Rylee's China Trip Part 5: Hong Kong Disney Day 1

We arrived! We got there when it opened and it wasn't too crowded.

 Waiting on the ride Rylee is willing to do.

Having a good time. 

Finding the posing for photos more fun than riding things. 

And having a marvelous time. 

Ahh.... The lovely Castle. 

Disney always has such fun details.   

And the girls loved this wishing well. 

I loved the Millennium Falcon! 

 Creepy.... yet cool.

They liked this one a lot. 

And had fun here. 

Poor photo but we did stop to watch the parade.  

 And enjoyed popcorn chicken for lunch.

Selfie with the ladies! 

Yes, the carousel again. 

And Dumbo again! 

The Toy Story section had some pretty awesome things to see, but they were running out of enthusiasm for pictures by then.  So this is all you get for that day!

Rylee's China Trip Part 4: Traveling to Hong Kong

 On Wednesday we flew to Hong Kong.  It was a little over 2 hours, and the flight was only 20 minutes late leaving.  I really really hate that every flight we did in China involved taking a 10 minute bus ride to get from the terminal to the plane, and a 10 minute bus ride on arrival to get from the plane to the terminal.  But you can see we survived.

Waiting for our suitcases.

Delaney wanted a picture of her great hair.

The Hong Kong hotel room.  Pretty much the same.

We stayed at the DisneyHollywood Hotel this time.  (The Disney Explorers Lodge and  Disney Hotel were the other options.) This room was very dim, but the Hollywood decor was neat.  They also had the most divine smelling Christmas tree decorated in the lobby.

The bathroom. 

They offered a sundries tin as well.   

 We dined at one of the restaurants for a late diner.  My burger was delicious.

Rylee hated everything on the menu and decided to try the noodles.  But they were not soba or ramen noodles.  They were (gasp!) RICE!  So of course they were disgusting and she refused to eat it.

Delaney was adamant that she wanted to try a chicken and tomato soup dish.  I applaud her desire to try new things, but not when it costs me a small fortune and she discovers it is not delicious.

Rylee's China Trip: Shanghai Hotel room

 In case you were wondering what the Disney Hotel rooms look like in Shanghai, I took a few photos for you!

The room had 2 double beds.  They were firm beds, but comfortable enough after a full day of tromping around the park.  China doesn't believe in top sheets, so there is just a duvet on top.  Thus you drop the AC in the room to 20C so you can sleep comfortably under the fluffy blanket. They did leave six 19oz water bottles in the room each day for us, which was nice because the tap water is not potable. 

This was the Toy Story Hotel and it was very cute with the theme and decor.

The bathroom was adequate.  They left a really cute tin with toothbrushes, toothpaste, comb, and shower cap.  The left a new one each day so you could take them all home with you.

Rylee's China Trip Part 3: Shanghai

Still having a great time at Disney.

This canal was cool enough to get her but soaked sitting on it.

And Delaney had to ham it up.

Yes, another selfie with the castle!

The Dumbo ride was on the Ryle-approved list.

I love these cuties!

This was a nest thing.  Sorry it is so dark!  The kids stood in the special spot and they started the video thing.  You moved your arms and the hands on the screen did whatever you did. Oh, and you were Ironman.

Rylee also wanted to be Ironman and it was a hoot watching her.

I needed a bathroom break and left the girls at the Frozen Singalong for a few minutes.  Rylee snapped some selfies while I was gone.

The castle, all lit up!

We found a huge Lego store when we left the Park.  We had to spend some time there playing with all the cool stuff. FYI, China may be cheap, but you aren't going to find the cheap stuff anywhere near DisneyLand!

This was how much walking we did, according to my Fitbit!

Rylee's China Trip Part 2: Shanghai

This Neverland was pretty amazing.

Delaney was having a good time, despite the drizzle.

The Ladies and the Castle.  I did like that you could see the castle form just about everywhere in the Park.  It made it easy to orient yourself and figure out where you wanted to go.

Rylee loved the Alice in Wonderland themed garden and maze. 

And it was nestled right in front of the Castle.

Enjoying the Mad Hats.

And the Tea Party!

So many fun details.

But all the great picture spots were prime real estate and you had to dash in  through the crowd if you wanted a good photo.

They dashed in a little early on this chair and cut off some sweet Chinese ladies who were a little slower.  the ladies were very gracious and smiled and oohed over the blond hair.

The Tea Party table was less crowded when we went back so Rylee demanded a few more photos!

It was a really fun place.

We did ride the teacups, which we all like a lot.

They let me spin it as fast as we can go.  But these were very stiff and we could still walk when we got off.

No idea what the wagon is, but Rylee took the photo op.

They have the Pirate's Cove.

There was the cool play area with this nifty shipwreck.

And a fun rowboat, which gave Rylee a wet bottom.

There was this awesome ship we got to go tour.

So silly!

I love it when they pose.

Not posed.  She was totally into this wheel.

They thought this peg-leg was the coolest thing ever.

And it was pretty cool.

This is a poor photo to try to explain the best attraction in the Park.  It totally made Delaney's trip.  It is the Camp Discovery Challenge Trails.  You have to leave everything in your locker- including phones, so no photos of the amazingness.  They clip you into a harness and you have a rope from your chest attached to a pully above your head. You can see the reddish rails above their heads?  That's what you are clipped to and you have to walk yourself and your rope around the course.  The rope keeps you from dying as you traverse some of these things 15 feet above the rocks.You encounter a bunch of different obstacles and have three choices of difficulty.  Delaney chose the hardest on all of them!  Rylee cried and we did the easiest, which was pretty much a wooden bridge on everything.  But Delaney climbed log bridges and rope bridges and skirted the edge of a fake waterfall on a foot-wide ledge! I was incredibly impressed.  She told me she was scared, but she wanted to do it so she did.  I wouldn't have done some of them!!