The Long Over Due Next Post

I don't know if it's the spotty internet connection in my new apartment, the fact that I'm in a new apartment, or my new commute to work sucking up all of my energy, but I am seriously lacking the blogging zeal I once possessed. Countless, bloggable events have occurred in the past few months and I have yet to catalogue them for your viewing pleasure. I apologize that all I have been able to throw your way is a post about my hair (without pictures even!). I hope to be better, but we'll see... they say one of the steps to forgiveness is restitution, so let's start with that. Without delay, I give you: DISNEYLAND!

I'm much happier than I look.

Many of my Tuesday's off of work are squandered on silly things like institute, but this particular Tuesday I finally got my priorities straight and set off for one of the five happiest places on earth: Disneyland Hong Kong. Much smaller in size, the park feels intimate and less intimidating to finish in one day (think Disneyland with only 200 people). Plus, the food is spectacular and cheap, cheap, cheap (well by Disneyland standards).I hear it is never overly busy and while this makes me sickened with the Hong Kong people, it does mean walking on to every single ride with no wait at all. Except for Autopia, you can never walk straight on to Autopia. We made it onto every ride in the park with the exception of the teacups. I personally believe Alice in Wonderland and her dreadful teacups should never have been allowed access into the world of Disney. I guess every corporation is allowed a few mistakes (think Fox and the Hound) and I shouldn't hold it against them. But I digress, we did every ride, watched every parade, show, and fireworks display with prime seats every time. I also walked through Mickey's house for the first time and met the mouse himself. This was never considered a possibility as a child, as the line usually contained at least half of the park's guests for that day. Tooo long to meet a man dressed in a mouse costume. But in DL HK, anything and everything is possible.

While I do ultimately prefer the original DL, HK's has its perks. Take getting there: an already fantastic train system in HK beefed up with mickey head shaped hand grips, encased Disney themed statues and busts, plush blue velvet benches, and twinkly lights installed in the ceiling. It's like you have already arrived long before you ever enter the gates.

But once you have entered...

it's the same old familiar DL.

Asian Pirates. As amazing as it sounds.

The Hong Kong portion of Small World

Meet Adam. He loves all things Disney and was the perfect DL partner, though even he thought my skipping up to the front entrance a little over the top. We sang, danced, and ate our way through the park. And while we never made it on the Cantonese or Mandarin Jungle Cruises, I would still say it was the perfect day.