, the rest of us decided to do something else and we settled for a must less exciting Astro Busters.

Astro Busters is a ride in which you would be given a laser gun where you would have to shoot at targets, giving different scores. The higher you score, the greater your rank. I managed a 30 000 in the first ride and then a 70 000 in the second, giving me a rank 3 - First Class Space Commissioner. My younger brother, aged 6, somehow managed to get other 200 000 points gaining him the title of Super Space Officer.

Next on the list was Adventure world, where we would watch a show featuring the Lion King. Although i didn't want to go there at first, i quickly cahnged my tune after watching some of the superb stunts and majestic performance they they didn't, featuring acrobatics, martial arts and basically complete chaos. Although it was slightly deterring at first, it soon became so awe-striking that i could not tear my eyes off the performance.

That was only the tip of the iceberg. But if I were to go through all the attractions I went, including the 4D theatre, the parades and the boat ride that featured (false) cannibals, poison darts (That were pepper balls) and gods (The seemly dormant rock formation gushed out a large straem of water equivalent to a waterfall and the water below caught fire), it would probably be too long for this post.

Probably the BEST performance of Disneyland EVER was the incredible, indescribable, wonderful, enchanting, delightful, fabulous and unbelivable Fireworks that shot into the sky above Sleeping Beauty's castle. It was such an awestriking performance that I probably stood there for the entire performance, mouths gaped at the spectacular sight before my eyes.

That was the end of my trip. I loved it...