Land of Dim sum Day 2 part 2

Finally getting down to blogging about Disneyland after about 3 months. But honestly, there isn't much to say about Disneyland. In fact, I was a little tiny bit disappointed. I expected it to be more magical, not sure how to describe it but it was just so commercialized with all the shops and merchandise shops.
So we took the MTR to Disneyland resort. Travelling in Hong Kong is relatively easy because the MTR is really convenient and directions are clear as to where to change train and where to walk. It's like Singapore but on a bigger scale, similar to Korea actually!

Us on the train that takes us to Disneyland! We were already egg-cited because it was Disney yo! Although it meant squeezing with the crowds and queuing up for a loooonnnngggg time for rides, I was still really excited because it was going to be our first time entering Disneyland!

Not going to post many photos of Disneyland because many others have already done so using their professional DSLRs and taken so much better than mine. Suffice to say that I really enjoyed Disneyland, although there was intermittent rain like how it was when we went to Everland. It didn't stop us from any of the rides. Also, I've got to say that the Disneyland management has better queue control. We didn't have to queue for a very long time as compared to Everland. The longest time we had to queue was probably less than 30 minutes to an hour, so thumbs up for that! 

One of my favourite characters, Woody from Toy Story!

Took quite a few rides, since I mentioned that the queues were not ridiculously long. We took the rollercoasters. I'm not actually a fan of rollercoasters or scary rides, but my mentality when at theme parks is that since I'm already here, just take everything and not regret not taking. Like we've already paid so much for the tickets to enter, and you don't want to take? Haha not referring to those who cannot take because of existing medical conditions. What else is there to do in theme parks apart from the rides, shopping and eating?

Also, I had the misfortune (not because of having to buy, but because I didn't manage to buy it) of having to help a colleague (whom I'm not that close to) buy a souvenir. She actually wanted a tin of biscuits, and well, that got me running into every souvenir shop to check if it was available. It was sadly not available at all. I was just so stressed, like what would she think of me because I didn't manage to buy it. Perhaps she would have thought that I didn't put effort into looking for it when I actually did! I walked into every shop to look for it. That was something I was quite upset about, although to others it might have just been a small issue. 

The nicest part was probably the fireworks. I don't know why, but I just got so emotional during the fireworks that I teared, like seeing something I haven't seen in a long time. I was just very touched, and it was so beautiful and it lasted for a long time. I'm really happy that we stayed for the fireworks although Amanda was not so well that day. 

And also, I actually really expected much more from Disneyland. I didn't exactly get sucked into the consumerism born out of the love for Disneyland. I didn't get a single souvenir at all and I don't regret it at all. Watching the other tourists snapping up so many souvenirs, I just thought, 'What's the point?' Perhaps I have reached the point where I don't need souvenirs to remind me of the beautiful experiences. I keep them all in my head or heart. I will always remember the feeling I felt when I was watching the fireworks.

I've been procrastinating this entry for such a long time all because I didn't feel like posting photos of Disneyland although I took a lot of photos on that day. So here is an unexpected wordy post that I haven't blogged in a long time. I'm more interested in talking about the food haha. Disneyland food isn't really worth talking about because it was overpriced and not nice at all. We had nicer food in the next few days.