zanzibar138
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2007
So our plan had been to go into the city today and then come back in time for DH to see the last show of the Golden Mickeys, and since it was a Friday (and our annual passes weren't valid on weekends) it was his last chance.
That all changed when I went into the hallway to check my emails (which by the way is what you have to do - there is no wifi in the rooms) and found an email from smart traveller issuing a travel warning for Zimbabwe, which was our next destination.
We spent the morning, and early afternoon, with DH on the phone to our travel insurance company, finding out if they would cover us if we cut our trip short. They were unwilling to help, and after having to send them copies of everything, said that they would get back to us within 10 working days with the outcome. Really useful considering that our flight to Africa left the following day, and in 10 days we would actually be back at home
I did a lot of people watching while DH was busily organising things.
Finally we were able to leave for our 'day' out. It was well past lunchtime, but we didn't want to waste any more time and figured we could get some lunch in the city.
We walked to the train station and bought tickets to Kowloon (not sure why DH wanted Kowloon instead of Hong Kong...). The ticket machines were really easy to use, and even I didn't have any trouble working it out! I had been unsure of catching the train at first as I thought we would get lost when we had to change trains etc. Turns out that was really easy too. All of the signs were in English as well as Chinese.
The Disney train was very cute, with Mickey shaped windows and little display cases with Disney characters in them. We changed trains at Sunny Bay. The regular trains were good too. There was a light that indicated the next station, and some of them even had a light indicating which side of the train you would be exiting from. It didn't take long to get to Kowloon.
By the time we got to Kowloon we were both pretty keen to find something to eat. The train station was part of a large shopping complex (high end), and after much wandering (and wondering how on earth you were supposed to get out of the complex) we came across a cafe, overlooking an ice-skating rink. Yep, in the shopping complex... Unfortunately I forget the name of the cafe now.
We had a nice 'lunch', and DH got a coffee cocktail which was so strong he couldn't finish it! It was a pretty high end sort of place, and it still about half what we were paying at Disneyland.
When we finished our lunch we somehow found our way out of the complex, and kind of wandered aimlessly around just taking it all in. After about 10 minutes we ended up at another train station just over the road - Austin station. Annoyingly enough, it was about time to go if we wanted to be back in time for the final Golden Mickeys show, so we decided to just get on that train. That station was a little more difficult to find our way around, and it also meant we had to change trains a couple of stations down. We managed though and soon we were back at Sunny Bay.
I took a couple of photos as the Disney train was pulling in.
We got into DL with about half an hour until the last Golden Mickeys show, so pretty much went straight there. Maybe it was because it was the last show of the day, or maybe because it was a Friday night, the line was a LOT longer than it had been when I had previously seen the show, and we ended up with seats right at the back. TBH though, once the show started, I didn't even notice we were at the back.
After the show while we were waiting for the fireworks I wandered around and took a few night time shots of the park.
I picked up the last minute shopping I needed to get - souvenirs for people back home mainly, and then I made my way to the station again for the fireworks viewing, and DH picked up some desserts from the bakery on the way.
With only about 15 minutes to go until the fireworks, it was fairly crowded up there, but it didn't matter so much when I knew I wasn't taking photos. I enjoyed the show and was really glad I'd gotten to see it again.
Then we went back to the hotel for our last full night.
That all changed when I went into the hallway to check my emails (which by the way is what you have to do - there is no wifi in the rooms) and found an email from smart traveller issuing a travel warning for Zimbabwe, which was our next destination.
We spent the morning, and early afternoon, with DH on the phone to our travel insurance company, finding out if they would cover us if we cut our trip short. They were unwilling to help, and after having to send them copies of everything, said that they would get back to us within 10 working days with the outcome. Really useful considering that our flight to Africa left the following day, and in 10 days we would actually be back at home
I did a lot of people watching while DH was busily organising things.
Finally we were able to leave for our 'day' out. It was well past lunchtime, but we didn't want to waste any more time and figured we could get some lunch in the city.
We walked to the train station and bought tickets to Kowloon (not sure why DH wanted Kowloon instead of Hong Kong...). The ticket machines were really easy to use, and even I didn't have any trouble working it out! I had been unsure of catching the train at first as I thought we would get lost when we had to change trains etc. Turns out that was really easy too. All of the signs were in English as well as Chinese.
The Disney train was very cute, with Mickey shaped windows and little display cases with Disney characters in them. We changed trains at Sunny Bay. The regular trains were good too. There was a light that indicated the next station, and some of them even had a light indicating which side of the train you would be exiting from. It didn't take long to get to Kowloon.
By the time we got to Kowloon we were both pretty keen to find something to eat. The train station was part of a large shopping complex (high end), and after much wandering (and wondering how on earth you were supposed to get out of the complex) we came across a cafe, overlooking an ice-skating rink. Yep, in the shopping complex... Unfortunately I forget the name of the cafe now.
We had a nice 'lunch', and DH got a coffee cocktail which was so strong he couldn't finish it! It was a pretty high end sort of place, and it still about half what we were paying at Disneyland.
When we finished our lunch we somehow found our way out of the complex, and kind of wandered aimlessly around just taking it all in. After about 10 minutes we ended up at another train station just over the road - Austin station. Annoyingly enough, it was about time to go if we wanted to be back in time for the final Golden Mickeys show, so we decided to just get on that train. That station was a little more difficult to find our way around, and it also meant we had to change trains a couple of stations down. We managed though and soon we were back at Sunny Bay.
I took a couple of photos as the Disney train was pulling in.
We got into DL with about half an hour until the last Golden Mickeys show, so pretty much went straight there. Maybe it was because it was the last show of the day, or maybe because it was a Friday night, the line was a LOT longer than it had been when I had previously seen the show, and we ended up with seats right at the back. TBH though, once the show started, I didn't even notice we were at the back.
After the show while we were waiting for the fireworks I wandered around and took a few night time shots of the park.
I picked up the last minute shopping I needed to get - souvenirs for people back home mainly, and then I made my way to the station again for the fireworks viewing, and DH picked up some desserts from the bakery on the way.
With only about 15 minutes to go until the fireworks, it was fairly crowded up there, but it didn't matter so much when I knew I wasn't taking photos. I enjoyed the show and was really glad I'd gotten to see it again.
Then we went back to the hotel for our last full night.