November 5 - 7 and 12 - 14, 2019
We did two stopovers in HK to reduce the layover periods in airports for Cody. We also had this trip planned before the protests started happening. We had heard thru friends of friends that it was still safe but to stay away from where the protests were going on (obviously). Both times it was quieter than normal but we didn’t encounter any actual protesting. Our first time thru we took Cody to a park and mainly just ate awesome food (the main reason we love HK). We also only had one full day each pass thru HK.
You’ll notice that we have skipped the Thailand post. The wedding and time in Thailand was absolutely amazing, but its just not for the blog. We’re so so SO happy we were able to celebrate with our friends there.
On the way back thru HK, my brother had told me that when they went to HK Disneyland that it was a literal ghost town because of the protests. Sure there were some rides closed but overall it was the best chance for seeing the park and characters, etc. without any crowds. So on the way back thru, we decided we’d give it a go. At this point the protests had gotten a little worse in intensity. Upon arrival at Disneyland we found out that there were only SIX rides open, some of which Cody couldn’t even ride. Not cool! To our pleasant surprise, after riding the Safari Cruise, which only had ONE boat operating, we chased down an American who worked there who looked important and lightly complained. Hoping for some free vouchers or something he called my bluff and offered to walk us out of the park and give us our money back. Obviously we didn’t want to leave, we just wanted more rides open. To our surprise he went to refer to the updated list of rides open and a bunch were now already running in Fantasy Land which is where most of the rides for Cody were anyways. Awesome news! Anyways, we had a great time and my brother was right, its probably the best experience without lines we’ll ever had at a Disneyland park.
Below is main street pretty close to empty.
Cody’s new thing this trip was double thumbs up. He’s since stopped doing it …
I think we rode Dumbo six times.
Front row for the parade. Basically everyone was front row there were so few people. We didn’t stay for the night parade because we wanted to get home before dark.
We got to meet Mickey and Minnie and only waited maybe 30 minutes?
Cody insisted on meeting Goofy and then got scared when Goofy went in fro a kiss.